Bringing scientists and Agilent together
Agilent recognizes the importance of strategic academic partnerships in advancing emerging technologies and applications. To this end, Agilent supports scientific collaborations in focused research areas with accomplished faculty at universities worldwide.
If a proposed collaborative research project aligns with the company’s strategic goals, Agilent may provide funding to support this work. Because scientific partnerships are usually initiated by Agilent staff, interested faculty are encouraged to arrange a guest lecture. Overlapping research interests include electronic measurements, life sciences and chemical analysis. Learn more at university_relations@agilent.com.
Agilent – University Research Partnerships
Anderson Forschung Group – Quantitative Protein Assays
Collaboration has been formed to combine AFG’s stable isotope standards and capture by anti-peptide antibodies (SISCAPA) technology with Agilent's 1200 Series HPLC-Chip and 6400 Series triple quadrupole mass spectrometers (MS) to develop quantitative peptide assays, speeding protein biomarker discovery and validation. Read more.
China – Specialized Training Program for Melamine Analysis in Milk, Milk Products
Agilent has created a specialized training program to address the current melamine crisis in China. The program is available starting October 2008 and is part of Agilent University, a multifaceted education program for Agilent's customers in China. The program is offered in Agilent training centers and customer sites in China and will cover melamine-testing methods using new, specialized sample-preparation components on gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS), liquid chromatograph (LC), and liquid chromatograph/triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) instruments. Read more or learn about specific melamine detection methods from Agilent at www.agilent.com/chem/melamine.
China Environmental Center – Detection of Toxins in Water and Soil
Agilent jointly developed a method to detect and identify perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in water and soil using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS) with the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC). Read more or download Agilent’s emerging contaminants brochure.
Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University, Cologne – 2008 Manfred Donike Award for Sports Doping Control Excellence
Agilent presented the 2008 Manfred Donike Award for scientific excellence in sports doping testing to Ulrich Flenker, research scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany in April of 2008. Flenker was honored for his continuous technical and scientific improvements in detecting doping with synthetic steroids by identifying the ratios of stable isotopes 13C to 12C in samples using gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). Agilent sponsors this annual award to recognize distinguished scientific contributions in doping analysis. Award winners are scientists who exemplify the spirit and scientific leadership of doping-control pioneer Manfred Donike, and whose contributions significantly increase fairness in sports competition. Along with a medallion, there is also a cash prize of 3,500 euros. Read more.
National Laboratory Service – Environmental Training Programme
The National Laboratory Service (NLS), a unit of the United Kingdom Environment Agency, and Agilent are collaborating to launch an environmental training programme for operators of the Agilent 6410 Triple Quadrupole liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) system. The training will focus on specific environmental analyses for flame retardants, basic and neutral herbicides, and perfluorinated chemicals and pharmaceuticals in water, in accordance with European Union monitoring requirements. The training programme is offered in English and is scheduled for Nov. 25-27, 2008, and Jan. 20-22, 2009. Additional 2009 dates have not yet been announced. Read more or register for the programme.
National University of Ireland, Galway – Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility
Opened in February 2009, the state-of-the-art Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility on the National University of Ireland, Galway, campus houses the most accurate and sensitive mass spectrometers from Agilent. The facility supports research in metabolomics, proteomics, lipidomics, and genomics. View the online article, download the pdf, or view the press release to learn more.
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences & Tongi University – ChIP-on-chip and Gene Expression to Study How “Yamanaka factors” Trigger Pluripotency
Agilent is collaborating with a team from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Tongi University who have achieved new insight into how adult cells can be induced to act like embryonic stem cells (ESC), with the ability to form any type of tissue known as "pluripotency." Their findings were published in the journal "Cell Research," in an article titled "Yamanaka factors critically regulate the developmental signaling network in mouse embryonic stem cells" (Cell Research, 2008 18:1177-1189). The study used Agilent chromatin immunoprecipitation-on-chip (ChIP-on-chip) and gene expression microarrays to study molecules known as "Yamanaka factors" and their roles in inducing pluripotency in mouse cells. Read more or learn about Agilent ChIP-on-chip microarrays.
