Bioanalytical (Tele) Monitoring for Life Sciences -
Medicine, Food Control, Environmental Monitoring

The Invitation

It is our privilege and pleasure to invite you and your colleagues to attend
The International Summer School
Bioanalytical (Tele) Monitoring for Life Sciences – Medicine, Food Control, Environmental Monitoring
which will be held in Brașov, Romania, September 9 (virtual/online) and during September 13- 21, 2024 (on-site participation)

Objectives and Description

The summer school is organized under the umbrella of Erasmus Blended Intensive Program (BIP) 2023-1-RO01-KA131-HED-000139307-1 – Bioanalytical (Tele) Monitoring for Life Sciences – Medicine, Food Control, Environmental Monitoring.

The overall goal of the summer school is to expose students to current research developments and the latest technologies in a variety of areas of bioanalytical (tele)monitoring for life sciences – medicine, food control, and environmental monitoring.

• Students will be encouraged to actively participate in class discussions through lectures by internationally recognised professors. The students will be involved in practical laboratory work from various didactic/research areas: biotechnology, microbiology, food technology, and sensory analysis. These activities will strengthen problem-solving, teamwork, discussion and oral communication skills.
• Students will benefit from interaction with colleagues from other European universities and make connections that could lead to future professional collaborations.
• Students will be awarded 3 ECTS upon fulfilling the summer school requirements (attendance at lectures and laboratory classes, group presentations of laboratory work).
• Development of didactic materials in video/audio format will be added to a common platform to ensure communication between partners and dissemination of activities and information about the summer school.

Target audience / Participant profile

Students at bachelor, master and doctoral levels in the fields of medicine, clinical laboratory, nutrition, pharmacy, chemistry, dentistry, biotechnology, food technology, and similar.

Field of Education: 09 – Health and welfare

• Life Sciences – Medicine, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Environmental studies etc

Language of instruction and requirements – English

Topics

• Biosensors: current trends in clinical diagnostics
• Detection of mycotoxins: last development based on biosensors and bioassays
• Electrochemical sensors for health biomarkers detection
• Tropane and Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in foods and food supplements: analytical problems and risk assessment for general and at-risk populations
• Photocatalytic materials for advanced wastewater treatment
• Enhancing the sensitivity of aptasensors: challenges and opportunities.
• Analytical approaches for investigating functional properties of polyphenols
• Classic and novel microbial determination methods in life sciences
• Electrochemistry in pharmaceutical analysis
• Tyrosinase electrochemical biosensors monitoring medicinally significant substances
• Electroanalysis of lipophilic vitamins
• Electrochemical detection of ovarian cancer biomarkers
• Mastication/food preparation and cognitive impairment
• Extraction of bioactivities from natural sources
• Basics of sensory processing: the chemical senses
• Effect of protein consumption on health: focus on type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Electrophoresis – from basic applications to proteomics
• Techniques for the preparation of bioactive coatings on metal-based implants to control of degradation in body solutions
• Nutritional potential of marine biomass
• Functional bakery products
• Postdischarge monitoring to prevent unplanned readmission to hospital
• Edible plants – the challenge for diet and health
• AI may or may not improve the mental health and well-being of medical staff
• Multiplex PCR- role in the diagnosis of infectious disease,
• Machine learning methods and biosensors in healthcare
• The role of non-invasive evaluations in the identification and management of liver diseases in patients with metabolic syndrome and associated risk factors
• 2D and 3D models to study intrahepatic cholestasis
• Omentin-1 in visceral adipose tissue: implications on its role in diabetes and metabolic dysfunction- associated steatotic liver disease
• Involvement of microbiota in digestive cancers
• Malnutrition screening tools and Food safety recommendations for oncological patients
• Gluten-free bread sensory and texture properties
• Emerging marine algal toxins poisoning
• Putting impacts on the map: cumulative impact assessment on marine ecosystems
• Personalised medicine: what it is and why we need it
• Oxidative stress and well-being
• Exploring Metformin’s neuroprotective potential
• Fruits and vegetables at the core of the Mediterranean diet
• Olive oil characterization, extraction and health claims
• Mitochondrial diseases: diagnostic and research strategies