Programme
The scientific programme for the Analytical Research Forum 2008 began with lunch on Monday 21 July 2008 and closed around midday on Wednesday 23 July 2008. There was a poster session on Monday evening and a conference dinner on Tuesday evening.
The scientific programme 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
Matteo Scampicchio*
Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
*Denotes presenting author to whom the affiliation applies
