ISEBTT :: The International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments

Electroporation for Medicine: Basic Knowledge, Applications and Technologies - International Course
2015-05-30 - 2015-06-01
Electroporation for Medicine: Basic Knowledge, Applications and Technologies
International Course
May 30th – June 1st, 2015
Bucharest, Romania
This course disseminates the latest knowledge and technological innovations on electroporation and its biomedical and treatment applications (electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, tumor ablation etc.).
The course is open to medical doctors in oncology, dermatology, surgical specialties and to other professionals from the clinics, but also to medical students, PhD students and researchers in human and veterinary medicine, dentistry, biology, biotechnology, biophysics-biochemistry.
During three half-days, the course is organized in lectures and tutorials which give the concepts as molecular mechanisms and technological development of electroporation, but focuses mainly on clinical applications and potential developments.
Invited scientists and clinicians:
Lluis M. Mir, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
Damijan Miklavčič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Franck André, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
Gregor Serša, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Caroline C. Plaschke, Herlev Institute of Oncology, Denmark
Francesco Izzo, National Cancer Institute of Naples, Italy
Declan Soden, Cork Cancer Research Center, Ireland
Mattia Ronchetti, IGEA, Carpi, Italy
Peter Voigt, University of Leipzig, Germany
The course is organized by Carol Davila Medical University and Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics within the frame and with the financial support of the COST Action TD 1104 and Parintele Galeriu Association.
A limited number of COST grants are available upon request as a contribution to the costs of travel and accommodation:
• 300 euro for travel and 360 euro for accommodation for attendees outside Romania,
• 50 euro for travel and 200 euro for accommodation for Romanian attendees outside Bucharest.
The grant of fixed amount is collected as reimbursement.
Details about program (click to download or see the attachment below), registration, grants are available at: www.biophysicsnet.ro

COST TD1104 Management Committee Meeting
2015-04-16 09:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris)
According to the decission of the MC held in Herlev, Denmark on March 27, 2014 the next MC meeting will be held in Tolouse on April 16, 2015. Preliminary agenda is available for download (see below).
Prior to the MC meeting, a Workshope will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14-15, 2015 (see: http://ep-workshop2015.sciencesconf.org/)
Venue*: Toulouse, France.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 – 9:00-12:30

*Address :
Gallais amphitheater
CNRS campus 205 rte de Narbonne, Toulouse.
Access: 5 min walk from the metro station “Universite P Sabatier” B line

Electroporation Workshop: from basics knowledge to industry
2015-04-14 - 2015-04-15
Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104 – April 14-15, 2015, held at IPBS, Toulouse, France
IPBS-CNRS (Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology of the CNRS) and University of Toulouse in cooperation with the European Network for Development of Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments (EP4Bio2Med – COST Action TD1104), are organizing a 3 sessions workshop.
It will be held at the IPBS-CNRS, Toulouse, France, between April 14th and 15th, 2015.
***UPDATE — 02/04/2015***: The MC meeting agenda is available as a downloadable file below:
***UPDATE***: You can download the final programme of the Workshop at the bottom of this page. For registration and abstract submission, visit the homepage ep-workshop2015.sciencesconf.org/.
***NEW*** announcement: The COST TD1104 Management Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2015, from 9:00 to 12:30.
The objective of the workshop is to offer to students, academic and industrial scientists the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the fundamentals and applications of the effects of pulsed electric fields. The Workshop will not only attract experts in electroporation but also experts in other fields of research, such as imaging and microbiology in order to promote fruitful discussions.
Topics of the Workshop will include:

Macromolecules in strong electric fields
Imaging electric field effects
Spores electroeradication

Chairpersons: Michel Bureau (University Paris-Descartes, CNRS, France), Marie-Pierre Rols (Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, Toulouse, France), and Justin Teissié (Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, Toulouse, France).
Scientific Committee: Wolfgang Frey (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Muriel Golzio (Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, Toulouse, France), Damijan Miklavčič (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia), Lluis Mir (Institute Gustave Roussy, CNRS, Villejuif, France), Eberhard Neumann (University of Bielefeld, Germany), Javier Raso (University of Zaragoza, Veterinary School, Spain).
Organizing Committee: Laure Gibot, Muriel Golzio, Laetitia Hellaudais, Flavien Pillet, Marie-Pierre Rols, Justin Teissié, Françoise Viala (Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, Toulouse, France).
Visit the homepage of the event for more information, registration and abstract submission: http://ep-workshop2015.sciencesconf.org/.

