AB SCIEX and Phenomenex, with the help of BioDistrict New Orleans, are bringing their rolling laboratory solutions to the Crescent City as part of a coast-to-coast, 30-day North American tour that kicked off at Pittcon 2012 in Orlando.

 

"The visit of the the MASS-TASTIC Voyage is part of expanding the oppportunities for New Orleanians in the biotech industry," said BioDistrict President James McNamara. "Visualizing and understanding how high-tech instruments work and their school course work is a life changing event for children."

 

Consisting of a complete LC/MS/MS laboratory on wheels more than 50 feet long, the MASS-tastic Voyage Tour will roll into town displaying the power of new-generation analytical tools for food safety testing, environmental analysis, clinical research, forensic technology and small molecule and peptide quantitation.

 

WHO:     AB SCIEX, Phenomenex and BioDistrict New Orleans

 

WHEN:   Wednesday, March 28
                10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
                Click here for the full agenda.

 

WHERE: UNO Human Performance Center

                Elysian Fields & Leon C. Simon

 

WHAT:   Highlights of the MASS-tastic Voyage Tour, which can be tracked
                online at www.masstasticvoyage.com, include:

• Integrated, Laboratory Workflows On-the-Go: On board the MASS-tastic Voyage mobile lab will be state-of-the-art laboratory technologies designed specifically for a number of different laboratory applications. For example, the tour will showcase a customized, robust and sensitive food testing workflow to identify contaminants in the food supply, including pesticides and other potentially harmful chemicals, quickly, accurately and with ultra-high sensitivity. Scientists in the mobile lab will also demonstrate analytical workflows relevant for the clinical research, forensic toxicology and environmental communities.
• Rapid Response Unit on the Road: The MASS-tastic Voyage Tour will showcase the new AB SCIEX/Phenomenex Rapid Response Unit, a collaborative team assembled to specifically address food safety issues faster and more effectively. The MASS-tastic Voyage Tour will be staffed by Rapid Response Unit experts, who will be available to scientists throughout the tour to answer questions about challenging analyses across LC and GC workflows. Last month, this Rapid Response Unit was the first to address orange juice contamination concerns with the industry's first verified LC/MS/MS (liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry) method to test for Carbendazim.
• Rapid Response "Solutions Bar": The tour web site will feature an online Rapid Response Solutions Bar, where customers can submit technical questions to the AB SCIEX/Phenomenex Rapid Response Unit experts. The MASS-tastic Voyage tour team will be recording and posting answers to selected questions in video blogs taped in the mobile lab on a regular basis. The site will also include links to helpful application information for analytical scientists.
• Educational Information Exchange: Part of the mission of the MASS-tastic Voyage Tour is to provide educational information not only to the scientific community but also to the next generation of scientists, helping to advance analytical science at a time when challenges to food safety, clinical research, forensics and the environment are at an all-time high. Schools in the cities where the tour will stop can contact AB SCIEX and Phenomenex through the tour's web site to request a tour for students who are interested in science as a future career.

 

About Phenomenex

Phenomenex is a global technology leader committed to developing novel analytical chemistry solutions that solve the separation and purification challenges of researchers in industrial, clinical, government and academic laboratories. From drug discovery and pharmaceutical development to clinical research, food safety and environmental analysis, Phenomenex chromatography solutions accelerate science and help researchers improve global health and well-being. For more information, visit www.phenomenex.com. Follow Phenomenex on Twitter @Phenomenex and on Facebook.

 

About AB SCIEX

AB SCIEX helps to improve the world we live in by enabling scientists and laboratory analysts to push the limits in their field and address the complex analytical challenges they face.  The company's global leadership and world-class service and support in the mass spectrometry industry have made it a trusted partner to thousands of the scientists and lab analysts worldwide who are focused on basic research, drug discovery & development, food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.  With over 20 years of proven innovation, AB SCIEX excels by listening to and understanding the ever-evolving needs of its customers to develop reliable, sensitive and intuitive solutions that continue to redefine what is achievable in routine and complex analysis.  For more information, please go to www.absciex.com. Follow AB SCIEX on Twitter @ABSCIEX and on Facebook.    

 

About BioDistrict New Orleans  The BioDistrict is focused on the development of a biosciences industry in New Orleans that will provide world-class biosciences research and development; local, regional, and global healthcare delivery; and stable, high-paying jobs for professionals, managers and workers representing a wide range of skills. Through partnerships among major educational and research institutions, private companies, government agencies, and independent foundations, BioDistrict New Orleans will create opportunities for workforce training and research needed to build a successful biosciences industry. More information can be found at www.biodistrictneworleans.org or by emailing jamesp@biodistrictneworleans.org.