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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
An instrument & manufacturers exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.
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MONDAY 26 JANUARY 2009
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13.30 |
Opening of Rapid Methods Europe 2009
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Plenary meeting: Two sides of the rapid methods coin
Chair:
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
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13.45 |
Rapid methods: at the crossroads of risk assessment and risk management
Dr. Fabrice Peladan, Danone, France
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14.30 |
Chemical contaminants in food and feed: inexpensive
detection for control of exposure (CONffIDENCE, a new European research project)
Dr. Jacob de Jong, RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands
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15.15 |
Networking break / instrument & manufactures exhibition
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Parallel session 1
Microorganisms
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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15.45 |
Rapid methods for spoilage and indicator organism
Dr. Rijkelt R. Beumer, Wageningen University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, the Netherlands
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16.30 |
Biosensors and bio-based methods for the separation and detection of foodborne pathogens
Prof.dr. Arun K. Bhunia, Purdue University, Department of Food Science, USA
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17.15 |
Contributed paper:
Multiplex real-time RT-PCR for simultaneous detection of GI/GII noroviruses and murine norovirus 1
Ambroos Stals, ILVO, Technology & Food Sciences, Belgium
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17.30 |
Spotlight presentations:
New cost saving screening technologies for food safety
Dr. Paul Overgaauw, RnA, the Netherlands
Real-time PCR solution: rapid methodology for accurate and cost-effective pathogen detection
Geert Nobels, Applied Biosystems, BelgiumThe
use of fluorescence and reader systems in producing next generation performance in lateral flow and flow through assays
Dr. Brendan O'Farrell, Diagnostic Consulting Network, USA
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Parallel session 2
Chemical contaminants
Chair:
Prof.Dr. Sarah de Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
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15.45 |
Detection of known and unknown food contaminants: from days towards seconds
Prof.dr. Michel W.F. Nielen, Wageningen University, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, the Netherlands
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16.30 |
Application of MIPs as selective recognition elements for antibiotic sensing
Prof.dr. Maria C. Moreno-Bondi, Complutense University of Madrid,
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Spain
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17.15 |
Contributed paper:
A miniaturized gas-chromatographic system for the evaluation of fish freshness
Dr. Alejandro Barranco, AZTI-Tecnalia, Food Research Division, Spain
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17.30 |
Spotlight presentations:
A lateral flow assay for the quantitative measurement of progesterone in fresh cow's milk
Dr. Mark Jones, BBInternational, UK
Effective microscopic image analysis system based on aroprot® staining of biological particles
Dr. Georg Meinardus-Hager, a.e.r.o.medi, the Netherlands
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18.00 - 19.00 Rapid Method's Lounge Party
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TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2009
Parallel session 3
Microoganisms
Chair:
Dr. Kitty Maassen, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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08.30 |
Intact cell MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry - a rapid identification tool for highly pathogenic microorganisms
Dr. Peter Lasch, Robert Koch Institute, Biomedical Spectroscopy, Germany
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09.00 |
Molecular detection of viruses using a novel magnetic bead microarray
Dr. Neil Leblanc, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Virology,
Immunology and Parasitology, Sweden
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09.30 |
Sensor systems for rapid detection of post-harvest microbial spoilage in potato tubers and cereal grain
Dr. Peter T.N. Spencer-Phillips, University of the West of England, Department of Applied Sciences, UK
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10.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Subsession
Sampling and sample preparation
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10.30 |
Sampling of food: useful tool or lucky shot?
Ida Dijkhoff-Jongenburger, M.Sc., Wageningen University, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, the Netherlands
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11.00 |
Challenges in conventional and molecular
microbial food testing: how to facilitate the extraction of target cells?