School on PEF for Food Processing
2015-02-07 - 2015-02-12
***UPDATE 17/10/2014*** The School on PEF for Food Processing, Salerno 2015, now has a published dedicated website. You can access it by following this link: www.prodalricherche.it/PEFSchool. An updated Final programme and schedule (PDF document) is attached and can be downloaded below.

The COST Action TD1104 – EP4Bio2Med supports the organization of the annual School on PEF for Food Processing also for 2015.
The objective of the School is to offer to students, academic and industrial staff the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the fundamentals of the technology of pulsed electric fields (PEF) for food processing, through theoretical lectures of the leading PEF experts and practical, hand-on experiences, with special focus on the implementation of the PEF treatments in pasteurization of liquid foods, enhanced mass transfer from vegetable tissues, and extraction of valuable compounds
The main strengths of the School are:

Providing the attendants with a timely update on the novel electroporation methods and protocols, thanks to the participation of the main research groups working with PEF worldwide;
Promoting the interaction between different research groups, facilitated by the simultaneous presence in the classrooms of leading experts in the world as well as young researchers wishing to make a contribution to the evolution of electroporation technologies and their application in research as well as in industrial world;
Active involvement of all research groups, participating in the COST action, in the organization of the School, which is held every year in a different country;
Supporting the cooperation between research and industry people, with the content of the courses being designed for both academic and industrial researchers.

The first edition of the School was organized in Spain in January 2014 (http://pefschool.unizar.es/index.htm) by the research group “New Technologies for Food Processing and Preservation” at the University of Zaragoza.
Members of the Scientific Committee are:

Giovanna Ferrari, ProdAl S.c.ar.l.& University of Salerno, Italy
Wolfgang Frey, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Dietrich Knorr, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Damijan Miklavcic, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenija
Javier Raso, University of Zaragoza, Veterinary School, Spain
Justin Teissie, Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, France
Stefan Toepfl, German Institute of Food Technologies, Germany

Following the success of the first edition, the Scientific Committee announced that the School in 2015 will be organized by ProdAl Scarl (www.prodalricerche.it), in collaboration with the University of Salerno (www.unisa.it).
We are looking forward to meet you in Salerno from 7th to 12th of February 2015!
You are welcome to download the PDF containing the final version of the School programme and schedule below.

The Electroporation-based Technologies for Biorefinery Workshop
2015-01-27 - 2015-01-28
Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
January 27-28, 2015, held at UTC, Compiègne, France
University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC) and ESCOM (École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale), in cooperation with the European Network for Development of Electroporation-based Technologies and Treatments (EP4Bio2Med – COST Action TD1104), are organising a workshop dedicated to the use of electroporation-based technologies in processes related to biorefinery. It will be held at the University of Technology of Compiègne, France, between January 27th and 28th, 2015.
The Workshop is expected to attract experts from the fields of electroporation and biorefinery research and industry, in order to promote discussion on the latest scientific and technical ideas and developments of electroporation-based technologies as applied to biomass, biotechnology, and food waste biorefinery. The principal aim of the Workshop is to provide strategic recommendations for research groups working on electric pre-treatment technologies, in order to efficiently combine and orient efforts towards the goals set by the Joint European Biorefinery Vision for 2030.
Chair: Eugène Vorobiev (University of Technology of Compiègne, France).
Organising Committee: Wolfgang Frey (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Damijan Miklavčič (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Mohammad Turk, Nabil Grimi, Houcine Mhemdi, Nadia Boussetta, Olivier Bals, Samo Mahnič-Kalamiza (University of Technology of Compiègne, France).
For more information on the Workshop and abstract submission, please visit the dedicated website of the Workshop — www.electrobioref.com.
Contact for more information:
Mohammad TURK
ESCOM
Telephone: +(33)344238841
E-mail: electrobioref@utc.fr

