08/01/04 - QuantaSpec receives $643,876 research contract from the National Center for Counter-Terrorism for the Advanced Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
05/02/06 - QuantaSpec receives $100,000 research contract from the US Air Force Research Lab for Advanced Detection of IEDs.
09/30/06 - QuantaSpec receives $93,000 grant from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Automated Identification of Foodborne Pathogens.
06/06/07 - QuantaSpec receives $750,000 research contract from the US Air Force Research Lab for Advanced IED Detection.
1/17/08 - QuantaSpec's food research presented, "Impact of Growth Phase, Chemical and Food Matrices on Differentiation of Foodborne Pathogens by FTIR Spectroscopy" at IFPAC 2008, Baltimore MD.
3/20/08 - Founder, Kenneth Puzey, gives invited talk, "Automated Species and Strain Identification of Bacteria in Complex Matrices", SPIE Defense & Security Conference, Orlando FL.
7/30/08 - QuantaSpec receives $99,990 research contract from the US Department of Homeland Security for Reagent-less Miniature Wireless Chemical/Biological/Explosive Sensor.
10/20/08 - QuantaSpec receives $70,000 research contract from US Army Medical Research for Multiplexed Assay for the Detection of Would Related Pathogens.
11/01/08 - QuantaSpec receives $70,000 research contract from US Army Medical Research for Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials.
11/06/08 - QuantaSpec Receives $500,000 contract modification to US Air Force Research Lab Contract for Advanced IED Detection.
09/01/09 - QuantaSpec US Army Medical Research contract increased to $850,000 for Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials.
11/24/09 - QuantaSpec issued US Patent 7,623,234 from USPTO for "System and Method for Detecting and Identifying an Analyte". Now available for license.
11/04/10 - QuantaSpec presents poster, "Detection of Single Ring Stage P. falciparum in Human Thin Film Blood Smears Using FTIR Microspectroscopy and Differentiation of Plasmodium Positive and Plasmodium Negative Red Blood Cells", at ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA.
11/06/10 - QuantaSpec presents poster, "Automated Reagent-Less Differentiation of P. falsiparum from P. vivax in Human Thin Film Blood Smears with FTIR Microspectroscopy", at ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA.
11/06/10 - QuantaSpec presents poster, "Automated Reagent-Less Differentiation of Three Drug-Susceptible Strains of P.falciparum from Three Drug-Resistant Strains of P. falciparum in Human Thin Film Blood Smears" at ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA.
11/10/10 - Founder, Kenneth Puzey, presents "Automated Reagentless Identification of Plasmodia in Blood Smears", at Detection Technologies 2010: New Developments in Identification of Microorganisms & Chemicals, Arlington VA.
02/22/11 - QuantaSpec issued US Patent 7,894,057, "Method of Analyzing Samples Using Broadband Laser Light". Now available for license.
05/01/11 - QuantaSpec receives $100,000 Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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