U.S. EPA – Study on Perfluorinated Compounds in Water, Wildlife
A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) has been formed between Agilent and the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use the Agilent time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) to detect and identify both known and unknown perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the environment. The collaborative efforts between the NERL and Agilent will focus on identifying PFOS and PFOA (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid - both used in a variety of commercial products) isomers and related compounds while characterizing their environmental distributions and the potential pathways for human exposure. Read more or learn about the Agilent 6220 Accurate-Mass TOF LC/MS.
University of Cincinnati – Metallomics Center of the Americas
The new center opened in January of 2007, where research teams throughout the Americas study the impact of metals on biological systems. Applications of study include neurological research, metalloproteomics, metal tags for ultra-trace-level organic compound determination, and environmental monitoring. Read more or learn about the products.
University of Colorado – New Lab Focused on Detecting, Treating Pharmaceuticals in Water
The University of Colorado's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering opened the Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry (CEMS), a laboratory focusing on the detection of pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic contaminants in water and evaluating the effectiveness of methods for removing these compounds, in April 2008. Agilent provided the core liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) instrumentation for the lab. To measure trace amounts of compounds and detect unknowns in complex water samples, CEMS requires an LC/MS system with very high mass accuracy, mass resolution, sensitivity and speed. Agilent agreed to loan a complete 6220 Accurate-Mass Time-of-Flight LC/MS system to the lab at no charge. The system’s list price is approximately $270,000. Read more or learn about the Agilent 6000-Series Accurate-Mass TOF LC/MS systems.
University of Linz – Tenth Annual Nanoscience Workshop
Agilent and the Johannes Kepler University of Linz sponsored the Tenth Annual Linz Winter Workshop from Feb. 15-19, 2008, on the University of Linz campus in Austria. The workshop, which has been designed to provide a common platform for industry and academia, focused on biological single-molecule research, nanoscience, nano-medicine and bio-nanotechnology. Read more.
University of Michigan – Research to Attack Prostate Cancer Using Systems Biology
Agilent is supporting prostate cancer research by the University of Michigan's Center for Translational Pathology (MCTP) through a grant of instruments and funding. The goal is to accelerate research to defeat the disease using a multidisciplinary systems biology approach. Agilent is contributing a 1200 Series liquid chromatography (LC) system to be used to separate metabolites from human plasma, and a 1200 Series Rapid Resolution LC coupled to a 6530 Accurate Mass quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (Q-TOF MS) for the identification of those metabolites. Read more or visit MCTP’s site.
University of Michigan & Weill Cornell Medical College – A Day in the Life of Agilent Metabolomic Customers
How do you turn metabolomics knowledge into scientific results? It takes experience and expertise, flexible product platforms, and powerful, application-tailored software tools. Agilent provided the whole package to these thought leaders! Watch videos of Chris Beecher and Kyu Y. Rhee, or check out Agilent’s solutions in Metabolomics.
University of Technology Sydney – Unique “Elemental Bio-Imaging” Facility
Agilent and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have teamed up to establish a unique research facility, the UTS Elemental Bio-Imaging Facility, which opened on June 27, 2008. The facility is for the study of trace metals and other elements in tissue, and their effects on health. This new field of study is called "metallomics." UTS is providing the facility and the scientific staff to perform the research and a new and novel imaging technique, while Agilent is providing a 7500 ICP-MS, a 6500-Series triple quadrupole LC/MS, funding for project work, scholarships for postgraduate students to pursue research in this area, technical consulting, and a grant to develop imaging technology. Collaboration between Agilent and UTS goes back at least five years, and both organizations say this new facility is a milestone in the fight against critical diseases. Read more.
University of Northern Iowa – Atomic Force Microscopes Support Growing Nanotechnology Curriculum
The University of Northern Iowa purchased an Agilent 5500 atomic force microscope (AFM) in February 2008 for electrical characterization and materials science studies, the fourth Agilent-manufactured AFM acquired by the university in the last year. The school purchased the three other atomic force microscopes from Agilent to support its growing nanotechnology curriculum. This versatile in situ research tool is being shared by a biology professor, two physics professors and a chemistry professor, who will use it to conduct independent studies in their respective fields. "Agilent is a tremendous technology partner," noted Dr. Cliff Chancey, head of the Department of Physics at the University of Northern Iowa. "Our association with Agilent will continue to advance our nanotechnology education and research efforts." Read more.