Electroporation based Technologies and Treatments - EBTT
2014-11-16 - 2014-11-22 | University of Ljubljana Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Electroporation based technologies and treatments
offered by the University of Ljubljana and Institute of Oncology
November 16 – 22, 2014
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Invitation:
The postgraduate course is intended both for novices and experts in electroporation, including PhD students, researchers and users. You are all kindly invited to attend the workshop and the course on electroporation based technologies and treatments. In order to apply please submit your abstract and registration form. Abstract submission is strongly encouraged and is necessary if credits (5 ECTS) are sought for. Each participant submitting an abstract will also be required to give a short oral presentation of the work. The forms and instructions can be obtained from www.ebtt.org. This course has been accredited also by the Medical Chamber of Slovenia, so active and passive participants receive 20 CME credits.
Instructions, forms and other information are available at: http://www.ebtt.org.

1st Congress on Food Structure Design
2014-10-15 - 2014-10-17
The goal of the 1st Congress on Food Structure Design is to strengthen at academic and industrial levels the scientific understanding of product design and engineering and to stimulate and accelerate the development of innovative, complex and highly structured products and suitable production processes.
The main topic of the 1st edition of the Congress is therefore the design of health-supporting food functions with the aim of developing food structure/health benefits relationships in complex real multiphase structured foods with optimal sensory quality. Knowledge aimed at underpinning the understanding of the role of biomolecules in food structuring and their impact on health and quality will be also included.
This conference is meant to gather an interdisciplinary team of scientists from different research areas (food engineering, biophysics, applied soft matter, food technology, applied human nutrition, creative design) in the frame of an integrated process & product design approach for creating innovative multiphase structured foods.
The congress is organized by COST Action FA1001 and a special session co-sponsored by the COST action TD1104 will be held on Wednesday, 15 October 2014.
More information and registration at: https://www.skyros-congressos.pt/foodstructure/index.html

SFNano 2014: Workshop on Relevant Tools and Models for the Translation of Advanced Drug Delivery
2014-10-02 - 2014-10-04
Workshop Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
October 2-4, 2014, held at the Tiara Park Atlantic Hotel, Porto, Portugal
The goal of this workshop is to bring together leaders in the field from all over the world and stimulate discussions on the relevance of assessment of drug delivery by the oral and parenteral routes.
This will allow the participants to discover the state-of-the-art and obtain recommendations from international experts.
More information in the attached promotional material (see below).

The 14th International Conference on Progress in Vaccination Against Cancer (PIVAC-14)
2014-09-24 - 2014-09-26
Session Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
September 24-26, 2014, held at the Donna Camilla Savelli Hotel, Rome, Italy
Chairs: Emanuela Signori and Federica Cavallo
The conference is dedicated to scientists working on active immunization against cancer, both in prevention and therapy, at the pre-clinical and/or clinical level. PIVAC is also an ideal environment to stimulate the interest of students and young researchers who approach this field of research.
Besides providing an up-to-date overview of many aspects of tumour immunology, thanks to its friendly atmosphere and the limited number (max 100) of participants, PIVAC fosters a lively and fruitful discussion, promoting interactions between participants, speakers and companies attending the conference and encouraging the emergence of new partnerships.
Topics covered in the conference include:

Microenvironment
Comparative oncology
Peptide-based vaccines
DNA-based vaccines
ACT (adoptive cell therapy)
Electrotransfer

A specific session focusing on gene electrotransfer is co-organised by COST Action TD1104 – EP4Bio2Med.
More information and registration at: http://www.eacr.org/pivac14/
Scientific Programme: download the file attached to this announcement (see below).

