Analytica & Humanity
Munich will play host to the 2016 Humanity in Science Award winner – and much more
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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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