The full congress committee for Biosensors 2012 is today announced. These individuals will shape the oral program for the congress over the coming months and review contributed abstracts. Chaired by Prof Anthony P F Turner of Linköping University, Sweden the committee comprises: Loic Blum, France; Man Bock Gu, Korea; Isao Karube, Japan; Frances Ligler, USA; Arben Merkoci, Spain; Frieder Scheller, Germany; Koji Sode, Japan and Xian-En Zhang, China.