6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
2014-09-07 - 2014-09-11
CALL FOR PAPERS
6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (MBEC 2014)
7-11 September 2014 Dubrovnik (Croatia).
http://www.mbec2014-ifmbe.org

Download First Call for Papers from this link.

Two invited sessions related to the conference topic “9.4 Electroporation” will be organized by the Action Chair, Prof. Damijan Miklavcic.
IMPORTANT DATES:

Proposal of Special Sessions: 1st April 2014
Paper submission: 15th April 2014
Notification of paper acceptance: 26th May 2014
Early registration deadline: 8th June 2014

CONFERENCE THEMES:

Biomedical Signal Processing
Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation
Bio-Micro/Nano Technologies
Biomaterials
Biomechanics, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Endocrine Systems Engineering
Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering
Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Clinical Engineering and Health Technology Assessment
Health Informatics, E-Health and Telemedicine
Biomedical Engineering Education

All accepted papers will be published in Conference Proceedings within the IFMBE Proceedings series (Springer).
For detailed information visit our website http://www.mbec2014-ifmbe.org

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Maria Teresa Arredondo (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid)
Ilias Iakovidis (European Commission)
Zhi-Pei Liang (University of Ilinios at Urbana-Champaign)
Damijan Miklavcic (University of Ljubljana)
Adriana Velazquez Berumen (World Health Organization)
Jos Vander Sloten (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Yuan-Ting Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Hope to see you in Dubrovnik at MBEC 2014 in September 2014!

Biomembrane Days 2014
2014-09-01 - 2014-09-03
Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days highlight recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of biomimetic and biological membranes. In 2014, the focus of the Biomembrane Days is on the four topical areas “Membranes and vesicles“, “Adhesion“, “Particles at membranes“, and “Theory and simulations“, which are strongly interrelated.
To find out more, please download the attached poster in PDF format (see below). You are also welcome to visit the website.

Fundamental and Applied Bioelectrics - An International Scientific Workshop
2014-07-13 - 2014-07-18 | Old Dominion University, 5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA, 23529, United States
Fundamental and Applied Bioelectrics – An International Scientific Workshop
At the Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Registration and opening social, Sunday evening, July 13.
Workshop sessions July 14 – 18.
Open to all researchers (students, post docs and investigators) interested in the field of Bioelectrics.
Topics include: Pulsed power physics, modeling, tissues and cells in electric fields, cell sensitization, electropermeabilization, drug and gene delivery, development of devices and electrodes, cancer treatment, wound healing, cold plasma physics, applications, and hands-on laboratory work.
Registration fee $400. Space is limited and will be on a first come first served basis.
Invited Speakers include: Richard Heller, Karl Schoenbach, Damijan Miklavcic, Michael Kong, Rafael Davalos, Andrei Pakhomov, Marie-Pierre Rols, Tom Vernier, Mark Jaroszeski, Wolfgang Frey, Stephen Beebe, Maja Cemazar and Gregor Sersa.

More information and registration: http://www.bioelectricsworkshop.com/
Workshop flyer: click here or download the file attached below.

Gordon Research Conference
2014-07-06 - 2014-07-11
Bioelectrochemistry
Cellular and Organismal Responses to Endogenous and Exogenous Fields
July 6-11, 2014
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
Chair:
David A. Dean
Vice Chair:
Marie-Pierre Rols
Bioelectrochemistry is an extremely broad subject, incorporating the basic disciplines of biophysics, cell biology, developmental biology, electrochemistry, bioelectromagnetics, nanotechnology, computational and mathematical modeling, engineering, physics, and medicine. An improved understanding of how cells and tissues interact with electric and magnetic fields has stimulated development of novel clinical therapies for detection and treatment of soft tissue tumors, wound repair, stem cell differentiation, and for non-viral gene delivery via electroporation. Further, the field has contributed to our understanding of cellular and organismal development, as well as how electric fields can alter these processes during normal and aberrant growth. All of these areas are the subject of the 2014 Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Bioelectrochemistry. The Conference will focus on the basic molecular mechanisms related to these areas and will include many new and innovative studies that will expand our knowledge and appreciation of the field. While the Conference deals with many divergent areas, great emphasis will be placed on stressing the connections between the planned sessions so that all participants are engaged to create a unified meeting.
This conference is unique in its design to bring together researchers on bioelectric fields and clinicians to consider how these techniques can be developed further to yield novel clinical applications. This requires improved understanding of both the beneficial and detrimental consequences of electric field exposure to cells and the identification of specific medical questions that have the potential to be resolved using electrically based therapies. Attendees are encouraged to present posters that stimulate additional discussions. The conference provides an excellent opportunity for junior researchers (e.g. graduate students or postdocs) to present their work to leaders in the field within a uniquely constructive atmosphere. Further, the associated Gordon Research Seminar will facilitate these opportunities.
More information about the Conference and the speakers at http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2014&program=bioelec

The Third International Conference on Analytical and Nanoanalytical Methods for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences "IC-ANMBES 2014"
2014-06-13 - 2014-06-15
The Third International Conference on Analytical and Nanoanalytical Methods for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences “IC-ANMBES 2014” will be held from June 13th to 15th, 2014 at the Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania. It is designed as an international forum for effective exchange of knowledge and experience among researchers, from all over the world, active in various theoretical and applied areas of (bio) physics, (bio) chemistry, (bio) engineering, medicine, environmental protection, and food safety.
Read the accompanying PDF for more information (download available below) or visit http://icanmbes.unitbv.ro/.

MIPRO 2014 - Action session at the International Workshop/Conference
2014-05-26 - 2014-05-30
The meeting organised in Croatia between May 26th and 30th is expected to attract experts in the field of electrical and (micro)electronics engineers. Their collaboration is needed in developing new devices that are used in electroporation-based technologies and treatments. Furthermore, the meeting in Croatia is likely to attract attendance from the Balkan area, and potentially facilitate the participation from other COST Countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Hungary, as well as Near Neighbour Countries like Montenegro. COST TD1104 will thus present its activities and seek engineers in microelectronics and others to direct their research and development towards interest of electroporation applications.
For more information, visit the official hompage of the conference at http://www.mipro.hr or download the attached leaflet in PDF (below).

International School of Bioelectromagnetics
2014-04-23 - 2014-04-29
International School of Bioelectromagnetics “Alessandro Chiabrera”
April 23-29, 2014
VIIth course on “Biological effects of combined exposures to EMF and other chemical and physical agents”
Please read the full announcement of the course, part of the International School of Bioelectromagnetics, in the attached PDF document!

VIII CYTA/CESIA Congress
2014-04-08
A special session organized by the COST Action TD1104 on applications of pulsed electric field for the food industry will be held on 8 April 2014 in the framework of the VIII CYTA/CESIA Congress (Spanish Congress of Food Science and Technology/Spanish Congress of Food Engineering). Badajoz (Spain) 7-10 April 2015.
The theme of the conference is “Knowledge for driving an intelligent evolution in the food sector”. The conference will include plenary sessions, parallel sessions, poster sessions and technical visits.
Topics covered in the conference include:

New technologies for optimizing and designing food processes
Development of methods for food analysis
Sensory analysis to evaluate food quality
Development of functional foods
Challenges in food safety

More information and registration at www.viiicongresocyta-cesia.com.

COST TD1104 Management Committee Meeting and WG Meeting & Symposium
2014-03-27 - 2014-03-28
As agreed last year, there is a Management Committee meeting of our COST Action in Copenhagen on March 27th, followed by meetings of working groups (Workshop on Guidance Paper on Reporting Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields-based Treatments and Therapies and the Workshop on Molecular Modeling of Electric fields on Bio systems) as well as the Symposium on Medical Applicationson Friday March 28th.
You can find the Invitation to the Meeting, the Symposium Programme as well as the Instructions on how to find the meeting venues in the files below.
*NEW* Update 20/03/2014: Preliminary agenda (final version) made available for download.
Update 13/02/2014: A more complete file with instructions on how to find the meeting venues at the Herlev hospital is now available for download.

