Dear friends and colleagues from the area of biosensor research!

We would like to welcome you to the European Biosensors Symposium 2021 Online! This is a conference in the tradition of ten German Biosensor Symposia (DBS) since 1999 and of two European Biosensor Symposia since 2017.

We had 2017 in Potsdam the 1st EBS and 2019 in Florence the 2nd EBS. As you may know, we have planed the next EBS 2021 in Aachen, but because of the Covid 19 pandemic this event had to be postponed.

In order to fill the gap, the scientific committee has decided to go for an online event in 2021. Thus, actual researchers will get the chance to present and interact with their colleagues. This might be not the same as in reality, but it is a good way to keep the international exchange and to allow young scientists to present. So we will organise the 3rd EBS in Wildau.

A peculiarity of the EBS conference series is the strong focus on young scientists. This is also valid for the Online conference. Thus, I would like to encourage students after the master, phd students or young post-docs to submit an abstract.  We also would like to stimulate the participation by prizes for good oral presentations and poster prizes.

The conference will cover a broad range of topics which includes all components of biosensors (recognition elements, immobilisation strategies, transducers, microfluidics, data analysis) and biosensor application, but also related fields such as bio-nanotechnology, bioenergetics, photobioelectrochemistry and model development.

Thus, we hope to provide a broad view and give stimulus to the own research and future development. Welcome to the virtual meeting in the capital region of Germany!

Fred Lisdat

Chair of EBS 2021 Online

• Hatice Altug, Frontiers in Nanophotonic Biosensors
• Francesco Baldini, Chemical and biochemical optical fibre sensing for invasive and intracellular application: past, present and future
• Can Dincer, CRISPR-powered electrochemical multiplexed nucleic acid testing
• Steffi Krause, Photoelectrochemical imaging for live cell monitoring and sensor applications
• Francesco Ricci, Electrochemical DNA-based nanodevices for IgG antibodies detection
• Janos Vörös, The role of non-specific binding in determining the limit of detection of diagnostically relevant biosensors

• Prof. Dr. Till Bachmann (University of Edinburgh)
• Prof. Dr. Antje Baeumner (University of Regensburg)
• Prof. Dr. Francesco Baldini (Institute of Applied Physics of the National Research Council of Italy )
• Prof. Dr. Frank Bier (Potsdam University)
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Beckmann (IBA Heiligenstadt)
• Prof. Dr. Maria Cruz Moreno Bondi (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
• Prof. Dr. Dario Compagnone (University of Teramo)
• Prof. Dr. Serge Cosnier (Grenoble University)
• Prof. Dr. Jenny Emneus (Technical University of Denmark)
• Prof. Dr. Guenther Gauglitz (Tübingen University)
• Prof. Dr. Hubert Girault (EPFL)
• Prof. Dr. Róbert E. Gyurcsányi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
• Prof. Dr. Christine Kranz (Ulm University)
• Prof. Dr. Ilya Kurochkin (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
• Prof. Dr. Laura Lechuga (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
• Prof. Dr. Fred Lisdat (TH Wildau)
• Prof. Dr. med. Peter Luppa (Technical University of Munich)
• Prof. Dr. Pilar Marco (National Research Council of Spain)
• Prof. Dr. Maria Minunni (University of Florence)
• PD Dr. Michael Seidel (Technical University of Munich)
• Prof. Dr. Nicolas Plumere (Ruhr University Bochum)
• Prof. Dr. Juergen Popp (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
• Dr. Ute Resch-Genger (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung)
• Prof. Dr. Frieder Scheller (Potsdam University)
• Prof. Dr. Michael J. Schöning (FH Aachen)
• Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Spoto (University of Catania)
• Prof. Dr. Petr Skladal (Masaryk University)
• Dr. Michael Steinwand (Innovendia Consulting Services)
• Prof. Dr. Gerald Urban (University of Freiburg)
• Prof. Dr. Patrick Wagner (KU Leuven)
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Wegener (University of Regensburg)
• Prof. Dr. Ulla Wollenberger (Potsdam University)

• Prof. Dr. Fred Lisdat
• Dipl. Ing. Daniel Schäfer
• Dr. Carsten Hille

• Dipl. Ing. Stefanie Radig

•     12.01.2021          Deadline for abstract submission

•     07.02.2021          Notification on acceptance

•     03.03.2021          Deadline for payment of conference fee

•     09.-12.03.2021   EBS 2021 ONLINE

The conference intends to cover all aspects of biosensor research and will also include neighbouring areas as well as studies of application.

