News • Euroanalysis IV. Aug. 23-28. Helsinki, Finland. Contact: Euroana lysis IV, Association of Finnish Chemical Societies, Veikko Velamo, Executive Director, Pohj, Hesperiankatu 3 Β 10, SF-00260 Helsinki 26, Finland • 7th Biennial Conference of the Australian and N e w Zealand Soci ety for Mass Spectrometry. Aug. 24-28. Sydney, Australia. Contact: I. K. Gregor, Organizing Secretary, 7th ANZSMS Conference, U of New South Wales, Kensington, 2033, N.S.W. Australia • XI International Congress of Clinical C h e m i s t r y / I V European Congress of Clinical Chemistry. Aug. 30-Sept. 5, Vienna, Austria. Con tact: Congress Secretariat, INTERCONVENTION, P.O. Box 35, A-1095 Wien (Austria), (0222) 42 13 52 • 11th Northeast Regional Meet ing. Oct. 18-21. Rochester, N.Y. Con tact: D. A. Smith, Chemistry Division, Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., 1669 Lake Ave., Roches ter, N.Y. 14650. 716-458-1000 • 33rd Southeastern Regional Meeting. Nov. 4-6. Lexington, Ky. Contact: E. V. Brown, Dept. of Chem istry, U of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506. 606-257-4741 • 17th Midwest Regional Meeting. Nov. 5-6. Columbia, Mo. Contact: R. C. Thompson, U of Missouri, Colum bia, Mo. 65201 314-822-2439
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developed and are marketing a family of systems known as Comprehensive Biological Assay System or COBAS. For more information, contact Lynn Dischler, Dept. of Public Affairs, Hoff m a n n - L a Roche Inc., 340 Kingsland St., Nutley, N.J. 07110. 201-235-5487 T h e second edition of the Directory of Instrumentation is now available from the Instrument Society of Amer ica (ISA). Listings include over 1900 manufacturers with their sales offices and representatives arranged by terri tory and over 260 generic product categories with the names of the man ufacturing companies. Manufacturers, sales offices, and representative list ings are accompanied by addresses, telephone and T L X / T W X numbers. T h e price is $65. To obtain a copy, contact ISA, 67 Alexander Dr., Re search Triangle Park, N.C. 27709. 919-549-8411 McCrone Research Institute has scheduled a series of courses in elec tron microscopy through November. Tuition ranges from $475 to $500. For more information, contact Nancy Daerr, McCrone Research Institute, 2508 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60616. 312-842-7105 Helena Laboratories is offering a fall series of educational workshops on electrophoretic, chromatographic, and latex agglutination tests. Each oneday session will feature slide series and lectures on the theory and inter pretation of each diagnostic test. A brochure describing the workshops is available by calling 800-231-5663. In Texas, call 800-392-3126
Cambridge Analytical Associates of Watertown, Mass., now offers GC/MS, H P L C , and GC assay services for com pliance testing and quality control of organic compounds. Primarily con cerned with government compliance, environmental quality control, indus trial hygiene, pretreatment facility testing, and ingredient analysis, the lab has facilities for testing for EPA's established list of 129 priority water pollutants. For more information, con tact: Martin H. Wolf, Cambridge Ana lytical Associates, 222 Arsenal St., Watertown, Mass. 02172. 617-9239376
Research programs conducted at the Department of Energy's Compara tive Animal Research Laboratory (CARL) will be consolidated within the programs of Oak Ridge Associ ated Universities, effective Oct. 1, 1981. Principal work at CARL has been the investigation of potential ef fects of energy-related environmental pollutants on humans, using various species of animals. Contact Jim Alex ander at 615-576-0887 for more infor mation.
Roche Analytical Instruments Inc. has been established as a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. T h e subsid iary's mandate is to develop and mar ket automated instruments for the clinical laboratory. They have recently
Bio-Rad Laboratories is offering a series of free one-half-day seminars on the use of polystyrene ion moderated partition H P L C columns as an alter native to silica-based reverse phase H P L C columns. For more informa-
tion, contact: T o m Jupille, Bio-Rad Laboratories, 2200 Wright Ave., Rich mond, Calif. 94804. 415-234-4130 Academy/McNamara Publishing an nounces the availability of Clinical Instrument Systems, a new monthly eight-page investigative report edited by Nelson L. Alpert. The report pro vides clinical laboratory personnel with information on instrumentation recently established in routine use. T h e cost is $125/y and subscriptions may be ordered by contacting Clinical Instrument Systems at 275 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 212-5327643 T h e Analytical Instruments Divi sion of D u Pont in Glasgow, Del., has expanded its facilities for manufacturing and assembling liquid chromatography instruments and col umns. In-house production of a new line of liquid chromatographs and short delivery times are expected to result from this expansion. For more information, contact: Frank R. Zumbro, Marketing Communications De partment, Du Pont Co., McKean Building-Concord Plaza, Wilmington, Del. 19898 Centaur S c i e n c e s of Stamford, Conn., manufacturer of pipettes and laboratory disposables, has purchased Sheldon Plastics Manufacturing Co. of Sparks, Nev., a producer of plastics in jection molding. More information may be obtained from Souren Avakian, Centaur Sciences, Inc., 180 Har vard Ave., Stamford, Conn. 06902. 203-324-5741 Matheson Gas Company, supplier of gases and related equipment, has ex panded the size of its Morrow, Ga. plant by 50%. Larger inventories and distribution volumes for specialty gases and gas-related equipment are expected to result from the expansion. For more information, contact: Ma theson, 1275 Valley Brook Ave., P.O. Box E, Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071 or Ma theson, 6874 South Main St., P.O. Box 136, Morrow, Ga. 30260 Crippen Laboratories has moved to new and larger quarters at 4027 New Castle Ave., New Castle, Del. 19720. They offer consulting and research services on a variety of subjects from environmental and forensic studies to coatings and plastics investigations. For more information, contact Ray mond C. Crippen at the new location or phone 302-571-8882.
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