Back at work after a lovely Christmas and fun cross-country skiing in Norway. Has been very busy with the acceptance of 1 paper, 3 papers in review and the submission of a 5th paper. Have also been completing my homework for my PGCert in University Teaching and starting a new project developing the polymer materials, with the help of Ferdous Khan
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The patent was filed in December and now I have an internally funded project to develop the polymer materials, which started last week. Met our market assessment consultant today for a very interesting discussion - am looking forward to determining what direction this work should take.
The Water Research paper is available online:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.041 The workshop was fantastic. Thanks to all the speakers, poster presenters and attendees, as well as Linda from SWIG who was brilliant at helping me with the organi
Together with SWIG I'm running a workshop on sensors for micropollutants and pathogens in water on 7th December. Details below:
Sensors for Micropollutants and Pathogens: New Developments Workshop Sponsored by: www.SWIG.org.uk Date 7th December 2011 The University of Edinburgh (Teaching Studio 3217, JCMB, King’s Buildings, EH9 3JF) Location map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/james-clerk-maxwell-building At present, methods for the detection of micropollutants and pathogens in water are time-consuming and often insufficient; for some micropollutants, reaching the regulatory limits is beyond the detection limit of the technologies or systems are slow and expensive, and in the case of pathogens, information is often not obtained regarding species or viability, which is essential for public health decisions. The aim of this workshop is to review the recent developments in sensor technology focussed upon the detection of micropollutants and pathogens in water. The first session will give an overview of the challenges and requirements in monitoring in different waters (drinking and bathing waters) as well as a perspective from the drinking water regulator. The speakers will identify key contaminants and the relevant timescales. The second and third sessions will focus on sensors for micropollutant and pathogen detection, respectively, describingnovel technologies and potential applications. The workshop will include a poster display covering relevant novel sensor technologies (contact [email protected]). ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chairman: Dr Helen Bridle, RAEng/EPSRC Research Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh 09.30 Coffee & registration 10.00 Introduction and overview Dr Helen Bridle, University of Edinburgh 10.05 Challenges in monitoring/sensing micropollutants Professor Andrea Schäfer, University of Edinburgh (tbc) 10.15 Challenges in monitoring/sensing of pathogens Simon Gillespie, Head of Scientific Services (Acting), Scottish Water 10.25 Perspective of the regulator on new sensor technologies Matt Bower, Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland 10.35 New filtration materials and microfluidics for Cryptosporidium monitoring Dr Helen Bridle 11.00 Tea / coffee 11.30 Luminescent bacteria for online detection of toxic compounds in drinking water and its sources Dr Minne Heringa, KWR Watercycle Research Institute 11.55 Detection of trace contamination in water with Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS) Billy Boyle, Co-founder, Owlstone 12.20 Tracking antibiotics and resistance determinants in water and waste Dr Beate Christgen, Researcher in Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Newcastle University 12.45 Lunch including poster display and table top browsing 14.00 Plasmonics, MIPs and other sensors and detection systems for prevention of pathogen spreading Dr Linda Olofsson, Imego AB 14.25 A new generation of carbon nanotube-based biosensors for the real-time detection of living bacteria Professor Jordi Riu, Universitat Rovira Virgili 14.50 Impedance-based detection for waterborne protozoa Dr Vincent Senez, CNRS, Lille, France 15.15 Pathogen and micro-pollutant monitoring – A water supplier’s perspective David Metcalf, Water Quality Scientist, South West Water 15.40 Close REGISTRATION The cost of attending the Workshop is £75.00 inc VAT for SWIG members and academic delegates. £135 inc VAT for non-members. Literature may be distributed for a fee of £55 and a limited number of table top displays are available at £105 each. Registrations can be made by Tel: 01925 855741, email: [email protected], web: www.swig.org.uk using the on-line booking form. Please advise if you have special dietary needs. Cancellation policy: Refunds can only be made if cancellations are notified at least 5 days in advance of the Workshop date. Along with my MSc (by Research) student, Despoina Gavriilidou, I attended a Biosensing Conference in Amsterdam 10-12th October, where we presented our work as a poster.
Presented my work at the India-UK discussion meeting on advanced technologies for water and energy at IIT Madras, Chennai on 16th-18th October 2011. This was a really interesting meeting and I'm looking forward to following up some of the contacts made.
Water Research have just accepted the paper I wrote with Mei Wu and Mark Bradley! This is the first paper to be published as a part of my Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Fellowship and it will be great to see it in print, just as soon as the patent is filed.
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AuthorI hold a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Felowship at the University of Edinburgh, with a focus on the detection of waterborne pathogens. Archives
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