• Biological recognition elements
• Protein engineering and screening methods
• Biomimetic and bioinspired systems
• Bionanotechnology (Nanoparticles, DNA origami a.o.)
• New materials for biosensing (polymers, crystals a.o.)
• Immobilisation strategies
• Imaging sensors and multiplexing techniques
• Transduction technologies (electrochemical, optical a.o.)
• Microfluidic systems and labon-the-chip developments
• Biocatalytic and bioaffinity sensors
• Cellbased assays
• Point of care systems and wearable sensors
• Implantable biosensors
• Bioenergetics including biofuel cells
• Photobioelectrochemistry
• Bioelectronics
• Intracellular sensors
• Application in medicine, process control, in environmental monitoring, food analysis a.o.
• Proteomics and glycomics
• Theory and modelling

The Abstract Submission will open on November 24th, 2020 and will close at January 12th, 2021. Please use the following template in order to prepare an one page abstract.

Download link - template

For abstract submission please follow the link below.

Abstract submission

The submisson closes on 12.01.2021.

Registration fees

Students including phd Students       50,- Euro

Academics                                         65,- Euro

Non-academics                                 80,- Euro

Payment

For registration please follow the link below.

Registration

Please find below the final programme of the European Biosensor Symposium 2021.

>>scientific programme

>>poster programme

Some important information with respect to the execution of the conference:

• We will use the Webex system to carry out the symposium. This is valid for oral presentations as well as poster discussions.
• All paid and registered participants will get a Webex-link for every single day of the conference.
• The allocated time slots in the programme are devoted to the oral presentation only. After 3-4 presentations there is time for questions and discussion. Thus, all 3-4 presenters should be present for this discussion.
• We can not serve you drinks and snacks in the online event, but we have planed a break for having a coffee and also one for lunch.
• After the end of the oral presentations we will open breakout rooms. In every of theses “rooms” one poster will be presented. The rooms are named after the poster number. All participants can freely move from one poster room to another (and can already see in advance whether this poster might be rather crowded). For every day of the conference a different subset of posters will be discussed. This is given in the poster programme.
• All posters are available for paid participants the whole period of the conference. This is in order to get an overview and also to look for details. This is independent from the period of poster discussion. The access will be sent together with the links for the 4 sessions of the conference.
• Please also read the technical instructions before the conference starts.

>>Technical instructions

The EBS Online intends to give prizes for young researchers (phd students, post docs) who have given excellent oral presentations or have presented a very good poster.
This way we want to stimulate the participants further and give gratitude to those who try to transfer their research ideas and results to others in a convincing and engaged way.
This intention of the Scientific Committee is also supported by scientific organisations such as the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES), Publishers of scientific journals such as Elsevier (Sensors & Actuators) and Springer (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry) or companies (Sciospec Scientific Instruments).

In order to have a broad basis for the selections following scientists have agreed to work in the prize selection committees:

• Prof. F. Baldini
• Prof. F. Bier
• Dr. P. Bollela
• Prof. M. Bondi
• Dr. M. Bossi
• Prof. D. Compagnone
• Dr. F. Conzuelo
• Dr. V. Diculescu
• Prof. G. Gauglitz
• Prof. Ch. Kranz
• Prof. I. Kurochkin
• Prof. L. Lechuga
• Prof. M.P. Marco
• Prof. M. Minunni
• Prof. N. Plumere
• Dr. G. Proll
• Dr. M. Seidel
• Prof. U. Wollenberger

Oral Awards

Nako Nakatsuka / ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Towards Simultaneous Neurochemical Sensing and Electrophysiology via Aptamer-Based Bioelectronics

Sponsored by the publisher Elsevier (Sensors & Actuators)

Julia Klüpfel / TU Munich, Germany

Automated, flow based chemiluminescence microarray immunoassay for the rapid multiplex detection of IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum and plasma (CoVRapid CL-MIA)

Sponsored by the publisher Elsevier (Sensors & Actuators)

Soraya Höfs / TH Wildau, Germany

Enzyme activity determination of human monoamine oxidase B (Mao B) by amperometric hydrogen peroxide detection

Sponsored by the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau

Poster Awards

Alejandro Valverde / Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Electrochemical bioplatform to unravel neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease through the determination of neurofilament light chain protein

