Spex Speaks Science Spex + NSI + HPS + Chiron
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Spex Speaks Science is hosted by scientists and industry experts. From highlighting the hidden chemistry in our everyday lives to discussing relevant industry topics, Spex Speaks Science looks to deliver informative content to the scientific community. Presented by Spex + NSI + HPS + Chiron.
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Challenges for Inorganic Testing of Cannabis with Robert Thomas
In this podcast, Spex is joined by Robert Thomas to discuss the cannabis testing industry and the challenges for inorganic testing of cannabis. Robert (Rob) Thomas is the principal of Scientific Solutions, an educational consulting company that serves the needs of the trace element user community. He has worked in the field of atomic and mass spectroscopy for almost 50 years, including 24 years for a manufacturer of atomic spectroscopic instrumentation. He has served on the American Chemical...
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Foodborne Illness
Millions of people around the world are stricken with food or waterborne illnesses each year. Thousands of people will succumb to their illnesses. Food safety and testing are a critical part of analytical research to ensure that chemicals, bacteria, viruses and molds do not endanger the food we consume or the water we drink.In this podcast, we will look at the sources of foodborne illness and some of the most common or dangerous causes for foodborne illness.Hosted by Patricia Atkins, Spex's S...
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Discussing Dilutions
Creating calibration curves or calculating dilutions are a common everyday occurrence in an analytical laboratory. However, these simple procedures can be full of potential error and contamination which can ultimately effect the data and skew results.In this podcast, we will look at the best practices for dilutions, calibration curves and unit conversions to help you reduce error and improve your results.Hosted by Patricia Atkins, Spex's Senior Applications Scientist Stay connected with ...
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Introducing the Genomax and DNAmax Kits
In this podcast, we introduce and share insight on our newest set of products, the Genomax and DNAmax kits. The Genomax is an automated high-throughput plant and animal tissue homogenizer and cell lyser designed for rapid cell disruption, cell lysis and tissue homogenization through bead beating. This enables fast and efficient extraction of nucleic acids, proteins and other molecules.Typical applications include molecular biology, pharmaceutical, clinical research, and extraction.T...
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Mycotoxins in the Laboratory
Mold and Fungi ubiquitous in the world and a persistent and dangerous contaminant for many agricultural products. Their size and spore mobility causes fungi to spread through agricultural products quickly when the environmental conditions are favorable.In this podcast, learn how significant crop losses and foodborne illness can be attributed mold and fungi when secondary metabolites called mycotoxins develop. Spex now offers the five most common mycotoxins in one easy to use standard for your...
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Wet Chemistry
Analytical chemistry consists of classical methods (i.e. wet chemical methods) and instrumental methods (i.e. spectrometry, chromatography etc.). Wet chemistry or classical analysis are forms of analytical chemistry that use proven historical (classical) methods to determine the identity, amount or form of an analyte or element using wet techniques. Wet chemistry is sometimes called bench chemistry since many methods or assays occur at the laboratory bench and use laboratory glassware or plas...