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Cobalt's Chief Scientific Officer wins international recognition

Cobalt’s Chief Scientific Officer, Prof. Pavel Matousek is to be presented with the prestigious Charles Mann Award by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) at its annual conference in Louisville, KY in October 2009. The award is given to individuals who've demonstrated advancement in the field of applied Raman Spectroscopy.

Cobalt Talks Security

Mike Hargreaves, Cobalt’s Applications Scientist, has been invited to talk at a major security conference. The SPIE’s European Security and Defence conference is in Berlin from August 31st to the 3rd of September. It is an event “that bridges the divide between fundamental optical science and the application of the underpinning technologies in advanced security and defence systems”.

Cobalt exhibiting TRS100 at Co-Crystals and Amorphous in Amsterdam

Cobalt is giving pharmaceutical companies the first opportunity to see its TRS100 instrument at Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals 2009 and Amorphous Pharmaceutical Materials 2009 in Amsterdam on September 21-22. . The TRS100 is a purpose-built rapid analysis machine for pharmaceutical assay.

Cobalt presenting at Co-Crystals and Amorphous in Amsterdam

Cobalt Light Systems will be at the co-located conferences Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals 2009 and Amorphous Pharmaceutical Materials 2009 in Amsterdam on September 21-22. Mike Hargreaves, Cobalt’s Applications Scientist, will give a talk entitled “Characterisation of Crystalline and Non-Crystalline Materials by Transmission Raman Spectroscopy (TRS)” covering the rapid analysis applications for crystal state analysis.

Cobalt Chief Scientific Officer invited to speak at ICAVS

Cobalt’s Chief Scientific Officer, Pavel Matousek , has been invited to speak at the prestigious 5th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy. The conference, one of the biggest in the world specialising in vibrational spectroscopy, is held this year in Melbourne, Australia on 12-17 July.

Cobalt exhibits at Pittcon 2009

Cobalt Light Systems will be at Pittcon 2009 exhibiting from March 9-12 on booth 625.  Cobalt will be introducing the TRS100 Rapid Assay System for pharmaceutical and chemical assay. 

Cobalt Light Systems

Cobalt Light Systems is the new name for LiteThru Ltd.  The change was made to better reflect Cobalt Light Systems' wide ranging technical capabilities.

LiteThru talk at IET

LiteThru to talk at the 26th Intelligent Sensing Programme, London

LiteThru wins IET Innovation Award Materials

LiteThru wins IET Innovation Award Materials in Action category...

Entries to the IET Measurement in Action Innovation Award category were welcomed from (but not limited to) engineers innovating in the areas of:

LiteThru secures UK investment

LiteThru Limited - sees the invisible to improve pharmaceutical processes:

Production and quality control of medicines could soon be quicker, more accurate and cost effective than previously possible. Pharmaceutical companies are one step closer to being able to peer inside a capsule or tablet and analyse its exact composition, at high speed and whilst still in the packaging. LiteThru Ltd, a spin out company of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), has successfully secured £750K investment, enabling the company to commercialise the patented technology.