[ÖRFÍ] Workshop MRAMA - Food Microbiology - Rapid methods and automation - i Barcelona, nov. 2012

[Þórunn Þorsteinsdóttir]

XI WORKSHOP on RAPID METHODS AND AUTOMATION IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona -UAB-, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain, 20-23 November 2012)

Updated and detailed information: http://jornades.uab.cat/workshopmrama/en <https://webmail.dm.dk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://jornades.uab.cat/workshopmrama/en> 

Lecturers and lectures:

*	Dr. Cécile Lahellec (AFSSA, Maisons-Alfort, France): "Food microbiology: a multi-faceted approach" 
*	Dr. Daniel Y. C. Fung (Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA):

	*	Historical development of the field of rapid methods and automation in microbiology 
	*	Sampling and sample preparation of solid and liquid foods, surfaces, and air 
	*	Miniaturization: microtiter plate, most probable number (MPN), viable cell counts, and so on. Diagnostic kits 
	*	Methods for viable cell counts: hydrophobic grid, spiral plating, flow cytometry, direct epifluorescent filter technique (DEFT), and so on 	*	Other methods to detect microorganisms: Fung's double tube, Lee tube, Fung-Yu tube, and so on 
	*	Methods for viable cell counts, based on electric impedance, conductance and capacitance 
	*	Methods for viable cell counts, based on ATP - bioluminiscence and colorimetry 
	*	Immunological methods for microbial and toxin identification: immunomagnetic separation, ELISA and ELFA, reversed passive latex agglutination, lateral immunomigration, immunoprecipitation, and so on 
	*	Genetic methods for microbial identification: hybridization (DNA and RNAr probes); polymerase chain reaction (PCR); DNA characterization (fingerprinting, riboprinting); biosensors, biochips and microchips; proteomics; and so on 
	*	Ethnic food safety and control 
	*	International rapid methods testing market trends of the past 25 years, and Fung's 10 predictions of the future 

*	Dr. Armand Sánchez Bonastre (UAB): "Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)" *	Mr. Jvo Siegrist (Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Buchs, Switzerland): "Proficiency testing with microorganism standards" 
*	Dr. Ferran Ribas Soler (Microbiology Spanish Society -SEM- Comisión de Normalización y Validación, Madrid, Spain): "Enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria in water: new ISO 9308-2 standard" 
*	Ms. Marjorie B. Medina (USDA, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA): "Latex agglutination assays for non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: development and application" 
*	Dr. Xavier Cristina Pau (Life Technologies SA, Alcobendas, Spain): "Analysis to assay: rapid characterization of microbial pathogens by next gen sequencing technology" 
*	Mr. Jon Basagoiti Azpitarte (Imagining  Management Systems SLU, Ermua, Spain): "Rapid microbiology for... right decisions?" 
*	Mr. Alfredo Corujo Fernández (Nutreco Servicios SA, Tres Cantos, Spain): "A new molecular system for pathogen detection in poultry products" 
*	Dr. José Juan Rodríguez Jerez (UAB): "Use of surface sensors and rapid methods to control environmental contamination in food industries: towards on-line control"

Demonstrations:

*	Use of internet for applications of predictive microbiology   
*	Use of a rapid and non-instrumental method for identification of the top six non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli 
*	Typical nonconformities in food safety audits (IFS, BRC and FSSC22000)

And also: 
* 3-day laboratory sessions
* Exhibition from 12 microbiology companies
* Round table