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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
