The conference BioEM 2019, which took place in Montpellier, France, covered various topics of bioelectromagnetics research. The presentations were focused on the mechanisms, effects, regulations and medical applications of electromagnetic field, including hyperthermic medical technologies, which is the main research objective of MyWAVE COST action CA17115.
At the conference Dr. Martin Bereta (Institute of Measurement Science,Slovak Academy of Sciences) presented the work: „Monitoring of low frequency magnetic and pulsed electric field biological effects on yeast cells using biological autoluminescence“. First, he introduced the phenomenon of biological autoluminescence (BAL), which is an externally detectable manifestation of metabolic activity of living cells and could serve as a useful tool for monitoring of electromagnetic field biological effects. Then he presented the results of monitoring BAL during exposure of cells to low frequency magnetic field and pulsed electric field (PEF) effects on cells. The results indicate the differences in BAL dynamics from PEF treated sample, which could be accompanied with the changes in dielectric properties of cell samples. The BAL could serve as an additional method to direct dielectric measurement, hence it could be perspectival used during hyperthermia treatment.
During the conference he attended several interesting sessions, related to the topic of MyWave COST action, such as “Cellular effects of radiofrequency fields and millimetre waves” or „Effects of electromagnetic fields (in-vivo)“. There were also several very interesting plenary lectures discussing potential of millimetre and submillimetre wave applications in medicine, the risk of human exposure to 5G-networks, or the body temperature regulation in mammals.
During his poster presentation he had an opportunity to discuss his results with several experts in the field, mainly with prof. F.S. Barnes (U.S.) and Dr. L. Mir (France) and to get feedback to his work. They both were interested in his results and gave him some suggestions and hints how to continue in his future work.
The attendance at the conference was made possible through the funding of the MyWAVE COST action CA 17115. His participation was a great opportunity to get in contact with the current trends in bioelectromagnetics research and to get to know the experts from this field.
