1. ISE Division 2 (BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY) REPORT – 2015
• Members 669 in good standing
• (729 – 2014, 689 in 2013 and 623
in 2012)
• Division officers:
• Renata Bilewicz – chair
• Fred Lisdat – chair elect
• Woonsup Shin - past chair
• Damien Arrigan – vice chair
• Elisabeth Lojou – vice chair 1
2. 2014. 08. - 65th Annual Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland
2014. 09. 4 - Division Luncheon Meeting - Room 1bc – GARDEN
2015.04. 10 - SMC (Scientific Meeting Council) in Lausanne –
Renata attended
2015. 05. - Selection of NIKI Award Winner; George Wilson
2015. 08. 17-20. Summer Meeting on Bio-electrochemistry (SMOBE-
2015), Antwerp, chair: Karolien de Wael and co-sponsored by
Division 2
2015. 06. 14-18 Bioelectrochemical Society Meeting Malmo, chair
Lo Gorton, co-sponsored by Division 2
2015. 10. - 66th Annual Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
Summary of Division Activities (2014-2016)
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3. Meetings in the near future
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SMCBS 2015, 11. 6-10 Poland, chaired by W. Kutner
and M. Opallo (http://www.smcbs2015.pl/); co-
sponsored by Division 2
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2016.07.4-5 - ENFI2016 contact person Fred Lisdat co-
sponsored by Division 2
2016.08.16-19 – SMOBE Antwerp contact person
Karolien D Wael, co-sponsored by Division 2
2016 - 67th Annual Meeting in The Hague,
Netherland
2017 - 68th Annual Meeting in Providence, RI, USA
2018 - 69th Annual Meeting in Bologna, Italy
4. Selection of Niki Prize Winner – May 2015
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George Wilson Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University
of Kansas, USA was selected according to the award rules of ISE
(http://www.ise-online.org/awards/index.php). The award lecture
will be given during 2016 ISE annual meeting in The Haag.
Congratulations !!
The Niki award is awarded every two years to a scientist who has
made an important contribution to the field of bioelectrochemistry.
Previous prize winners were: Jens Ulstrup (2004), Rolando Guidelli
(2005), Philip N. Bartlett (2007), Serge Cosnier (2009), Wolfgang
Schuhmann (2011), Lo Gorton (2013)
Next year, we select the Bioelectrochemistry Award. In 2014
James Rusling from University of Connecticut, USA, was selected
for this award and his award lecture was in Taipei on Monday in
Symposium 2. The Bioelectrochemistry award is awarded every two
years to a scientist who has made an important contribution to the
field of bioelectrochemistry. We are waiting for your candidates
(http://www.ise-online.org/awards/index.php).
5. 66th Annual Meeting in Taipei – October
2015
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Our division organized two symposia; one is our main symposium and
the other one is a joint symposium with Divisions 1 and 6.
Symposium 2 “Electrochemical aspects of biological systems: theory,
experiment and applications”
Symposium Organizers:
Damien Arrigan (Curtin University, Australia) (Coordinator)
d.arrigan@curtin.edu.au
Shen-Ming Chen (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan)
Elena Ferapontova (Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, DK)
Mei-Jywan Syu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
3 short talk prizes + 3 poster prizes
6. Symposium XVI: Supramolecular
electrochemistry for medicine and biological
science
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Symposium Organizers:
Marilia Goulart (Div. 6, Coordinator) mariliaofg@gmail.com
Stephane Arbault (Div. 1) stephane.arbault@enscbp.fr
Renata Bilewicz (Div. 2) bilewicz@chem.uw.edu.pl ;
rbilewicz@gmail.com
Hsien-Chang Chang (Local) hcchang@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Chii-Wann Lin (Local) cwlinx@ntu.edu.tw
1 poster prize from Division 2
7. Upcoming Meetings Related to Our Division
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1. April 17-20, 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, Topical meeting
“ Electrochemistry at Modified Interfaces” Div. 1,4.
The theme embraces, but is not limited to, theory and
fundamental studies of electron transfer, electrocatalysis, smart
materials, electron transfer to biological species,
electroanalysis, photovoltaics, and corrosion and surface
treatments for industrial applications.
2. August 21-26, 2016 67th Annual Meeting in Den Haag –
September 2016
“Electrochemistry: from Sense to Sustainability” Division 2
organizes two symposia.
8. Symposium 3 (main symposium of Div 2):
New Approaches for Interfacing Electrochemistry
and Biological Systems, Bioelectrochemistry
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The symposium covers all general aspects of bioelectrochemistry,
but will be particularly focused on new approaches for interfacing
biological systems and electrochemistry, including new systems and
measurement principles for the study of bioelectrochemical
processes. Preparation, electrochemical characterization and
application of new biomaterials with precisely controlled properties
will be discussed.
Symposium Organizers
Elena Ferapontova (Coordinator), Aarhus University, Denmark
(elena.ferapontova@inano.au.dk)
Renata Bilewicz, University of Warsaw, Poland
Karolien de Wael, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Serge Lemay, Twente University, the Netherlands
Fred Lisdat, Technical University of Wildau, Germany
9. Symposium 4: Electrochemical Approaches in
Diseases and Human Health
Organized by: Division 1, 2 and 6
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Electrochemistry plays important roles in approaching fundamentals of
diseases and developing medicines and medical devices to improve human
health. The symposium covers the broad field of science and technology
where electrochemistry is utilized for medical research and applications.
Symposium Organizers
Woonsup Shin Div 2 (Coordinator), Sogang University, Korea
(shinws@sogang.ac.kr)
Fethi Bedioui, Chimie ParisTech, France
Marilia O. F. Goulart, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
Susan M. Lunte, University of Kansas, USA
Lanqun Mao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
11. Co-sponsored meetings in 2016
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1. FULL CONFERENCE NAME:
Summer meeting on bio-electrochemistry
2016
CONFERENCE ACRONYM: SMOBE2016
CONFERENCE DATES (day-month-year):, city 16-19/8/2016, Antwerp, Belgium
WEBSITE URL:
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc
es/summer-meeting-bioelectrochemistry/
CONTACT PERSON
Karolien De Wael, chair
karolien.dewael@uantwerpen.be
Antwerp University
2. FULL CONFERENCE NAME: Engineering of functional interfaces
CONFERENCE ACRONYM: ENFI2016
CONFERENCE DATES (day-month-year): 4.7.-5.7.2016, Widau, Germany
CONTACT PERSON
Fred Lisdat, chair, flisdat@th-wildau.de
Technical University of Applied Sciences
Wildau
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Division 2 Facebook !
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ISEDivision-2-
Bioelectrochemistry/156450904449193
Martin Jönsson-Niedziólka,
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
