Dear colleagues and friends

I want to welcome you to the next ENFI Meeting 2016 in the capital region of Germany. Engineering of Functional Interfaces is devoted to interdisciplinary work dealing with interfaces between biological components and technical surfaces. Such approaches are needed in different areas such as sensors, biochips, reactors, biomaterials and medical devices. Thus, the idea of this workshop-like meeting is to bring together young scientists with different research tasks but some common interests since one needs to deal with the design and build-up of surfaces and the proper characterization. This shall also stimulate the interaction between different groups and broaden the view of individual scientists.

The meeting is organized in a special format since most of the participants will get the chance to explain their work in a short oral presentation. This is followed by an intensive discussion at the respective posters allowing a good overview on the different presented approaches and a more detailed exchange. This is the main part of the conference and consequently several time slots for poster sessions will be given. In addition, tutorial lectures by invited scientists will cover different aspects of biohybrid systems starting from biomolecules over new devices to suitable transduction techniques.

We would like to invite you to take part in our workshop. It has already a longer lasting tradition and is organized every year. In 2016 the 9th Meeting will be held at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau in the South of Berlin. Welcome!

Fred Lisdat

Chair of the conference

• Dr. Anke Renger, University of Applied Sciences Wildau
• Dipl. Ing (FH) Daniel Schäfer, University of Applied Sciences Wildau
• Prof. Dr. Fred Lisdat, University of Applied Sciences Wildau

Scientific Advisory Board

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Theodor Doll, Hannover Medical School
• Prof. Dr. Achim Walter Hassel, Johannes Kepler University Linz
• Prof. Dr. Sven Ingebrandt, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern
• Prof. Dr. Michael Keusgen, Philipps University Marburg
• Prof. Dr. Claus-Dieter Kohl, Justus-Liebig University Gießen
• Prof. Dr. Michael Mertig, KSI Meinsberg and TU Dresden
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Offenhäusser, Research Center Jülich
• Prof. Dr. Arshak Poghossian, Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Schöning, Aachen University of Applied Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Patrick Hermann Wagner, Leuven University
• Prof. Dr. Torsten Wagner, Aachen University of Applied Sciences

Main Topics

• Nanomaterials and biocomponents
• Biosensors
• Nucleic acid technologies
• Chip-based devices
• Thin film technology and microsystems
• Sensing at or with cells
• Photoelectrochemical systems
• Biofull cells
• Biomaterials
• Biomimetica and protein engineering
• Conductive polymers and biopolymers
• Implants and surface coatings
• Electrochemical and optical interfaces

• 01.03.2016 Registration and abstract submission is open
• 25.04.2016 Deadline for abstract submission
• 25.05.2016 Decision and acceptance
• 10.06.2016 Deadline for early-bird registration
• 03.07.2016 Arrival / registration
• 04.07.2016 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. conference
• 04.07.2016 7 p.m. conference dinner
• 05.07.2016 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. conference

Charge 

Payment to 10.06.2016 (early bird / afterwards)

Ordinary participant - 200 € / 240 €

Only poster presentors - 160 € / 200 €

Benefits

In registration fee scientific symposium as well as social program are included.

Payment

Please transfer the registration fee to the following account with reference number within two weeks!

Reference number:     11610146 "first name""last name"

Payee:                       Landeshauptkasse

Bank details:              Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba)

IBAN:                        DE88300500007110402877

BIC:                          WELADEDDXXX

For presenting at 9th EnFI Meeting it is compulsory to hand in the abstract in the standard layout along the following link.

"Link - Template"

Please embed the figures in a printer friendly quality (about 300 dpi) in the document, but avoid abstracts files bigger than 3 MB. Abstracts can only be submit as a pdf-document. 

"Link - Abstract Submission"

The submisson closes on 25th April.

Instructions for lecture and poster presentation

Most contributions to the EnFI conference are double contributions.

A brief, oral presentation of 5 minutes with not more than five to six PowerPoint slides. Presentation language is english.

These brief presentations serve as appetizers for starting in-depth discussions during the poster sessions, but shall also deal with selected results. All posters shall be installed with the beginning of the conference.

Please bring your presentation on a memory stick: we will collect all presentations on a ‘presentation computer’ during the breaks and before the beginning of each session.

A poster presentation follows immediately after each of the five topical sessions. All posters should be stalled on the first day and adhesive material will be provided. The recommended poster format is A0 in upright orientation. Other formats are possible, but the maximum usable area is 950 x 1360 mm.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Rainer Haag - Freie Universität Berlin

Bioinspired Universal Monolayer Coatings by Combining Concepts from Blood Protein Adsorption and Mussel Adhesion

Prof. Dr. Silke Leimkühler - University Potsdam

Bacterial molybdenum enzymes, their maturation and future applications

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mirsky - Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg

Detection, Quantification and Identification of Engineered Nanoparticles

Prof. Dr. Ute Resch-Genger - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)

Applications and Challenges of Luminescence-based Detection Methods in the Life and Material Sciences

Prof. Dr. Gerald A. Urban - University Freiburg

Microanalytical Systems for Personalized Medicine

>>> Conference program <<<

The scientific program can be accompanied with an exhibition stand on request. Additional time slots for industrial exhibition beyond the coffee breaks and poster sessions are not provided.

Please see the following documents for information on registration and exhibition conditions.

"Link - Registration exhibition stand"

"Link - Terms and conditions"

The Technische Hochschule Wildau and ambiance

The Technische Hochschule Wildau (TH Wildau) was founded in 1991 and builds on a longstanding tradition in the field of science and technology. Over a century ago arose in Wildau one of the most modern locomotive factories in Germany. Despite the constant change Wildau has preserved its tradition as a business and science location. Also currently a number of successful international companies have settled here. The campus of the TH Wildau is located in the heart of the historic industrial architecture. With more than 4,000 students, the largest university of Brandenburg has a major share in community life and is the heart of the Wildau science and research location.

Wildau city

(Approach to the conference site within 30 minutes)

Ordered by distance.

Seehotel Zeuthen GmbH & Co. KG
Fontaneallee 27/28
15738 Zeuthen
Tel.: +49 (0) 33762/89-0

Hotel Port Inn
Bahnhofstr. 10
15732 Eichwalde
Tel.: +49 (0) 3051653380

Meininger Hotel Berlin Airport
Alexander-Meißner-Straße 1
12526 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0) 3031878911

Grünau Hotel
Kablower Weg 87
12526 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 675 060

Hotel Ambassador-Berlin-Grünau
Rießerseestraße 2
12527 Berlin
Telefon: +49 (0) 30 37 44 51 670

Dorint Adlershof Berlin
Rudower Chaussee 15
12489 Berlin-Adlershof
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pentahotel Berlin, Köpenick
Grünauer Straße 1
12557 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0) 030 65479 102

BEST WESTERN Hotel am Schloss Köpenick
Grünauer Straße 17-21
12557 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 658050

Biosystems Technology
Institute of Applied Life Sciences
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Hochschulring 1
15745 Wildau

E-Mail: enfi2016(at)th-wildau.de
Phone +49 (0)3375 508456
Fax     +49 (0)3375 508578
Web: www.th-wildau.de/lisdat

>>>Map - Berlin/Brandenburg<<<

>>>Map - Campus<<<