Sponsored by the Bioelectrochemical Society

Aysu Yarman / University of Potsdam, Germany

Strep-Tag II-Imprinted Polymer for the Recognition of Recombinant Proteins

Sponsored by the Bioelectrochemical Society

Muqsit Pirzada / Technical University Berlin, Germany

Cancer biomarker detection in human serum samples using nanoparticle decorated epitope-mediated hybrid MIP

Sponsored by the Publisher Springer (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry)

Simon Streif / University of Regensburg, Germany

Developing a liposome-based lateral flow assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Sponsored by the Publisher Springer (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry)

Federica Mariani / University of Bologna, Italy

A material-based approach for the development of wearable pH sensors

Sponsored by the company Sciospec Scientific Instruments

Rebeca M. Torrente Rodriguez / Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

A Multiplexed Graphene-Based Telemedicine Platform for Rapid, Remote and Low-Cost COVID-19 Control and Monitoring

Sponsored by the company Sciospec Scientific Instruments

Biosystems Technology
Institute of Life Sciences and Biomedical Technologies
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Hochschulring 1
15745 Wildau

E-Mail: ebs2021(at)th-wildau.de
Tel +49 (0)3375 508134/799
Fax +49 (0)3375 508578
www.th-wildau.de/lisdat

The next meeting will take place in 2023 at the FH Aachen.

 4th European Biosensor Symposium

Perfect organised symposium – not to be expected with a symposium of this size.

KHF (Jena, Germany)

Fantastic job! The 3rd EBS is a true success.

TB (Edinburgh)

What the team made at short notice is absolutely fantastic and the poster session is even spectacular. Congratulations!

R.G. (Budapest)

Thank you for the effort you put in the organisation of the meeting which is really a success looking at the attendance of the individual days. Hard job but very good job!

F.B. (Florence)

The currently running online version outperformes our expectations!

F.B. (Potsdam)

EBS Online was the first online conference which I attended. I was really impressed by the organisation and the arrangments. The technical realisation was working perfectly and the scientific content was on a high level.

M.H. (Bayreuth)

I join all the people  in thanking for this organisation that reinforced the biosensor community! Appreciation comes also from my PhD students - this is may be even more relevant!

D.C. (Bologna)

Very good presentations and so many young attendees, which reflects perfectly our jointly formulated intention!

P.L. (Munich)

The conference was organized at the highest level in spite of the current situation in the world.

A.O. (Moscow)

Thank you for organizing this meeting EBS 2021 during these very hard times.  We really have to support young scientists and keep the interest high in participating in such high level scientific events like this one. Many thanks really!

M.M. (Florence)

Congratulations for the nice conference!! It has been really great. I
have only positive feedback about the organization and logistics.
Especially the lectures and discussions were very pleasant.

F.C. (Bochum)

Thanks Fred and all your team for your excellent organization and dedicated commitment.

L.L. (Barcelona)

Nako Nakatsuka / ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Towards Simultaneous Neurochemical Sensing and Electrophysiology via Aptamer-Based Bioelectronics

Sponsored by the publisher Elsevier (Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical)

Julia Klüpfel / TU Munich, Germany

Automated, flow based chemiluminescence microarray immunoassay for the rapid multiplex detection of IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum and plasma (CoVRapid CL-MIA)

Sponsored by the publisher Elsevier (Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical)

Soraya Höfs / TH Wildau, Germany

Enzyme activity determination of human monoamine oxidase B (Mao B) by amperometric hydrogen peroxide detection

Sponsored by the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau

Alejandro Valverde / Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Electrochemical bioplatform to unravel neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease through the determination of neurofilament light chain protein

Sponsored by the Bioelectrochemical Society

Aysu Yarman / University of Potsdam, Germany

Strep-Tag II-Imprinted Polymer for the Recognition of Recombinant Proteins

Sponsored by the Bioelectrochemical Society

Muqsit Pirzada / Technical University Berlin, Germany

Cancer biomarker detection in human serum samples using nanoparticle decorated epitope-mediated hybrid MIP

Sponsored by the Publisher Springer (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry)

Simon Streif / University of Regensburg, Germany

Developing a liposome-based lateral flow assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Sponsored by the Publisher Springer (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry)

Federica Mariani / University of Bologna, Italy

A material-based approach for the development of wearable pH sensors

Sponsored by the company Sciospec Scientific Instruments

Rebeca M. Torrente Rodriguez / Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

A Multiplexed Graphene-Based Telemedicine Platform for Rapid, Remote and Low-Cost COVID-19 Control and Monitoring

Sponsored by the company Sciospec Scientific Instruments

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