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Pharmaceutical Discovery, Nov 1, 2004 

Cover Story

Implementation of HPLC Automation for the Analysis and Purification of Chiral Molecules
By Craig K. Esser , Regina M. Black , Derek Von Langen
The authors describe the development and implementation of an HPLC automation strategy in a big pharma research department of more than 200 medicinal chemists for the analysis and purification of chiral molecules.

Features

Improving Laboratory Animal Studies Using Robotics
By Yongxin Zhu , Peter T. Kissinger , Candice B. Kissinger
Here, the authors provide a progress report on an evolving research program that uses a robotic system to improve the quality and throughput for laboratory animal studies while reducing the numbers of animals used and enhancing animal comfort.

Technology

On-line and Off-line 2-D LC-ESI MS-MS Methods in Proteomic Analysis
By Martin Vollmer , Edgar Nägele , Ralf Moritz
Off-line 2-D LC–MS-MS represents a powerful alternative to on-line methodologies for protein identification from complex proteomes. Here, the authors provide a detailed comparison of the two techniques.