Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Conference Hall
Forum
Canteen
Forum / poster exhibition rooms D145/146
Meeting in groups inside the Forum/outside the conference building
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Welcome: Welcome session
9:00am - 9:15am
Conference Hall
Location: Conference Hall
Session 1: ANALYTICS
9:15am - 10:15am
Conference Hall
Michael Sulyok, Benedikt Cramer
Location: Conference Hall
Session Chair: Michael Sulyok, BOKU University
Session Chair: Benedikt Cramer, University of Muenster
9:15am - 9:30am

L1 - A rapid in-solution colorimetric aptamer-based assay for the detection of fumonisins in maize

Vincenzo Lippolis, Maria Varsalona, Salvatore Cervellieri, Tiziana Forleo, Antonio Moretti, Maria C. DeRosa, Annalisa De Girolamo



9:30am - 9:45am

L2 - Development and validation of a UHPLC-HRMS method for epimer-specific quantification of ergot alkaloids for analysis of Canadian wheat

Chamali Kodikara, Nandika Bandara, Sheryl A. Tittlemier



9:45am - 10:00am

L3 - Tracing the metabolic fate of ochratoxin A in maize using stable isotope-assisted LC-HRMS

Filip Petronijevic, Gerlinde Wiesenberger, Christoph Büschl, Gerhard Adam, Franz Berthiller



10:00am - 10:15am

L4 - CCS trendlines in non-targeted analysis: application to Fusarium proliferatum secondary metabolism

Guillem Campmajó, Irene Picicci, Antonia Susca, Antonio Moretti, Chiara Dall'Asta

Poster pitches I: POSTER PITCH SESSION I
10:15am - 10:30am
Conference Hall
Location: Conference Hall

P35 - Sharper Eyes on Ergot: Advancing Detection in Wheat

Chamali Kodikara, Dainna Drul, Nandika Bandara, Sheryl A. Tittlemier



P50 - A multidisciplinary framework for risk assessment of mycotoxins in moldy foods supporting consumer safety and food waste reduction

Camille Marchal, Anne Thebault, Nathalie Arnich, Olivier Couvert, Monika Coton



P69 - Moldy foods: how to predict mycotoxin production and migration in foods?

Charlotte Réant, Philippe Dantigny, Nolwenn Hymery, Elisabeth Poirier, Emmanuel Coton, Monika Coton



P74 - Mycotoxin Monitoring in the Context of Climate Change

Astrid Schöberl, Michael Sulyok, Stephan Freitag, Patrick Rennhofer, Rudolf Krska, Hermann Bürstmayr



P3 - Long-Term Monitoring of Mycotoxin Occurrence in Czech Malting Barley under Climate Variability

Sylvie Běláková, Marek Pernica, Jan Martiník, Karolína Benešová, Zdeněk Svoboda, Rastislav Boško



P90 - Occurrence of T-2, HT-2 and Their Glucosides in Apple-Based Beverages

Annalisa Melanie Völsch, Jannik Veerkamp, Martin Pour Nikfardjam, Benedikt Cramer, Hans-Ulrich Humpf



P56 - Isolation and structure elucidation of biologically active secondary metabolites from Stachybotrys spp.

Mehrsima Montaser Kouhsari, Florian Hübner, Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Svetlana Kalinina



P13 - Atranone – an overlooked secondary metabolite?

Mareike Dabisch-Ruthe, Jens Pfannebecker, Reinhard K. Straubinger, Frank Ebel, Sebastian Ulrich

Session 2: OCCURRENCE AND MANAGEMENT
11:30am - 12:45pm
Conference Hall
Sarah De Saeger, Magdalena Twaruzek
Location: Conference Hall
Session Chair: Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University
Session Chair: Magdalena Twaruzek, Kazimierz Wielki University
11:30am - 11:45am

L5 - Mycotoxins in Ethiopian Food Systems: Current Burden and Emerging Biotechnology as a Solution

Abdi Mohammed



11:45am - 12:00pm

L6 - Mycotoxins and plant toxins in plant-based drinks – Survey of the German market 2024-2025

Arnold Bahlmann, Christoph Hutzler, Christian Jung, Nicole Lorenz, Benjamin Sachse, Stefan Weigel



