Conference Programme

Preliminary Programme

Tuesday 12th June 2018

18:00 – 19:00Registration
19:00 – 22:00Welcome drink

Wednesday 13th June 2018

08:30 – 09:00Opening Ceremony

SESSION 1: Chair Fojta
09:00 – 09:45

Joseph Wang – Biodetection: From Electrochemical Cells to
Nanomotor-based Assays

09:45 – 10:15Emil Paleček – Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Biomacromolecules and Glycan Modification by Osmium(VI) Complexes
10:15 – 10:45Martin Pumera – Chemical Self-Propelled Autonomous Micro/nano Machines
10:45 – 11:10 Coffee Break

SESSION 2: Chair Wang
11:10 – 11:40Alberto Escarpa – Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Micromotors for
Food Analysis
11:40 – 12:10Serge Cosnier – Biomaterials based on nano-objects and organic
binders for biosensing or catalysis applications
12:10 – 12:40Gustavo Rivas – Electrochemical nano(bio)sensors: from the
functionalization of nanostructures to the detection of high
impact markers
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

SESSION 3: Chair Pumera
14:00 – 14:30Fred Lisdat – Photoelectrochemical sensing systems using
semiconductor nanostructures in combination with enzymes
for light-directed read-out
14:30 – 15:00Julea Butt – Fresh Perspectives of Thiosulfate Dehydrogenase
15:00 – 15:25Ján Labuda – Voltammetry of DNA indicating its damage by
fluorescent nanoparticles
15:25 – 15:45Jiří Barek – Possibilities and Limitations of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes in Electroanalysis of Biologically Active Organic Compounds
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break

SESSION 4: Chair Ferapontova
16:15 – 16:45Wolfgang Schuhmann – A Bipolar Electrochemical Camera for
Spatially and Temporally Resolved Visualization of Substance Release
16:45 – 17:15María Jesús Lobo-Castañón – Challenges in the Development of
Electrochemical Aptasensors for Food and Biomedical Analysis
17:15 – 17:45Shigeori Takenaka – Cancer diagnosis based on
ferrocenylnaphthalene diimide as a tetraplex DNA detecting probe
17:45 – 18:00Pinar Kara – Aptamer Based Electrochemical Nanobiosensors
For Clinical Analysis
18:30 –  Poster Session + Dinner

 Thursday 14th June 2018


SESSION 5: Chair Gorton
09:00 – 09:30Frieder W. Scheller – Fully Electrochemical Work flow for
the Recognition of Proteins by MIPs
09:30 – 10:00Lital Alfonta – Redox Enzyme Engineering for Bioelectrochemical
Systems
10:00 – 10:30Elena Ferapontova – Electrocatalytic Biosensors for Protein and
Bacterial Analysis
10:30 – 10:45Milutin Smiljanić – Electrochemical monitoring of the reversible
folding of surface immobilized DNA i-motifs
10:45 – 11:10Coffee Break

SESSION 6: Chair Lisdat
11:10 – 11:40 Lo Gorton – Electrochemical Communication between Thylakoid
Membranes and Electrodes for Harvesting Solar Energy
11:40 – 12:10Michael Thompson – Ultra-high frequency acoustic wave biosensor detection of biomarkers for disease
12:10 – 12:40Gerd-Uwe Flechsig – H/D isotope effects on EQCM and voltammetric behavior of DNA layers conjugated with hexammine cobalt(III)
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

SESSION 7: Chair Paleček
14:00 – 14:30 Frank-Michael Matysik – Hyphenation of Electrochemistry
and Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for
Bioelectrochemistry
14:30 – 15:00 Susana Campuzano – Versatile and reliable electrochemical
biosensing for food analysis with tailored sensitivity at different
molecular levels
15:00 – 15:30 Arzum Erdem – Nanomaterials Integrated Electrochemical
Biosensors For Biomolecular Recognitions
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Guided Sightseeing of Brno Downtown
18:30 – 19:30 Concert
20:00 – Gala Dinner 

Friday 15th June 2018


SESSION 8: Chair Navrátil
09:00 – 09:30 Renata Bilewicz – Electron Transfer by Gold Nanoparticles and
Clusters in Bioelectrocatalysis
09:30 – 09:45 Stefano Franchi – Electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide and sarcosine using nanostructured cerium oxide electrode

09:45 – 10:00 

Dilsat Ozkan-Ariksoysal – DNA-wrapped carbon nanotube modified electrochemical genosensor for the detection of Escherichia coli from real samples

10:00 – 10:15 

Jan Špaček – DNA base reduction and oxidation on one electrode
10:15 – 10:30 Jan Vacek – Peptidic Proton Wires: Electrochemical and
Structural Insight
10:30 – 10:45 Gábor Mészáros – Wide Dynamic Range Current Measurement in
Molecular Electronics: Solutions for Thermopower Studies
10:45 – 11:10 Coffee Break

SESSION 9: Chair Vacek
11:10 – 11:25 Romana Sokolová – Electrochemical and In situ IR
Spectroelectrochemical Research of Oxidation Mechanism of
Bioactive Flavons, Flavonols and Flavanones
11:25 – 11:40Sarasi K. K. Galagedera – Voltammetric Detection of Thrombin
Labelled with Osmium Tetroxide Bipyridine
11:40 – 11:55Karel Lacina – Biosensing based on Electrochemical Impedance
Spectroscopy: Influence of the Often-Ignored Molecular Charge
11:55 – 12:10Veronika Ostatná – Chronopotentiometric sensing of anterior
gradient protein-2 and its interaction with peptide aptamers
12:10 – 12:25Tomáš Navrátil – New Ways Applicable for Monitoring of Transporting Processes of Selected Xenobiotics and Eubiotics across Biomimetic Membranes
12:25 – 12:40closing remarks
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch