Working Groups
WG2
Translating Data for Informed Decision-Making
WG2 bridges gaps between research and regulation by translating biofilm lab data into actionable regulatory insights. It creates decision-making frameworks, aligns stakeholders through workshops, and establishes guidelines for risk assessment models that protect health and the environment.
Group leaders

Kasper Nørskov Kragh
Science Development Lead, Symcel AB

Maria Salta
Dr, Endures PV
Objectives:
- Analyse existing guidelines and risk assessment models that regulators use to make decisions about antimicrobials intended to protect and improve public health (D11).
- Creating a decision-making framework that considers data generated by new methods of analysis and what is necessary to collect for decisions that support public health claims (D11-D12).
- Workshops for regulators and industry to align on decision-making frameworks and recommendations for data necessary to support risk assessment models and decision-making (D12-D15).
- Training modules/lectures (onsite and online) and cyclic webinars for graduates and post- graduates covering subjects such as metrology and standardisation, MIABE, overview of active groups and committees and help/facilitation of involvement in the groups, principles of regulatory sciences (D12-D15).
- Workshops for academics (graduates and post-graduates) and innovators to discuss the practical implications of what types of label product label claims may be supported (D12-D15)
- Workshops for all stakeholders, allowing academics and innovators to share cutting-edge research findings, technologies, and methodologies directly with regulators and industry participants (D12-D15).
- Arranging the meetings necessary to plan, conduct and coordinate (with WG1) the above activities.
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WG2 Members
Angela Ivask, University of Tartu |
Caroline Bachlechner, BOKU University |
Simone Schulte, Evonik Operations GmbH |
Farah Gonul AYDIN, Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
Nefise Akçelik, Ankara University |
ibrahim isik, inonu university |
Dragana Bozic, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Darla Goeres, FEUP; University of Porto |
Zsuzsanna Kecskés Maconkai, Ludovika, University of Public Service |
Martina Hrast, University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Pharmacy |
Riika Mäkinen, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Research Center WANDER |
sadok khouaja, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies, |
Lidija Senerovic, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade |
Sara, UCC |
Laura Cerqueira, LEPABE – FEUP (University of Porto) |
Harsha Siani, AGA Nanotech ltd |
Colum Dunne, University of Limerick |
Anja Černoša, Innorenew CoE |
Julian Wharton, University of Southampton |
Martina Modic, Institut Jožef Stefan |
Maria Salta, Endures PV |
Jontana Allkja, University of Liverpool |
Jean-Yves Maillard, Cardiff University |
Anastasios NIKOLAOU, Democritus University of Thrace |
Ibrahim Ozturk |
Daria Ler, ASA Institute/ASA Hospital |
Judit Knisz, Ludovika University of Public Service |
Samuel Hardy, Tristel Solutions Ltd. |
Dr. Florian H. H. Brill, Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
Winifred, University College London |
Célia Fortuna, Associate Laboratory i4HB (IUCS-CESPU, Portugal) and UCIBIO – 1H-TOXRUN, IUCS-CESPU |
Giovanni esposito, Università di Napoli Federico II |
Gillian Iredale, Industrial Microbiological Services Ltd |
Merja Ahonen, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences |
Martijn Riool, University Hospital Regensburg |
Mirko Prodanov, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
Charalampos KOTZAMANIDIS, Hellenic Agricultural Organization, ELGO-DIMITRA |
Guruprakash Subbiahdoss, BOKU University |
Sokol Abazi, Canadian Institute of Technology |
Doriana Islami, Tenuis Laboratoires |
Carolina Ripolles-Avila, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
James Redfern, Manchester Metropolitan University |
Theo, Greek Scientists Society |
Oguzhan Der, Bandırma Onyedi Eylul University |
Agapi Doulgeraki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Efdal OKTAY GULTEKIN, TorosUniversity |
Susana Patricia Peixoto Lopes, University of Minho |
Jason Zhang, University of Birmingham |
Ozgun Guzdemir, Aydin Adnan Menderes University |
NURAY BAYAR MULUK, KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY |
Tom Coenye, Ghent University |
Matthias Buhmann, University of Basel |
Rania Nassar, MBRU |
Sandra Mojsova, Faculty of veterinary medicine in Skopje |
Ljupco Angelovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
fusun can, koc university |
Serghei Sprincean, Moldova State University |
Kasper Norskov Kragh, Symcel |
Henriette Lyng Røder, Univerisity of Copenhagen |
Fatma Özge Özkök, Erciyes University |
Meleksen Akin, Igdir University |
Doğan Turkyilmaz, Atatürk unüversity |
THEOFILOS PAPADOPOULOS, ELGO DEMETER |
Ulku Dagdelen, Atatürk university |
Paulina Rakowska, National Biofilms Innovation Centre |
Kasper Nørskov Kragh, Symcel AB |
Kazimierz Murzyn, Klaster LifeScience Krakow |