15TH OF NOVEMBER

2017

3IT, 3000 BOUL DE L’UNIVERSITÉ, SHERBROOKE, QC J1K 0A5

PROGRAM 8:30 – 9:00 Registration and breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome, Jan Dubowski (3IT), Dominique Drouin (V-ce Director 3IT)

9:15 – 10:00 Narinder Singh (IIT Ropar, India): Quantum dot based detection of biological

anions and cations: the passage towards practical realization

10:00 – 10:45 Pushap Raj (IIT Ropar, India): Detecting electrically charged biomolecules

10:45 – 11:30 Eric Frost (UdeS, Microbiology): Immobilization of bacteria on biosensor

surfaces

11:30 – 12:15 Frédéric Leduc (Biosensing Solutions): Not all antibodies are equal:

implication for therapeutic and biosensing applications

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch and networking

13:30 – 14:15 Maria DeRosa (Carleton University): Detecting viruses and small molecules

with DNA aptamers

14:15 – 15:00 Simon Lévesque (CHUS, Microbiology): Legionella pneumophila: the growing

threat and preventive measures

15:00 – 15:45 Walid Hassen (3IT): Detecting Legionella with digitally photocorroding

biosensor

15:45 – 17:15 Wrapping up, visiting 3IT laboratories

Registration free (breakfast and lunch included), but required. Send email to: jan.j.dubowski@usherbrooke.ca

Detecting Electrically Charged BioMolecules Biosensor Workshop