Prof.dr. Martin Wagner, University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute
for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, Austria
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11.30 |
Reinventing the Petri dish: miniaturised tools for microbial culture
Dr. Colin J. Ingham, Wageningen University, Laboratory of Microbiology, the Netherlands
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12.00 |
Spotlight presentation:
Outsourcing rapid identification of bacteria and fungi with our MicroSEQ® service
Richard de Winter, BaseClear, the Netherlands
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Parallel session 4
Chemical contaminants
Chair:
Prof.dr. Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
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08.30 |
Smart sensors in the process technological water world
Dr. Henk Miedema, Wetsus, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, the Netherlands
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09.00 |
Quantitative determination of multiple mycotoxins by planar waveguide
Dr. Jens Burmeister, Bayer Technology Services, Germany
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09.30 |
Analysis of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in guar gum by GC-MS: a
fast and reliable alternative method to QuEChERS
Dr. Katrin Hoenicke, Eurofins, Germany
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10.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Subsession
New rapid technologies for toxicity testing
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10.30 |
A safe meal: the rapid detection of proteinaceous toxins in food
Dr. Eric A.E. Garber, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, USA
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11.00 |
Bacterial gene profiling: a rapid test for evaluation of toxic compounds and toxic effects in food and feed
Dr. Johan Robbens, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Belgium
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11.30 |
Rapid detection of informer genes that correlate with the presence of marine biotoxins
Dr. Philomeen R. Nilsson, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences
Group, the Netherlands
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12.00 - 13.30
Lunch break
12.30 - 13.30 & 17.30 - 18.30
Schedule of activities:
- Poster presentations
- Workshops & demonstrations – Round I
- Instrument & manufacturers exhibition
- 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 5
Microorganisms Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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13.30 |
Optimized by evolution: bacteriophages as a toolbox for the detection of pathogenic bacteria
Prof.dr. Martin J. Loessner, ETH Zurich, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, Switzerland
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14.00 |
Rapid detection of microorganisms using interferometry and lab-on-a-chip nanotechnology
Dr. Aurel Ymeti, Ostendum, the Netherlands
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14.30 |
Laboratories on chip: application of micro- and
nanotechnology for rapid and efficient molecular diagnostics
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15.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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15.30 |
Microarray based multiplex detection of bacteria and toxins
Dr. Claudia Gluch, Zenteris, Germany
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16.00 |
Rapid molecular detection of botulinal neurotoxins producing clostridia in food samples
Dr. Patrick Fach, French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), France
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16.30 |
The molecular characterization of
Salmonella enterica strains by LDR-microarray analysis
Dr. Henk J.M. Aarts, RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands
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17.00 |
Spotlight presentations:
Technical and commercial advantages of the AK-Phage technology
Dr. Hugh Ballantine Dykes, AK Diagnostics Europe, the Netherlands
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Parallel session 6
Food & feed quality
Chair:
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
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13.30 |
On-line quality assessment of heterogeneous foods by rapid spectroscopic techniques
Dr. Jens Petter Wold, Nofima Food (Matforsk), Norway
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14.00 |
Genetic tests for food quality
Dr. Olena Doran, University of the West of England, Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology, UK
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14.30 |
Genetic identification of fishes by DNA-barcodes and microarrays
Dr. Marc Kochzius, University of Bremen, Centre for Applied Gene Sensor Technology, Germany
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15.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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15.30 |
Direct analysis in real time (DART): an ultrafast tool for food and non-food authenticity
Prof.dr. Jana Hajšlová, Institute of Chemical
Technology, Czech Republic and Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
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16.00 |
Allergen detection by LC-MS, peanuts or not?
Dr. Arjon J. van Hengel, DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Belgium
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16.30 |
Assessment of the microstructural quality of food emulsions by NMR in benchtop and sensor mode
Dr. John P.M van Duynhoven, Unilever Food and Health Research Institute, the Netherlands
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WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY 2009
Parallel session 7
Microorganisms
Chair:
Dr. Kitty Maassen, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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09.00 |
Development of the BioSparQ: biological single particle
recognition equipment for near real-time detection of pathogens
Dr. Jasper Kieboom, TNO Defence, Security and Safety, Business Unit Biological
and Chemical Protection, the Netherlands
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09.30 |
Novel nanorod arrays for high sensitivity photonic sensing of biopathogens
Prof.dr. Richard A. Dluhy, University of Georgia, Department of Chemistry, USA
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10.00 |
New and rapid molecular methods for detection of multiple pathogens
Dr. Brajesh K. Singh, The Macaulay Institute, Soils Group, UK
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10.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Parallel session 8
New worlds of rapid testing
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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09.00 |
The potential use of biological sensors based on odorant binding proteins
Prof.dr. Krishna Persaud, University of Manchester, School of Chemical
Engineering and Analytical Science, UK
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09.30 |
Resonance of meniscus waves: towards a 'liquid cantilever' rapid assay for biomolecules
Dr. Laurent Davoust, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, France
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10.00 |
CD-lab player, the other side of compact disc: rapid detection of multiple chemical contaminants
Dr. Sergi Morais, Valencia Polytechnic University, Department of Chemistry, Spain
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10.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Final plenary meeting
What's next?
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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11.00 |
Immunoaffinity-based microfluidics: a rapid and flexible tool for the molecular fisherman
Dr. Terry M. Phillips, National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, USA
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11.30 |
Making it small: protein microarrays - technologies and applications
Dr. Thomas Joos, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, Germany
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12.00 |
Speedy, small, sensitive and specific - reality or myth for future analytical methods?
Prof.dr. Richard O'Kennedy, Dublin City University, Applied Biochemistry Group, Ireland
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12.30 |
Closing of Rapid Methods Europe 2009
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