Mechanical sample lysis is rapidly becoming the preferred sample preparation method in life science labs for the isolation of DNA, RNA, proteins, metabolites and other small molecules because the elimination of chemicals, enzymes, and detergents minimizes the introduction of potential inhibitors to downstream processes. The FastPrep-24 5G™ (Fig. 1) is the newest innovation in beat-beaters and produces the fastest lysis of even the most difficult samples.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a rapid and reliable sample preparation procedure and ion chromatography-based method to determine the phytate hydrolysis products in dried distillers grains with 
solubles (DDGS).

AFFINIMIP® SPE Patulin uses a new class of intelligent polymers based on molecularly imprinted polymers specific to Patulin ensuring extremely clean extracts for an easy quantification by all chromatography techniques.

In today's economy laboratories are asking their employees to do more with less, requiring more of both their employees and their equipment.  One way analysts are stepping up is looking for instrumentation that is adaptable for multiple purposes.

Problem: With unrelenting need for accurate sample analysis at lower and lower detection limits, there is pressure on modern laboratories for sample prep instruments that can provide automated, accurate reagent additions to previously prepared liquid samples or for preparing several aliquots of these samples with multiple dilution factors. The catch-all phrase that identifies these devices is “liquid handling systems” and they perform absolutely essential tasks that have a direct and large effect on the ultimate measurement accuracy of both inorganic and organic sample analysis.

Problem: Bringing samples into a mineralized state is usually the first step for performing accurate inorganic analysis, aka metals trace analysis. This conversion of a usually non-homogenous insoluble mixture into a representative, homogenous aqueous solution using heat and acids is usually a prerequisite for further analysis work with spectroscopic or chromatographic techniques.

Confidently perform solid-phase extraction (SPE) cleanup of very small volumes with high analyte recovery and clean extracts in low elution volumes that can be directly injected into your LC/MS/MS system.