Analytica & Humanity
Munich will play host to the 2016 Humanity in Science Award winner – and much more
This year sees the 25th incarnation of Analytica in Munich. As well as an array of presentations on hot topics in the analytical sciences, Analytica will also provide a platform for Waseem Asghar, winner of the 2016 Humanity in Science Award to present his prize-winning work: “Development of a new paper and flexible material-based diagnostic biosensing platform that could be used to remotely detect and determine treatment options for HIV, E-coli, Staphylococcus aureas and other bacteria.” We ‘sit down’ with Waseem here.
Here are but a few of the sessions that we have our eyes on:
May 10
- 10.30. Using mass spectrometry to understand cystic fibrosis as a protein misfolding (John Yates III)
- 14.30. Towards the comprehensive analysis of metabolome (Thorsten Teutenberg)
- 16:30. Recent examples for the utility of chromatography, ion mobility, and mass spectrometry in sports drug testing (Mario Thevis)
May 11
- 10.30. Recent developments and perspectives in foodomics (Alejandro Cifuentes)
- 14.00. Towards the comprehensive analysis of metabolome (Guowang Xu)
- 16.00. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids - a new threat for food and feed safety? (Christopher Gottschalk)
May 12
- 11.30. Cell-derived vesicles on microfluidic platforms for pharmaceutical and diagnostic applications (Petra Dittrich)
- 14.00. Spectroscopic analytical technology for bioprocesses – challenges, limitations and possibilities (Dörte Solle, see feature)
- 15.00. Studying oxidation reactions of nucleic acids with electrochemistry-mass spectrometry (Herbert Oberacher).
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