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Front Cover of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

hhopfer — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:10:22 +0000

Front Cover of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry hhopfer June 02, 2016

JAAS Tanabe et al 2016 front cover

The recent publication by Tanabe et al. was selected for the front cover of the current JAAS edition. Congratulations to all authors!

The full article can be accessed here: http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C6JA00051G

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Three new papers published!

hhopfer — Tue, 10 May 2016 17:58:20 +0000

Three new papers published! hhopfer May 10, 2016

The facility congratulates the authors of these recent publications.

Total arsenic determination with HG-MP-AES

Bokulich N, Collins T, Masarwey C, Allen, Ebeler SE, Mills DA. 2016. Associations among wine grape microbiome, metabolome, and fermentation behavior suggest microbial contribution to regional wine characteristics. mBio (accepted)

Tanabe CK, Hopfer H, Gilleland G, Liba A, Ebeler SE, Nelson J. 2016. Total arsenic analysis in Californian wine with hydride generation-microwave plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (HG-MP-AES). J. Anal. At. Spectrom. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6JA00051G

Hopfer H, Jodari F, Negre-Zakharov F, Wylie PL, Ebeler SE. 2016. HS-SPME-GC-MS/MS method for the rapid and sensitive quantitation of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline in single rice kernels. J. Agric. Food Chem. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00703

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Recent publication highlighted in UC Davis News

hhopfer — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:15:05 +0000

Recent publication highlighted in UC Davis News hhopfer December 07, 2015

Botrytis work by the Cantu lab and the Food Safety & Measurement Facility shows how Botrytis reprograms grape metabolism.

For more information read the UC Davis News article

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A comparison of sorptive extraction techniques coupled to a new quantitative, sensitive, high throughput GC–MS/MS method for methoxypyrazine analysis in wine

hhopfer — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:03:00 +0000

A comparison of sorptive extraction techniques coupled to a new quantitative, sensitive, high throughput GC–MS/MS method for methoxypyrazine analysis in wine hhopfer November 10, 2015

Recent publication compares different solvent-free extraction techniques for ppt detection of methoxypyrazines in wines with GC-MS/MS

Congrats to Dr. Anna Hjelmeland and the Ebeler Lab on their recently accepted publication in Talanta. The used GC-MS/MS system - Agilent 7890A GC coupled to Agilent 7000B triple quadrupole MS (GC-QQQ) - is part of the Food Safety & Measurement Facility.

The full publication can be found here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.10.086

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Developmental and metabolic plasticity of white-skinned grape berries in response to Botrytis cinerea during noble rot

hhopfer — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:15:31 +0000

Developmental and metabolic plasticity of white-skinned grape berries in response to Botrytis cinerea during noble rot hhopfer October 11, 2015

Most recent publication integrates transciptomics and metabolomics to elucidate the response of grape berries to Botrytis cinerea Infection

Congrats to the Cantu Lab and coworkers on their recently accepted publication in Plant Physiology. The Food Safety & Measurement Facility was part of this exciting work, and contributed to the metabolomic profiling with the Agilent 6530 Quadrupole Time-of-Flight LC/MS (LC-QTOF).

The full publication (open access) can be found here: http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/early/2015/10/08/pp.15.00852.abstract

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Food Safety & Measurement Facility in the News

hhopfer — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:18:20 +0000

Food Safety & Measurement Facility in the News hhopfer October 02, 2015

The facility was recently highlighted in the CA&ES Outlook Magazine. The partnership between Agilent Technologies, Inc., and UC Davis is an example how the university and industry partners push the boundaries in food and beverage testing.

The facility directors, Dr. Susan Ebeler and Dr. Alyson Mitchell, were featured together with Adjunct Professor and Agilent researcher Dr. Jenny Nelson, the facility's elemental analysis expert.

The full article can be found here

http://www.caes.ucdavis.edu/news/articles/outlook/2015/07/seeking-solutions

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