EMD Millipore Introduces On-demand Viewing for its Lab Solutions Virtual Conference, “Complete Solutions for Food Safety Analysis”

December 16, 2013, Billerica, MA —EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the availability of its Lab Solutions Virtual Conference for on-demand viewing.

The conference theme, “Food Safety Analysis,” brought industry experts from around the world on November 19 and 20 to discuss different aspects of this increasingly important topic, including food and beverage microbiological testing, environmental monitoring and regulation, and the impact of using high-quality materials in analytical testing. Now visitors who were unable to attend the virtual conference last month may visit the site at their leisure.

The Lab Solutions Virtual Conference includes three webinars:

  • “ISO® Standardization in Food Microbiology and Quality of Media” featuring guest speaker Barbara Gerten, R&D Manager, Head of Raw Materials and Regulations, Merck Millipore BioMonitoring R&D - Business Field.
  • “The Importance of Water Quality in Food Analyses” presented by Dr. Estelle Riché, Sr. Scientist, Applications and Training, Merck Millipore Lab Water Business Field.
  • “Monolith Chromolith® Columns – An Ideal Tool for the Analysis of Food Samples with Complex ‘Dirty’ Matrices” featuring guest speaker Dr. Egidijus Machtejevas, Product Management Analytical Chromatography, Merck Millipore Lab Essentials Business Field.

In addition, visitors are free to visit other areas of the site, including the Lab Solutions Exhibit Hall, where they will find four booths related to the conference’s “Food Safety Analysis” theme (Chromatography, Food & Beverage Microbiological Testing, Environmental Monitoring, and Regulated Market), as well as the Sponsor Hall, featuring publishers and industry experts from some of the leading life and science publications: Advantage Business Media, Lab Manager, The Scientist, LCGC and SelectScience.com

The Resource Library also remains available for visitors who would like to review and download new and exciting data, abstracts and videos, as well as scientific articles.

Please visit the Lab Solutions Virtual Conference 2013 website today (https://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=2484&seid=425) to register for on-demand viewing.

About EMD Millipore

EMD Millipore is the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany and offers a broad range of innovative, performance products, services and business relationships that enable our customers' success in research, development and production of biotech and pharmaceutical drug therapies. Through dedicated collaboration on new scientific and engineering insights, and as one of the top three R&D investors in the Life Science Tools industry, EMD Millipore serves as a strategic partner to customers and helps advance the promise of life science.

Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, the division has around 10,000 employees, operations in 66 countries and 2012 revenues of €2.6 billion. EMD Millipore is known as Merck Millipore outside of the U.S. and Canada.

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