Selecting a 3rd Party Lab for food testing-ABC Labs--Gillian Dagan

No charge/On-demand BlogTalk Radio interview: Selecting a 3rd Party Laboratory for Food Testing with Gillian Dagan, Ph.D. Click: www.blogtalkradio ...

2011 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area Names Bio-Rad Laboratories

For more career info, visit www.bio-rad.com Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. was named one of the "Best Places to Work" in the San Francisco ...



Maxxam's Acquisition of Technology Company Brings New Benefits to Oil Sands ...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 9, 2013) - In a move that promises to pay major dividends for clients in Canada's oil and gas sector, Maxxam Analytics, Canada's largest independent laboratory, has acquired a ground-breaking software and services technology company that has developed a technique to dramatically improve the ability to evaluate oil sands drill cores.

The acquisition of Henderson and Associates (H&A) provides Maxxam with a platform through which the development and integration of value-added technical services will be available to meet the growing needs of clients in the oil sands geological market and beyond.

H&A is a Calgary-based petroleum consulting firm serving exploration and production companies in the oil sands. Its expertise is based on an innovative software solution, developed by H&A, and named Visual Logger™, which facilitates drill core description and logging. H&A also provides geological services for reviewing oil sands drilling projects which fully leverage Visual Logger for efficient and accurate results.

Food Science And Technology, State Key Laboratory Through The ...

Undertaken by the Southern Yangtze University Food Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of construction projects, recently organized by Ministry of Science and acceptance of the Expert Group. Inspection team of experts believe that: Laboratory through 2 years of construction, to achieve the desired development goals. According to Zheng-Yu Jin, Vice President of Southern Yangtze University introduced, Food Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Science and Technology in 2007, was approved for construction. Construction period, the laboratory

Undertaken by the Southern Yangtze University Food Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of construction projects, recently organized by Ministry of Science and acceptance of the Expert Group. Acceptance Group experts said: laboratory through two years of construction, construction to achieve the expected goals. According to Zheng-Yu Jin, Vice President of Southern Yangtze University introduced, Food Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Science and Technology in 2007, was approved for construction....

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Sick in the Food-Science Laboratory - From The Lab Bench Blog ...

Typhimurium resonates at home. The outbreak, involving the infamous food-poisoning 'bug', occurred across 35 states from April to March 2011, causing 73 reported cases of severe illness and one reported death.

Investigations by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among those who feel ill, a significant portion were students in microbiology teaching laboratories, employees in clinical laboratories, or children from the households of laboratory researchers, with multiple ill persons reporting previous laboratory handling of Salmonella Media Relations.

In light of the outbreak, attributed to improper adherence to safety protocol in clinical and teaching laboratories, university safety committees and laboratory managers including Dr. Janes are taking extra precautions and cracking down on student researchers.

According to Dr. Janes, most graduate students researching food-borne and infectious diseases do not have adequate concerns over their own health and safety. "It amazes me, most of them don't... think, and don't care. They just want to get their research done, and get out. So they don't think it's that bad," Dr. Janes said. "I'm constantly getting onto them about [safety]..."

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