 |
|
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
An instrument & manufacturers exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.
|
MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2007
|
8:45 |
Opening of Rapid Methods Europe 2007
|
|
Plenary meeting: What can be learned from others?
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
|
9:00 |
International perspectives for rapid methods in European research:
opportunities in Eureka and the 7th Framework Programme
Casper de Swarte, M.Sc., SenterNovem/EG-Liaison, the Netherlands
|
9:30 |
High-throughput analysis: a pharma perspective
Prof.dr. Wilfried M.A. Niessen, hyphen MassSpec, the Netherlands
|
10:00 |
Field testing of a fully automated real-time PCR device designed for UK Armed Forces
David Squirrell, Enigma Diagnostics, UK
|
10:30 |
Networking break
|
|
Parallel session 1: Microorganisms
Chair:
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
|
11:00 |
Sample preparation and enrichment for rapid detection
Dr. Tony Sharpe, Filtaflex Ltd., Canada
|
11:30 |
Making molecular detection methods standard
Dr. Jeffrey Hoorfar, Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute, Denmark
|
12:00 |
Nanoparticles-based assays for detection of microorganisms: why, when and where?
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food
Sciences Group, the Netherlands
|
12:30 |
Lunch
|
|
Case studies
|
14:00 |
Rapid detection methods for verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli
in the food chain
Dr. Catherine M. Burgess, Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Ireland
|
14:30 |
A new method for Salmonella detection
Dr. Mika Tuomola, Raisio Diagnostics, Finland
|
15:00 |
Nucleic acid lateral flow device (NALFD): rapid method for the simultaneous detection of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes
Dr. Martina Blazková, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic
|
15:30 |
Two simple technologies for screening herds on zoonotic agents such as
Campylobacter, Salmonella and Trichinella
Dr. Kitty Maassen, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences Group, the Netherlands
|
|
Contributed papers
|
16:00 |
Electrical DNA arrays for rapid detection of bacterial pathogens
Prof.dr. Sven-Olof Enfors, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
|
16:20 |
Precise controls for rapid methods
Dr. Richard Lilischkis, BTF Precise Microbiology, Australia
|
|
Spotlight presentation
|
16:40 |
Use of iQ-CheckTM Legionella kits for efficient
Legionella risk management in hot sanitary water and industrial water systems
Veliana Todorova, Bio-Rad, Food Science Division, France
|
|
16:00 - 18:00
Poster presentations at the Scientific Café
Matchmaking event - Part I
The best opportunity to meet companies and research institutes throughout Europe to identify possibilities for international
R&D co-operation.
|
|
Parallel session 2: Naturally occurring substances
|
Chair: |
Margreet Lauwaars, Consultant, the Netherlands
|
11:00 |
Rapid detection of mycotoxins: an overview
Prof.dr. Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
|
11:30 |
Rapid methods for bacterial toxins: potential and limitations
Prof.dr. Erwin Märtlbauer, Ludwig Maximilian University, Department of Hygiene and Technology of Milk, Germany
|
12:00 |
Functional assays for biotoxin detection
Prof.dr. Gian Paolo Rossini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Biomedicine, Italy
|
12:30 |
Lunch
|
|
Case studies
|
Chair: |
Prof.dr. Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
|
14:00 |
Screening of mycotoxins in strongly coloured food matrices
Marieke Lobeau, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
|
14:30 |
Innovative microarray tests for food allergen analysis
Dr. Reinhard Hiller, Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research, South Africa
|
15:00 |
Rapid testing of aeroallergens
Prof.dr. Dick Heederik, Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, the Netherlands
|
15:30 |
Rapid ante mortem
tests for TSEs: progress in testing blood for prions
Dr. Alex Räber, Prionics AG, Switzerland
|
|
Contributed papers
|
16:00 |
Rapid strip tests for the detection of deoxynivalenol in wheat and T-2 toxin in wheat and oat
Dr. Alexandra Molinelli, University of Natural Resources and
Applied Life Sciences, Department for Agrobiotechnology, Austria
|
16:20 |
EU-eBIOSENSE, electrical bio-sensor arrays for the analyses of
Salmonella, mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi in food and feed
Dr. Cees Waalwijk, Plant Research International, the Netherlands
|
|
Spotlight presentation
|
16:40 |
A three-prong approach to ensuring confidence in sanitation and food quality
Rob Langley, Neogen Europe Ltd., UK
|
|
16:00 - 18:00
Poster presentations at the Scientific Café
Matchmaking event - Part I
The best opportunity to meet companies and research institutes throughout Europe to identify possibilities for international R&D
co-operation.
