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Polymers and fluorescence Balance of power 360° drinking water analysis trilogy Fluorescence spectroscopy LCMS-8060NX: performance of industrial base polymers and robustness without Automatic, simultaneous and compromising sensitivity rapid analysis of pesticides and speed CONTENT APPLICATION »Plug und Play« disease screening solution? – The MALDI-8020 in screening for Sickle Cell Disease 4 Customized software solutions for any measurement – Macro programming for Shimadzu UV-Vis and FTIR 8 Ensuring steroid-free food supplements – Identification of steroids in pharmaceuticals and food supplements with LCMS-8045 11 MSn analysis of nonderivatized and Mtpp-derivatized peptides – Two recent studies applying LCMS-IT-TOF instruments 18 Polymers and fluorescence – Part 2: How much fluorescence does a polymer show during quality control? 26 PRODUCTS The balance of power – LCMS-8060NX balances enhanced performance and robustness 7 360° drinking water analysis: Episode 2 – Automatic, simul- taneous and rapid analysis of pesticides in drinking water by online SPE and UHPLC-MS/MS 14 Versatile testing tool for the automotive industry – Enrico Davoli with the PESI-MS system (research-use only [RUO] instrument) New HMV-G3 Series 17 No more headaches! A guide to choosing the perfect C18 column 22 Validated method for monoclonal antibody drugs – Assessment of the nSMOL methodology in Global solution through the validation of bevacizumab in human serum 24 global collaboration LATEST NEWS Global solution through global collaboration – Shimadzu Cancer diagnosis: Shimadzu innovation centers as innovation centers as a partner of scientific research 2 a partner of scientific research MARKETS eginning with one man in Kyoto, Japan, in 1875, the Chemical, Petrochemical, Shimadzu Corporation Biofuel and Energy B now has more than 10,000 em - Clinical ployees worldwide working under the company’s philosophy, “con- Environment tributing to society through sci- ence and technology.” For its Food, Beverages, Agriculture next generation of scientific excel- lence, Shimadzu has established Pharmaceutical Shimadzu Innovation Centers (SICs) across the globe, with the Plastics and Rubber European Innovation Center (EUIC) opening in 2017 in Duis - Automotive burg, Germany. Silvia Giordano and Enrico Davoli in front of the Mario Negri Institute, Milan SHIMADZU NEWS 2/2020 LATEST NEWS Based on the growing network 2018). In the project between England, where EUIC is support- The information including affili- Shimadzu has nurtured since its Davoli and Shimadzu, AI is ing Ph.D. grants for three years. ates and titles of the persons in arrival in Europe in 1968, the trained to analyze a specimen from this article are current as of the EUIC has worked on over a PESI-MS data without any histol- Shimadzu believes that no matter time of interviewing (December dozen on going projects that aim ogy or other laborious prepara- the excellence of its instruments, 2018). to change how societies preserve tion. AI will output a binary deci- the primary goal of its SICs is to food, practice medicine, and pro- sion – normal or cancer – with a benefit society. SICs therefore All the instruments in this article tect the environment. Here we statistical probability. The whole view their research collaborations are research-use only (RUO) introduce a project between EUIC process takes no more than two as academic partnerships that instruments and not for use in and an academic institution that minutes from the time the surgeon never compromise academic inde- diagnostic procedures. Shimadzu will advance cancer treatment. acquires the specimen to the AI pendence, encouraging research is an analytical equipment pro - decision. publications and supporting aca- vider and in certain regions, Research to improve demic education. including the USA, Shimadzu cancer detection After Takeda and Shimadzu had shown the effectiveness of this There is no doubt who proposed approach in Japan, the question to collaborate on the cancer proj- lingering was whether it could ect between Shimadzu and Dr. extrapolate to other countries, Enrico Davoli at the Mario Negri since the AI was originally trained Institute for Pharmacological with data from Japanese speci- Research in Milan, Italy, and the mens. That was when Shimadzu first president of the Italian Mass contacted Davoli, asking if he Spectrometry Society. After its could acquire tissue samples from successful collaboration with Italian hospitals. Davoli was very Professor Sen Takeda of Yamana - excited to take part. shi University, Japan, to study a new system that combines arti - “For a researcher, having a proto- ficial intelligence (AI) with probe type and the first to try something electrospray ionization mass spec- is a desire your whole life. The trometry (PESI-MS) to enhance instrument is brand new. The research-based detection of cancer approach is brand new. It was a cells of the liver (Yoshimura et very good opportunity,” he said. al., 2012), Shimadzu proposed to do the same