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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
An instrument & manufacturers exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.
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MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2010
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13.30 |
Opening of Rapid Methods Europe 2010
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Plenary meeting - Speed, selectivity and sensitivity
Chair:
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
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13.45 |
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aptamers provide amazing tools for multiplex protein or pathogen measurements
Dr. Larry Gold, SomaLogic, Inc., USA
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14.30 |
Rapid and sensitive immuno-biosensor based on actuated magnetic nanoparticles
Dr. André H.J. Immink, Philips Corporate Technologies, the Netherlands
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15.15 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers 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 |
Genomotyping: a fast and flexible approach for microbial diagnostics
Dr. Frank H.J. Schuren, TNO Quality of Life, Microbial Genomics Group, the Netherlands
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16.15 |
Rapid and simple detection of VTEC specific genes by carbon nanoparticles-based immunoassays
Prof.dr. Patricia S. Noguera Murray, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Department of Chemistry, Spain
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16.45 |
Back on food safety radar screen: rapid methods to spot foodborne bacterial toxins
Dr. Andreja Rajkovic, Ghent University, Food Safety & Food Quality, Belgium
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17.15 |
Contributed paper:
Determination of the cut-off value of a PCR assay on
a specific PCR platform can be essential for the transferability of a qualitative real-time PCR method
Dr. Olivier Fumičre, Walloon
Agricultural Research Centre, Department Quality of Agricultural Products, Belgium
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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 |
Experiences with multiplex diagnostic platforms for contaminants
Willem Haasnoot, RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands
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16.15 |
Molecularly imprinted clean-up of fumonisins B and T-2 toxin, and promising
applications in mycotoxin sensing
David De Smet, M.Sc., Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
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16.45 |
Aptamer technology as a rival to antibodies in residue diagnostics
Sara Stead, The Food and Environment Research Agency, UK
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17.15 |
Contributed paper:
Development of a sensor for chemical water quality
using sorption to polymer coated surfaces and refractive index measurements
Bram van der Gaag, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, the Netherlands
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17.30 - 19.00
Rapid Method's Lounge Party
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TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 2010
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08.45 |
Plenary Keynote Lecture
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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Parallel session 3 - Advances in microarray technology
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group,
the Netherlands
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09.30 |
Microarray technologies for detection and typing of pathogens
Dr. Tanja Kostic, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Department of Health and Environment, Austria
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10.00 |
The development of protein microarrays: an option for mass screen in serological based studies
Dr. Liljana Petrovska, Veterinary Laboratories
Agency-Weybridge, Department for Food and Environmental Safety, UK
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10.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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11.00 |
Flow-through chemiluminescence microarrays for the rapid
quantification of pathogens and antibiotics in liquid samples
Dr. Michael Seidel, Technical University Munich, Institute of Hydrochemistry, Germany
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11.30 |
Multi-analyte microarray detection and characterization of foodborne
pathogens directly from environmental matrices
Clare Aldus, M.Sc., Institute of Food Research, UK
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Parallel session 4 - Trends in analytical techniquesChair:
Dr. Bert Popping, Eurofins Scientific Group, UK
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09.30 |
New technologies for the enrichment, separation and identification of small molecules in food chemistry
Prof.dr. Günther Bonn, University of
Innsbruck, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Austria
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10.00 |
Options for detection of food toxicants in instrumental analysis: mass spectrometry or mass spectrometry?
Dr. Hans Mol, RIKILT- Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands
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10.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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11.00 |
Extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for rapid on-line
analysis of food samples and biological specimens
Prof.dr. Renato Zenobi, ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Switzerland
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11.30 |
Hyphenated LC-SPE-NMR-MS, the state-of-the-art system for analysis of
unknown: applications and challenges in food analysis
Dr. Frederic Girard, Spinnovation Analytical, the Netherlands
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Parallel session 5 - Rapid methods in laboratory practice
Chair:
Dr. Kitty Maassen, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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13.30 |
The ADIAFOOD PCR pathogens detection system – an easy approach to food safety!
