Workshop Programme

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

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08:30 AM   Welcome and opening address   Delegates from
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)
- Hanoi University of Science (HUS)
- CETASD
09:00 AM   Arsenic contamination of drinking water in Vietnam: Assessing the potential magnitude and severity of the problem   Pham Hung Viet
CETASD, Vietnam
Michael Berg
EAWAG, Switzerland
09:30 AM   Policies and guidelines for arsenic testing in Vietnam   Delegates from
- Rural Clean Water Supply and Sanitation in Vietnam (CERWASS) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
09:45 AM  

Coffee break

10:00 AM   Engineering of bacterial biosensors   Jan Roelof van der Meer
University of Lausanne, CH
11:00 AM   Prototype of a biosensor-based arsenic test strip   Hauke Harms
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
12:00 AM  

Lunch break

01:30 PM   Arsenic biosensors - production, application, storage   Jan Roelof van der Meer
University of Lausanne, CH

02:30 PM

 

Laboratory training & demonstrations

   

Group A and B:

  • Start test incubations of ß-galactosidase and GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) biosensor
  • Chemical pretreatment of real water samples
Group A:
  1. Arsenic measurements with the ß-galactosidase biosensor
  2. Visualisation of the GFP biosensor by epifluorescence microscopy
  Group B:
  1. Visualisation of the GFP biosensor by epifluorescence microscopy
  2. Arsenic measurements with the ß-galactosidase biosensor

06:00 PM

 

Dinner

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Thursdayday, 27 October 2005

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08:30 AM  

Laboratory training

  Group A:

  • Quantitative arsenic measurements with the luciferase biosensor
  Group B
  • Quantitative arsenic measurements with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS)
12:00 AM  

Lunch break

01:00 AM   Group A:
  • Quantitative arsenic measurements with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS)
  Group B:

  • Quantitative arsenic measurements with the luciferase biosensor
04:30 AM  

Break

04:45 PM   Round table discussion
  • Interpretation and discussion of results
  • Future strategies in arsenic testing - is there a market potential for biosensores?

Chair: Pham Hung Viet
Rapporteur: Jan Roelof van der Meer

 

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