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Lab Water Stories - Unfiltered.

By: Milli-Q® Lab Water Solutions portfolio of Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany
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  • Hey scientists! Have you carefully considered your water as a key reagent in your work? Join us to take a closer look at this often-overlooked lab essential. Get time-saving tips not found in textbooks, learn to avoid contaminants with best-practices from experts, and journey to surprising places you may not suspect do science. Level up your knowledge & accelerate your scientific work! Lab Water Stories ─ Unfiltered. The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.
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Episodes
  • What a Waterful World! Surprising Places that Need Lab Water

    What a Waterful World! Surprising Places that Need Lab Water
    May 16 2024
    "Pure and ultrapure water are needed in some surprising locations all around the world. In this episode, your host Monica Joch takes you from the chilly Antarctic and to some sunny amusement parks. Karen McCardell, a Sales Specialist in Australia, describes how the Australian Antarctic Division uses ultrapure water to research climate change. Then JP Woodson, an Applications Specialist based in Florida, tells us how major theme parks use purified water to care for animals and plants. In our Troubled Waters segment, Bruce Herzig, a Technical Service Scientist in the US, tells us how one customer was haunted by ghost peaks in their LC-MS chromatograms, and how a simple solution solved the problem. More on the Milli-Q® Lab Water Solutions portfolio: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/milliq More on tailoring water quality for your science: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/campaigns/milli-q-water-purification-solutions More on ice core sampling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVIYJeNAUg The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada. Merck, the vibrant M and Milli-Q are trademarks of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Detailed information on trademarks is available via publicly accessible resources. © 2024 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. "
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    24 mins
  • Water is it Good For? Surprising Uses for Purified Water

    Water is it Good For? Surprising Uses for Purified Water
    May 2 2024
    Have you ever considered all the places where highly purified water is needed? Apart from academic institutes, biotech and pharma companies, pure and ultrapure water are also being used in quite unexpected locations: from crime labs to amusement parks, and labs that are culturing meat.  In this episode, your host Monica Joch interviews Bob Ventura, an Applications Specialist based in Southern California, and Tracy Jolson, a Sales Specialist in New York City. Bob and Tracy tell us about the most interesting places they have placed water purification systems. Bob explains how endotoxin-free water is used to make lab-grown "fish". Tracy goes into the scientific aspects of art conservation and explains how museums use deionized water to clean paintings, coins, and anything from archaeological sites.  In our Troubled Waters segment, Marta Inês Carqueijeiro, a scientist and PhD, talks about how water quality can be a source of experimental variation when trying to reproduce results from another lab.    More on the Milli-Q® Lab Water Solutions portfolio: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/milliq More on tailoring water quality for your science: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/campaigns/milli-q-water-purification-solutions More on endotoxins: https://www.bmglabtech.com/en/blog/what-are-endotoxins/ More on the effects of wash water quality on the aging characteristics of paper: https://cool.culturalheritage.org/jaic/articles/jaic18-02-001.html More on the paper washing process: https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/it-s-a-wash The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada. Merck, the vibrant M and Milli-Q are trademarks of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Detailed information on trademarks is available via publicly accessible resources. © 2024 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. "
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    22 mins
  • Golden Rules of Working with Purified Water

    Golden Rules of Working with Purified Water
    Apr 18 2024
    In this episode, Estelle Riché, PhD and Applications Expert, reveals the Golden Rules when handling highly purified water. You’ll learn the ideal place to install a water system, the right container for your analyses, and how to make sure bottles are clean to avoid contamination. Estelle also addresses special considerations if analyzing PFAS (“forever chemicals”).   In our Troubled Waters segment, Cecilia Devaux, Applications Expert, talks about the type of sampling flasks that should be used for specific applications and explains why rinsing is critical for trace analyses.  More on the Milli-Q® Lab Water Solutions portfolio: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/milliq More on tailoring water quality for your science: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/campaigns/milli-q-water-purification-solutions The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada. Merck, the vibrant M and Milli-Q are trademarks of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Detailed information on trademarks is available via publicly accessible resources. © 2024 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
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    25 mins
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