BAS purchases Technicol In an effort to expand its pharmaceutical and neuroscience customer base, Bioanalytical Systems (BAS; West Lafayette, IN) has purchased Technicol (Stockport, U.K.). Explaining the purchase, BAS president Peter Kissinger said, "Our focus is on the pharmaceutical industry and biomedical research, especially neuroscience and drug metabolism. The U.K. has a strong position in these areas and it has become clear that we have to have a direct presence there. [The newly named] BAS Technicol will ultimately become the European distribution and service center for our company, serving customers and distributors throughout the EC." BAS Technicol will offer products for chromatography, electrochemistry, and in vivo sampling using microdialysis and ultrafiltration. Speaking about the change in ownership, company manager Denise Wallworth said, "The initial aim is to expand our activities in chiral, preparative, and process chromatography while broadening our range of analytical columns and accessories. At the same time, we will continue actively developing the market for BAS's range of products. With 15 years of experience in the market, we believe that joining forces in this way will provide a strong new base for BAS in the U.K"
Division of Analytical Chemistry award recipients Theodore Kuwana, Michael D. Morris, James D. Winefordner, and Richard N. Zare are this year's winners of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry awards, which will be presented at special symposia at the fall ACS national meeting in Chicago. Theodore Kuwana, professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas, will receive the Award in Electrochemistry, sponsored by EG&G Princeton Applied Research. Kuwana is best known for his work in electroanalytical methods for biomolecules, carbon micro-
electrodes, photoelectrochemistry, electroluminescence, and developing electrochemical detectors for LC. For almost a decade, Kuwana has been involved in a summer program that allows college teachers to conduct research in bioanalytical chemistry. Michael D. Morris, professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, will receive the Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, sponsored by Perkin-Elmer Corp. Morris is best known for his work in biological applications of Raman and laser spectroscopy. His research interests also include capillary and gel electrophoresis of biomolecules and DNA analysis. James D. Winefordner, professor of chemistry at the University of Florida, will receive the Award for Excellence in Teaching, cosponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry and DuPont. Winefordner is best known for his work in atomic and molecular spectroscopy and for developing detection methods based on luminescence, absorption, and emission, including GC and LC detectors and spectroscopic instrumentation. Richard N. Zare, professor of chemistry at Stanford University, will receive the Award in Chemical Instrumentation, sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company Foundation. Zare is best known for his work on improving and developing detectors. His research interests include molecular photodissociation, fluorescence and chemiluminescence, and applying lasers to chemical problems.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION • Pigliucci quits Perkin Elmer Riccardo Pigliucci, president and chief operating officer at Perkin Elmer, has resigned after 29 years with the company. His resignation follows a March announcement that the company would consider outside candidates in its search for a successor to Gaynor Kelley, chairman and CEO, who is retiring next year. Kelley has assumed Pigliucci's responsibilities until a successor is found.
• Gasoline SRMs To help gasoline producers meet EPA guidelines for oxygenates in gasoline, NIST has produced a series of standard reference materials (SRMs 2286-2293) containing ethanol,tert-amyl-methylether, ethyketf-butyl ether, and methyl-ferfbutyl ether. Each standard contains two ampules of gasoline with a certified concentration of one of the oxygenates and a third ampule of gasoline with no oxygenate. For more information, contact NIST SRM Program, Rm. 204, Bldg. 202, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 (301975-6776; fax 301-975-3730).
• New methods AOAC International has adopted six LC methods to be published in the second supplement to the 16th Edition of Official Methods ofAnalysis ofAOAC International: dithianon in technical products and formulations (995.01), cyfluthrin in pesticides (995.02), extracted capsaicinoids and capsicums (995.03), tetracycline residues in milk (995.04), vitamin D in infant formulas and enteral products (995.05), and D-malic acid in apple juice (995.06). For more information, contact AOAC International (703522-3032).
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