Tony Rouillard, AES Chemunex, France
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13.50 |
Rapid lateral flow tests in a HACCP based approach for allergen monitoring
Ronald Niemeijer, R-Biopharm, Germany
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14.10 |
Portable and handheld systems for rapid molecular and immunodiagnostics
Dr. Konrad Faulstich, ESE GmbH, Germany and Dr. Olaf Piepenburg, TwistDx, UK
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14.30 |
Recent advances in the use of LC/MS/MS for high throughput multi-target pesticide screening
Dr. Stephen Lock, Applied Biosystems, UK
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14.50 |
Quick and automated screening method for priority beta-agonists in urine
Dr. Michal Godula ,Thermo Fisher Scientific, Czech Republic
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15.10 |
Contributed paper:
Novel fluorescence-based method for real-time detection of viable microorganisms
Dr. Remco Kort, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands
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15.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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16.00 |
New approaches to classical microbiological methods: rapid sample
preparation and environmental pathogen monitoring
Alan Deery, Microgen Bioproducts, UK
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16.20 |
Increasing throughput while decreasing cost: scaling of multiplex
diagnostic test production using ultra-low liquid volume dispensing
Holger Eickhoff / Hans Dijk, Scienion AG, Germany
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16.40 |
Pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria
identification assays demonstrate Pall GeneDisc qPCR technology capability to detect multiple target organisms in food production
Bertrand Coissac, Pall GeneSystems S.A., France
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Parallel session 6 - Topical issues Chair:
Prof.dr. Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium
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13.30 |
MCPD-esters in foods: current status and challenges in analysis
Dr. Richard H. Stadler, Nestlé Product Technology Centre, Quality Management Department, Switzerland
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14.00 |
A fluorescence-based sensor to monitor the process impact on food quality
and to predict neoformed contaminants
Dr. Inčs Birlouez-Aragon, AgroParisTech and Spectralis Innovation, France
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14.30 |
Photoinitiators: from ink to food – what is their way and how to determine them?
Prof.dr. Perfecto Paseiro Losada, University of Santiago de
Compostela, Department Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, Spain
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15.00 |
Trace analysis of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in various
matrices. How do current methods perform?
Prof.dr. Bert van Bavel, Örebro University, School of Science and Technology, Sweden
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15.30 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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16.00 |
Contributed paper:
New highly sensitive, unambiguous positive read-out,
rapid quantitative food testing system for use at the point of need
Prof.dr. Colin H. Self, Selective Antibodies Ltd., UK
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16.20 |
Contributed paper:
Detection of the marine phycotoxin 13-desmethyl C spirolide by a chemiluminescent, receptor-based assay
Dr. Natalia Vilarińo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Department of Pharmacology, Spain
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WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2010
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08.45 |
Plenary Keynote Lecture
Exploiting novel chemical and biological labelling systems for the development of highly sensitive assays
Prof.dr. Richard O'Kennedy, Dublin City University, School of Biotechnology, Ireland
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Parallel session 7 - Microorganisms
Chair:
Dr. Kitty Maassen, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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09.30 |
Yeast forensics: methods for identification and tracking
Dr. Suzanne Jordan, Campden BRI, Microbiology Department, UK
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10.00 |
Pathogen and virus detection using a lab-on-a-chip with raw sample preparation
Dr. Jesús M. Ruano-López, IKERLAN Technology Research Centre, Spain
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10.30 |
Rapid detection of virulent Listeria monocytogenes by LAMP
Dr. Le Quang Hoa, Hanoi University of Technology, Institute of Biological and Food Technology, Vietnam
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11.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Parallel session 8 - The future is near
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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09.30 |
Nanowires and selective capture of microorganisms
Prof.dr. Cees J.M. van
Rijn, Nanosens and Wageningen University, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, the Netherlands
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10.00 |
Making bio-sense of toxicity: environmental application of whole-cell biosensors
Prof.dr. Sřren J. Sřrensen, University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Denmark
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10.30 |
Piezo-optical methods for detection in dirty samples
Dr. Steve Ross, Vivacta Ltd., UK
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11.00 |
Networking break / instrument & manufacturers exhibition
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Final plenary meeting - And what else?
Chair:
Dr. Aart van Amerongen, Wageningen University, Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group, the Netherlands
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11.30 |
Seeing the wood for the trees: detection and characterisation of engineered
nanoparticles in complex matrices
Dr. Karen Tiede, The Food and Environment Research Agency, UK
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12.00 |
Rapid detection using invertebrate organisms – obstacles and opportunities
Dr. Glen C. Rains, University of Georgia, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, USA
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12.30 |
Closing of Rapid Methods Europe 2010
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13.30 - 16.00
CONffIDENCE Open Day
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