Research and Markets : 5th BioDetection Technologies: Technological Responses to Biological Threats.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10533) has announced the addition of 5th BioDetection Technologies: Technological Responses to Biological Threats to their offering This publication provides documentation for the 2004 Biodetection Technologies Conference. Critical breakthroughs in detection of biological agents remains a central focus of the biodefense community. As a result of this demand for new technologies, tremendous opportunities exist to develop new screening, dentification and analytical techniques An analytical technique is a method that is used to determine the concentration of a chemical compound or chemical element. There are a wide variety of techniques used for analysis, from simple weighing (gravimetric) to titrations (titrimetric)to very advanced techniques using . Learn the latest innovations in detection methods and devices as our experts discuss: --Biodefense for the 21st Century --Biodefense research and development: Strategic opportunities --Rapid change - a requirement for biodetection --Detection technologies and crop biosecurity --Real-time monitoring system for water security --Devices and protocols for recovery of organisms from complex samples --Challenges for optically-based biological agent sensors --Autonomous pathogen Pathogen Any agent capable of causing disease. The term pathogen is usually restricted to living agents, which include viruses, rickettsia, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, helminths, and certain insect larval stages. detection system --Automated immunoassay-based biosensors --Assay method validation for biodetectors --Electronic taste chip sensors for rapid detection of chemical and biological targets --Handheld PCR PCR polymerase chain reaction. PCR abbr. polymerase chain reaction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Instrumentation --Update on mass spectrometry-based detection for mixtures of microorganisms --Microarray approaches to detection of emerging pathogens emerging pathogen Public health Any pathogen that ↑ incidence of an epidemic outbreak Examples Cryptosporidium, E coli O157:H7, Hantavirus, multidrug resistant pneumococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci. See Emergent disease. --Portable array biosensor A device that detects and analyzes body movement, temperature or fluids and turns it into an electronic signal. See lab on a chip and data glove. Biosensor for multi-threat detection --Detection of cellular activation using mid infrared spectroscopy --Bioaerosol collection and analysis using diffuse reflectance re·flec·tance n. The ratio of the total amount of radiation, as of light, reflected by a surface to the total amount of radiation incident on the surface. Noun 1. infrared spectroscopy --Electrochemiluminescence assays for biological agents For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10533 |
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