Welcome to Mylnefield Analysis
Mylnefield Analysis is the gateway to a comprehensive range of analytical services delivered by Mylnefield Research Services, the commercial subsidiary of the Scottish Crop Research Institute.
Whatever your analytical needs, whether it be the analysis of lipids in blood, determining the authenticity of wines and spirits, fingerprinting complex populations of micro-organisms in water or measuring heavy metals in soils, contact us for a competitive quote. Our highly-trained analysts, operating in well-equipped state-of-the-art facilities, will be happy to discuss your specific requirements.
All of our services are accredited to ISO 19001:2000 and Mylnefield Lipid Analysis can work to GCP and GLP standards if requested. We are currently upgrading our quality systems so that we can also undertake work to GMP if required. All of our services are backed up by world-leading scientists working at SCRI who can assist in the development of new analytical methods and can provide expert interpretation of results.
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MRS Strengthened By Appointment Of New Project Manager
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24 October 2011
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05 October 2011
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05 October 2011
Mylnefield Isotope Signatures in the news.
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12 July 2011
Lipid Chemistry and Analysis Course
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13 June 2011
Head of Mylnefield Isotope Signatures awarded position as Visiting Professor at RGU
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23 May 2011
Dr Meier-Augenstein approved by FIRMS as a lead forensic practitioner.
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16 May 2011
JHI Principal Scientist and head of MIS to join Science Advisory Board of Oritain Global Ltd
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11 April 2011
Stable Isotopes at the European Geosciences Union
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09 November 2010
James Hutton Institute
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23 June 2010
Mylnefield Isotope Signatures invests in new instrumentation
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30 April 2010
Stable Isotopes in historical research
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“History Cold Case”
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Stable Isotopes in Environmental Forensics.
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Food and Drink |
Stability and Shelf life |
Healthy oils |
Oil and fat content |
Trans fats analysis |
Cholesterol and other sterols |
Authenticity and origin |
Nutriceuticals |
Stability and Shelf life |
Phospholipids |
Omega-3 content |
Polyphenols and antioxidants |
CLA content |
Authenticity and origin |
Pharmaceuticals |
Triacylglycerol structural analysis |
Phospholipids |
Glycolipids and ether lipids |
Uncommon lipids |
Sterols (inc. cholesterol and tocopherols) |
Compound specific stable isotope studies |
Personal care |
Stability of skin care formulations |
Shelf life of skin care formulations |
Lipd class profiling of sebum and skin lipid samples |
Squalene content measurements |
Vitamin E content |
Polyphenols and antioxidants |
Biofuels |
Physical properties |
Oxidation stability |
Acid values |
Iodine numbers |
Ester content |
Mono, di and tri-glyceride content |
Agriculture |
Oil content of seeds |
Physical properties of seed oils |
Fatty acid profiling of seed oils |
Plant breeding programmes |
Fertilizer optimisation |
Soil microorganism profiling |
Agbiotech |
Lipd class profiles |
Lipidomics |
Field trials |
Glasshouse trials |
Plant transformation research |
Plant molecular markers |
Environmental |
Food web analysis |
Nutrient uptake studies |
Water cycle tracing |
Environmental stressors |
Waterborne microorganism profiling |
Nematode testing |
Forensics |
Human provenancing |
Human remains timelines |
Bone sample analysis (collagen & bioapatite |
Hair & nail analysis |
Drugs |
Fibres |
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