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The Pittsburgh Conference announced today Dr. Charles M. Lieber will deliver a plenary lecture entitled Nanowire Nanoelectronic Devices for Detection of and Interfacing to Biological Systems at Pittcon 2007, February 25 ? March 2, 2007, at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The plenary lecture will kick off the Pittcon 2007 Technical Program on Sunday, February 25, 2007.

Waters Corp.'s continued focus on chromatography and mass spectrometry continues to generate strong returns, according to a recent report from Morningstar.

Cohesive Technologies Inc. announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Mayo Clinic to increase patient sample throughput and improve data quality using Cohesive's proprietary turbulent flow chromatography (TurboFlow? technology) systems for clinical assays using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS).

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) today announced an exciting collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that is focused on the creation of a specially adapted algorithm for predicting solubility in aqueous DMSO solution as well as related enhancements to ACD/Labs? pKa and aqueous solubility prediction algorithms.

W.R. Grace & Co. is increasing its presence in China with the creation of a subsidiary and technical service center in Shanghai and the expansion of an office in Guangzhou.

Daiso has opened a new subsidiary in the USA with the acquisition of the High Pressure Liquid Chromatography business from Essential Life Solutions.

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. has acquired Pharmorphix Ltd., a privately held firm based in Cambridge, U.K., that offers solid-form research services to pharmaceutical and biotech markets. Terms of the acquisition, paid in cash, weren't disclosed.

Airgas, Inc. today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Houston, TX-based Aeriform Corporation, an independent distributor with 29 locations in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The companies expect to close the transaction by September 1, subject to due diligence, customary closing conditions, and regulatory reviews.

A fresh test conducted by Center for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed high levels of pesticide content in colas. The revelation comes after the expose conducted three years back, thereby putting the cola giants in dire straits.

News from the chromatography industry.

In month's issue features two new articles entitled "Chromatography for Bioanalytical Chemists" and "Applying Highly Selective Reaction Monitoring for the Assay of Midazolam and 1-Hydroxymidazolam in Plasma using LC-MS-MS."

The Pittsburgh Conference announces the launch of a totally re-designed web site for Pittcon 2007 (www.pittcon.org) with improved navigation enabling direct access to key information about the Conference and Expo and an overall improved appearance and design.

Bruker AXS Inc. announced today that R&D Magazine has selected its novel XFlash QUAD detector for a 2006 R&D 100 Award.

PerkinElmer, Inc., today announced a multi-year license and research collaboration agreement with the University of Leicester (United Kingdom).

Millipore Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Serologicals following approval by Serologicals' shareholders last week. The acquisition will transform Millipore into a life science industry company with combined annual revenues of approximately $1.4 billion, based on 2006 full year projections.

Researchers are using a method called gas chromatography, a process by which they will extract fish tissue and identify organic based compounds and pollutants in the tissue, especially flame retardants, of which traces have been found in the breast milk of women.

The 6th Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods was held in Si?fok, Hungry. The first Balaton Conference in 1955 was sponsored by the Chromatographic Group of the Hungarian Chemical Society. In the past ten years, the society has increased in size and recognition. The symposium included more than 30 oral and nearly 140 poster presentations with more than 360 registered delegates from 23 countries.

Thermo Electron Corporation has developed a new web-based chromatography resource center, to provide the necessary tools and technical advice to help chromatographers improve their analytical results.