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 James Hutton 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 JHI who can assist in the development of new analytical methods and can provide expert interpretation of results.

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28 March 2013
Fatty Acids and Lipids - Chemistry, Biology and Analysis Course (2014)
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03 December 2012
Investors in People Silver Award
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18 October 2012
Head of Mylnefield Isotope Signatures interviewed for PRI’s The World
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15 October 2012
Dr Helen Kemp approved by FIRMS as a lead forensic practitioner.
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25 September 2012
Two International Conferences in 10 Days
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28 August 2012
Record trading performance for MRS Ltd
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20 June 2012
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science embraces Stable Isotope Forensics
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16 May 2012
A "Full-House" of stable isotope presentations at EGU 2012
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08 February 2012
Good Practice Guide for IRMS: Mylnefield Isotope Signatures play a key role.
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12 January 2012
Good Manufacturing Practice
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24 October 2011
Stable isotope signatures help tracing designer drug manufacture
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05 October 2011
Mylnefield Isotope Signatures in TSB Consortium
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05 October 2011
Mylnefield Isotope Signatures in the news.
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15 September 2011
CSI: Crime Scene Isotopes
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15 August 2011
Stable Isotopes help unravel the mysteries of coral
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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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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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28 April 2010
“History Cold Case”
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22 April 2010
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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