Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary 2004In 1985 a fund was established as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general. The fund is administered by the Committee of the Association of British Spectroscopists (ABS) and by the ABS Trust. The prestigious award enables promising non-tenured young scientists of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. Applications are invited for the 2004 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary. The award is not restricted to spectroscopists. For further information contact: John Chalmers, Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. Fax: +44 (0)1642 714306; e-mail: vibspecconsult@aol.com. The closing date for entries is 28 February 2004. Bunsen-Kirchhoff AwardThe DASp (German Working Group for Applied Spectroscopy) seeks nominations for the 2004 Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award. This Award recognises outstanding contributions to the field of applied spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, preferably the work of younger scientists. A lifetime’s work of a scientific personality can be recognised as well. The Award consists of an Award document, €2500.00 sponsored by PerkinElmer GmbH and travel expenses to the Analytica Conference in Munich in April 2004 where the prize will be presented. Nominatons may only be made by members of the DASp, but any scientist meeting the requirements is eligible for the Award. The deadline is 31 October 2003 and further information is available from Professor Dr-Ing. Hugo M. Ortner, Chemische Analytik, FB Material-u. Geowissenschaften, TU Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 23, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany, Tel: +49-6151-16-6309, Fax: +49-6151-16-6378, E-mail: h.ortner@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de. |
Waters has acquired the
laboratory computing company Creon Lab Control (CLC). Waters will integrate
CLC’s Q-DIS/Dragon and Q-DIS/Panda products with its existing MassLynx
mass spectrometry and Empower chromatography software.
www.waters.com,
www.creonlabcontrol.com.
Agilent has announced a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Battelle Memorial Institute on behalf of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richmond, WA, USA, to develop further an artificial neural network technology for protein identification and adapt it to Agilent LC/MS systems. www.agilent.com/chem. Another CRADA with Battelle Memorial Institute has been announced by Bruker Daltonics. This will focus on the further development and commercialisation of methods for FT-MS for high-throughput proteomics. The basis of the research will be the technique of Dynamic Range Enhancement for Advanced Mass Spectrometry (DREAMS) originally developed by Dr Richard Smith’s group at PNNL. www.bdal.com. LGC has acquired Mikromol GmbH, who synthesise and sell pharmaceutical impurities and metabolites as reference materials. This will be the first laboratory facilities for LGC outside the UK. www.lgc.co.uk, www.mikromol.de. In honour of his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002, Shimadzu Corporation has established the Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory in Kyoto, Japan. Through industrial and academic partnerships, the new laboratory, headed by Koichi Tanaka himself, aims to enhance and develop new platforms for mass spectrometry and to develop completely new applications that will enable the introduction of MALDI-MS to new scientific fields and markets. www.shimadzu-biotech.net. Spectra-Physics has announced the appointment of Dr Arnd Krueger to lead a new cross-functional team entirely focusing on ultrafast lasers and applications. www.spectra-physics.com. PerkinElmer’s OneSource Laboratory Services business has been awarded the 2003 Customer Value Enhancement Award for Drug Discovery by Frost & Sullivan. www.perkinelmer.com, www.frost.com. Ultrasonic Scientific have appointed new distributors in Germany and the USA. Polytec, based in Berlin, will be responsible for Germany and ICMAS, J.J. Wilbur & Co., Cole Scientific and Delta Instrument Company will cover the USA. www.ultrasonic-scientific.com, info@ultrasonic-scientific.com. Thermo Electron are running a programme of three-day training courses on computer system validation (to help comply with FDA 21 CFR Part 11) in Altrincham, UK, and Beverly, MA, USA, between August and December 2003. www.thermo.com/informatics, info@thermoinformatics.com. Bio-Rad are running a series of web seminars on their spectroscopy, cheminformatics and ADME/Tox KnowItAll software and database products. Registration for the seminars is free at bio-radevents.webex.com. PANalytical, Anton Paar and Professor O. Glatter from the Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, have joined forces to develop and a market a new laboratory system combining both small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS) techniques. www.panalytical.com. Pro-Lite Technology has signed agreements to represent Radiant Dyes, Litron Lasers and Laser Quantum in the UK and Ireland. info@pro-lite.uk.com, www.pro-lite.uk.com. Shimadzu Biotech have launched a new web site that provides life scientists with a substantial searchable knowledge base. www.shimadzu-biotech.net. Advion Biosciences and Waters have announced a non-exclusive agreement to promote their mass spectrometry products jointly to the life science reserach market. www.advion.com, www.waters.com. Bruker AXS have introduced a new web site with a redesigned user interface and a new customer area providing a literature pool. www.bruker-axs.com. Lighthouse Instruments has selected Clairet Scientific as their exclusive distributor for the EU and Switzerland. www.lighthouseinstruments.com, www.clairet.co.uk. PS Analytical has received a £45,000 Smart Award from the UK Dept of Trade and Industry to develop a dry absorbent-based speciation conditioning system for Hg emission monitoring and to produce an instrument on a coal-fired stack. www.psanalytical.com. |