Published 25 Aug 2020
DSC is the only analytical method that measures enthalpy change (∆H) of thermal transition directly. For protein, this is energy (heat) spent to unfold it.
Tags: DSC, enthalpy, protein, protein denaturation, protein folding
Published 6 Dec 2018
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is and has been a trusted analytical method in agronomy for years. Many grain quality indicators are routinely measured or researched using NIR. NIR is a highly cost effective testing process, offering an alternative to ongoing expensive,…READ MORE >
Tags: Barley, brewing industry, germplasm, LabSpec, moisture
Published 24 May 2018
Detection of trace polymorphs, determination of amorphous content, and the study of the stability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) subjected to heat and humidity are some of the many applications where a modern powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) system can add…READ MORE >
Tags: API, pharmaceutical, polymorph, protein, PXRD
Published 21 Sep 2017
I know this sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in this case, it was actually the beginning of the 2017 Colorado Protein Stability Conference, held in July at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado. In attendance was…READ MORE >
Tags: conference, protein, workshop
Published 24 Aug 2017
I recently presented a webinar titled “Basic Principles of Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis: Size, Concentration and Speciation with Single-Particle Resolution”. We got such a good turnout that we were not able to address the numerous questions asked during the event. Thank…READ MORE >
Tags: albumin, ASTM, Brownian motion, protein, Q&A
Published 8 Dec 2016
Version Française The French symposium of the French Group of Studies and Applications of Polymers (GFP) is the major French congress of polymers. The 45th edition took place recently in Marseille under the bold architecture of the Villa Méditerranée, designed…READ MORE >
Tags: Masse moléculaire, molecular weight, polymer, Polymère, polysaccharide
Published 8 Dec 2016
English version Le colloque national du Groupe Français d’études et d’applications des Polymères (GFP) est le congrès français majeur des polymères. La 45ème édition s’est déroulée récemment à Marseille sous l’architecture audacieuse de la Villa Méditerranée, conçue par Stefano Boeri, acteur…READ MORE >
Tags: Masse moléculaire, molecular weight, polymer, Polymère, polysaccharides
Published 3 Mar 2016
For fluorescent samples (like quantum dots) the Zetasizer has an option that can minimize the effect of (incoherent and thus undesirable for dynamic light scattering) fluorescent light: the narrow band filter eliminates most light that is not very close to…READ MORE >
Tags: DLS, dynamic light scattering, fluorescence, phenylalanine, protein