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Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 UT http://www.pro-talk.com/images/protalklogo90.gif http://www.pro-talk.com/ 90 79 Biomerieux has received Performance-Tested Methods (PTM) approval from the AOAC Research Institute for two critical identification cards for the food industry Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 UT bioMerieux http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/byx/byx100.html The automatic Scan 1200 colony counter allows great work comfort and is described as incredibly time-saving in producing standardised, quick and accurate results Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Interscience http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/izk/izk100.html Oxoid announces the winners of its 2007/2008 Infection Control Team of the Year Awards as: first prize goes to Worcester Acute, second to East Kent Hospitals, third to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo365.html Oxoid invites those involved in food and beverage safety and hygiene to enter the 2007/2008 Oxoid Food Safety Team of the Year Award Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo364.html Provided as a service to the infection control community, the Oxoid Infection Control Seminar will take place on 13 May 2008 at the Walton Hall and hotel, UK, and is free to attend Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo363.html Oxoid invites members of the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) to nominate candidates for this year's WH Pierce Memorial Prize, which closes on 30 April 2008 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo362.html Oxoid invites young microbiologists involved in food and beverage safety and hygiene to enter the 2007/2008 Oxoid Young Microbiologist of the Year Award Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo361.html RnA Assays and Alaska Food Diagnostics have been awarded intergovernmental Eureka status for an innovative pathogen detection test being developed for meat producers. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Alaska Food Diagnostics http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/als/als103.html Oxoid announces the launch of Remel Rapid Staph Plus (product code: 8311009) for the biochemical identification of Staphylococcus species and related organisms isolated from human clinical specimens Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo360.html Warnex's board of directors has concluded that at the present time, the option which provides the most value for its shareholders is the continued operation of its laboratory services business Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Warnex http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/wan/wan118.html Cadbury Schweppes announces the adoption of the Pathatrix pooling system from Matrix MicroScience for its routine pathogen testing programme Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Matrix MicroScience http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/mai/mai105.html Millipore and Gen-Probe launch the first product from their collaboration to create faster, sensitive, more robust tests for detecting contaminants in pharmaceutical and biotechnology Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Millipore http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/mll/mll271.html Oxoid's Ideia range of rapid enzyme immunoassays can be used to detect the four leading causes of viral gastroenteritis: norovirus, rotavirus, astrovirus and adenovirus, in human stool samples. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo359.html The 2007/2008 Oxoid Awards close on 15 February 2008; don't miss out on this opportunity to win £5,000 and gain international recognition for your team Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo358.html When the banquet is in honour of the winners of Oxoid's food safety awards, you'd be confident that the food would be the freshest, cleanest, and safest available Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo357.html Idaho Technology has announced the release of a series of food safety systems using the Rapid LT and freeze-dried assays for the detection of listeria, salmonella, E coli, and campylobacter Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Idaho Technology http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/ida/ida102.html The detection kits and instruments are used by military and first responder teams around the world for on-the-spot analysis of biothreat agents Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Idaho Technology http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/ida/ida103.html Sandra Clark's project at the University of Brighton is considered significant and timely, since hospital-acquired infections continue to be an enormous challenge to health care services Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo356.html Entries for this international awards scheme are welcome from infection control teams in all countries around the world - closing date for entries is 31 January 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo355.html Culti-Loops and Quanti-Cult will bear the ATCC licensed derivative emblem, thus assuring customers that the viability, purity and identification of the micro-organisms have been tested and confirmed Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Oxoid http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/oxo/oxo354.html