Submit your abstract by 28 July 2008
Bellingham WA, USA - Join your colleagues in Orlando, Florida, for one of the best pre-clinical medical imaging meetings in the world—submit your abstract today for SPIE Medical Imaging.

Abstracts are being accepted in these areas:

• Physics of Medical Imaging
• Image Processing
• Computer-Aided Diagnosis
• Visualization, Image-guided Procedures and Modeling
• Biomedical Applications: Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging
• Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment
• Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Image-Guided Therapy


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Proceedings of the Denver X-ray Conference™ Denver CO, USA -- The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), sponsors of the Denver X-Ray Conference (DXC), is pleased to present access to Volumes 40-47 of The Advances in X-ray Analysis- Proceedings of the Denver X-ray Conference on CD-ROMs in Adobe Acrobat PDF form. Browse by title or search by keyword, including author name. Results indicate the title, author, and file size.

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Pre-registration deadline 25 July 2008

Register Today - SPIE Optics+Photonics - San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

Conference dates: 10 - 14 August 2008 -- Course dates: 10 - 14 August 2008 -- Exhibition dates: 12 - 14 August 2008 -- Pre-registration deadline: 25 July 2008

Attend the largest optics and photonics event in North America at SPIE Optics+Photonics.

Register today. Your conference registration gains you access to 72 conferences, 2800 technical talks, special events, and plenary sessions in all 4 symposia:

* NanoScience + Engineering
* Solar Energy + Applications
* Photonic Devices + Applications
* Optical Engineering + Applications


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DXC 2008 - 4 - 8 August 2008 - Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, Denver, Colorado - Joint meeting with the Eighth International Conference on Residual Stresses
[Download the Program in PDF format by CLICKING HERE]

Denver CO, USA -- The technical program of the DXC is created and monitored by the Denver X-ray Conference Organizing Committee (DXCOC).

The Committee consists of specialists from various fields of X-ray analysis, each of whom contributes his or her expertise to the technical program.

The DXCOC meets annually to prepare the technical program, regulate the guidelines for sessions and workshops, and establish future goals of the conference.

The Committee also dedicates itself to ensuring the integrity of the meeting.

While exhibits have become a large attraction, the DXCOC maintains a commercial-free, vendor-neutral technical program.


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The International Industrial Trade Fair: 07. to 10. Oct 2008 Messe Wien
Vienna, Austria -- The second edition of the VIENNA-TEC show will be taking place from the 7th – 10th October 2008, combining six top international trade fairs – AUTOMATION AUSTRIA, ENERGY-TEC, IE Industrieelektronik, INTERTOOL, MESSTECHNIK and SCHWEISSEN / JOIN-EX focussing on MENSCH-ARBEIT-SICHERHEIT (PEOPLE-WORKSAFETY) – all at the same time – all under one roof.

The VIENNA-TEC is a trade show presenting product and service portfolios.

Venue: Messe Wien, Messeplatz 1, A - 1020 Wien, Hallen A, B, C & D
The Messe Wien is situated in the green area near the city centre, the world-famous Vienna prater surrounded by rows of chestnut trees and expansive verdant meadows.


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Thermo Fisher Scientific and Genedata Join Forces

SAN JOSE CA, USA -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has announced the integration of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation and Genedata Expressionist for data processing power to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of high-quality MS data, enabling researchers to process hundreds of gigabytes of data simultaneously.

This capability is particularly beneficial for metabolomics researchers who need to classify samples and identify metabolic profiles related to important biological phenotypes.

Genedata Expressionist performs high-throughput processing and automated quality analysis of MS-based metabolomics and proteomics data, enabling researchers to process hundreds of gigabytes of data simultaneously. Genedata Expressionist also includes a sophisticated statistical analysis platform that allows for data comparison.


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Helsinki, Finland -- The Finnish Peptide Society is hosting the 30th European Peptide Symposium (30EPS) at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland on 31 August – 5 September 2008.

We wish to offer you a traditional EPS symposium gathering around 1000 participants. Peptide chemistry is strongly associated with the new trends in life sciences, pharmacology and biotechnology.

The symposium will be an excellent possibility for researchers to sustain and create contacts among experts from various fields of peptide chemistry.


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Thermo Fisher Scientific's NITON Analyzers offers FREE training on the use of field portable XRF analyzers for lead (Pb) and other metals
Billerica, MA, USA -- This training is offered to provide customers and prospective customers with an overview of the power of portable XRF analyzers, and to comply with the requirements of certain states which mandate that users obtain radiation safety training on these instruments for licensing purposes.

Please sign-up as soon as possible, as class sizes are limited. Any class may be cancelled or changed up to one day prior to event.

Pre-registration is required; Limit: Maximum of three (3) people per company, per class. Fee based private, on-site training is available for larger groups or to meet organizational requirements.


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Excerpted from The Consumer Guide to Ultrasonic and Correlation Flowmeters By David W. Spitzer Now Online.
Chestnut Ridge, NY, USA -- In the Spitzer & Boyes LLC E-Zine for July 2008 the article begins: "Transit time ultrasonic flowmeters (sometimes called time-of-flight ultrasonic flowmeters) alternately transmit ultrasonic energy into the fluid in the direction and against the direction of flow".

"At no flow conditions, it takes the same amount of time to travel upstream and downstream between the sensors. Under flowing conditions, the upstream ultrasonic energy will travel slower and take more time than energy traveling downstream. When the fluid moves faster, there is an increase in the difference between the times required for the ultrasonic energy to travel upstream and downstream between the sensors."

" The electronic transmitter measures the upstream and downstream times to determine the flow rate. The following equation expresses this relationship when the transmitting and receiving devices are flush with the pipe wall".


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Melbourn, UK & Menlo Park CA, USA -- Velocity11 (Menlo Park, CA), an Agilent Technologies company, and leading supplier of automation solutions has announced the release of a new and highly informative publication - `Reference guide for optimal thermal microplate sealing'.

As an increasing number of laboratories look to gain the productivity benefits of storing samples in automation-friendly multi-well microplates the need to optimise the plate sealing process to safeguard sample integrity has become paramount.

Achieving an optimal microplate seal depends on many factors including microplate design, construction material, batch-to-batch plate production consistency, microplate features, sealing parameters and the type of seal used.

The new 16-page guide includes a microplate sealing tips section, information on how to optimise sealing parameters when thermal sealing, a comprehensive FAQ section and an electronic PDF form designed to facilitate the capture of key information helpful when requesting technical/applications support.


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