9:15am - 9:30am

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

Vincenzo Lippolis¹, Maria Varsalona¹, Salvatore Cervellieri², Tiziana Forleo¹, Antonio Moretti¹, Maria C. DeRosa³, Annalisa De Girolamo¹

¹Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy; ²Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, URT-Bari, Bari, Italy.; ³Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

9:30am - 9:45am

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

Chamali Kodikara^1,2,3, Nandika Bandara^2,3, Sheryl A. Tittlemier¹

¹Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; ²Department of Food & Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; ³Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

9:45am - 10:00am

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

Filip Petronijevic¹, Gerlinde Wiesenberger^1,2, Christoph Büschl¹, Gerhard Adam², Franz Berthiller¹

¹Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, BOKU University, Tulln, Austria; ²Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, BOKU University, Tulln, Austria

10:00am - 10:15am

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

Guillem Campmajó¹, Irene Picicci¹, Antonia Susca², Antonio Moretti², Chiara Dall'Asta¹

¹Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; ²National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy

Sharper Eyes on Ergot: Advancing Detection in Wheat

Chamali Kodikara^1,2,3, Dainna Drul¹, Nandika Bandara^2,3, Sheryl A. Tittlemier¹

¹Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; ²Department of Food & Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; ³Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

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

Camille Marchal¹, Anne Thebault², Nathalie Arnich², Olivier Couvert¹, Monika Coton¹

¹University of Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France; ²Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France

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

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

Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France

Quantifying interaction dynamics among mycotoxigenic fungi

Darina Balková, Marco Camardo Leggieri, Paola Battilani

Department of Sustainable Crop Production (DI.PRO.VE.S.), Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

Mycotoxin Monitoring in the Context of Climate Change

Astrid Schöberl¹, Michael Sulyok², Stephan Freitag², Patrick Rennhofer², Rudolf Krska^1,2,4, Hermann Bürstmayr³

¹FFoQSI – Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety & Innovation, FFoQSI GmbH, Tulln, Austria; ²BOKU University, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Tulln, Austria; ³Institute of Crop Breeding and Genomics, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Tulln, Austria; ⁴Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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

Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Czech Republic (Czechia)

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

Annalisa Melanie Völsch¹, Jannik Veerkamp¹, Martin Pour Nikfardjam², Benedikt Cramer¹, Hans-Ulrich Humpf¹

¹Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany; ²Department of Wine & Fruit Analysis, LVWO Weinsberg, 74189 Weinsberg, Germany

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

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

University of Muenster, Germany

Atranone – an overlooked secondary metabolite?

Mareike Dabisch-Ruthe¹, Jens Pfannebecker¹, Reinhard K. Straubinger², Frank Ebel², Sebastian Ulrich¹

¹OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Department of Agriculture, Food and Health, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany; ²Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Chair of Bacteriology and Mycology, Munich, Germany

11:30am - 11:45am

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

Abdi Hassen

Haramaya University, Ethiopia

11:45am - 12:00pm

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

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany

12:00pm - 12:15pm

Fungal and Mycotoxins Contamination of Selected Aromatic Plants

Marijana Sokolovic¹, Marija Berendika¹, Camelia Tulcan², Roberta Tripon², Camen Dorin², Victoria F. Samanidou³, Natasa F. Kalogiouri³, Ana Vulić⁴

¹Croatian Veterinary Institute, Poultry Centre, Feed Analysis Laboratory, Zagreb, CROATIA; ²Faculty of Engineering and Applied Technologies, University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Timisoara, ROMANIA; ³Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Thessaloniki, GREECE; ⁴Croatian Veterinary Institute, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Zagreb, CROATIA

12:15pm - 12:30pm

A mechanistic perspective on epidemics and mycotoxin contamination in the Alternaria-tomato pathosystem

Marco Camardo Leggieri, Irene Salotti, Paola Battilani

Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122 Piacenza, Italy

12:30pm - 12:45pm

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

Lucienne Zinsstag^1,2, Anouk Petitpierre^1,2, Lena Breitenmoser³, Annette Krais⁴, Christian Lindh⁴, Samuel Fuhrimann^1,2

¹Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland; ²University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; ³School of Life Sciences FHNW, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Muttenz, Switzerland; ⁴Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

2:15pm - 2:30pm

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

Léna Dole¹, Vincent Chochois², Jourdan Christophe¹, Béthune Kevin², Giovinazzo Robert³, Strub Caroline¹, Durand Noël², Fontana Angélique¹, Schorr-Galindo Sabine¹

¹Université de Montpellier, France; ²Cirad, France; ³SONITO, France

2:30pm - 2:45pm

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

Enric Llorens-Serentill^1,2, Antonio J. Ramos^1,2, Sonia Marín^1,2, Tiago Nazareth^1,2, Jean Correia Costa^1,2

¹Applied Mycology Unit, Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Science, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain; ²AGROTECNIO-CERCA Centre, Lleida, Spain

2:45pm - 3:00pm

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

UR1264 Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA), INRAE. 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33883 Villenave d’Ornon, France.

