Programme

The scientific programme for the Analytical Research Forum 2008 will begin with lunch on Monday 21 July 2008 and close around midday on Wednesday 23 July 2008 (lunch not provided on Wednesday 23 July). There will be a poster session on Monday evening and a conference dinner on Tuesday evening.

The provisional scientific programme for follows.

Session 1

KEYNOTE
Jan Eijkel
University of Twente, The Netherlands

Fabrication of microfluidic channels for high yield DNA stretching
Tim Humphreys*, Johan Andersson and Tracy Melvin
University of Southampton, UK

Optical stretcher for single cells
Jakob Mauritz*
University of Cambridge, UK

A new dimension in dynamic field gradient focusing
Dominic Banks*, Peter Myers, Melissa Hanna-Brown and Raymond Bemish
University of Liverpool, UK

Session 2

KEYNOTE
Ian Wilson
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, UK

A mini-annular flume coupled with segmented flow analysis for investigating the release of phosphorus species from suspended sediments
J B Zhao*, M Fitzsimons, A Manning, S Ussher, M Keith-Roach, A Tappin,
I D McKelvie and P J Worsfold
University of Plymouth, UK

Coupling of microwave assisted micellar extraction with SPME and SPE for organochlorine pesticides determination in environmental samples
D Vega Moreno*, Z Sosa Ferrera and J J Santana Rodríguez
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Preparation, characterisation and modification of carbon monolithic columns for chromatographic applications
Ali Eltmimi*, Pavel Nesterenko, Aran Rafferty, John Hanrahan and Brett Paull
Dublin City University, Ireland

Selectivity enhancements in active pharmaceutical ingredient analyses using electrospray ionization/ion mobility mass spectrometry
Mark D Howdle*, Alice M-F Laures, Christine Eckers and Colin S Creaser
Loughborough University, UK

The development of metallised membranes for analytical separation processes
M A Bromley*, S Galea, C Boxall, P S Goodall and S Woodbury
University of Central Lancashire, UK

Detection of opiates and benzodiazepines in human serum by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (2D-GC)
Bill Guthery*, David E G Shuker, Colin T Pillinger, Lolita Tsanaclsi and Geraint H Morgan
The Open University, UK

Session 3

KEYNOTE
David Klenerman
University of Cambridge, UK

Design of fluorescent sensor particles for the detection and removal of elastase
A G Patrick* and R V Ulijn
University of Manchester, UK

Switch the light on: Polymeric Protease Responsive Nanoprobes (PPRNs) based on fluorogenic coumarin peptide substrates
Katharina Welser*, Jonathan Aylott and Weng C Chan 
University of Nottingham, UK

Protease specificity screening on liquid crystal arrays
L S Birchall*, R V Ulijn and S J Webb
University of Manchester, UK

The application of proteomics in the detection of biomarkers of skin disease using MALDI-MSI and MALDI-MS profiles of metabolically active 3D in vitro skin models
Tasneem Muharib*, Vikki A Carolan, Duncan A Rimmer, John White and Malcolm R Clench
Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Oligonucleotide peptide conjugates as bioanalytical probes via 1,3 dipolar cycloaddition
Sarah Brown* and Duncan Graham
University of Strathclyde, UK

Session 4

RONALD BELCHER MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP
To be confirmed

Electrocatalytic sulphite detection at a liquid-liquid-solid three-phase boundary electrode sensors
Najoua Katif*, Tony D James, Ewan K Galbraith and Frank Marken
University of Bath, UK

Ion sensing with intelligent environment 
L A Evans* and J Wadhawan
University of Hull, UK

Screen-printed carbon electrode modified by gold nanoparticles embedded in electrodeposited silica sol-gel thin films for hydrogen peroxide detection
Fengjun Shang*, Robert Fitzgerald, Miloslav Pravda and Jeremy D Glennon
University College Cork, Ireland

Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy: A tool for sensitive gas detection
S G Baran*, G Hancock, C E Langley, N J van Leeuwen, R Peverall and G A D Ritchie
University of Oxford, UK

KEYNOTE
TBC

*Denotes presenting author to whom the affiliation applies