Plenary speakers
Julie Gehl - University of Copenhagen, Denmark - "Treating cancer using electroporation – understanding mechanisms and implementing clinical applications"
Alexander Kuhn - ENSCBP, France - "Bipolar Bioelectrochemistry"
Lital Alfonta - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel - "Genetic Code Expansion in Bioelectrochemical Systems"
Moh El-Naggar - University of Southern California, USA - "From Single Molecules to Living Electronics: Unraveling Mechanisms of Microbial Electron Transport"
Kylie Vincent - University of Oxford, UK - "Bridging the solid state and solution state with electrochemical structure-function studies of metalloenzymes"
Prize lectures
Giulio Milazzo Prize
Lo Gorton - Lund University, Sweden - "40 Years of Direct and Mediated Electron Transfer."
Luigi Galvani Prize
Erwin Reisner - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom - "Semi-artificial photosynthesis with biocatalysts in photoelectrochemical circuits"
Keynote speakers
Bio(inspired) sensors & diagnostics
Johan Bobacka - Åbo Akademi University, Finland - "Magneto-Hydrodynamic Extraction of Interstitial Fluid for Noninvasive Wearable Biosensing"
Elena Ferapontova - Aarhus University, Denmark - "DNA Electrochemistry and Electrochemical DNA Biosensors for Clinical Diagnostics"
Microbial electrochemical technologies and electron transport system
Abraham Esteve-Núñez - University of Alcalá, Spain -"Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (MET) already grew up to play a promising role in the water sector: case studies"
Bio-electrosynthesis
Miriam Rosenbaum - University of Jena, Germany - "Tuning microbial extracellular electron transfer for biotechnology"
Jason Ren - Princeton University, USA - "Can we produce tunable products from microbial electrochemical systems?"
Electroporation & biomembrane electrochemistry
Véronique Préat - UCLouvain, Belgium - "Electroporation for DNA vaccine"
Gintaras Valincius - Vilnius University, Lithuania - "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy A Tool for Structure and Function Studies of Bilayers Populated with Ion- Conducting Pores"
Nano technologies & architectures for bio-electrochemistry
Susana Campuzano Ruiz - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain - "Bioelectroanalytical (nano)tools: new horizons for detecting immunity, predisposition and triggering of prevalent and unexpected diseases"
Arnaud Chovin - University of Paris Laboratory of Molecular Electrochemistry, France - "Nanoscale Imaging of Bioelectrocatalytic Viral Particles"
Bio(photo)electrochemistry & bio-energetics
Inês Cardoso Pereira - Nova University Lisbon, Portugal - "Whole cell and enzymatic catalysis for production of biofuels"
Invited speakers
Bio(inspired) sensors & diagnostics
Fabiana Arduini - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - "Paper-based (bio)sensors as smart and sustainable point-of-care devices"
Microbial electrochemical technologies and electron transport system
Julea Butt - University of East Anglia, UK - "Biomolecular Wires for Electromicrobiology and Liposome Microreactors"
Bio-electrosynthesis
Buz Barstow - Cornell University, USA - "What could the efficiency of electromicrobial production be?"