Update 10/02/2014: The two workshops that will take place within the scope of the COST Meeting are:

The Workshop on Guidance Paper on Reporting Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields-based Treatments and Therapies (Friday, March 28th) – download schedule
The Workshop on Molecular Modeling of Electric fields on Bio systems (also held on Friday, March 28th) – download schedule

Group photo, Copenhagen, March 27th:

School on Application of PEF for Food Processing
2014-01-20 - 2014-01-23
School on Application of PEF for Food Processing
offered by the University of Zaragoza
January 20 – 23, 2014
Zaragoza, Spain
The group of “New Technologies of Food Processing and Preservation “ at the University of Zaragoza in the framework of the Cost Action “TD1104 European network for development of electroporation-based technologies and treatments” organizes a four days training school on applications of PEF for the food industry.
The aim of the course is to offer attendants (PhD students, early-stage researches and industrial users of the technology) with an overview of knowledge and understanding of the basic principles involved in food processing by pulsed electric fields and to provide practice in the use of these principles for liquid food pasteurization and improving mass transfer operations in the food industry. Lectures presented by experts in the field will be complemented with laboratory practical sessions, pilot plant demonstrations and short presentations of activities conducted by participants. The course will offer the opportunity of promoting networking and communication between young scientists, experts and industrial partners interested in this attractive technology.
The COST action EP4Bio2Med is offering 10 travel grants to students for travelling expenses associated with participation in the School.
More information and registration: http://pefschool.unizar.es/

TD1104-sponsored session at MicroBiotec 2013 in Portugal
2013-12-06 - 2013-12-08
COST Action TD1104 is sponsoring a session at the Portugese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2013 organised by Portuguese societies of microbiology and biotechnology.
The congress is scheduled to take place in Aveiro, Portugal, during the weekend of 6–8th December. Some preliminar information and registration is accessible at http://microbiotec13.web.ua.pt/
The program can also be downloaded below.

EBTT Postgraduate Course
2013-11-17 - 2013-11-23 | University of Ljubljana Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Electroporation based technologies and treatments
offered by the University of Ljubljana and Institute of Oncology
November 17 – 23, 2013
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Invitation:
The postgraduate course is intended both for novices and experts in electroporation, including PhD students, researchers and users. You are all kindly invited to attend the workshop and the course on electroporation based technologies and treatments. In order to apply please submit your abstract and registration form. Abstract submission is strongly encouraged and is necessary if credits (5 ECTS) are sought for. Each participant submitting an abstract will also be required to give a short oral presentation of the work. The forms and instructions can be obtained from www.ebtt.org. This course has been accredited also by the Medical Chamber of Slovenia, so active and passive participants receive 20 CME credits.
Instructions, forms and other information are available at: http://2013.ebtt.org

iFOOD Conference 2013
2013-10-08 - 2013-10-10
When the iFOOD conference was launched in 2011, the event had turned out to be a great success. About 150 international guests met up in Osnabruck to exchange and learn about novel processing technologies. In 2013, the German Institute of Food Technology (DIL) wants to build on these assets and host the next iFOOD Conference. It will take place from 8th to 10th October in Hannover and will focus on bioeconomy, novel food processing and automation in the food sector.
More information and registration: www.ifoodconference.com

10th International Bioelectrics Symposium - BIOELECTRICS 2013
2013-09-16 - 2013-09-19
10th International Bioelectrics Symposium – BIOELECTRICS 2013
Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
September 16-19, 2013, held at KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
This conference targets to an open information exchange on latest findings and developments in the field of Bioelectrics, i.e. the interaction of Pulsed Electric Fields and Plasma with biological cells and tissue. Oral and poster presentations will focus on the following generalized topics:

