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NewsletterJune2011
Sensor100 Updates
Sensor Systems Candidate TIC: Workshop 15th July, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington UK. To register interest in attending, limited to 120 participants, complete an on-line questionnaire; those unable to attend can add their input on-line
Synkera Technologies won a Gold Sensors Magazine “Best of Sensors Expo” Award in the Sensors Category for their MikroKera family of chemical sensors
ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its Dip and Read™ Anti-Mouse IgG Fc Capture (AMC) biosensor for use on the company's Octet® instrumentation platform
Technology News...
Carsten Schmuck and colleagues at the University of Duisberg-Essenhave built a simple lipid-based sensor that glows in the presence of bacterial endotoxins
A new stamping process to produce nanodevices on porous materials has been developed by Sharon Weiss at Vanderbilt University;the first creation was a biosensor, that can identify organic molecules such as DNA, proteins and viruses
Corning Incorporated has hired Dr. Richard Eglen as vice president and general manager of the Corning Life Sciences business segment, which include optical biosensors for drug discovery
Leila Musavi(16) has won the Maine State US-Stockholm Water Prize forher development and optimization of a gold-nanoparticle modified carbon electrode biosensor for detection of Listeria monogytogenes
The Last Word...
In the UK sensor community, interest has suddenly gone into high gear following the Technology Strategy Board's decision to include Sensor Systems among 10 candidate technologies from which 3 will be selected to be funded as Technology Innovation Centres. A consultation meeting is being held on 15th July (see Sensor100 Updates above for registration link). Various organisations are positioning themselves to bid to host the TIC but what is needed is for the sensor community, academic and industrial, to unite behind the bid, to maximise its chance of success. I am not optimistic this will happen, in the light of the well established competitiveness of the grant bidding process. However, time will tell and perhaps I will be pleasantly surprised.
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