Young Investigator Award 2014

The EBF is committed to foster talent and to provide young scientist an opportunity to actively participate in and contribute to the international bioanalytical discussions. In line with this commitment, the EBF will organize a Young Scientists Symposium on 18 November and has reserved time to celebrate the winner of the 2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award at the upcoming 7th EBF Open Symposium (Barcelona, 19 - 21 November 2014). The winner will present his/her work during an oral session in the main auditorium on the third day. For those who remember the inspiring presentations from the previous winners, you won’t want to miss this.

                                                                               

Voting for the Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award 2014 has officially opened! Visit the Zone to vote in our simple online poll to help determine the winner of this year’s award. Senior Editors of Bioanalysis have narrowed the field down to the five most exceptional candidates, listed below:

Casey Burton (Missouri University of Science & Technology, MO, USA) Cristina Guallar-Hoyas (Imperial College, London, UK)
XiuJun (James) Li (University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA)
Peter Nemes (Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, DC, USA)
Adam Shuhendler (Radiology, Stanford University, CA, USA)

Follow the links above to view the finalist profiles, each finalist has also submitted a 5-min presentation on their work to help you make your choice.

Voting will close on the 31^st August, so vote now and have your say!

China Days meeting: Request for input

Our speakers of the clinical studies session are interested to learn from you which aspects, which questions, you would like them to address in their presentations. It specifically concerns these two talks:

• Early Phase clinical studies (Pei Hu, Peking Union Medical College Hospital)
• Late Phase clinical studies (Huafang Li, Shanghai Mental Health Center)

Please send your questions to knex@europeanbioanalysisforum.eu so that we can help the speakers building an even better program. Many thanks in advance

EBF 2014 Annual Meeting - 7th Open Symposium, Hesperia Tower, Barcelona, Spain

EBF-YSS: Young Scientists on Facebook and Linkedin

This year on 17 November, EBF will organize its first Young Scientists Symposium. A meeting targeted for young bioanalytical scientists of less than 35 years of age or with less than 5 years of experience in the bioanalytical sciences. 

To communicate about the meeting, discuss the science and to connect an EBF-YSS facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/EBF-Young-Scientists-Symposium/815895961755015) has been made as well as a group on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/EBF-Young-Scientists-Symposium-8136381

Are you a young Bioanalyst from Pharma, Biotech, CROs and Academia, motivated and full of energy and passion to drive science forward? The YSS is a great opportunity to highlight the scientific excellence going on around us, connect with each other and learn more about the important contributions that we are making to achieve our scientific goals

Two new EBF publications

How the bioanalytical scientist plays a key role in interdisciplinary project teams in the development of biotherapeutics – a reflection of the European Bioanalysis Forum
Sherri Dudal, Roland F Staack, Daniela Stoellner, Marianne Scheel Fjording, Eva Vieser, Marie-Hélène Pascual, Margarete Brudny-Kloeppel, Michaela Golob
Bioanalysis, May 2014, Vol. 6, No. 10, Pages 1339-1348.

EBF recommendation for stability testing of anti-drug antibodies; lessons learned from anti-vaccine antibody stability studies
Susanne Pihl, Lydia Michaut, Jenny Hendriks, Ralf Loebbert, Janka Ryding, Martin Nemansky, Laurent Vermet, Arjen Companjen
Bioanalysis, May 2014, Vol. 6, No. 10, Pages 1409-1413.

EBF 7th Open Symposium - Conference Updates

CONFERENCE UPDATES

The final program is available

Many experts submitted their abstracts, which allowed the organizing committee to make a strong and balanced selection. The resulting final program is now available on the conference website http://bcn2014.europeanbioanalysisforum.eu/Program

Posters can still be submitted

Posters can still be submitted (until October 16th, 2014) to open@europeanbioanalysisforum.eu. You can find detailed instructions on http://bcn2014.europeanbioanalysisforum.eu/Posters/

REGISTER NOW

Web registration is open. You can register now by going to our secured registration website.

Registration fee is 450 Euro. Delegates from Academia (and YSS delegates – see note below) can register at a reduced fee of 300 Euro.

