Date: 24th - 27th November, 2009
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Summary:Food - Exhibition, Seminar
Summary:Food - Exhibition, Seminar
Directors: Marta Capellas and Josep Yuste.
Speakers and topics, and other activities: - Main lecturer:
Professor Dr. Daniel Y. C. Fung (Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA): Sampling and sample preparation of solid and liquid foods; surfaces; and air. Miniaturization. Diagnostic kits. Methods for viable cell counts: hydrophobic grid, spiral plating, flow cytometry, direct epifluorescent filter technique (DEFT). Methods for viable cell counts, based on electric impedance, conductance and capacitance; bioluminiscence (ATP analysis); and colorimetry. Immunological methods for microbial and toxin identification: immunomagnetic separation; ELISA and ELFA; lateral immunomigration; immunoprecipitation; latex agglutination. Genetic methods for microbial identification: hybridization; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); DNA characterization (fingerprinting, riboprinting); biosensors, biochips and microchips; proteomics.
Opening lecture:
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Dr. Cécile Lahellec (Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments -AFSSA-, Alfort, France): 'International cooperation in food microbiology'.
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Dr. Armand Sánchez Bonastre (UAB, Bellaterra -Cerdanyola del Vallès-, Barcelona): 'Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)'.
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Mr. Martín Iorlano (APSALAB, SL, Reus, Tarragona): 'Implementation of PCR for Salmonella spp. in feeds and raw materials'.
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Dr. Teresa Esteve Nuez (Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica -CRAG-, CSIC-IRTA-UAB consortium, Barcelona): 'Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): detection, legislation and risk assessment'.
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Mr. David Tomás Fornés (ainia.centro tecnológico, Paterna, Valencia): 'Internal quality control in microbiology laboratories'.
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Dr. Ferran Ribas Soler (Comisión de Normalización y Validación -CNV-, SEM, Madrid): 'European equivalence studies between methods for Escherichia coli and enterococci enumeration in recreational waters'.
- Round table (with Dr. Fung, other lecturers, and people from microbiology companies and laboratories) about instrumentation in food microbiology, world trade trends, and other current topics. - Laboratory sessions (25, 26 and 27 November). Assay of several rapid methods, such as: Surface and air samplers: contact plates Mediasure, Sampl'air, MicroBio. Microbiological reference material: BACuanti. Lyophilized microorganism strains. Cryobeads. Homogenizers: Pulsifier, Smasher. Dilumat S and Dilubag. Dilucup/Dilushaker. Chromogenic and fluorogenic culture media: ASAP, SMS, ESIA, ODA, REBECCA, ALOA, Baird-Parker RPF, SM ID 2, COLI ID, O157:H7 ID, OAA, Brilliance Salmonella (Oxoid Salmonella Precis method), Brilliance Listeria (Oxoid Listeria Precis method), E. sakazakii medium, RAPID'E.coli 2, RAPID'L.mono, SESAME Salmonella test, COMPASS Listeria agar, CONFIRM' L. mono agar, BBL CHROMagar Salmonella, BBL CHROMagar O157, BBL CHROMagar Listeria, BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus. Revolving plater. Spiral plater. Colony counter. Petrifilm (plates and reader). NEO-GRID. Easygel. SimPlate. Diagnostic kits and readers: API, BBL Enterotube II, BBL Crystal ID, RapID ONE, O·B·I·S·, Microbact, Microgen ID. ATP - Bioluminiscence: luminometer Luminomat. Immunology: immunomagnetic separation, ELISA/ELFA (VIDAS -including VIDAS UP E. coli O157:H7: phage recombinant protein technology-, AgraQuant for aflatoxins, Transia Plate Aflatoxin M1, Alert for histamine), latex agglutination (Microgen, Oxoid latex test), lateral immunomigration (RapidChek, BioKits RAPID 3D -allergens-, Reveal -pathogens, allergens-, VIP), immunoprecipitation (1-2 Test for Salmonella).
- Microbiology companies: exhibition. 3M España SA, AES Chemunex España SA, Applied Biosystems SA, Becton Dickinson SA, bioMérieux España SA, Bio-Rad Laboratories SA, Bioser SA, Eppendorf Ibérica SLU, IUL SA, Olympus Optical España SA, Oxoid SA (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc), Roche Diagnostics SL, and Vitaltech Ibérica SL.
- Other activities:
- Demonstration on Electrochemical immunosensors for pathogen detection.
- Demonstration on Use of internet for applications of predictive microbiology.
Fees: Laboratory sessions: 50 Euros. Rest of the workshop: 215 Euros (or 110 Euros/day); UAB students: 12 Euros; UAB staff: 40 Euros; non-UAB students: 125 Euros (or 65 Euros/day); ACCA members: 175 Euros; 'Alimentaria', 'Alimentación, Equipos y Tecnología' or 'Técnicas de Laboratorio' journal subscribers: 190 Euros.
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