Tuesday, 21st November
• Opening lecture: Overview on rapid methods, automation and miniaturization in microbiology (Dr. José Juan Rodríguez Jerez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra –Cerdanyola del Vallès–, Barcelona) 10:15-11:35 a.m.
– Sampling of solid and liquid foods, surfaces, and air
– Miniaturization: microtiter plate, most probable number (MPN), viable cell counts. Diagnostic kits
– Methods for viable cell counts: hydrophobic grid, spiral plating, flow cytometry, direct epifluorescence filter technique (DEFT), turbidity
– Methods for viable cell counts, based on electric impedance and conductance
– Methods for viable cell counts, based on ATP – bioluminiscence and colorimetry
– Immunological methods for microbial and toxin detection and identification: immunomagnetic separation, ELISA and ELFA, reversed passive latex agglutination, lateral immunomigration, immunoprecipitation
– Molecular biology methods for microbial detection and identification: hybridization (DNA and rRNA probes), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA and rRNA characterization (fingerprinting, riboprinting), sequencing, proteomics
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and massive genome sequencing applied to food safety (Dr. Armand Sánchez Bonastre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra –Cerdanyola del Vallès–, Barcelona) 11:50 a.m.-1:10 p.m.
• […] (Dr. Anna Pinar Méndez, Aigües de Barcelona, Empresa Metropolitana de Gestió del Cicle Integral de l’Aigua, Barcelona) 5:45-6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 22nd November
• Who, when and why must take legal responsibility in food industries? (Ms. Sara García-Gurtubay, Compliance&Values, Leioa, Vizcaya) 12:10-12:55 p.m.
• Food safety culture: are our foods safer than ever? 5-6 p.m.
– Mr. Pascal Monzó Martos (Productos Florida, Vila-real, Castellón)
– Dr. Oscar J. Esteban Cabornero (Grupo Entrepinares, Valladolid)
– Mr. Jon Basagoiti Azpitarte (Imagining Management Systems, Ermua, Vizcaya)
Thursday, 23rd November – Thanksgiving day
• Listeria monocytogenes: update in regulations and impact of genetic diversity on its behaviour and detection (Dr. Nathalie Gnanou Besse, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail –ANSES–, Maisons‐Alfort, France) 12:05-12:50 p.m.
• Future trends in food safety (Dr. Marta Hugas Maurici, independent expert, former scientific head of the European Food Safety Authority –EFSA–, Girona) 5:15-6 p.m.