The Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio) at the University of Bath and the Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology (IBST), Bristol welcome academics, industry, healthcare professionals, environmental agencies and other stakeholders to this conference on different aspects of biosensors, bioelectronics and biodevices.
Registration fee: £50
The event is free for staff and students of the University of Bath and the University of the West of England, as well as student presenters from the University of Bristol.
Registration includes refreshments throughout the event, evening reception on the Monday, lunch on the Tuesday.
The deadline for registrations is 27 August 2019
Satellite event: C3Bio Training Workshop on Lab-on-Chip, 11-12 September
Provisional programme
| Day | Time | Talk |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 13:00-14:00 | registration and coffee |
| 14:00-14:30 | Pedro Estrela (C3Bio) and Richard Luxton (IBST): Welcome | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Toby Jenkins (University of Bath, UK): On patient / near to patient sensing of incipient bacterial and fungal infection | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Ruchi Gupta (University of Birmingham UK): Integration of electrophoresis with optical biosensors for speed and sensitivity | |
| 15:30-16:00 | coffee break | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Barbara Santos Gomes (Cardiff University, UK): Multiplexed bio-functionalisation of gallium arsenide based optical biosensor for sepsis diagnostics at the point of care | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Shakil Awan (University of Plymouth, UK): Detection of Alzheimer’s protein biomarker clusterin using graphene transducers | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Richard Bowman (University of Bath, UK): Locally manufactured microscopes for automated malaria diagnosis | |
| 17:30-20:00 | Poster session, exhibition and evening reception | |
| Tuesday | 9:30-10:00 | Giuseppe Giuffrida (University of Bath, UK): Development of new biosensor and imaging tools and an investigation into their interactions with prostate cancer cells |
| 10:00-10:30 | Ana Díaz-Fernández (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain): Electrochemical aptasensor for the detection of cancer-related glycosylation changes in prostate specific antigen | |
| 10:30-11:00 | coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Martina Piano (University of the West of England, UK): Towards a point of care system for the rapid recognition of biomarkers in saliva from COPD patients by paramagnetic particle detection | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Abigail Thompson (University of Bath, UK): Ionic diodes from cellulose for the development of new biosensors and devices | |
| 12:00-13:30 | Poster session, exhibition and lunch | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Sebastian Cisneros (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina): Tripanosoma cruzi virulence factors for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Victoria Riddell (University of Bath, UK): Autoantibody sensing for early diagnosis of rheumatic diseases | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Marin Peacock (Zimmer & Peacock Ltd): Crossing two chasms to get to the sensor market | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Pedro Estrela (C3Bio): Close |
Abstract submission is now closed. If interested in presenting a poster please contact C3Bio@bath.ac.uk to check if there are opportunities for last minute submissions.
Exhibitors
- Abbott Diabetes Care
- Alvatek
- BioDot
- Cancer Research UK
- Metrohm
- Oxford Instruments
- Probe Scientific / BVT Technologies
- Scienion
- Whistonbrook Technologies
- Zimmer & Peacock
Who should attend
Academia, Industry, Clinicians, Environmental agencies