3:00pm - 3:15pm

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

Carolina Sousa Monteiro¹, Eugénia Pinto^2,3, Alfonso Narváez⁴, Miguel A. Faria¹, Laura Gámiz-Gracia⁴, Maykel Hernández-Mesa⁴, Sara C. Cunha¹

¹1LAQV-REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal; ²Laboratory of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; ³Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/CIMAR), University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal; ⁴Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, E-18071 Granada, Spain

3:15pm - 3:30pm

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

Micaela Álvarez, Jessica Gil-Serna, Belén Patiño

Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Induction of Aflatoxin Production by Invertebrate Predation and Mechanical Injury in Aspergillus flavus

Christian Joseph Cumagun¹, Asmae Meziane², Petr Karlovsky²

¹Department of Biology, Brigham Young University Idaho, United States of America; ²Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

9:00am - 9:15am

Genetic characterization and geographical variation in mycotoxin profiles of Fusarium culmorum from wheat in South of Italy

Angela Gatto¹, Alessandro Annunziato¹, Antonia Susca¹, Miriam Haidukowski¹, Stefania Somma¹, Mario Masiello¹, Giuseppe Cozzi¹, Daria Carella¹, Pamela Anelli¹, Alessandra Villani¹, Safa Oufensou², Virgilio Balmas², Giampiera Porqueddu², Quirico Migheli², Antonio Moretti¹

¹CNR-ISPA Research National Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Bari, Italy; ²Department of Agricultural Sciences, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

9:15am - 9:30am

Detection of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Genes Across the Fusarium oxysporum Species Complex

Daria Carella^1,2, Alessandra Villani², Luigi Faino¹, Antonio Moretti², Antonia Susca²

¹Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; ²CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy

9:30am - 9:45am

Shuffling of the patulin biosynthetic gene cluster in Penicillium roqueforti

Monika Coton¹, Ewen Crequer^1,2, Jeanne Ropars², Audrey Pawtowski¹, Olivier Puel³, Tatiana Giraud², Jean-Luc Jany¹, Emmanuel Coton¹

¹University of Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France; ²Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Laboratoire Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, UMR 8079, Gif-sur-Yvette,France; ³INRAE TOXALIM UMR 1331, Toulouse, France

9:45am - 10:00am

Targeting RNA polymerase I transcription in Aspergillus flavus by the small molecule BMH-21 shuts down aflatoxin production

Asmaa S. Abbas, Emil Aalto-Setälä, Anssi M. Malinen

University of Turku, Finland

10:00am - 10:15am

Population genomics and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus oryzae from China

Da-Yong Han, Xue-Wei Wang, Feng-Yan Bai

Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of

Anti-fungal potential of coffe husk (Coffea arabiga L.) extracts against two mycotoxigenic fungi

Milena Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Rebeca Molina-Vlaverde, Mariana Güell-González, Andrea Irías-Mata, Patricia Esquivel, María Viñas

University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

To bind or to degrade? Fate of deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A during soy fermentation

Sita Venier^1,2, Els Van Pamel², Denis Habauzit¹, Christof Van Poucke²

¹Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), France; ²Technology and Food Science Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium

Species-level Fusarium resolution in cereals: a TEF1 metataxonomic approach

Sergio Alías-Segura, Belén Patiño, Jéssica Gil-Serna

Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain

When mycotoxins taste bitter (and beyond): AI-driven discovery of bitter receptors-fungal indolizidine alkaloids interaction

Ilaria Magnaldi, Lorenzo Pedroni, Chiara Dall'Asta, Luca Dellafiora

Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Italy

Hybrid in vitro/in silico approach to elucidate the effect of mycoestrogens on barrier integrity via tight junction protein claudin-4

Janice Bergen, Christian Fellinger, Magdalena Weinstabl, Doris Marko, Christian Schröder, Giorgia Del Favero

University of Vienna, Austria

Hepatic metabolism of naturally occurring ergot alkaloids: Insights from human and porcine liver microsomes

Nina Kühnhenrich, Benedikt Cramer, Hans-Ulrich Humpf

University of Münster, Germany

Comparative Intestinal Permeability and Molecular Responses to Major Aquafeed Mycotoxins in RTgutGC Cells

Cheila Pereira, Helena Ramos, Miguel A. Faria, Sara C. Cunha, José O. Fernandes

LAQV-REQUIMTE University of Porto, Portugal

From Alternaria extract to alterperylenol: Discovery of an immunosuppressive mycotoxin targeting NF-κB