Pulsed Electric Fields in Bioelectrics, Basic Research and Applications
Plasma in Bioelectrics, Basic Research and Applications
Industrial, Environmental and Medical applications of Bioelectrics
Pulsed Power Technology and Diagnostics for Bioelectrics
Special emphasis will be addressed to: Environmental and biomass processing applications of Electroporation

For further details about this symposium please visit: www.bioelectrics2013.org
Wolfgang Frey, Symposium Chair

7th Conference on Experimental and Translational Oncology - CETO Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
2013-04-20 - 2013-04-24
7th Conference on Experimental and Translational Oncology – CETO Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104
April 20 – 24, 2013
Portoroz, Slovenia
The aim of the Conference is to promote the achievements of basic and clinical investigators on mechanisms of tumor initiation, development and progression as well as the introduction of new strategies for detection, prevention and treatment of cancer. Lectures, short oral presentations and poster presentations selected from submitted abstracts will cover seven major Conference topics:
• Tumor progression,
• Invasion and metastases,
• Biomarkers,
• New drugs and therapeutic targets,
• Delivery systems in cancer,
• Cellular therapy,
• Biomedical applications of electroporation,
• Environmental carcinogens and cancer prevention.
The topic Biomedical applications of electroporation will be Co-Organized by COST Action TD1104. It will consist of three sections where the discussion leaders will be Julie Gehl, Marie-Pierre Rols, Maja Cemazar and Gregor Sersa. New developments of electroporation based treatment, predominantly on the clinical level will be presented, as well as some new basic concepts.
The Conference will be held in the most famous Slovenian coast resort Portoroz from April 20 – 24, 2013.
The details about the Conference, lecturers, venue and accommodation are available at: www.ceto.si
Co-Chairs
Gregor Serša, Janko Kos, Tamara Lah, Maja Čemažar and Metka Filipič

COST Symposium on Electroporation and Biomedical Applications and MC Meeting 17-21 March, 2013 Bochum, Germany
2013-03-17 - 2013-03-21
COST Symposium on Electroporation and Biomedical Applications and MC Meeting will be held during the 12th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry & XXII International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics of the Bioelectrochemical Society
in Bochum, Germany 17-21 March, 2013
The keynote lecturers of the Symposium:
Gregor Serša (Slovenia) – Gene Electrotransfer and Electrochemotherapy
Ruggero Cadossi (Italy)– Clinical Electroporation: Experience in Cancer Treatment in Europe
Ken-ichi Yano (Japan) – Cell Response to nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields
Mounir Tarek (France) – Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Electroporation
Bruno Le Pioufle (France) – Design and Use of Microfluidic Devices for the Real Time Monitoring of micro/nanopulses Effect on Cells
Javier Raso (Spain) – Applications of Pulsed Electric Fields in Food Processing
James Weaver (USA) – Modeling and Experiments in Understanding Electroporation
Lluis M. Mir (France) – Basic Mechanisms of Electroporation in GUV
Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 5, 2012
Homepage: http://topical12.ise-online.org

Electroporation for Medicine: Basic Knowledge, Applications and Technologies
2012-10-25 - 2012-10-27
Electroporation for Medicine: Basic Knowledge, Applications and Technologies
International Course
October 25 – 27, 2012
Bucharest, Romania
This course disseminates the latest knowledge and technological innovations on electroporation and its biomedical and treatment applications (electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, tumor ablation etc.).
The course is open to medical doctors in oncology, dermatology, surgical specialties and other professionals from the clinics, but also to medical students, PhD students and researchers in human and veterinary medicine, dentistry, biology, biotechnology, biophysics-biochemistry.
During three half-days, the course is organized in lectures and tutorials which give the concepts as molecular mechanisms and technological development of electroporation, but focuses mainly on clinical applications and biological potential of the method.
The course is organized by Carol Davila Medical University and Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics within the frame and with the financial support of the COST Action TD 1104.
A limited number of COST grants for travel and accommodation are available upon request for attendees outside Romania.
Details about program, registration, grants are available at: http://www.biophysicsnet.ro
