Scientific Programme
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ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
11:00-16:00
15:30-17:00
17:00-17:40
17:40-18:20
20:00-22:00
22:00
Arrival and Registration
Opening Ceremony
-Welcome address and introductory remarks by the Directors of the workshop Luisa Torsi, Alberto Salleo, Róisín M. Owens and Fabio Biscarini
-Introduction to Sicilian History, to the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture by the Director of the School Giorgio Benedek
-Tribute speech to honor the memory of Prof. Gilles Horowitz by Fabio Biscarini
-Greeting address by the President Elected of the Italian Chemical Society Gianluca M. Farinola
Chairperson: Alberto Salleo
Title: Inspired by Photosynthesis
Chairperson: Luisa Torsi
Title: Bacterial Electrochemistry
Dinner
Sicilian cakes, marsala and piano music in the “Marsala Room Cave”
9:00-9:35
9:35-10:10
10:10-10:25
10:25-10:40
10:40-10:55
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:05
12:05-12:40
12:40-12:55
12:55-13:10
13:10-13:25
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session I – Chairperson: Olle Inganäs
Title: Electrolyte-gated transistors as label-free biosensors for healthcare applications and for fundamental investigation of biorecognition processes
Title: Selective Single-Molecule Detection of clinically relevant biomarkers with an Organic Transistor
Title: Light-Responsive PEDOT:PSS-based blend with dynamic properties for bioelectronic applications
Title: An ultra-thin and ultra-conformable all solution-processed organic transistor for tattoo/wearable electronics
Title: An Electrically Conductive Oleogel Paste for Edible Electronics
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Session II – Chairperson: Lo Gorton
Title: Interfacing photosynthetic microorganisms with electrodes for optoelectronics and photoelectrochemistry
Title: Flexible, stretchable and healable bioelectronics
OR4: G. Mallia, D. Ravenscroft
Title: Development of Enzymatic Fumarate Biosensor
Title: Boolean Logic Network based Biosensor to Detect Wine Adulteration
Title: Photophysical characterization of semiconductive protein based biofibers
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13:30-16:00
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16:00-16:35
16:35-17:10
17:10-17:25
17:25-17:40
Lunch break and Discussion time
Session III – Chairperson: Carlo Augusto Bortolotti
Title: In vitro biohybrid synaptic interfaces with neurotransmitter modulation
Title: Organic Neuromorphic Electronics and Adaptive Biosensing
Title: 3D in vitro neuronal cultures with supported lipid bilayers
Title: Membrane-targeted Molecule for Cell Optostimulation
20:00-22:00
22:00
Dinner
Sicilian cakes, marsala and piano music in the “Marsala Room Cave”
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:05
12:05-12:40
12:40-12:55
12:55-13:10
13:10-13:25
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session IV – Chairperson: Fabio Cicoira
Title: Mixed conduction in conjugated polymers devices
Title: Organic actuators for cell opto stimulation
Title: Influence of Structural Colour in Molecular Mechanism of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting in Chondrus Crispus
Title: Photomodulation of Bioelectric Bacterial Signalling via a Membrane-Targeted Amphiphilic Azobenzene
Title: Membrane targeted nanoactuators for cellular photostimulation
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Session V – Chairperson: Gianluca Maria Farinola
Title: Conjugated materials from and into interface rich, water based microheterogeneous environments
Title: Beyond the two-dimensional field-effect charge transport view in molecular thin film transistors
Title: Investigation of biochemical sensing mechanism in organic electrochemical transistors: effect of electrochemical potential and capacitance
Title: Assessing face mask barrier integrity with printed PEDOT:PSS sensor in Covid-19 pandemics
Title: AC amplification gain in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) for impedance-based single cell sensor
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13:30-16:00
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16:00-16:40
16:40-17:15
17:15-17:50
17:50-18:05
Lunch break and Discussion time
Session VI – Chairperson: Francesca Santoro
Title: Self-doped Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Organic Electrochemical Transistors
Title: Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Protein Detection
Title: Integration of Eumelanin into PEDOT:PSS: from blending to doping and beyond?
