The Future of Breath Analysis

Over the past six years, Zurich Exhalomics has been at the forefront of research, technology development and clinical studies related to volatile biomarkers.

With the first Forum in 2022, we started a series to share and discuss perspectives on the future of breath analysis. The 2023 Exhalomics Forum attracted over 80 visitors from academia, industry and funding organisations who discussed new developments in the field.

The third Exhalomics Forum was held on September 27, 2024, with 75 participants and lively discussions after the presentations and at the 15 posters. Thanks to all presenters, expecially our keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Chris Mayhew, Director of the Institute for Breath Research at the University of Innsbruck, and the participants from the Zurich Exhalomics network, external guests and industry.

2024 Programme

09:30

Registration and coffee

10:00

Welcome

Renato Zenobi

10:05
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10:45
11:15

‍Selected presentations (focus technology, titles below)

‍Coffee and group picture
Selected presentations (focus bees & cows, titles below)
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Miloš Selaković (EMPA)
Simon Schlapansky (ETH Zurich)
Kevin Marra (DBI)
Xu Zhang & Yassin Rhouma (USZ)

Emma Slack (ETH Zurich)
Zakirul Islam & Mario Barrientos-Blanco (ETH Zurich)
Julia Eichinger (Agroscope)

12:00

Lunch (Sandwiches, Fingerfood)

with the Poster Session

13:30
13:40

Spotlight on Zurich Exhalomics
Keynote: "Clinical Applications of Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds: from bench-to-bed"

Renato Zenobi
Chris Mayhew, University of Innsbruck, Institute for Breath Research

14:40

‍Coffee Break and poster session

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15:10

Selected presentations (focus clinical & food, titles below)
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Jan van den Broek (Alivion)
Kiran Sankar Maiti (TUM)
Srdjan Micic (USZ)
Albin Vadakkechira (ETH Zürich)

ca. 16:30

Farewell and apero

Emma Slack (ETH Zurich)

Focus technology
Miloš Selaković: Extending laser absorption spectroscopy towards larger VOCs(Tuzson/Emmenegger, EMPA)
Simon Schlapansky: Room temperature NH₃ sensor for portable breath analyzers (Güntner, ETHZ)
Kevin Marra: DBI-BreathCollector (Deep Breath Intelligence)
Xu Zhang & Yassin Rhouma: Influenceof different filters in SESI-HRMS and comparison of QEPvs EP (Schmidt,Kohler, Ulrich, USZ)

‍Focus bees and cows
Emma Slack: Can we use volatilomics to track bacterial colonization and infection?(ETHZ)
Zakirul Islam & Mario Barrientos-Blanco: Exhaled Breath of Cows: Rumen MicrobialEcosystem and Broader Physiological Insights (Niu, ETHZ)
Julia Eichinger: Solid phase extraction cartridges for sampling exhaled volatile organic compounds from dairy cows (Wahl, Agroscope)

Focus clinical and food
Jan van den Broek: PersonalizedFat Burn Monitoring with Handheld Breath Detector (Alivion)
Kiran Sankar Maiti: Development of non-invasive diagnosisbased on infrared spectroscopy (Technical University München)
Srdjan Micic: RemoteBreath analysis in preschool children (Möller, USZ)
‍Albin Vadakkechira: Lactobreath:A Pilot Study to Diagnose Lactose Intolerance using the Exhalome (Giannoukos,ETHZ)‍