Date Begin:
Monday, 13. September 2010
Date End:
Friday, 17. September 2010 Organiser: University of Food Technologies
Location: University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The workshop provides a theoretical overview on common food pathogens and rapid methods for pathogen detection and quantification, as well as hands on experience on PCR and real-time PCR methods for food pathogen analysis.
As an additional and free offer, participants are invited to join the research management training on “Collaborative project development FP 7 – Hands on grant writing”
Theoretic Topics:
- Common food pathogens and rapid methods for detection and quantification
- Molecular methods – basic principles
- Introduction to PCR methods
- Real-time PCR
- Principles of FP7 project development
Experimental work:
- Sample preparation and DNA extraction
- Qualitative PCR
- Quantitative analysis by real-time PCR
- Data analysis, expression and interpretation of results
Maximum number of participants:
Theoretical part: 25
Practical part: 10