Title: Rapid single-molecule detection of COVID-19 and MERS antigens via nanobody-functionalized organic electrochemical transistors
20:00-22:00
22:00
Dinner
Sicilian cakes, marsala and piano music in the “Marsala Room Cave”
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:15
10:15-10:50
10:50-11:05
11:05-11:30
11:30-12:05
12:05-12:40
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session VII – Chairperson: Sahika Inal
Title: Coulomb interactions in organic semiconductors
Title: Polymer-based Mixed Conductors for Applications In Bioelectronics
Title: Controlling volume and mechanical properties of polythiophenes via electrochemical doping
Title: Graphene Solution-gated FET-based Electrocardiography Sensor
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Title: Thin, fast and edible electronics for future biosensing and bioactuating systems
Title: Organic thin films as flexible, large area X-ray and proton detectors for medical therapy
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13:00-20:00
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EXCURSION
20:00-22:00
22:00
Dinner
Sicilian cakes, marsala and piano music in the “Marsala Room Cave”
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:15
10:15-10:50
10:50-11:05
11:05-11:30
11:30-12:05
12:05-12:40
12:40-12:55
12:55-13:10
13:10-13:25
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session VIII – Chairperson: Eleni Stavrinidou
Title: Functional Materials at the Biological Interface
Title: Multifunctional bioelectronics with organic electrochemical transistors: biosensors, integrated amplifiers and iontronic multiplexers
Title: Enzyme based Amperometric Biosensors: From Direct Electron Transfer to Chimeric Enzymes
Title: Electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron Spectroscopy measurements for SAMs characterization
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Session IX – Chairperson: Ronald Österbacka
Title: Novel Approaches for the Development of high performing epidermal devices
Title: Multiscale patterning of conducting polymers: applications in neurotechnology
Title: Red light-absorbing conjugated polymer optically modulates Ca2+ dynamics in cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Title: Multifunctional, Organic Transistor-based Platforms for the in vitro Interfacing of 2D and 3D Cellular Cultures
Title: Quantum nanostructures for charge separation at the biological interface
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13:30-16:00
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16:00-16:40
16:40-17:15
17:15-17:30
Lunch break and Discussion time
Title: Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance OECT Applications
Title: Glial engineering & interfaces: organic/hybrid materials and devices to probe and sense the “other brain”
Title: Ultra-Thin Flexible OFETs Based on sp-Hybridized Organic Semiconductors and Insulating Polymer Blends
Session X – Chairperson: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
20:00-22:00
22:00
Dinner
Sicilian cakes, marsala and piano music in the “Marsala Room Cave”
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:15
10:15-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:10
12:10-12:45
12:45-13:20
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session XI – Chairperson: Iain McCulloch
Title: Flexible printed arrays and their use in wearable medical devices
Title: Organic Bioelectronic Interfaces investigated by Multimodal Scanning Probe Microscopies
Title: Blends of small molecule semiconductors with insulating polymers to fabricate OFETs for sensing
Title: Direct Recording of Action Potentials of Cardiomyocytes Through Solution Processed Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors
Title: PEDOT:PSS OECTs as versatile devices for monitoring cytotoxicity and viral infection in real-time
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Session XII – Chairperson: Ana Claudia Arias
Title: PNA versus DNA aptamers – a case study of cardiac Troponin I sensing
Title: Anatomy of transducing interfaces: the core of large-area label-free ultrasensitive electronic biosensors
Title: Assessing the response of organic electrochemical transistors for sensing applications in biological fluids
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13:30-16:00
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16:00-16:35
16:35-16:50
16:50-17:05
17:05-17:20
Lunch break and Discussion time
Session XIII – Chairperson: Róisín M. Owens
Title: Multifunctional Organic Semiconductors Based on Polyhalogenated Thiele Hydrocarbons
Title: Electrochemical and mathematical study of a Polythiophene-Electrolyte coupled device to understand the interaction occurring at abiotic/biotic interface
Title: Surfactant-Free Conjugated Polymer Based Nanoparticles as Smart Photoactive Bio-Interfaces
Title: Micro/nanostructured conjugated polymer-based systems for the optical modulation of living cells activity
20:00-22:30
CONFERENCE BANQUET
9:00-9:35
9:35-9:50
9:50-10:05
10:05-10:20
10:20-10:35
10:35-10:50
11:00-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Session XIV – Chairperson: Wolfgang Knoll
Title: Light-sensitive Nano and Microstructures based on Conjugated Polymers: Optical control of the Cell Fate
Title: A Disposable and Label-free Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrolyte-Gated Transistor Immunosensor for Anti-Drug Antibody Detection
Title: Ionic Gating of Low Dimensional Materials as Inspiration for Future Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Bioelectronic Systems
Title: Biosensors for Selective and Label-free Detection of Xylella fastidiosa
Title: Implementation of Experimental Design Techniques to Optimize Immunoglobulins detection with Simoa SP-X
Title: Synthesis and characterization of molecularly imprinted based sensors for food contaminants detection
Coffee break and Poster Session (Hallway next to the Feynman Room)
Title: Food-grade solid-state electrolytes for fully edible EGOFET
Title: Stem cell photostimulation mediated by organic bio-interface
12:00
Closing Ceremony
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
Richard P. Feynman Room – Convento San Rocco
Title: Dissolved and gaseous oxygen sensing using Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) for monitoring cell hypoxia conditions and work-safety applications
Title: Single molecule sensing via kelvin probe force microscopy
Title: Field-Effect Transistor with a Plasmonic Fiber Optic Gate Electrode as a Multivariable Biosensor Device
Title: Poly(3-hexylthiophene) porous materials for bio-photonics
Title: Printed electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors on flexible substrates
Title: BTBT-based electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors with grafted biotin-streptavidin interface layer for biosensing
Title: 3D conjugated polymer-based vertical structures for bioelectronic devices
Title: Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors for sensing an Alzheimer’s disease hallmark
Title: Efficient electrolyte-gated field-effect transistor based on solution-proceed small molecule semiconductor
Title: Imaging Functional Electrolyte-Gated Transistors at the Nanoscale
Title: Microcontact printing technique with femto laser ablated stamps to induce cells alignment