Topic: “IN VITRO ORAL BIOFILMS MODELS: FROM DEVELOPMENT TO ASSESSMENT”

Date: JULY 9-13, 2018 ǀ MADRID, SPAIN

The ‘CED-IADR Summer School’ program aims to give young investigators the opportunity to learn new research techniques and to establish professional relations with other European researchers. The first CED-IADR Summer School in Marseille, France (June 12-16, 2017) with 27 participants was a great achievement with success in many aspects, such as to gain theoretical knowledge and laboratory experience, and to network with your peers interested and active in the same research field.

The main focus of the summer school is to give participants the possibility to practice new research techniques, so to apply these methods in their own research projects at their home university laboratories. During this course, participants will receive, in addition to the practical learning, only theoretical lecture directly linked to the broad understanding the investigation methods being trained in.

Registration for the CED-IADR Summer School is free of charge, but limited to maximum 20 selected candidates (for CED-IADR members only)! 

Attendees should only cover their own housing/travel expenses.

Directors: Mariano Sanz, David Herrera

Coordinator: Elena Figuero

Responsible staff: Patricia Bermejo, Arancha Llama, María José Marín, Ana O´Connor, Patricia Romero, María Sánchez, Honorato Vidal

Supporting staff: Nagore Ambrosio, Jaime Bueno, Maigualida Cuenca, Marta García-Chacón, María Martínez, Oksana Potupa, Patricia Romero

Monday Location 09 July 2018

09.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.30 Welcome and program overview

10.30-11.30 Oral biofilms

11.30-12.30 Biofilm´s associated conditions

12.30-13.30 Why an in vitro biofilm model

13.30-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.00 Creating inoculum: bacterial culture

16.00-19.00 Laboratories: Creating inoculum: bacterial culture

Tuesday Location 10 July 2018

09.30-10.30 In vitro biofilms: static

10.30-13.30 Laboratories: In vitro biofilms: static

13.30-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.00 In vitro biofilms: dynamic

16.00-19.00 Laboratories: In vitro biofilms: dynamic

Wednesday Location 11 July 2018

09.30-10.30 Assessing biofilms: CLMS

10.30-13.30 Laboratories: Assessing biofilms: CLMS

13.30-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.00 Assessing biofilms: qPCR

16.00-19.00 Laboratories: Assessing biofilms: qPCR

Thursday Location 12 July 2018

09.30-10.30 Assessing biofilms: microarrays

10.30-13.30 Laboratories: Assessing biofilms: microarrays

13.30-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.00 Assessing biofilms: proteomics

16.00-19.00 Laboratories: Assessing biofilms: proteomics

20.30-23.30 Get-together diner

Friday Location 12 July 2018

10.30-12.30 What have we learnt?

12.30-13.30 Concluding remarks

For practical reasons, the number of attendees will be limited to maximum 20. 

Candidates must be a CED-IADR member!

Please send your:

• CED-IADR membership payment proof
• detailed CV
• motivation letter
• copy of your ID

to ced.iadr@uzleuven.be  no later than 30 March 2018.

The CED-IADR secretariat will inform the candidates mid-April 2018 on their acceptance. CED-IADR has the right to cancel the summer school in case of insufficient participation.