Agilent Technologies Joins University of Cincinnati to Study Impact of Metals in Biology and the Environment.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & CINCINNATI -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) and The University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] today announced the opening of a center at which research teams throughout the Americas will study the impact of metals on biological systems. The University of Cincinnati/Agilent Technologies Metallomics Center of the Americas will research such applications as the role of metal compounds as predictors of stroke damage and new detection methods for chemical warfare chemical warfare, employment in war of incendiaries, poison gases, and other chemical substances. Ancient armies attacking or defending fortified cities threw burning oil and fireballs. A primitive type of flamethrower was employed as early as the 5th cent. B.C. agents. The center's charter is to support research in all fields related to the analysis of metals and metal species and their interactions within biological and ecological systems. Applications include neurological research, metalloproteomics, metal tags for ultra-trace-level organic compound determination, and environmental monitoring, among many others, by using liquid chromatography (LC) paired with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ICP-MS (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) is a type of mass spectrometry that is highly sensitive and capable of the determination of a range of metals and several non-metals at concentrations below one part in 1012. (LC-ICP-MS) and mass spectrometry mass spectrometry or mass spectroscopy Analytic technique by which chemical substances are identified by sorting gaseous ions by mass using electric and magnetic fields. (LC-MS). "We're excited about the launch of this international collaboration, which promises to bring cutting-edge technology to our research labs that will benefit both our students and our faculty," says University of Cincinnati President Nancy L. Zimpher. "This important center is a perfect fit with our strategic vision, which positions us as an urban research university that works to put students at the center of all we do, and to build on Agilent's excellence in research, academics and community partnerships." "Agilent has worked with the University of Cincinnati for the last five years in providing mass spectrometry and related equipment so that the campus could begin moving into metallomics research," adds Agilent's Chris Toney, vice president and general manager, Chemical Analysis/Mass Spectrometer Systems. "Today's opening marks a key milestone toward continued research to help address critical diseases and environmental concerns." Chemistry professor and center director Joe Caruso, said, "The Metallomics Center of the Americas is the first of its kind in the world. The establishment of this center portends great things for a wide spectrum of colleges at the university and for the center's many partners throughout the Americas." The roster of partners, expected to expand globally in the future, currently includes: * Argentina Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), former U.S. government commission created by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and charged with the development and control of the U.S. atomic energy program following World War II. ; * Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. (U.S.); * National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina; * National Research Council (Canada); * Research and Development Center for Industrial Fermentation This article is about industrial fermentation. For other types of fermentation, see fermentation. Fermentation has many important uses in industry. Though the word fermentation can have stricter definitions, when speaking of it in (Argentina); * Laboratory of Environmental Research and Services (Argentina); * University of Guanajuato (Mexico); * University of San Luis (Argentina); and * University of Sao Paolo Nuclear Energy Center (Brazil). "My team has been collaborating with Dr. Caruso since 2001, with an emphasis on various metallomics approaches in a variety of biological materials," said researcher Kasia Wrobel of the University of Guanajuato. "Being a part of Metallomics Center will help us leverage our resources and knowledge pan-regionally to speed the path to insight and scientific discovery." The University of Cincinnati has had a long history and a worldwide reputation in metals research, starting in 1930, when the Kettering Laboratory (now the Department of Environmental Health) was established for analyzing research on lead. The establishment of the Metallomics Center of the Americas has been led by the university's vice president for research, Sandra Degen, and by McMicken College of Arts & Sciences Dean Karen Gould. Agilent Technologies provides vital chemical analysis and life sciences tools for researchers around the world. For further details, visit www.chem.agilent.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2006. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. 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