ECA's Rapid Microbiological Methods Conference

The annual Rapid Microbiological Methods Conference, organised by ECA's RMM Working Group will take place on 11 and 12 December in Munich, Germany. The conference will be completed by an additional Workshop on "Microbiology and Statistics" on 13 December.

The highlights planned so far are:

CBER's Expectations for the Use of RMM
Raman Spectroscopy
Funghi Identification
Rapid Airsampling
Case Studies for Implementation and Validation of different methods
Mycoplasma Detection Molecular strategies for the determination of abundance and physiological status of microbial cells and spores encapsulated in spacecraft polymers

The following speakers from authorities and industry already confirmed their presence:

Dr Mauro Anglana, Merck Millipore, Italy
Dr. Sven M. Deutschmann, Roche diagnostics, Germany
Prof. Dr. Edwin van den Heuvel, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Oliver Gordon, Novartis, Switzerland
Sergio Gazic, Biovigilant, United States
Dr. Rajesh Gupta, CBER, FDA, United States
Pieta Jizermann-Boos, MSD, The Netherlands
Anna Mills, Papid Micro Biosystems, United States
Annet van Merode, Bactimm, The Netherlands
Dr Michael Miller, Microbiological Consultants, United States
Dr. C. Moissl-Eichinger, University of Regensburg, Germany
C. Paalvast-Wever, Laboratory for pharmaceutical microbiology, Apotheek Haagse Ziekenhuizen, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. R A Samson - Head of Applied and Industrial Mycology, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands
Dr. Karin Schütze, Cell Tool, Germany
Dr. Emiliano Toso, Merck Serono, Italy
Dr- Geert Verdonk, MSD, The Netherlands
Vincent Wittemberg, bioMérieux, France