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Data Integrity Matters: Limiting Access to Tools That Could Be Used to Manipulate Data (Part 4)
Suppressing Peak Integration Being able to optimize peak integration and identification, whether by resetting the method RT settings, manually identifying peaks or suppressing integration of specific known peaks are certainly tools which, in the wrong hands, with the wrong intent and without a robust training and review process, may be used by unscrupulous staff to...
Mobile Phase Additives for Peptide Characterization
The characterization of peptides and proteins can be challenging due to issues such as adsorption, varying hydrophobicities, and specificity to name just a few. When analyzing peptides by Liquid Chromatography (LC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS), it’s beneficial to introduce mobile phase additives in order to facilitate ionization and enhance the analyte signal. Additionally, these additives...
Supporting the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
As a science-based organization, STEM education is of the utmost importance to Waters. This blog highlights the excitement of its partnership with Junior Achievement, one of the world’s largest youth-serving NGOs that prepares young people for employment and entrepreneurship.
Why does biomedical research matter?
Summer break is coming to a close and the thought of fall quickly approaching hangs heavy in the air. The mornings are cool and pleasant, perfect for sleeping. And, here I am, sipping coffee at 5:30AM. Why is it that on mornings like this, when most of the world is asleep, so many biomedical researchers are...
More than a slogan, bioharmonization is a unifying principle that aims to enhance productivity
In January of 2018, Waters kicked off its global Bioharmonization campaign with a blog post and video release, laying out a vision for how the Biopharmaceutical industry can achieve accelerated development and improved quality while enhancing productivity and lowering production costs. Central to this vision are “fit-for-purpose” analytical tools working together within a single compliance-ready...
The Importance of Newborn Screening: A Mother’s Perspective
After completing my undergraduate degree, I began work at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENBS) in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. It wasn’t long before I realized the magnitude of the job I held in serving the public and my role in the life-saving tests that the program performed. The NENBS program consists of five testing...
What do great vacations and peptide bioanalysis have in common?
For starters no one wants a disastrous vacation, the same goes for a bioanalysis assay! What makes for a great vacation? A booking agent who understands you, on time transit, a room with a view a stones throw from the beach, friendly staff and great cuisine? Knowing that you are in safe hands and leaving...
Learning from User Experience
What does “intelligence” mean in the context of biopharma analysis? Given the complex setting, much of the answer comes down to the task a user needs to complete, along with the question of who exactly that user is. In developing our BioAccord System, we wanted to expand the possibilities of high-resolution LC-MS analysis from characterization...