Vanessa Partsch^1,2, Francesco Crudo¹, Amina Selimagic¹, Giorgia Del Favero^1,3, Doris Marko¹

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna,; ³University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Core Facility Multimodal Imaging

Sulfation as a detoxifying mechanism for the estrogenicity of the mycotoxin alternariol

Eszter Borsos^1,2, Nick Hetzschold¹, Dino Grgic¹, Elisabeth Varga³, Doris Marko¹

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria; ³Food Hygiene and Technology, Centre Food Science, Clinical Department Farm Animals and Food System Transformation, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

11:30am - 11:45am

Going with the wind… and other weather variables to predict mycotoxin risk

Michail Evgeniou, Alexander Platzer

DSM-Firmenich, Biodata Analytics, Tulln, Austria

11:45am - 12:00pm

An Integrated AI-Based Text-Mining Pipeline for Automated Extraction of Mycotoxin Occurrence and Analytical Data from Scientific Literature

Louis-Marie Cobigo¹, Margot Barenstrauch², Veronique Sirot³, Nathalie Arnich⁴, Henri-Olivier Duché⁵, Denis Habauzit¹

¹French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), Toxicology of Contaminants Unit, Fougères, France.; ²Oniris, INRAE, LABERCA, Nantes, France.; ³French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), Risk Assessment Department, Food Risk Assessment Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France.; ⁴French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), Risk Assessment Department, Methodology and Studies Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France.; ⁵Alkante, Noyal-sur-Vilaine, France.

12:00pm - 12:15pm

A novel approach for predicting aflatoxin B1 production using regression models and whole-cell biosensors in moldy maize and peanut kernels

Fuguo Xing, Lu Sun, Junning Ma, Gang Wang, Bowen Tai

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Food Science and Technology, China, People's Republic of

12:15pm - 12:30pm

Untargeted HRMS screening for chemical hazard detection in maize: a QC-Based Workflow with Linear and Non-Linear Data Characterisation

Xenia Pascari¹, Jakob Kühn¹, Marco Blockland², Stefan Weigel¹

¹Reference Centre for Food and Feed Analysis, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; ²Wageningen Food Safety and Research, European Union Reference Laboratory for Growth Promotors, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands

12:30pm - 12:45pm

NAMs for Food Safety: In Silico Modelling of Bacterial Membranes to Explore Mycotoxin Bioavailability in the Intestinal Compartment

Nuša Matjašec^1,2,3, Christian Schröder¹, Giorgia Del Favero²

¹Department of Computational Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria; ²Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Austria; ³Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

2:15pm - 2:30pm

Novel insights into the toxicological profile of Alternaria infectoria mycotoxins

Florian Call^1,2, Sam Thill¹, Andrea Patriarca³, Francesco Crudo¹, Doris Marko¹

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Magan Centre of Applied Mycology, Cranfield University, College Rd, Wharley End, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Evaluating the Genotoxic Potential of Emerging Mycotoxins Using Stepwise Approach

Silvia Gascón-Corella¹, Isabelle P. Oswald², Ariane Vettorazzi^1,3

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Research Group MITOX, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; ²Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France; ³Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente BIOMA, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Early oxidative and mitochondrial stress responses to tenuazonic acid in human esophageal cells

Dino Grgic¹, Maximilian Jobst^1,2,3, Nazmi Waesoh^4,5, Sonja Hager¹, Giorgia Del Favero^1,3, Doris Marko¹

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Waehringer Str. 38-40, 1090 Vienna, Austria; ²University of Vienna, Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem), Währinger Str. 42, 1090 Vienna, Austria; ³University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Core Facility Multimodal Imaging, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria; ⁴School of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), 99 Moo 18, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand; ⁵The International Joint Research Center on Food Security (IJC-FOODSEC), 111 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand

3:00pm - 3:15pm

In vitro digestion of lipophilic mycotoxins enniatins and beauvercin

Maryse Max^1,2, Marcus Trentzsch¹, Stefan Weigel¹

¹German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Department Reference Centre for Food and Feed Analysis, 10589 Berlin, Germany; ²Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Institute of Food Technology and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, 10553 Berlin, Germany

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Enniatins and Their Mixture Induce Cytotoxicity in Rainbow Trout (SOB-15) Hepatocytes Through Early Disruption of Heme Biosynthesis

Luis Monzón Atienza¹, Ole-Jakob Nøstbakken¹, Lorenzo Pedroni², Luca Dellafiora², Liv Ingeborg Søftland¹, Kai Kristoffer Lie¹

¹Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway; ²Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Heme biosynthesis under mycotoxin pressure in Atlantic salmon: a multi-target investigation