|
TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2007
Parallel session 3: Microorganisms
|
Chair: |
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences
Group, the Netherlands
|
8:30 |
Bacterial pathogen detection using a novel light scattering technology
Prof.dr. Arun K. Bhunia, Purdue University, Department of Food Science, USA
|
9:00 |
Luminescent techniques for microbiological analysis of foods: future trends
Dr. Mansel Griffiths, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Canada
|
9:30 |
Rapid methods for the detection of foodborne viruses
Dr. David N. Lees, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratory, UK
|
10:00 |
Rapid detection of toxigenic fungi in plants
Dr. Antonio Moretti, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Italy
|
10:30 |
Networking break
|
|
Case studies
|
11:00 |
Detection of Legionella
with a microsieve and a LED-based photonic device
Dr.ir. Frank H.A.G. Fey, Centre for Concepts in Mechatronics, the Netherlands
|
11:30 |
Isolation of selected Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
serotypes from artificially contaminated samples
Björn Possé, University of Ghent, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Belgium
|
|
Contributed papers
|
12:00 |
A PCR-DGGE approach to explore the predominant microbial spoilage flora
associated with modified atmosphere packaged sliced cooked meat products
Prof.dr. Kathy Messens, University College Ghent, Laboratory AgriFing, Belgium
|
12:20 |
Electrical chips for the monitoring of biomarkers
Dr. Britta Jürgen, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Institute of Pharmacy, Germany
|
12:45 |
Lunch
|
|
14.00 - 16.30
Workshops & demonstrations
Matchmaking event - Part II
The best opportunity to meet companies and research institutes throughout Europe to identify possibilities for international R&D
co-operation.
Parallel session 4: Non-naturally occurring substances
|
Chair: |
Prof.dr. Erwin Märtlbauer, Ludwig Maximilian University, Department of
Hygiene and Technology of Milk, Germany
|
8:30 |
Acrylamide & Co - analysis of processing contaminants
Dr. Thomas
Wenzl, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Belgium
|
9:00 |
New developments in the rapid detection of pesticide residues
Prof.dr. Sergei A. Eremin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemical Enzymology, Russia
|
9:30 |
The rapid detection of antibiotic residues in food products
Wim Reybroeck, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Unit Technology & Food, Belgium
|
10:00 |
Irradiation detection methods - and how to cheat the test
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
|
10:30 |
Networking break
|
|
Case studies
|
11:00 |
Recent developments in fast multiple GMO detection
Prof.dr. José Remacle, University of Namur, Research Unit on Cellular Biology, Belgium
|
11:30 |
Spice up spices - rapid detection and quantification of illegal dyes
Silke Mass, Eurofins/Wiertz-Eggert-Jörissen, Germany
|
|
Contributed papers
|
12:00 |
Luminex-based multiplex immunoassays for drug residues in food
Willem Haasnoot, RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands
|
12:20 |
Qualitative determination of beta-lactams in milk in 3 minutes
Willem Kokke, Charm Sciences/Kentron Microbiology, USA/the Netherlands
|
12:45 |
Lunch
|
|
14.00 - 16.30
Workshops & demonstrations
Matchmaking event - Part II
The best opportunity to meet companies and research institutes throughout Europe to identify possibilities for international R&D
co-operation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
