Third International Symposium on Continuous Real-Time Biomolecular Sensing
About the Symposium
Patients may respond very differently to the same dose of levodopa, even under similar conditions. Whilst this variability is well recognised, the underlying dynamics of the drug in the body remain largely invisible in clinical practice. This symposium addresses a fundamental challenge: we lack the insight into levodopa dynamics needed to fully understand and manage treatment response.
Rather than presenting a ready-made solution, the symposium identifies a critical gap in Parkinson’s care – the ability to observe and understand levodopa dynamics in real time, as a foundation for more informed and personalised treatment.
The Format
The programme traces the evolution of our understanding of levodopa through four complementary perspectives, moving from lived experience to the technologies that could transform it:
- The Patient – Living with uncertainty: how unpredictable treatment effects shape daily life, and what patients need most – stability, predictability and a better understanding of their own response.
- The Neurologist – Clinical decision-making without direct insight: how treatment is currently managed based on observed symptoms rather than drug levels, and the limitations of the trial-and-error approach.
- Making the Invisible Visible – The biosensing technologies enabling continuous, real-time levodopa monitoring, and the engineering challenges of selectivity, biofouling, calibration and stability.
- From Monitoring to Treatment – What is required to turn measurements into usable clinical systems, and the path towards more responsive, data-informed treatment.
The programme also includes a break featuring a research poster session, where researchers from the field of biosensing present their work. It is a good opportunity to network with other attendees over refreshments.
Speakers
We are honoured to welcome an international line-up of leading clinicians and researchers:
Dr Bo Liang – Zhejiang University, China
Dr David Probst – University of North Carolina, USA
Dr Joseph Wang – University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr Saman Vinke – Radboud University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
Erik Jan Marinissen – Scientific Director at imec, Leuven, Belgium
Location & Format
The symposium will take place on Tuesday, 25 August 2026 in a hybrid format – join us in person at Eindhoven University of Technology (Atlas 0.820) or virtually from anywhere in the world. To accommodate our global audience, the live programme spans three time zones:
- 15:30 – 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) – Eindhoven
- 06:30 – 09:00 PDT (UTC-7)
- 21:30 – 00:00 CST (UTC+8)
The symposium is organised by SensUs, the annual international student competition on biosensors for health, and takes place alongside the SensUs 2026 competition finals, where international student teams present their biosensors for continuous levodopa monitoring, followed by a partner market and the awards ceremony. Participation in the symposium is free of charge.
Join us in Eindhoven or online
Register now to attend the symposium in person at Eindhoven University of Technology or online. Participation is free of charge.
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NOTE: This activity takes place after the KIVI-activity Third International Symposium on Continuous Real-Time Biomolecular Sensing. So, you can join both events or either one of the two.
Location & parking
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: Meteor café, Blauwe Loper 60, 5612 TA Eindhoven. There is plenty of parking space available at the TU/e campus.
Please note: When entering the TU campus, you will pass a barrier. Upon exiting, you can pay directly by card at the barrier (€2 per hour); there is no need to first go to a payment machine with your ticket.