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NewsletterMarch2011
Sensor100 Updates
Call for papers for the 2nd International Conference on Bio-sensing Technology, deadline 8th April, to be submitted using an on-line Abstract Form
Abstracts are invited for the Comsol 2011 Conference in Stuttgart, 26-28 October, deadline 1 July
Sensor Innovation Centre: Thanks to everyone who filled in the survey. There were at least three sensor proposals submitted to the TSB, among a total of over 600, so it make take a while...
Early bird savings are available to attend the Sensors Expo and Conference in June, Rosemont, IL - see the Conference Brochure
BioTech 2011, Chemical Sensors Forum, to be held 1-2 September in Wädenswil, Switzerland
The 3rd Meeting of Eirelec will take place in Adare, Ireland from the 16th -18th of May 2011, and will include electrochemical sensors as part of the theme Electrochemistry-The Future?
The UK Sensors and Instrumentation Knowledge Centre is holding two events in May:
Microvisk Technologies Ltd? the developer of a hand held system to monitor the blood clotting status in patients taking Warfarin, has raised £6m through an oversubscribed rights offering to existing investors. Microvisk has secured £10.5m in the past twelve months, -the largest amount raised by a UK life science company. more...
Rapid Biosensor Systems Ltd (RBS) announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., to bring RBS’s medical Breathalyser device for screening of active Tuberculosis into production
Nexense, an emerging sensor technology company, has developed the Nexaver product line for home and professional monitoring of vital signs
Yet another Market Research report estimates the market for microsensors (MEMS, biochips and nanosensors) to grow at an annual rate of 15.3%, from $5.9 bil in 2011 to $12 bil in 2016
Technology News...
The National Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) at UC Davis and the Boston University Photonics Center have jointly received the newest national Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center Award, one of 50 in the US
A highly sensitive sensor that combines a variety of testing means (electrochemistry, spectroscopy and selective partitioning) into one device has been developed at the University of Cincinnati by Professor William Heineman
Chemical sensorsthat incorporate click-derived triazoles are the subject of a critical review in Chemical Society Reviews
A slide presentation on Chemical Sensors by Dónal Leech at the National University of Ireland, Galway, describes electonic noses and an electronic tongue he is developing
Kansas State University doctoral student Keijia Li has developed a multifunctional monitoring device that's about the size of a pack of gum, nicknamed the GumPack
The US Department of Homeland Security is conducting a Privacy Impact Assessment of its Cell All environmental surveillance system
Joshua Hertrz at the University of Delaware has examined the problem of electronic noses recognising classes of, as opposed to unique, chemical compounds. more...
Review Article:Biosensing Technologies for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Detection: Status and New Developmentsby Lixia Zhou et al, Hunan University, China.
The Sensors Group of University of Rome Tor Vergatainvites applications for a three-year PhD scholarship. PhD projects should be related to research within the field of chemical sensors, artificial senses and bio inspired systems. Deadline 25 April
Honeywell Internationalseeks a Senior scientist with PhD Inorganic Chemistry and sensing systems experience for its Sensors and Wireless Lab, Bucharest Romania. Deadline 30 June
The 2011 Intel Science Talent Search awarded eighth place, and a $20,000 award, to Xiaoyu Cao, 17, of San Diego, Calif., for designing a better way to make biosensors
Applications are accepted all year for PhD research projects at the University of Manchester in Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
The Last Word...
In which we try to bring you the more unusual sensor related news items of the month.
Sean McGinn, a Canadian government scientist has spearheaded the development of a new, high-tech measuring device combining laser beams, GPS locators and chemical detectors to more accurately gauge the amount of methane released by burping and farting cows — a significant source of the world's greenhouse gases. Read more...
It is truly impressive that Microvisk Technologies secured over £10m of new funds in 2010, in a year when the UK economy was mired in deep recession. Their technology is outstanding, and finding a better way to monitor patients on Warfarin is possibly the next best thing after glucose monitoring. Encouraging that investors recognise a golden egg in the UK when they see it?
I'll be in Amsterdam from 28 March to 1 April to give a paper on "Real Option Valuation of Technology" at the Palisade Risk Conference, so won't be replying to emails that week.
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