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1st World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies

Portorož, Slovenia, September 6 –10, 2015

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  • © 2016

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  1. Tomaz Jarm

    1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  2. Peter Kramar

    1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  • Presents the proceedings of the 1st World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies

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Table of contents (97 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-18
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  2. Invited Plenary Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. About the First Industrial Scale PEF – Plants and Heinz Doevenspeck’s Role – A Historical Review

      • W. Sitzmann
      Pages 3-6

    3. Harnessing the Structure Modifying Potential of Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) – Food Processing Examples in Product Stabilization, Process Acceleration and Compound Extraction

      • J. G. Lyng, C. Arroyo, O. Cregenzán Alberti, D. Frontuto, C. Apel, N. Brunton et al.
      Pages 7-10

    4. Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Pulsed Electric Fields for Microbial Inactivation

      • J. Raso
      Pages 11-14

    5. How Imaging Molecule Uptake into Cells can Reveal the Mechanisms of Membrane Electropermeabilization

      • M. -P Rols
      Pages 15-19

    6. Tissue Reactions to Electroporation and Electrochemotherapy: Vascular Effects that have Implications in Tumor Treatment

      • G. Sersa, M. Cemazar
      Pages 20-23

    7. Nanosecond Pulses and Beyond – Towards Antenna Applications

      • Karl H. Schoenbach, Shu Xiao
      Pages 24-27

    8. Optimal Irreversible Electroporation Techniques in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Liver and Pancreatic Cancer

      • Robert C. G. Martin
      Pages 28-31

    9. Electrotransfer of Antiangiogenic shRNA against Endoglin for Effective Cancer Treatment

      • M. Cemazar, T. Dolinsek, N. Tesic, M. Stimac, G. Sersa
      Pages 32-35

    10. Abiotic Gene Transfer – A Rarity or a Ubiquity?

      • Tadej Kotnik, James C. Weaver
      Pages 36-40

  3. Application of Pulsed Electric Fields Technology in Food: Challenges and Opportunities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Antimicrobial Effect of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni against Listeria Monocytogenes in a Beverage Processed by Pulsed Electric Fields (PEFs): Combined Effectiveness

      • A. Rivas, S. Sansano, M. C. Pina Pérez, A. Martinez, D. Rodrigo
      Pages 43-46

    3. Pulsed Electric Field Technology Enhances Release of Anthocyanins from Grapes and Bioprotective Potential against Oxidative Stress

      • S. Y. Leong, I. Oey, D. J. Burritt
      Pages 47-50

    4. Effects of Pulsed Electric Fields on Selected Quality Attributes of Beef Outside Flat (Biceps femoris)

      • F. Faridnia, P. Bremer, D. J. Burritt, I. Oey
      Pages 51-54

    5. Study on a Solid-State Pulse Generator Based on Magnetic Switch for Food Treatments by Pulsed Electric Field (PEF)

      • Song Li, Jingming Gao, Martin Sack, Hanwu Yang, Baoliang Qian, Georg Mueller
      Pages 55-59

  4. Electrical Impedance Measurement for Assessment of Electroporation Yield

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Modeling Dynamic Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements on Electroporated Cells

      • Tomás García-Sánchez, Antoine Azan, Isabelle Leray, Javier Rosell-Ferrer, Lluis M. Mir, Ramon Bragós
      Pages 63-66

    3. Conductance Dynamics to Monitor and Control Cell Electropermeabilization

      • J. Teissié
      Pages 67-70

    4. Electric Field Mapping in ex vivo Anisotropic Muscle Tissue Using DT-MREIT

      • W. C. Jeong, S. Z. K. Sajib, T. I. Oh, H. J. Kim, O. I. Kwon, E. J. Woo
      Pages 71-74
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About this book

This volume presents the proceedings of the 1st World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies (WC2015). The congress took place in Portorož, Slovenia, during the week of September 6th to 10th, 2015. The scientific part of the Congress covered different aspects of electroporation and related technologies and included the following main topics:

 

·         Application of pulsed electric fields technology in food: challenges and opportunities

·         Electrical impedance measurement for assessment of electroporation yield

·         Electrochemistry and electroporation

·         Electroporation meets electrostimulation

·         Electrotechnologies for food and biomass treatment

·         Food and biotechnology applications

·         In vitro electroporation - basic mechanisms

·         Interfacial behaviour of lipid-assemblies, membranes and cells in electric fields

·         Irreversible electroporation in clinical use

·         Medical applications: electrochemotherapy

·         Medical applications: gene therapy

·         Non-electric field-based physical methods inducing cell poration and enhanced molecule transfer

·         Non-thermal plasmas for food safety, environmental applications and medical treatments

·         PEF for the food industry: fundamentals and applications

·         PEF proce

ss integration - complex process chains and process combinations in the food industry

·         Predictable animal models

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Pulsed electric fields and electroporation technologies in bioeconomy

·         Veterinary medical applications

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tomaz Jarm, Peter Kramar

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