Program

12.15

Lunch

13.30

Welcome by DAS President

13.40

Prof. Davy Guillarme, University of Geneva and Dr. Pascal Miéville, EPFL Lausanne
«The Centre de compétences Chimie et Toxicologie Analytiques (ccCTA), 30 years of analytical chemistry and toxicology in Suisse romande»

14.00

Keynote by Prof. Koen Janssens, University of Antwerp
«Exploring the Chemistry of Artworks with X-ray eyes»

14.35

Naresh Kumar, ETH Zurich
«Nanoscale Visualization of Plasmon-Enhanced Hydrogen Activation on Pt(111) Surface using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy»

14.50

Justine A. Rothen, University of Geneva
«Spatially Resolved Optical Ion Sensing with Voltammetric Ion Transfer Microscopy: Fundamentals and Applications»

15.05

Coffee Break and Networking

16.05

Chan Cao, University of Geneva
«Identification of glycosaminoglycans with different sulfation degrees with a biological nanopore»

16.30

Baptiste Clerc, METAS
«Large-scale biomonitoring of bisphenols in the Swiss population»

16.45

Kai Klopprogge, Roche
«Workflow Comparison of the Immunochemistry Analysers Snibe Maglumi X8 and Roche Cobas Pro e 801»

17.00

Yaotin Wu, University of Geneva
«Pulseometry: A Differential Readout to Compensate Signal Drift of Potentiometric Probes»

17.15

Poster Session & Poster Pitches

20.00

Conference Dinner

08.30

METAS Award Lecture 2026
Dr. Una Trivanovic, METAS
«Synthesis and dynamics of carbonaceous nanoparticles during enclosed spray combustion»

08.55

Laura Kronlachner, ETH Zurich
«A robust sample preparation and calibration strategy for nanoparticle analysis using laser ablation single particle-ICP-MS»

09.10

Gunnar Schwarz, University of Bern
«From the Ordinary to the Exceptional: A Study of Quantitative Analyses in Lab Courses»

09.25

Dr. Christoph Jansen, Metrohm Schweiz AG, Zofingen
«Automatic NIR Model Development»

09.45

Coffee Break and Networking

10.50

Davide Staedler, University of Lausanne
«Between concentration and effect, exposure is the key»

11.25

Keynote by Dr. Corinne Jud, Agroscope
«The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Agricultural Research»

11.40

Ricardo Silvestre, HEIA Fribourg
«OctoChemDB: An Integrated Platform for HRMS-Based Small Molecule Dereplication»

11.55

Sergio Cirelli, University of Bern
«Airborne pesticide dynamics: a spatiotemporal analysis using passive air sampling»

12.15

13.30

Panel Discussion «From Detection to Decision: Challenges in Nitrosamine Testing»
Chair: Dr. Dennis Kucina, Novartis AG

14.30

Awards and Closing Remarks

14.45

End of the Meeting