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The MENA conference in biosensors scheduled to be held virtual from February 24th and 25th 2021 in Riyadh. The meeting will bring together leading scientists, early-career researchers to share their perspectives and gather specialists from various interdisciplinary fields to discuss necessary measures needed to develop a new generation of powerful biosensing platforms and diagnostic tools.
The conference is two full days programme consists of daily invited plenary lectures followed by presentations from the region and worldwide.
The meeting topics include:
Plenary Speakers:
Agenda:
Feb 24th
9.00 - 9.40 Prof. Juergen Popp, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Title: Advanced photonic biosensors for point-of-care applications".
9.45 - 10.30 Prof. Paul S. Weiss, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Title: Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Approaches to Biosensing
10.30 to 10.45 BREAK
10.45 - 11.05 Dr. Mohammad Qasaimeh, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
Title: Scanning Multiphysics Probe for Single-Cell Biopsy
11.05 - 11.25 Dr. Amal Kasry, The British University in Egypt
Title: Highly Sensitive Optical and Electrical Nano-Biosensing Techniques Based on Graphene Nanomembranes
11.25 - 11.45 Prof. Mohammed Zourob, Alfaisal University
Title: Low-cost biosensors for the detection of infectious diseases
11.45 - 12.05 Dr. Yoann Roupioz, CEA, Grenoble, France
Title: Peptide micro-arrays for fast biosensing of pathogenic bacteria
12.05 - 1 LUNCH
1.00 - 1.40 Prof. Jeroen Lammertyn, KU Leuven, Belgium
Title: A versatile self-powered microfluidic toolbox: from sampling to diagnosis to therapeutics
1.40 - 2.00 Prof. Ibrahim Abdulhalim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Title: Optimizing Plasmonic and photonic biosensors in term of sensitivity, self-referencing, local field enhancement, reading methodology and form factor
2.00 - 2.20 Prof. Aziz Amine, University Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
Title: Immunosensor for quantitative detection of meat adulteration
2.20 - 2.40 Prof. Al’aldeen Al-Halhouli, Middle East University, Jordan
Title: Respiratory Rate Wearable Sensors: Towards Remote Monitoring Solutions for Low Resource Settings
2.40 - 3.00 Prof. Khaled Salama, KAUST, KSA
Title: Integrated Sensors: The synergistic combination of materials and microelectronics
3.00 - 3.20 Prof. Amine Bermak, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Title: Biosensors and Gas Sensors as point of care testing systems
3.20 - 3.40 Dr Omar AlSaqar, KACST, KSA
Title: Lateral flow aptasensors for Small molecules: the Case of Progesterone and the Anticoagulant Agent Dabigatran Etexilate
3.40 - 4.00 BREAK
4.00 - 4.40 Prof. Jackie Ying, A Star, Singapore
Title: Nanostructured Materials and Systems for Biosensing and Diagnostic Applications
4.40 - 5.20 Prof. Francis Ligler, North Carolina State University & UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Title: Biosensors-past, present and future
End of 1st day
2nd day 25th 2021
9.00 - 9.40 Prof. Joseph Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA, 22.00 SD time
Title: Wearable Bioelectronic Sensors
9.40 - 10.20 Prof. Ashok Mulchandani, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
Title: Towards assured diagnostics using paper-microfluidics integrated electrical biosensor arrays
10.20 to 10.40 BREAK
10.40 - 11.00 Prof. Damien Arrigan, Curtin University, Australia , 15.40 Perth time
Title: Electrochemistry of biomolecules at liquid-liquid interfaces: towards label-free biosensing
11.00 - 11.20 Dr Minhaz Uddin Ahmed, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Title: Development of seafood allergen tropomyosin using novel nanocomposite interfaces
11.20 - 11.40 Dr. Amina Rhouati, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Algeria
Title: Molecular aptamer beacons sensing : application to dopamine detection
11.40 - 12.00 Dr. Haider Al-Lawati, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Title: A novel dual functional 2D cobalt metal-organic frameworks embedded on the paper
as biosensor for the quantification of glucose in plasma
12.00 – 12.20 Dr. Ali Alhassan, KACST, KSA
Title: Self-Targeting Nano-Innovations
12.20-1.00 LUNCH
1.00 - 1.40 Prof. Janos Vörös, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Title: The non-specific binding problem in molecular diagnostics
1.40 - 2.00 Dr. Khalil Ramadi, NYU, UAE
Title: Neural probes for microinvasive sensing and modulation
2.00 - 2.20 Dr. Ruba Khnouf, JUST, Jordan
Title: Real time Nano PCR; theories and experiments
2.20 - 2.40 Dr. Can Dincer, University of Freiburg, Germany
Title: Disposable sensors for next-generation on-site testing
2.40 - 3.00 Dr Shimaa Eissa, Alfaisal University, KSA
Title: Electrochemical biosensors - Recent advances and challenges
3.00 - 3.20 Dr. Mohamed Siaj, UQAM, Canada
Title: Electroactive 2D Materials as Electrodes for Sensing Applications
3.20 – 3.40 Dr. Luisa Torsi, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro”, Bari – Italy
Title: Ultimately sensitive potentiometric organic bioelectronic sensors
3.20 - 3.40 BREAK
Title: Trends in IVD and mobile healthcare technologies for pandemic response and future directions
4.20 - 5.00 Prof. Michael Thompson, University of Toronto, Canada
Title: Sub-nanometer surface modification for minimization of non-specific adsorption on biosensor materials
5.00 - 5.30 Prof. Laura M. Lechuga/ Mari Carmen Estévez, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Spain
Title: TBA
End of 2nd day
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