Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Sunday, 25/May/2025 | |
5:30pm - 6:45pm |
Registration I Registration of Participants, Conference bag delivery, badges, and tickets for the welcome party |
7:00pm - 9:00pm |
Welcome party - Aperitif featuring Slow Food Earth Market |
Date: Monday, 26/May/2025 | |
8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration II |
9:00am - 9:15am |
Opening Cerimony and Housekeeping of the 46th Mycotoxin Workshop Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Antonio Moretti, Research National Council of Italy - CNR Chair: Madeleine Plötz, Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Foundation |
9:15am - 10:45am |
Occurrence and Management of Mycotoxins I Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Benedikt Cramer, University of Muenster Chair: Paola Battilani, Università Cattolica del sacro Cuore Scalable predictive modelling for mycotoxin risk: the adaptability and impact of the AFLA-maize mechanistic model Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, Piacenza, Italy 9:30am - 9:45am Use of citizen science to determine consumer habits towards moldy foods and evaluate mycotoxin migration and exposure at the consumer level 1: Univ. Brest INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France; 2: Univ. Brest, Laboratoire d’Economie et de Gestion de l’Ouest, Brest, France; 3: UMR QualiSud, F-34095 Montpellier, France 9:45am - 10:00am Exploratory Study on the Occurrence of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Mouldy Fruits from German Retail Stores 1: Chair of Dairy Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany; 2: Faculty of Food and Nutrition Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Mönchengladbach, Germany 10:00am - 10:15am Mycotoxin contamination in cereals and fermented foods across African regions (2010-2024) 1: National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy; 2: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya; 3: Ghent University (UGent), Belgium; 4: Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna), Nigeria; 5: Wageningen University Research (WUR); 6: Université Abomey Calavi (UAC), Benin; 7: University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa; 8: University of Nangui Abrogoua (UNA), Ivory Coast 10:15am - 10:30am Occurrence and health risk estimation of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk, pasteurized and UHT milk in Thailand 1: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2: Nong Pho Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Rachaburi, Thailand; 3: Department of Food Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 4: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 5: Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China; 6: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 10:30am - 10:45am Alternaria toxins in the fruit products supply chain 1: Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Magan Centre of Applied Mycology, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK |
10:45am - 11:15am |
Coffee break I |
11:15am - 12:30pm |
Occurrence and Management of Mycotoxins II Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Madeleine Plötz, Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Foundation Chair: Ariane Vettorazzi, Universidad de Navarra Is Fumonisin less of a Risk in the Eastern Cape? Investigating Fusarium Diversity and Mycotoxin Prevalence in Eastern Cape South African Maize 1: Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, South Africa; 2: The Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL), Grain Building-Agri Hub Office Park, 477 Witherite Street, The Willows, Pretoria 0040, South Africa 11:30am - 11:45am Can Effective Agrotechnical Treatments Against Neonectria ditissima Reduce also Patulin Levels in Apples? 1: University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; 2: Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy 129, 508 01, Czech Republic; 3: Center for Health, Nutrition and Food in Brno, National Institute of Public Health in Prague, Palackeho 3a, CZ-61242 Brno, Czech Republic 11:45am - 12:00pm Risk ranking of mycotoxins in foods: Where do plant-based meat alternatives stand? University of Parma, Italy 12:00pm - 12:15pm About the known and the novel mycotoxins on hard cheese 1: MRI Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Berlin 12:15pm - 12:30pm Predictive optimization of dog food formulation to minimize chemical contaminants 1: BOKU University, Austria; 2: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 3: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 4: Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Island, United Kingdom |
12:30pm - 1:00pm |
Photo of the Mycotoxin Workshop participants |
1:00pm - 2:15pm |
Lunch break I |
2:15pm - 3:30pm |
Toxicity, Toxicology, and Biomonitoring I Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Isabelle Oswald, INRAE Chair: Francesco Crudo, University of Vienna Physiologically Based Kinetic Modelling of the Emerging Mycotoxin Alternariol for Toxicological Risk Assessment 1: Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2: Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 4: Centre for Food Science and Veterinary Public Health, Clinical Department for Farm Animals and Food System Science, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria 2:30pm - 2:45pm Effects of DON alone and in combination with cereal components in human in vitro systems Norwegian Veterinary Institiute, Norway 2:45pm - 3:00pm Synergestic effect of Ochratoxin A and Cadmium on the urinary tract 1: TOXALIM (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Toulouse University, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France; 2: IRSD (Research Centre in Digestive Health), Toulouse University, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, UPS, Toulouse, France 3:00pm - 3:15pm Effects of acyl-fumonisin B1 derivatives on zebrafish embryos and their interactions with serum albumin 1: University of Pécs, Hungary; 2: Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary; 3: Fumizol Ltd., Hungary 3:15pm - 3:30pm Unlocking the potential of glucose to modulate the response to mycotoxins in the colon 1: University of Vienna, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Vienna, Austria; 2: Medical University of Lodz, Department of Cell Culture and Genomic Analysis, Lodz, Poland |