12:00pm - 12:15pm

L7 - Fungal and Mycotoxins Contamination of Selected Aromatic Plants

Marijana Sokolovic, Marija Berendika, Camelia Tulcan, Roberta Tripon, Camen Dorin, Victoria F. Samanidou, Natasa F. Kalogiouri, Ana Vulić



12:15pm - 12:30pm

L8 - Seasonal mycotoxin exposure and risks in Swiss children based on urinary biomonitoring

Lucienne Zinsstag, Anouk Petitpierre, Lena Breitenmoser, Annette Krais, Christian Lindh, Samuel Fuhrimann



12:30pm - 12:45pm

L9 - Mycotoxin Profiles of Alternaria spp. in Oat Grains under Different Water Activity and Temperature Conditions

Enric Llorens, Tiago Nazareth, Antonio J. Ramos, Francisco Molino, Sonia Marín

Session 3: BIOLOGY-ECOLOGY-GENETICS I
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Conference Hall
Monika Coton, Antonio Moretti
Location: Conference Hall
Session Chair: Monika Coton, University of Brest
Session Chair: Antonio Moretti, Research National Council of Italy
2:15pm - 2:30pm

L10 - Skin microbiota of processing tomato fruits in relation to Alternaria black spot and mycotoxin contamination

Léna Dole, Vincent Chochois, Jourdan Christophe, Béthune Kevin, Giovinazzo Robert, Strub Caroline, Durand Noël, Fontana Angélique, Schorr-Galindo Sabine



2:30pm - 2:45pm

L11 - Growth Modelling of T-2 and HT-2 Toxin-Producing Fusarium spp. in Oat-Based Medium

Enric Llorens-Serentill, Antonio J. Ramos, Sonia Marín, Tiago Nazareth, Jean Correia Costa



2:45pm - 3:00pm

L12 - Differential responses of Fusarium avenaceum strains to oxidative stress: impacts on growth and mycotoxin yield.

Aurélie TOUYA, Vessela ATANASOVA, Magalie MOINARD, Laetitia PINSON-GADAIS, Florence RICHARD-FORGET



3:00pm - 3:15pm

L13 - Mycotoxin threats in a changing climate: effects of interacting abiotic factors on fungal growth and OTA/CIT production in rice

Carolina Sousa Monteiro, Eugénia Pinto, Alfonso Narváez, Miguel A. Faria, Laura Gámiz-Gracia, Maykel Hernández-Mesa, Sara C. Cunha



3:15pm - 3:30pm

L14 - New PKS and metabolites putatively involved in ochratoxin A accumulation by Penicillium nordicum in NaCl-rich environments

Micaela Álvarez, Jessica Gil-Serna, Belén Patiño



3:30pm - 3:45pm

L15 - Quantifying interaction dynamics among mycotoxigenic fungi

Darina Balková, Marco Camardo Leggieri, Paola Battilani

Registration I: Registration
8:00am - 9:00am
Forum
Location: Forum
Welcome drinks: Welcome drinks and networking
6:00pm
Forum
Location: Forum
Lunchbreak I: Lunchbreak (and directly before: group photo)
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Canteen
Location: Canteen
Dinner: Barbecue @BfR garden
6:30pm
Canteen
Location: Canteen
Posters and Coffee I: Poster exhibition (uneven) / Coffee break
10:30am - 11:30am
Forum / poster exhibition rooms D145/146
Location: Forum / poster exhibition rooms D145/146

P5 - Impact of maize–bean intercropping on crop growth and Fusarium mycotoxin contamination

Beatrice Berger, Tanja Schütte



P7 - Reduction of polar mycotoxins in malting steeping water using the ACMalt recycling technology

Rastislav Boško, František Šmíd, Daniel Bouša, Aleš Přinosil, Martin Bouša, Vratislav Psota, Boutros Kerbaje



P9 - Targeting Tenuazonic Acid: Development of a Multiplex Suspension Array Fluorescence Immunoassay for Alternaria and Major Regulated Mycotoxins

Peter Carl, Franziska Fratzke, Markus Göthel, Chantal Vergin, Zoltán Konthur, Rudolf J. Schneider



P11 - Target fishing in the "kinome": integrated in silico/in vitro discovery of novel kinase inhibitory activities of alternariol

Francesco Crudo, Lorenzo Pedroni, Florinda Perugino, Giorgia Del Favero, Doris Marko, Chiara Dall'Asta, Luca Dellafiora



P15 - Exploring mycotoxin interactions with heme transporters in Atlantic salmon: a computational journey

