Biosensors, Biomarkers & Diagnostics Agenda

Registration

Welcome Address

Speakers Introduction & Memento Presentation

Colvera™, A ctDNA Liquid Biopsy Assay for Colorectal Cancer. Our Journey from Discovery to the Clinic
Jason Ross, Sr Research Scientist And Team Leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

The speaker will discuss the journey that he and their collaborators undertook: from biomarker discovery and validation, to assay design and then to clinical trials and the launch of a commercial lab test.

nCounter Analysis System: Moving from Genomic Discovery to Translational Research
Jay Manikandan, Field Application Scientist, Nanostring Technologies

Q/A Discussion

Technology Spotlight:
Technological Advancements in Single Cell Analysis, helping in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Immunophenotyping and Circulating Tumor Cells Studies
Amitav Mohanty, Manager Market Development, Beckman Coulter

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Aurora A kinase, a Biomarker and a Target for Cancer Research
Claude Prigent, Professor, University of Rennes School of Medicine, France

The presenter will cover the role of Aurora A kinase with Tumour which made it a priority target to develop Inhibitors. Further, it will also explain how Aurora A kinase acted as tumor suppressor. The talk will highlight the dual function of Aurora-A and will discuss various identified inhibitors.

Mining the Urinary Proteome for Non-invasive Cancer Biomarkers
Roopali Roy, Research Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School, United States of America

This presentation will review a sampling of representative non-invasive, urinary cancer biomarkers. The speaker will discuss their strategies for the development of point of care devices for the use of our biomarkers as clinical tests in resource-poor settings.

Q/A Discussion

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Translational Approach to Detect Biomarkers Bedside
Srinivas Pentyala, Director of Translational Research & Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook Medical Center, United States of America

Q/A Discussion

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Novel Biosensors for Food Pathogen Detection
Fathima Benazir J, Co-founder & CEO, Azooka Life Sciences, India

Q/A Discussion

End of First Day of Conference

Networked and Portable DNA Analysers - The Future of Disease Surveillance and Management
Jonathan O'Halloran, Chief Scientific Officer/Co Founder, QuantuMDx Group Ltd, United Kingdom

With the widely reported threat of antibiotic resistance, and the ongoing global battle against drug-resistant tuberculosis, the need for rapid, accurate and actionable diagnostics is ever more acute. Jonathan will present QuantuMDx’s portable, sample-to-result DNA analyser that will deliver referral laboratory-standard results in 20 minutes by the patient’s side.

Q/A Discussion

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Rapid Pathogen-Biomarker Based Universal Diagnostics of Bacterial Infection at the Point of Care
Harshini Mukundan, Principal Investigator, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States of America

The talk will highlight how they have developed a suite of patented methods for the rapid detection of pathogen signatures, and will discuss its feasibility of application in diagnosis of infection associated with gram-positive, negative and indeterminate pathogens in blinded clinical samples for which the presenter used novel sensor technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.It will then show how their technologies are now on the verge of market development, and how transition plans are being developed and executed to ensure commercial transition.

From Research to Commercialisation: TB Diagnostics Based on Host Biomarkers
Harish Belgode, Senior Professor and HOD (Retired),, JIPMER, India

Detecting Bacteremia by the Beside
Shalini Gupta, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi, India

Q/A Discussion

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Laser Printing and Functionalisation of Sensors
Ioanna Zergioti, Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

In this presentation, photosynthetic, enzymatic, and DNAzyme biosensors will be presented for the detection of hazardous contaminants in food products and water. Further, examples of chemical and biosensors fabricated based on the LIFT (Laser Induced Forward Transfer) technique will also be presented.

Novel Fiber Optic Biosensors for Attomolar Analyte Detection
Raghavendra Sai V V, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Coffee Break and Networking Session

Q/A Discussion

Oral Talk: Blue-Light Accelerated Formation of Bio-mediated or Coated Silver and Gold Nanoparticles and their Promising Applications
Kunzes Dolma, PhD Scholar , IMTECH, India

Binary Lipid vesicle-Gold Nanoparticle on Gold Surface for Enhanced DNA and Protein Sensing
Divya Karutha Pandian, Research Scholar, Alagappa University, India

Electrochemically Synthesized & Exfoliated MoS2 for robust Covalent Conjugation with Reduced Anti- PSA Antibodies
Manil Kukkar, Research Scholar, CSIR-CSIO, India

Q/A Discussion

Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks

End of Conference