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Environment
The 24th International Biodetection Technologies: Biothreat and Pathogen
Detection is an internationally recognized meeting for experts in detection
& identification of biological threats.This conference will address hot topics
in pathogen detection, strategies and cutting edge assays and technologies for
detection & identification of global biological threats and translational gaps in
bringing technologies from lab to field. The conference takes place on June 27
- 28 2016.
This event is followed by Knowledge Foundation’s Biodetection Technologies:
Point-of-Care for Biodefense being held from June 28-29, 2016.Together, these
two events will provide three full days of comprehensive programming around
biodetection technologies in biodefense.
Conference details
Real-time Monitoring and Sensing of Atmospheric
ExplosiveVapors
Multimodal sensors enhance chemical selectivity and reduce false-positive/nega-
tive signals in explosive vapor detection.
Prof. Seonghwan Kim, University of Calgary CA,
has developed a multimodal sensing system for
explosive vapors that uses a microthermometer/
microheater device and a widely tunable quantum
cascade laser
Reported in 4 February
SPIE. is the international society for optics and
photonics
Optical image of the microelec-
tromechanical sensing device.