Luca Dellafiora, Lorenzo Pedroni, Ole J. Nøstbakken, Chiara Dall'Asta, Kai K. Lie



P17 - Simulating the Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract of a Cereal-Based Sample: An In Vitro Study on modified HT-2 and T-2 Toxins

Tereza Dolezalova, Barbora Praskova, Nela Prusova, Milena Stranska



P19 - Degradation of mycotoxin AFB1 using bacterial isolate Rhodococcus sp. (SFFA/2)

Jovana Dubajić, Zdenka Jakovčević, Hunor Farkaš, Jog Raj, Marko Vasiljević



P21 - Mycotoxins and plant toxins in plant protein concentrates used for meat alternatives in the German market

Ahmed El-Khatib, Arnold Bahlmann, Christoph Hutzler, Stefan Weigel



P23 - High-Throughput Profiling of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Spanish Cereal Soils

Carmen Erena-Ortega, Jéssica Gil-Serna, Belén Patiño



P25 - Metataxonomic profiling of Tenebrio molitor gut microbiota after exposure to aflatoxin B1, fumonisin B1, and deoxynivalenol

Nuria García de la Camacha Selgas, Fernando Acevedo Ramos, Sergio Alías-Segura, Belén Patiño, Jessica Gil-Serna

Posters and Coffee II: Poster exhibition (even) / Coffee break
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Forum / poster exhibition rooms D145/146
Location: Forum / poster exhibition rooms D145/146

P2 - Exploring Toxic Interactions Between Aflatoxin B1 and Its Precursors

Elham Atallah, Laura Soler, Isabelle Oswald



P8 - Mycotoxin analysis using strip tests and chromatographic methods

Klaudia Bucoń, Paweł Skrzydlewski, Robert Kosicki, Magdalena Twarużek



P10 - Tetramic acid derivatives from Alternaria and Fusarium counteract zearalenone-induced estrogenic signaling in 2D Ishikawa and 3D MCF-7 cells

Francesco Crudo, Dino Grgic, Christine Eder, Noah Ratzer, Hans‑Ulrich Humpf, Giorgia Del Favero, Doris Marko



P12 - Interinstitutional Network for Biomonitoring Citrinin Exposure in Children and Adolescents: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Portugal and Germany

Sara C. Cunha, José O. Fernandes, Annalisa M. Völsch, Carolina Sousa Monteiro, Nina Nina Kühnhenrich, Cheila Pereira, Jannik Veerkamp, Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Benedikt Cramer



P14 - Multi‑country survey of major mycotoxins in maize, sorghum and millet across Africa within the UP-RISE framework

Annalisa De Girolamo, Vincenzo Lippolis, Kevin Ochieng, Charles Yeo, Mirabelle Feliho, Lunghani Nyathi, Edwin Vukosi, Truphosa Amakhobe, Sheila Okott, Sarah De Saeger, Kokeb T. Hadush, Tiziana Forleo, Antonio Moretti



P16 - In Vitro Binding Evaluation of Silicoglycidol, a Mycotoxin Binding Technology Under Simulated Gastrointestinal Conditions of Broiler Chickens

David Diez Arias, Claudia De Andrade, Anna Tesouro, Amin Yousefvand



P18 - Volatile apocarotenoids treatment in management of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini infection

Anna Domańska, Bartosz Puzyński, Justyna Mierziak-Derecka, Anna Kulma, Aleksandra Boba



P20 - LC-MS/MS analysis of aflatoxin B1 and fumonisin B1 in maize and black soldier fly larvae

Jasmin El-Hafi, John Wesonga, Ronald Maul



P22 - Addressing Multi-Mycotoxin Analysis in Complex Food Matrices: Validation of a Multiplex Flow Cytometric Immunoassay

Svenja Elsner, Peter Carl



P24 - Analysis of 10 mycotoxins in different agricultural and food/feed matrices using LC-MS/MS

HUNOR FARKAŠ, JOG RAJ, ANAWACH PHUENGKASEM, MARKO VASILJEVIĆ, BENJAWAN KONGCHEEP, SIWALAI WONGVIRIYAKIT, WATINEE KUMPUM

Visits: Visits of selected facilities of the BfR (upon reservation)
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Meeting in groups inside the Forum/outside the conference building
Location: Meeting in groups inside the Forum/outside the conference building