CBRNe Convergence 2017
The CBRNe Convergence 2017 Congress & Exhibition will be held November 6-8, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Organized by the experienced team from CBRNe World magazine, this 10th iteration draws leading experts and [Read more]
Chemical Detection
Army’s Mobile Laboratory Unit Certifies for Global Mission
The only deployable laboratory in the Army, the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, successfully completed an annual Certification Training Exercise last month at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The mission of the 1st AML [Read more]
CBRNe Summit Asia 2016
The CBRNe Summit Asia 2016 conference will be held December 5-7, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This event features stakeholder presentations on all aspects of CBRNe defense, allowing you to develop your understanding [Read more]
Improvements to Biosurveillance and Detection Methods
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting market research to determine the availability of emerging technologies that can improve the detection and characterization of biological threat agent signatures. Highlighted areas of [Read more]
1st Detect and Battelle Collaboration Awarded NGCD Phase III
Astrotech Corporation subsidiary 1st Detect Corporation and strategic partner Battelle Memorial Institute have completed the Brassboard Phase and were awarded the Final Prototype Phase of the U.S. military’s Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) [Read more]
Biodefense Headlines – July 17, 2016
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including digital pathogen detection, Ebola virus lingering in spinal fluid, and melioidosis outbreak drivers. POLICY & PRACTICES Zika funding bill fails as Congress [Read more]
2016 EPA International Decontamination R&D Conference
The 2016 EPA International Decontamination R&D Conference will be held November 1-3, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. This 9th international conference on decontamination research and development is hosted by U.S. EPA’s Office [Read more]
IARPA Awards 9.8M Contract for Standoff Detection of Chemical Threats
Block MEMS, a leading developer of Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based infrared detection systems, has been awarded a $9.8M contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop a system [Read more]
DTRA Awards Chemical Decontamination Assurance Contract to FLIR
The U.S. Department of Defense has recently awarded a notable contract related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) equipment or life science research of interest for potential applications [Read more]
UTHealth Awarded 11M to Study Deadly Prions
Researchers from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have been awarded $11 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the pathogenesis, transmission [Read more]