The fee includes entrance to the 3-day conference, food and beverages during lunch, coffee breaks and cocktail receptions in the early evenings. No one-day passes are available. Registration fee is waived for presenters. Web-registration will close on November 15. After that date we only accept on-site registration at an increased fee of 700 Euro (cash only – no credit cards accepted)

YSS - YOUNG SCIENTIST SYMPOSIUM

Note: For our next generation bioanalytical experts, EBF young scientists organise a special 1-day Young Scientist Symposium (YSS) on November 18, the day before the main conference. A separate Call for speakers and Call for Registration was sent earlier using this conference mailing address. We invite you to stimulate young talent in your organization to sign up for this first YSS. Also, registered YSS delegates can register for the 7th Open Symposium using the reduced 'Academia-registration rate' link in the aforementioned secured registration website.


MEETING ORGANISATION:
Daniela Stoellner (Novartis), Magnus Knutsson (Ferring), Steve White (GSK), Peter van Amsterdam (Abbott), Margarete Brudny-Kloeppel (Bayer Pharma AG), Arjen Companjen (Crucell), Michaela Golob (Merck-Serono) and Philip Timmerman (Janssen R&D)

SPONSOR RELATIONS, MARKETING AND LOGISTICS:
Christina Smith, Bavalan Bioconference SARL
The conference is organised as a non-profit event on behalf of the EBF vzw . The organisation of the conference is independent of all EBF member companies and conference sponsors.

Bioanalysis announces nominee list for the 2014 Young Investigator Award

Lisa Parks of Bioanalysiszone announced this week that the full profiles of the 2014 Young Investigator nominees are now free to view on Bioanalysis Zone! This year there were 15 young scientists nominated for the award, the profiles feature an interview with each nominee, including highlights of their bioanalytical career so far and challenges faced along the way.

The editorial panel will narrow the field to five finalists before the online vote to the bioanalytical community is opened and the winner is presented with the award at the EBF Symposium in November. Voting will open on Bioanalysis Zone in August so keep an eye open for that!

The winner will receive a $1000 prize, a subscription to Bioanalysis, and the opportunity to share their research at the EBF Open Symposium in Barcelona. EBF Committee member Peter Van Amsterdam commented,

“The EBF is committed to help talented young scientists develop and to provide an opportunity for them to actively participate in and contribute to international bioanalytical discussion. In line with this commitment, the EBF has again reserved time to celebrate the winner of the 2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award at the upcoming 7th EBF Open Symposium (Barcelona, 19–21 November 2014)!”

Updated agenda of the EBF/CBF 'China Days - Meet the Dragon' meeting

Conference News Flash

Focus Workshop on Tiered Approach, 17-18 June 2014, Brussels

Final agenda available (PDF) and deadline for registration approaching fast. Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to defining tiered approach for regulated bioanalysis and register using attached meeting/hotel registration forms prior to June 12th to ensure the reduced web-rate

Knowledge Exchange meeting: China Days - Meet the Dragon, 11-12 September 2014, Berlin

Registration is open and there is still room for a few more oral presentations. Please note that the venue of this merit changed from Scandic Hotel to Maritim Hotel. You can find more info on the conference website: http://knex2014.europeanbioanalysisforum.eu/

7th EBF Annual Symposium: Beyond the Horizon, 19-21 November 2014, Barcelona  

Deadline for sending in abstracts for oral presentations is changed from 26 May to a new deadline of 31 May. Try to beat this deadline and send in your abstract and bio using following link http://bcn2014.europeanbioanalysisforum.eu/Speakers/

Knowledge Exchange meeting "Meet the Dragon" - Change of Venue

The Scandic Hotel appeared no longer to be able to support the meeting with rooms for our delegates and the meeting organizers had to decide to move the meeting to another venue. The meeting will be held in the Maritim Hotel, Stauffenbergstrasse 26, Berlin.

http://www.maritim.com/en/hotels/germany/hotel-berlin/hotel-overview#

Our apologies for any inconvenience caused.