BioContact Quebec: Media Advisory/Companies Making Equipment to Detect Contaminants Such as Anthrax are the Stars of BioContact Quebec 2001.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K OTTAWA--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 11, 2001 A Californian Company, Cepheid, and Infectio Diagnostic From Quebec City Get All the Attention The 8th Edition of BioContact Quebec, the largest biopharmaceutical partnership symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , is getting a lot of attention today because two of its participants, Cepheid from California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Infectio Diagnostic from Quebec City, are presenting their products, which are used to detect and analyse an·a·lyse v. Chiefly British Variant of analyze. analyse or US -lyze Verb [-lysing, -lysed] or -lyzing, contaminants such as anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis . Their presentations are scheduled for:
Thursday, October 11, 2001 Cepheid
Mr. Thomas Gutshall, President and CEO
9:30am
Room Frontenac
Infectio Diagnostic
Dr. Pierre Coulombe, President and CEO
3:00pm
Room Laval
Also today, a key lecture not to miss:
Thursday, October 11, 2001 Information Technology (IT): Challenges
in the post-genomic area
Siamak H. Zadeh
Group Manager, Life Sciences Group
Sun Microsystems
Ballroom, Chateau Frontenac
noon - 2 pm
A media room is available at all times. The communications officer is on site to offer assistance and arrange meetings and interviews. BioContact 2001 is a unique opportunity to meet and discuss issues with Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. and international leaders of the biotechnology world. Don't miss it! A detailed symposium schedule and a list of all participants are available on the BioContact Quebec 2001 website: www.biocontact.qc.ca. |
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