Keynote Speakers

Till Bachmann, Reader Dr Till Bachmann is Reader in Personalised Medicine in Infectious Diseases and Deputy Head of the Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh. Till has a PhD in biosensors from research at University of Stuttgart and The University of Tokyo and a German Habilitation in Analytical Biotechnology. His scientific interests focus on molecular diagnostics and point of care detection of infectious diseases of important human pathogens such as S.aureus and E.coli and their antimicrobial resistance including ESBL, CRE and MRSA. This also includes research on novel detection modalities and discovery of biomarkers of bacterial response to antimicrobial therapy, working towards prognostic tests for Precision Medicine of infectious diseases. Till has published extensively, is a named inventor on various patent applications, and he has led a number of large interdisciplinary diagnostic projects. He is engaged in a number of undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes and is Programme Director of the new online MSc course on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Till has a strong track record on hosting international conferences and has a wide international collaboration network including links to India and Japan where he recently co-chaired the workshop on Biosensors for Healthcare at the UK Embassy in Tokyo and he was hosting the Workshop on Next Generation Tools for DNA Diagnostics in February 2015 in Edinburgh. Till keeps close links with the diagnostics industry and as such is Scientific Programme Director for Mölnlycke Health Care Scotland, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute in Dublin, advises NESTA on the Longitude Prize in Antibiotics and is member of various advisory panels for major funding bodies including Innovate UK and the EU Innovative Medicine Initiative.
Darryl Bornhop, Professor Dr. Darryl J. Bornhop received s B.S. in chemistry and his M.A. in environmental chemistry from the University of Missouri in Columbia and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry under the direction of Dr. Norman J. Dovichi, at the University of Wyoming and the University of Alberta. After working in the private sector, he joined the faculty at Texas Tech University becoming Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2002. Dr. Bornhop is currently Professor of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University. His research interests are inter-disciplinary and include Chemical Biology, Chemical Analysis, Molecular Imaging, Nanoscale Sensing and the deployment of Personalized Medicine.
Bo Mattiasson, Professor Bo Mattiasson, Professor of Biotechnology at Lund University, Sweden. Research interests: to develop new technology that can be implemented within areas such as biosensors, bioseparation, fermentation technology, use of extremophilic microorganisms, environmental biotechnology. Has published 690 papers in peer reviewed journals, almost 13.000 citations and a h-value of 48.
Jeff Newman, Programme Director Dr Jeff Newman has worked for Cranfield University since 1990, during which time he has undertaken research and consultancy into many areas of industrial biotechnology. His main interests involve the design and production of novel diagnostic devices and the interesting opportunities proffered by microfluidic systems. For many years, Jeff has led Cranfield Biotechnology Centre’s consultancy service, which offers industry a service encompassing market and technological surveys, identifying new opportunities and developing company strategy. Jeff is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biosensors. He is also very active in teaching and is Programme Director for the Advanced Bioscience MSc courses in Medical Diagnostics, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Analytical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine.