The 18th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) took place at Copenhagen in Denmark from June 11 to 15 2017.

The 18th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) took place at Copenhagen in Denmark from June 11 to 15 2017.

The 18th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) took place at Copenhagen in Denmark from June 11 to 15, 2017.
Aquaphotomics research was well represented. Attendees from Japan were Professor R. Tsenkova and master student Y. Nakagawa from Kobe University, and assistant professor S. Tanaka from Keio University. G. Bazar attended from Hungary.
On different roles of water in soft contact lenses – Near Infrared and Aquaphotomics study
Roumiana Tsenkova

Aquaphotomics as a tool for estrus detection in dairy cows
Go Takemura, George Bazar, Zoltan Kovacs, Bernhard Pollner, Kentarou Ikuta, Etsuji Yamaguchi, Shou Ishikawa, Akane Furukawa, Roumiana Tsenkova
A new tool for aquaphotomics to express the magnitude of perturbations by displaying the ratio of different water species
Bernhard Pollner, Zoltan Kovacs, George Bazar, Roumiana Tsenkova
Rapid bacteria selection using aquaphotomics and NIR spectroscopy
Zoltan Kovacs, Aleksandar Slavchev, George Bazar, Bernhard Pollner, Roumiana Tsenkova
Determination of size of gold nanoparticles from NIR spectra
Valentina Matović, Jelena Muncan, Zoltan Kovacs, Lidija Matija, Roumiana Tsenkova
Analysis of interaction between glucose anomers and water molecules
Sae Tanaka, Dusan Kojic, Roumiana Tsenkova, Masao Yasui
Bacterial strain and growth stage characteristics by NIRS and aquaphotomics
Yuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Numata, Roumiana Tsenkova



The First European Aquaphotomics Meeting was held in Lugano, Switzerland on April 28-29, 2017. Among the 24 participants we had scientists from Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland, with guests from the United States and Japan.
The aim of the meeting was to bring together scientists from multiple disciplines related to water science in order to discuss future perspectives of aquaphotomics research from different points of view.
This meeting was supported by the Tsuki no Shizuku Foundation. The establishment of this Foundation was announced with a letter of Mr. T. Hama, who explained the aim of the Tsuki no Shizuku Foundation to support aquaphotomics research and share results for a better world. This message was well received by the audience.


The Second Aquaphotomics International Symposium was held at Kobe University in Japan, from November 26-29, 2016. The conference attracted more than 70 researchers from multiple disciplines. The scientists came from Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, Hungary, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, China, and Serbia.
The conference reflected the diversity of projects and publications that aquaphotomics science is now inspiring.