3:30pm - 4:45pm |
Poster session I Coffee break II Location: Poster Exhibition Hall |
4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Meeting of the Society for Mycotoxin Research |
5:30pm - 11:30pm |
Wine tasting and dinner in Locorotondo |
Date: Tuesday, 27/May/2025 | |
9:15am - 10:30am |
Toxicity, Toxicology, and Biomonitoring II Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Doris Marko, University of Vienna Chair: Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Universität Münster Grasping the Duality of Fumonisins: A Computational Insight into Ceramide Synthase Interactions University of Parma, Parma, Italy 9:30am - 9:45am Individual and combined cytotoxicity of T-2, HT-2, and diacetoxyscirpenol mixture on human Jurkat T cells 1: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetic Engineering, Graduate School, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; 3: Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon kaen, Thailand; 4: Department of Veterinary Biomedicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint Hyacinthe, Canada; 5: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 6: Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Toulouse University, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpon, UPS, Toulouse, France 9:45am - 10:00am Mechanistic insights into the immunosuppressive effects of Alternaria mycotoxins on NF-κB signaling in THP1 monocytes 1: University of Vienna, Austria; 2: Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 10:00am - 10:15am Low doses of DON trigger apoptosis and alter GnRH stimulation of gonadotrope cells 1: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Canada; 2: College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, China; 3: College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, China. 10:15am - 10:30am Combination of major Alternaria mycotoxins, their interaction and impact on intestinal cells Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Fungal Biology, Ecology and Genetics I Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Antonio Moretti, Research National Council of Italy - CNR Chair: Svetlana Kalinina, University of Münster, Institute of Food Chemistry NX producers everywhere? Is anything selecting for them? 1: BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. for Microbial Genetics; 2: BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. of Biotechnologie in Plant Production; 3: BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics 10:45am - 11:00am Safety and sustainability: aflatoxin risk management in Italian peanut production Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy |
11:00am - 11:30am |
Coffee break III |
11:30am - 12:45pm |
Fungal Biology, Ecology and Genetics II Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Antonio Moretti, Research National Council of Italy - CNR Chair: Svetlana Kalinina, University of Münster, Institute of Food Chemistry Occurrence and impact of toxigenic Trichoderma species on maize in Europe 1: Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2: Institute of Sciences of Food Production National Research Council, Via Amendola 122/o 70126 Bari, Italy 11:45am - 12:00pm Impact of External Stress Factors on Mycotoxin Synthesis in Alternaria alternata Max Rubner-Institute Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Germany 12:00pm - 12:15pm Development of single-plex and multiplex real-time (Taqman®) PCR assays for the rapid detection of toxigenic fungal contaminants in fruits and vegetables University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy 12:15pm - 12:30pm From genes to molecules: discovery of novel apicidin L and proliferapyrones from Fusarium fujikuroi. 1: University of Münster, Institute of Food Chemistry, Germany; 2: University of Natural resources and Life Sciences, 12:30pm - 12:45pm Deciphering Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis and Degradation in Aspergillus niger: Functional Insights from Halogenase and Ochratoxinase Mutants Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA, CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain |
12:45pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch break II |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Analytics Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Veronica Maria Teresa Lattanzio, National Research Council of Italy Chair: Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University The remarkable advancements in (emerging) mycotoxin analysis since Martina Franca 1995 BOKU University, Austria 2:15pm - 2:30pm Matrix effects of mycotoxin biomarkers in urine. Random effects or correlations? University Münster, Germany 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Illusion of Purity: Preserving Integrity in Mycotoxin Reference Materials 1: LVA GmbH, Magdeburggasse 10, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; 2: Fumizol Ltd., Kisfaludy u. 6/B, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; 3: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department for Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad Lorenz-Strasse 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria; 4: University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary 2:45pm - 3:00pm MultiOmics approach for a better understanding and comprehensive management of mycotoxinogen risk related to Fusarium verticillioides 1: UMR 152 Pharma Dev, Université de Toulouse, IRD, UPS, France; 2: UR 1264 MycSA, INRAE, Bordeaux, France 3:00pm - 3:15pm MS-based electronic nose for early detection of ochratoxigenic Aspergillus strain on traditional Italian Caciocavallo cheese during ripening 1: Institute of Food Sciences (ISA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), URT-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; 2: Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; 3: Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy 3:15pm - 3:30pm Determination of mycotoxins and plant toxins in raw cow milk from 5 EU countries using a validated LC-MS/MS Multi-Method 1: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany; 2: University of Kassel, Germany; 3: ACTA IDELE, Paris, France; 4: INRAE, Paris, France; 5: FIBL, Frick, Switzerland; 6: UNIPD, Padova, Italy; 7: TEAGASC, Carlow, Ireland 3:30pm - 3:45pm Integration of LC−TWIMS−HRMS and FBMN for elucidating Fusarium proliferatum secondary metabolism 1: Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; 2: National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy 3:45pm - 4:00pm Mycotoxin quantification in soy-foods by Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry 1: Proteins for Singapore, TUM-CREATE, Singapore; 2: Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany |
4:00pm - 5:15pm |
Poster session II and Coffee break IV Location: Poster Exhibition Hall |
8:00pm - 11:00pm |
Social Dinner |
Date: Wednesday, 28/May/2025 | |
9:30am - 10:45am |
Remediation and Mitigation I Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Chiara Dall'Asta, University of Parma Chair: Octavian Mihalache, University of Parma, Italy Reactivity and Oxidation Mechanism of Zearalenone: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study with Laccase-Mediator System Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy. Via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy 9:45am - 10:00am The 3-keto-DON dilemma - Why C-3 oxidation likely isn’t enough to detoxify DON dsm-firmenich, Animal Nutrition and Health R&D Center, Tulln, Austria 10:00am - 10:15am Short-Term Toxic Effects of low dietary exposure to Ochratoxin A, Zearalenone, and Fumonisin B1 in Broilers: A Comparative Approach 1: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Turin), Italy;; 2: Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy 10:15am - 10:30am The effect of hydrothermal treatment with sodium metabisulfite on Fusarium-infected grains. 1: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Brunswick, Germany; 2: International Research Association of Feed Technology e.V., Research Institute of Feed Technology, Brunswick, Germany; 3: Department of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Tulln, Austria; 4: Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hanover, Germany 10:30am - 10:45am Innovative bentonite-based adsorbent patented for mycotoxin decontamination: glance on in vitro and in vivo evidence Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy |
10:45am - 11:15am |
Coffee break V |
11:15am - 12:15pm |
Remediation and Mitigation II Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Magdalena Twarużek, Kazimierz Wielki University Chair: Miklós Poór, University of Pécs Optimizing the degradation of aflatoxin B1 by Trametes versicolor laccase 1: CEA/INAC-MEM/L-Sim, University Grenoble Alpes, 38044, Grenoble, France; 2: Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA; 3: Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome; 4: Department of Biochemical Sciences “Alessandro Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy; 5: Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042, Grenoble, France; 6: RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe Japan; 7: School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Japan 11:30am - 11:45am Natural plant extracts against mycotoxins: Insights into un-explored sources of phenolic compounds University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica 11:45am - 12:00pm Exploring the Potential of Bacillus subtilis: A Thorough Study on Mycotoxin Decontamination, Mechanisms, and Effectiveness in a Liquid Food Model 1: Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy; 2: Mixscience, 2/4 Avenue de Ker Lann, CS17228, CEDEX, 35172 Bruz, France; 12:00pm - 12:15pm Actinobacteria: promising biocontrol agents for managing mycotoxin risks Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, 31326 Toulouse, France; |
12:15pm - 1:00pm |
Closing Cerimony and Awards for Best Poster Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) |
1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch break |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Satellite Session I - PRIN2020 Final Seminar MYCENDEA Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) |
3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Satellite Session II - Mycotoxin menace in the Mediterranean under Climate Change crisis Location: Conference Hall (Sala America) Chair: Antonio Moretti, Research National Council of Italy - CNR |
4:30pm - 6:30pm |
Visit to Palazzo Ducale and Martina Franca tour |
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