Jo Philips - Aarhus University, Denmark - "Insights Into The Interactions Of Acetogenic Bacteria With Cathodes During Microbial Electrosynthesis"
Electroporation & biomembrane electrochemistry
Michal Cifra - Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences - "Effects of intense electric field on structure and function of proteins"
Slawomir Sek - University of Warsaw, Poland - "How ionophore-valinomycin enters and transports K+ across a model bilayer lipid membrane"
Nano technologies & architectures for bio-electrochemistry
Nicolas Plumeré - Technical University Munich, Germany - "Bioelectrocatalytic Films for H2 Evolution and CO2 Fixation"
Bio(photo)electrochemistry & bio-energetics
Lars Lauterbach - RWTH Aachen University, Germany - "Electro-driven production of substituted N-heterocycles via an artificial enzymatic cascade"
Sessions & Organizers
- Bio(inspired) sensors & diagnostics
- Key words: Biosensors in bioanalytical systems; Enzyme based sensors; DNA & miRNA sensors and amplification strategies; Biomembrane-mimetic sensors; Paper based diagnostic platforms and devices; Wearable and ingestible devices; Targeted drug delivery and theranostics; Micro- and nano-biosensors for in-vitro and in-vivo diagnosis and monitoring; Sensors for microbial/viral diagnostics; Biomimetic receptor based sensors (e.g. MIPs and aptamers); Potentiometric sensors
- Panel members: Edmond Magner, Pankaj Vadgama, Cecilia Cristea, Ilaria Palchetti, Rocio Canovas Martinez
- Key words: Biosensors in bioanalytical systems; Enzyme based sensors; DNA & miRNA sensors and amplification strategies; Biomembrane-mimetic sensors; Paper based diagnostic platforms and devices; Wearable and ingestible devices; Targeted drug delivery and theranostics; Micro- and nano-biosensors for in-vitro and in-vivo diagnosis and monitoring; Sensors for microbial/viral diagnostics; Biomimetic receptor based sensors (e.g. MIPs and aptamers); Potentiometric sensors
- Microbial electrochemical technologies and electron transport system
- Key words: Bacteria/electrode interface; Electron transport; Cable bacteria; Long-distance electron transfer; Electrode materials; Power generation; Organic conversions; Pollutants removal and oxidation
- Panel members: Lo Gorton, Korneel Rabaey, Filip Meysman, Carlo Santoro, Antonin Prévoteau, Annemiek ter Heijne
- Key words: Bacteria/electrode interface; Electron transport; Cable bacteria; Long-distance electron transfer; Electrode materials; Power generation; Organic conversions; Pollutants removal and oxidation
- Bio-electrosynthesis
- Key words: Microbial electrosynthesis; enzymatic electrosynthesis; Electrofermentation; Enzymatic sensors; Electrobiorefinery
- Panel members: Deepak Pant, Serge Cosnier, Falk Harnisch
- Electroporation & biomembrane electrochemistry
- Key words: Biological membranes and their simple models (free and supported lipid membranes), lipid nanoparticles. Structure of membranes, functions, dynamics, biophysical characteristics. Permeability, ion and molecular transport across membranes, fusion, membrane protein functions Electroporation of cell membranes, electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, membrane damage and repair mechanisms. Interactions of drugs, pollutants, toxins with cell membranes and biomimetic membranes
- Panel members: Marie-Pierre Rols, Renata Bilewicz
- Key words: Biological membranes and their simple models (free and supported lipid membranes), lipid nanoparticles. Structure of membranes, functions, dynamics, biophysical characteristics. Permeability, ion and molecular transport across membranes, fusion, membrane protein functions Electroporation of cell membranes, electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, membrane damage and repair mechanisms. Interactions of drugs, pollutants, toxins with cell membranes and biomimetic membranes
- Nano technologies & architectures for bio-electrochemistry
- Electrochemically coupled methods (optical, spectroscopies, microscopies...); Nanoscale interfacial architecture; Nanoparticles; 2D materials; Nano-objects; Biosensing; Surface modifications
- Panel members: Thomas Doneux, Fred Lisdat, Sabine Szunerits
- Electrochemically coupled methods (optical, spectroscopies, microscopies...); Nanoscale interfacial architecture; Nanoparticles; 2D materials; Nano-objects; Biosensing; Surface modifications
- Bio(photo)electrochemistry & bio-energetics
- Key words: Fundamental mechanisms of ET; Protein electrochemistry; Nanomaterials for bio(photo)electrochemistry; Protein engineering; Enzymatic fuel cells; Biocatalytic cascade; Biohybrid systems
- Panel members: Elisabeth Lojou, Julea Butt, Nicolas Plumeré