EACH Winter School 2019 – Excellence in Analytical Chemistry

The EACH Winter School 2019 took place during Jan 21-25, 2019 in Åbo (Turku), at Hotel Caribia.

Group photo of the EACH Winter school 2019 (Hotel Caribia, Åbo/Turku)

Blogposts about the winter school:
EACH Winter School 2019 Started!,
Second day of the winter school – measurements with glucose sensors,
Third day of the winter school – study tracks assigned,
Last day of the winter school – Industrial analysis and presentations of student teams.

Winter school programme:

Time	Sunday 20/1	Monday 21/1	Tuesday 22/1		Wednesday 23/1		Thursday 24/1	Friday 25/1
			Students	Consortium committee	Students	Consortium committee
8-9		Breakfast	Breakfast		Breakfast		Breakfast	Breakfast
9.15- 10:45		Welcome & Introduction Ivo Leito / Johan Bobacka	Lecture 2 (TH)	Intro, agenda, general questions, start of Student selection for study tracks	Lecture 3 (TH)	Selection of students to study tracks, Admission of new students	Lecture 4 (FBA)	Depar-ture Lunch boxes will be available at the Hotel reception
10:45- 11:00		Break	Break		Break		Break
11:00- 12:30		2nd year students presenting to 1st year students the 2nd year universities	Team Work (glucose bio-sensors)	Possible student interviews	Extra lecture slot (if needed)	Admission of new students	Student presentation of Team Work
12:30- 14:00		Lunch	Lunch		Lunch		Lunch
14:00- 15:30	Arrival	Lecture 1 (TH)	Team Work (glucose bio-sensors)	Student interviews by FBA	Visit Turku	Admission of new students	Student presentation of Team Work
15:30- 16:00		Break	Break		(Break for consortium committee only)		Break
16:00- 17:30		Get together & Discussion between 1st year students and professors	Team Work (glucose bio-sensors)	Discussion between students and professors (parallel UT, UU, AAU)	Skating (1 h) 16:30- 17:30	AOB	1. Ivo will give overview about courses to be taken by 1st year students in spring; 2. Feedback from 1st and 2nd year students for the EACH programme and the Winter School 2019
17:30- 19:00		Dinner	Dinner		Later dinner (18:00-19:30)		Dinner
19:00- 21:00		Dead-line for 1st year students to select their study track for the second year / Team building	Free time / Gym / Spa	Selection of students to study tracks if needed	Bowling (1 h) 20:30- 21:30	AOB	Free time / Gym / Spa

Overview and materials of sessions:

Teachers	Session	Notes
Johan Bobacka, Ivo Leito	Introduction to Winter School, Practical information	Introduction, Aims of EACH and Winter school, practical aspects
2nd year students	Master’s theses and life at 2nd year universities	Overview of the thesis topics and current status of the 2nd year students at UU, AAU and UCBL, as well as about practicalities of studying at 2nd year universities
Prof. Tuulia Hyötyläinen (TH)	Metabolomics and related topics	The presentations will focus on metabolomics, the exposome and non-targete screening in environmental chemistry. In all cases mass spectrometry as technique plays leading role.
Dr. Franck Baco-Antoniali (FBA)	Industrial analysis and process control	Trends and needs for online micro analysis for R&D. The Axel’One Platform
Anu Teearu, Ivo Leito	Closing session, some practical information	Closing remarks, thanks, practical information

General information:

Every year, Winter School (WS) is held in the second half of January (duration: approximately 1 week). EACH programme Winter School usually takes place in one of the four countries: Estonia, Sweden, Finland or France. It includes (1) short courses on novel and timely topics of analytical chemistry and metrology in chemistry delivered by external scholars, including individual/group work by students; (2) presentations by second year students on the progress of their master theses; (3) team work on solving analytical problems and (4) discussions and interviews and selecting 1st year students to study tracks. All consortium students participate in the WS.

Previous Winter Schools: Winter School 2018, Winter School 2017, Winter School 2016