with Davoli in Eu - The early results are promising, rope. and Davoli is extending his collec- tion to samples for other solid Hepatocellular carcinomas are tumors with funding from a leading cause of cancer death. Shimadzu. “Our plan is to work Common treatment involves with other European nations to resecting the cancer cells, but test PESI-MS on other popula- there is argument in the field on tions,” he says, adding that EUIC just how much healthy tissue has been instrumental at building Prof. Sen Takeda of University of Yamanashi at Shimadzu Global Innovation Summit 2017 taken in the resection is best for the continental research network. patient survival, with some re- The success of SICs is built on products may be regulated as for searchers arguing a small buffer Working like an academic new ideas, which is why our research purposes only. If you zone that removes healthy tissue partner teams are always in consultation have questions on approved use of is acceptable and others arguing with university researchers to a Shimadzu device, please contact nothing but cancerous tissue In this way, SICs can be viewed learn about scientific problems your regional office. should be removed. During the as a hybrid of industry and acade- that Shimadzu innovation can operation, the surgeon will pass a mia. All SICs aim to create new help solve. It is also why SICs References specimen to a pathologist who commercial markets, but explains build research networks, having Kudo, M. (2018). Management of Hepato - will perform histology to deter- Dr. Ann-Christin Niehoff, EUIC introduced Davoli to Takeda. cellular Carcinoma in Japan as a World- mine whether more resection is Product Manager of Imaging, mar- Takeda was invited to speak at Leading Model. Liver Cancer 7, 134-147. needed. Each specimen takes kets do not only grow from eco- our hosting event, Global Inno - about 30 minutes to prepare and nomic need, but also training vation Summit 2017 in Kyoto, Yoshimura, K., Chen, L.C., Mandal, analyze, which not only cause expertise. where he got to meet our other M.K., Nakazawa, T., Yu, Z., Uchiyama, higher costs, but also the likeli- partners in academia as well and T., Hori, H., Tanabe, K., Kubota, T., Fujii, hood of infection. “More than 90 % of Ph.D. chem - share their latest findings in ana- H., et al. (2012). Analysis of renal cell carci- ists do not stay in academia. We lytical research. noma as a first step for developing mass New science for our help build their career,” she says, spectrometry-based diagnostics. J Am Soc partners which is why Shimadzu funds By “contributing to society Mass Spectrom 23, 1741-1749. Ph.D. students and will even be through science and technology”, Japan ranks near the top of patient co-investigators on grants. Exam - Shimadzu and its SICs want to outcomes for liver cancer, in large ples include collaborative projects translate academic research into part because of Japan’s innovative at Limoges Hospital, France, and scientific solutions for some of the diagnostic technologies (Kudo, the University College London, world’s greatest challenges. SHIMADZU NEWS 2/2020 3 APPLICATION »Plug und Play« disease screening solution? The MALDI-8020 in screening for Sickle Cell Disease 3D illustration of sickle cell n 2006, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution I recognizing the Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) as a public health priority and called on countries to tackle the illness. This resolution was also adopted by the United Nations in 2009. In this context, numerous screening programs have been set up in many labora- tories around the world. SCD is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. It is caused Figure 1: Workflow of automated screening 4 SHIMADZU NEWS 2/2020 APPLICATION ants and HbS homozygotes. The meet the criteria of automation, Resolution is an extremely second level is based on a second sensitivity, resolution, robustness, important criterion in standard reference method and is speed of analysis, resistance to the analyses of hemoglo- used to confirm the first results. high analytical rates and ease of binopathies use. Screening for hemoglobinopathies Due to abnormal hemoglobin, can be performed with newborns, Through the implementation of SCD arises from mutations in the in order to ensure early care for screening for sickle cell disease, hemoglobin beta gene (HbS) in children. This care at an early age Biomaneo company has shown which the glutamic acid is substi- enables a considerable increase in that the MALDI-8020 benchtop tuted by valine at position 6, life expectancy. The second option mass-spectrometer meets the qual- resulting in 30 Da lowering of the of screening can be carried out in ity criteria mentioned above and mass. The first NeoSickle solution young adults or adults in the case makes the use of MALDI-MS in is based on the whole protein of primary prevention, enabling laboratories easier, convenient and analysis which needs a sufficient Figure 2: Specific support for Fleximass people to know their status of fast.