Bacterial cultures

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Second SAFE Consortium International Congress on Food Safety: Novel Technologies and Food Quality, Safety and Health, Girona, 27-29 d’abril de 2009.

Contribution: R. Dalmau, X. Portell, C. Prats, M. Ginovart, A. Giró. Individual-based Modelling and simulation: towards a better understanding of growth dynamics from small inocula (poster).

6th Vienna Conference on Mathematical Modelling (MATHMOD), Viena, 11-13 de febrer de 2009.

Contribution: C. Prats, A. Standaert, K. Bernaerts, J. Ferrer, D. López, J. Van Impe. Optimization methods for individual-based model parameter estimation in predictive microbiology (poster).

The 21st International ICFMH Symposium “Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety” (FoodMicro 2008), Aberdeen, 1-4 de setembre de 2008.

Contribution: J. Ferrer, C. Prats, D. López, J. Vives-Rego. Mathematical Modelling Methodologies in Predictive Food Microbiology: a SWOT Analysis (oral).

5th International Conference on Simulation and Modelling in the Food and Bio-Industry (FoodSim 2008), Dublin (Irlanda), juny de 2008.

Contribution: C. Prats, J. Ferrer, D. López i J. Vives-Rego. Individual-based Modelling and flow cytometry: two suitable tools for predictive microbiology (oral).

SwarmFest 2008, Chicago (USA), maig de 2008.

Contribution: C. Prats, J. Ferrer i D. López. INDISIM, an Individual-based Model to simulate microbial cultures (oral).

5th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Foods (ICPMF 2007), Atenes (Grècia), setembre de 2007.

Contribution: C. Prats, J. Ferrer, B. Flix, A. Giró, D. López i J. Vives-Rego. Evolution of biomass distribution during bacterial lag phase through flow cytometry, particle analysis and Individual-based Modelling (poster).

6th International Conference of Biological Physics (ICBP 2007), Montevideo (Uruguai), agost 2007.

Contribution: J. Ferrer, C. Prats i D. López. Individual-based Modelling: an essential tool for Microbiology (poster).

The International ICFMH Symposium. Food safety and food biotechnology: diversity and global impact (Food Micro 2006), Bologna (Itàlia), agost 2006

Contribution: C. Prats, A. Giró, J. Ferrer, D. López, J. Valls, J. Vives-Rego. A Mathematical Analysis of the Stages in Bacterial Lag Phase (poster).

XX International Conference of Physical Biology: From Molecular Interactions to Cellular Behavior, Sitges (España), June 2006

Contribution: C. Prats, A. Giró, J. Ferrer, D. López, J. Valls. A physical interpretation of the microbial growth rate temperature dependence (poster).

5th International Conference on Biological Physics, Goteborg (Suècia), 2004.

Contribution: C. Prats, A. Giró, D. López, J. Valls. Individual Based Modelling of Bacterial Cultures. A Lag Phase Study (poster).

4th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in foods, Quimper (France), June 2003.

Contribution: A. Giró, J. Valls, D. López, M. Ginovart. Computer Simulations of the Lag Phase.

3rd International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Foods, Leuven (Belgium), 2000.

Contribution: M. Ginovart, D. López, J. Valls. Simulation modelling of bacterial growth in yoghurt.

Modelling collective phenomena in complex systems. Europhysics conference on computational physics, Granada, (Spain). 1998.

Contribution: M. Ginovart, D. López, J. Valls. Discrete simulation of biological systems based on individual and environmental models.

European Simulation Symposium ESS 92, Dresden (Germany), 1992.

Contribution: M. Ginovart, D. López, R. Solé, J. Valls. Microscopic simulation of microbial ecosystems in non-uniform conditions: nonlinear dynamics and fractals.

1991 European Simulation Multiconference, Copenhage (Dinamarca), 1991.

Contribution: M. Ginovart, D. López, A. Sanahuja, A. Serrano, J. Wagensberg. Simulation and microcalorimetry of metabolic oscillations of Escherichia coli.

Third World Conference on Mathematics at the Service of Man, Barcelona. 1989.

Contribution: J. Wagensberg, J. Valls, D. López. On the simulation of microbiological processes.

I Reunión Española de Biofísica, Sitges. 1986.

Contribution: D. López, J. Valls, J. Bermúdez, J. Wagensberg. Simulación del crecimiento bacteriano por el método de Monte Carlo.

X Congreso Nacional de Microbiologia, Alicante. 1985.
Contribution: D. López, J.G. Loren, M. Viñas, J. Bermúdez. Identificació bacteriana per microcalorimetría.