11th BioDetectors Conference 2018

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Conference: SuperC, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben57, 52062 Aachen, Germany

(bus stop TechnischeHochschule, Train 13b from hotels)

Registration fee per person: 100€/day professionals75€/day for students and post-docs.

IBAN (BDS): NL11ABNA0584382197

Registration includes 2 days conferences and social event on Thursday evening.

General Introduction Session 09.45-10.00

Welcome by organizers 

10.00-10.30 BioDetectors 2020 (H Hollert, RWTH)

10.30-11.00 State-of-the-art BioDetectors (B Brouwer, BDS)

Application of Bioassays in food safety context

11.00-11.30 Modern Food Packaging Safety (Open for call)

11.30-11.50 Plastic Packaging: food & medical (E Mayrhofer, OFI)

11.50-12.30 Plastic additives & Mode of Actions (Open for call)

12.30-13.30 Lunch, Sponsor Presentations and Poster Session

Application of Bioassays: Current hot topics

13.30-14.00 NEW Bioassays (B van der Burg, BDS)

14.00-14.20 Public health & consumer products (Open for call)

14.20-14.40 Epidemiology & Thyroids (B Collet, VU Amsterdam)

14.40-15.00 Blood Testing & POPs & EDCs (Open for call)

15.00-15.20 House Dust & POPs & EDCs (Open for call)

15.20-15.40 Coffee Break and Poster Session

15.40-16.40 Open for call (3 presentations; any idea welcome)

16.40-17.00 Wrap-up

17.00-18.00 Aperitif / Lab demo RWTH Aachen

19.30-……. Gala dinner with all participants

Day 2

Contribution of biodetection for water safety 

09.00-09.15 Introduction

09.15-09.35 AquaNes Project (H Besselink, BDS)

09.35-09.55 Bioassays & water (RWTH)09.55-10.15 WWTPs & Ozonation (H Bielak, IWW)

10.15-10.30 Coffee Break and Poster Session

10.30-10.50 Water Bioactivity Testing in NL (C Houtman, HWL)

10.50-11.10 Novel bioassays for antibiotics in water (T de Boer, MLS)

11.10-12.30 Open for call (4 presentations)

12.30-13.30 Lunch and Poster SessionApplication of biodetection for other environmental issues

13.30-14.50 Open for call (4 presentations)

14.30-14.50 Global Hot Topics (P Behnisch, BDS)

14.50-15.10 Coffee Break and Poster Session

Science Café

15.15-16.00 Round Tables with all participants

16.00-16.30 Wrap-up conference