Digital Seminar Series

General Programme

9 September 2021:  Nanosensors for Environmental and Food Monitoring, (chair: A. J. Baeumner, University of Regensburg)

Sabine Szunerits, Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, Université de Lille, France
Progress on the electrochemical sensing of pathogens using advanced nanostructures

María Pilar Marco, Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Opportunities of Antibody Technologies for Environmental and Food Safety

14 October 2021:  Food Authentication, (chair: M. Fischer, University of Hamburg)

Walter Vetter & Stephanie Krauss, Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Stable isotope ratios of H, C, and N – selected contributions to food authentication

Alberto Valdés, Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC), Spain
Foodomics study of the neuroprotective potential of olive leaves by-products

11 November 2021:  Waste Water Analysis: Environmental and Epidemiological Implications, (chair: F. Hernández, University Jaume I)

Lubertus Bijlsma
Current applications of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE). The role of analytical chemistry in this field

Sara Castiglioni
WBE for estimation of illicit drug use: state of the art and perspectives

9 December 2021:  Food Safety Monitoring, (chair: S. Nugen, Cornell University)

Christopher Elliott, Queen’s University Belfast
Uncovering the cause of a major food safety incident by the application of analytical chemistry

Silvana Andreescu, Clarkson University
Advancing food monitoring through custom-designed affordable sensors

13 January 2022:  Plastics in the Environment: Understanding Impacts and Identifying Solutions, (chair: M. Filella, University of Geneva)

John W Scott, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Persistent organic pollutants associated with microplastics in the environment

Hans Peter Arp, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute & Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Persistent, water-soluble polymers in the research spotlight

10 February 2022:  Pathogen (Bio)Sensors for Environmental, Food and Clinical Diagnostics, (chair: R. Pilloton, National Research Council, Rome)

Suna Timur, Biochemistry Dept., Ege University, Science Faculty, Türkiye)
Use of ‘shiny and colorful’ nanoparticles in biosensing systems and integration with smartphones for clinical applications

Jagriti Narang, Dept. of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard University
Development of electrochemical biosensor for the detection of food-borne pathogens

10 March 2022:  Perfluoro-compound Migration from the Environment into Food Products (chair: L. Spack, Nestlé Corp.)

Pierre Labadie, Université de Bordeaux
PFAS occurrence and transfers in the environment : focus on aquatic ecosystems

Xanthippe Theurillat, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne Switzerland
Parts per trillion of PFAS in food – analytical challenges

6 April 2022:  Nanosensors for Environmental and Food Monitoring, (chair: A. J. Baeumner, University of Regensburg)

Evangelyn C. Alocilja, Michigan State University, USA
Magnetically activated cell enrichment using glycan-coated magnetic nanoparticles

Sahika Inal, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Organic electronics for diagnostics in physiological media

4 May 2022:  Food Authentication, (chair: M. Fischer, University of Hamburg)

Marina Creydt, University of Hamburg
Metabolomics and food authentication – mass spectrometric strategies for detecting food fraud

Stefan Seifert, University of Hamburg
Classification and characterization of food with Random Forest approaches

1 June 2022:  Waste Water Analysis: Environmental and Epidemiological Implications (chair: L. Bijlsma, University Jaume I, Castelló, Spain)

Richard Bade, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
New psychoactive substances: challenges surrounding their detection and surveillance in wastewater

Barbary Kasprzyk-Hordern, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Wastewater surveillance of community-wide antimicrobials usage

7 September 2022:  Food Safety Monitoring, (chair: S. Nugen, Cornell University)

Xiaonan Lu, McGill University
Evaluation of food chemical and microbiological safety using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning

Lawrence Goodbridge, University of Guelph
Validation of a modern assay for rapid detection of viable Salmonella enterica in meat and fresh product

5 October 2022:  Plastics in the Environment: Understanding Impacts and Identifying Solutions (chair: M. Filella, University of Geneva)

Denise Mitrano, ETHZ, Switzerland
Implications of (micro)plastics: from environmental impacts to policy considerations

Thomas Meisel, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Nanoplastic release of infant feed bottles (“baby bottles”)

2 November 2022:  Pathogen (Bio)Sensors for Environmental, Food and Clinical Diagnostics (chair: Prof. Suna Timur, Ege University, Izmir, Turkiye)

7 December 2022:  Perfluoro-compound Migration from the Environment into Food Products (chair: L. Spack, Nestlé Corp.)

Stefan Tumpner, TÜV Rheinland, Germany
Emerging PFAS legislation around the globe – challenges for industry?

Nathalie Levêque, Nestlé Quality Assurance Laboratory, Vittel, France
From target analysis to suspect and non-target screening of poly- and per-fluorinated compounds by LC-HRMS – application to water and packaging samples