AQUAPHOTOMICS:
UNDERSTANDING WATER
in the BIOLOGICAL WORLD
at
The 5th Kobe University
Brussels European Centre Symposium
Innovation, Environment and Globalization
-Latest EU-Japan Research Collaboration-
14th October 2014
Thon Hotel Bristol Stephanie
Avenue Louise 91-93
Brussels, Belgium




ABOUT
Aquaphotomics refers to a new field of study, which aims at the collective characterization and quantification of pools of water molecules having the same molecular vibrations that translate into structure, function, and dynamics of organisms or aqueous systems. Aquaphotomics is a new concept, called “water as molecular mirror”. It has been introduced in 2005 by Prof. Roumiana Tsenkova from Kobe University, Japan, to describe rapid and comprehensive analysis of water-light interaction at each frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum as a potential source of information for better understanding of the biological world through the water and spectroscopy.
SPEAKERS

Roumiana Tsenkova

Masato Yasui

Aoife Gowen

Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo

Albert Krastanov

Christian Huck

Luc Montagnier

Harald Martens

Bernhard Pollner
Christian Huck, PhD
Position
Professor, Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Topic
Aquaphotomics in natural product analysis
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Abstract
Nowadays, the field of natural product analysis is urgently demanding for the establishment of the Aquaphotomics approach due to the following reasons: On one side NIR absorption spectra of water in food products might give a hint to their geographical provenience. This is of huge economic importance as farming gets more and more pressurized by its high production costs, opening of the markets and globalization. To be able to compete against cheaper sustainably producing competitors, the added value of these products must be made credible for the consumer in order to achieve reasonable prices. In the field of medicinal plant analysis also the determination of the geographic origin and plants species plays a crucial role. Additionally, it is known that the water balance is essential for the medicinal effects and therefore deeper insights are strongly demanded. On the other hand the Aquaphotomics approach offers huge potential to establish new methods for the fast quality control of different types of contaminants. The advantages to be expected by introducing Aquaphotomics in natural products analysis can be summarized as following: Simultaneous, fast and non-invasive determination of geographic provenience, determination of species together with a quantitative analysis of main ingredients, and a check for critical contamination as well, new insights
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Biography
Christian Huck is professor and deputy head of the institute for analytical chemistry at University of Innsbruck. He holds several national and international awards, and as author of numerous scientific papers, editorial member of journals in vibrational spectroscopy, and guest professor in foreign countries, he has built up a wide international scientific network.
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List of Posters
Global challenges of water an ecological perspective from ancient practices to nanotechnologies
Stefania Mura, Gianfranco Greppi
Centro NanoBiotecnologie Sardegna, University of Sassari, Alghero, Italy


Aquaphotomics and its extended water mirror concept explain why NIRS can measure low concentration aqueous solutions
George Bázár1,2, Zoltán Kovács1,3, Mariko Tanaka1, Roumiana Tsenkokva1
1Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2Institute of Food and Agricultural Product Qualification, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Hungary
3Department of Physics and Control, Faculty of Food Science, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary


NIR detection of honey adulteration reveals differences in water spectral pattern
George Bázár1,2, Róbert Romvári2, Tamás Somogyi2, Viktória Éles2, Roumiana Tsenkokva1
1Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2Institute of Food and Agricultural Product Qualification, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Hungary


Detection of estrus in dairy cows by means of near infrared spectroscopy and aquaphotomics
Go Takemura1, George Bázár1,2, Kentarou Ikuta3, Etsuji Yamaguchi3, Roumiana Tsenkova1
1Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2Institute of Food and Agricultural Product Qualification, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Hungary
3Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minamiawaji, Japan


Monitoring of the development of somatic and callus rice cells using aquaphotomics
Zoltán Kovács1,2, Nobuko Ohmido3, George Bázár1,4, Roumiana Tsenkova1
1Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2Department of Physics and Control, Faculty of Food Science, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
3Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Japan
4Institute of Food and Agricultural Product Qualification, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Hungary


Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and aquaphotomics for understanding probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB)
Haruki Koshiba1, Aleksandar Slavchev1,2, Zoltán Kovács1,3, Airi Nagai1, Roumiana Tsenkova1
1Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2University of Food Technologies, Department of Microbiology, Plovdov, Bulgaria
3Department of Physics and Control, Faculty of Food Science, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary


Exploring water molecular system dynamics in the formation of amyloid fibrils using time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy and aquaphotomics
Eri Chatani1, Yutaro Tsuchisaka2, Yuki Masuda2, Roumiana Tsenkova2
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
2Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan


NIR activated sludge settling measurement for monitoring Effluent Suspended Solids
Jacques Thierie
AQUAPHOTOMIX Study Center, Brussels, Belgium


Aquagrams in characterization of water and aqueous fullerol solutions
Jelena Muncan1, Lidija Matija1, Roumiana Tsenkova2, Mari Miyazaki2, Kyoko Banba2, Ivana Mileusnic1, Djuro Koruga1
1Nanolab, Biomedical Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan


Aquaphotomics approach to skin characterization: Case study of nanocream application
Lidija Matija1, Jelena Muncan1, Roumiana Tsenkova2, Mari Miyazaki2, Kyoko Banba2, Ivana Mileusnic1, Djuro Koruga1
1Nanolab, Biomedical Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan


Aquaphotomics: a new tool for food control
Stefka Atanassova
Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria


The study of food packaging decay using Water Absorption Pattern (WAP)
Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo1, Katia Cremonesi2, Maurizio Grassi1, Stefania Barzaghi2
1Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-IAA, Milan, Italy
2Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-FLC, Lodi, Italy


Influence of physical perturbations (filtration processes) on Water Absorption Pattern (WAP)
Stefania Barzaghi1, Katia Cremonesi1, Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo2
1Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-FLC, Lodi, Italy
2Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-IAA, Milan, Italy


Aquaphotomics as a tool for the study of the accelerated shelf life of PDO Taleggio cheese
Stefania Barzaghi1, Katia Cremonesi1, Luigi Passolungo1, Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo2
1Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-FLC, Lodi, Italy
2Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-IAA, Milan, Italy


Aquaphotomics to discriminate Pink Lady® and Golden Delicious apples after different storage protocols
Stefania Barzaghi1, Lucia Monti1, Katia Cremonesi1, Maurizio Grassi2, Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo2
1Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-FLC, Lodi, Italy
2Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, CRA-IAA, Milan, Italy


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AQUAPHOTOMICS:
UNDERSTANDING WATER
in the BIOLOGICAL WORLD
at
The 5th Kobe University
Brussels European Centre Symposium
Innovation, Environment and Globalization
-Latest EU-Japan Research Collaboration-

DATE: 14th October 2014
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