Lorenzo Pedroni¹, Kai Kristoffer Lie², Luis Monzón-Atienza², Ole Jakob Nøstbakken², Chiara Dall'Asta¹, Luca Dellafiora¹

¹Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; ²Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

9:00am - 9:15am

How the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol exacerbates the genotoxicity of heme iron

Margaux Lalaurie¹, Clemence Rives¹, Marion Garofalo¹, Marie Penary², Sylvie Puel¹, Nathalie Naud¹, Julien Vignard¹, Philippe Pinton¹, Yannick Lippi¹, Gladys Mirey¹, Elodie Rousseau-Bacquie¹, Fabrice Pierre¹, Francoise Gueraud¹, Delphine Payros¹, Isabelle P. Oswald¹

¹Toxalim, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, EI-Purpan, Toulouse, France; ²IRSD, Université de Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, UPS, Toulouse, France

9:15am - 9:30am

Deoxynivalenol disrupts the blood-testis barrier in prepubertal and adult mice: a possible cytokine-mediated effect

Ana Laura Paulino Leite Gomes¹, Juliana Rubira Gerez¹, Marielen de Souza¹, Camila Rodriguez Ferraz², Waldiceu Aparecido Verri Junior², Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense¹

¹Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil; ²Laboratory of Pain, Inflammation, Neuropathy and Cancer, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and General Pathology, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil

9:30am - 9:45am

Shaping the immunomodulation in colon: how high glucose conditions modulate the immunomodulatory properties of mycotoxins

Karolina Kowalska¹, Aleksandra Kołacin^1,2, Agnieszka Wanda Piastowska-Ciesielska^1,3

¹Medical University of Lodz, Department of Cell Culture and Genomic Analysis, Lodz, Poland; ²Medical University of Lodz, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lodz, Poland; ³Medical University of Lodz, BRaIn Laboratories, Lodz, Poland

9:45am - 10:00am

Unraveling the toxicokinetics of T-2 and HT-2 toxin in humans and developing a physiologically-based kinetic model

Hannah P. McKeon¹, Marloes A. A. Schepens¹, Joost Westerhout¹, Marta M. Sopel², Ilaria Di Marco Pisciottano², Laura Righetti^2,3, Corinne Sprong¹, Marcel J. B. Mengelers¹, Trine Husøy⁴

¹National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands; ²Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), 6708 WB Wageningen, the Netherlands; ³Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands; ⁴Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), N‐0213 Oslo, Norway

10:00am - 10:15am

Beyond aflatoxin B1: Mutagenicity assessment and evaluation of topoisomerase-poisoning potential of selected aflatoxin B1 precursors

Noah Ratzer^1,2, Francesco Crudo¹, Laura Soler-Vasco³, Isabelle P. Oswald³, Olivier Puel³, Doris Marko¹

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Toxalim, Research Centre in Food Toxicology, INRAE, Toulouse, France

10:15am - 10:30am

Acute Toxic Effects of Stachybotrys chartarum Bioaerosols

Stefanie Klar¹, Anja Wolff¹, Jessica Reinert¹, Silke Steinborn¹, Lennart Marske³, Judith Neuhoff³, Marion Berger³, Udo Jäckel², Dierk-Christoph Pöther¹

¹Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Unit Bioaerosols; ²Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Section Biological Agents, Biocides; ³Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Unit Biomonitoring

11:15am - 11:30am

Hydrothermal treatment with sodium metabisulfite of deoxynivalenol contaminated maize as effective tool of inactivation

Susanne Kersten¹, Anika Noldin¹, Angelika Grümpel-Schlüter¹, Jeannette Kluess¹, Jana Frahm¹, Susanne Bühler¹, Patrick Sudwischer², Janine Saltzmann¹, Sven Dänicke¹

¹Institute of Institute for Animal Nutrition, Friedrich – Loeffler – Institute, Brunswick, Germany; ²International Research Association of Feed Technology e.V., Research Institute of Feed Technology, Brunswick, Germany

11:30am - 11:45am

Characterization of a detoxified deoxynivalenol metabolite supporting microbial mitigation strategies in food safety

Clémence Rives¹, Carine Al-Ayoubi¹, Christopher P Garnham², Clothilde Villot³, Justin B Renaud², Mark W Sumarah², Mathieu Castex², Yannick Lippi¹, Marie Penary⁴, Sylvie Puel¹, Laura Soler¹, Philippe Pinton¹, Anna Paula Bracarense⁵, Isabelle P Oswald¹

¹INRAE, UMR1331, Toxalim, Research Centre in Food Toxicology, Toulouse, France; ²London Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada; ³Lallemand SAS, 31702, Blagnac, France; ⁴IRSD, Université de Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, UPS, Toulouse, France; ⁵Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, Londrina, Paraná 86057-970, Brazil

11:45am - 12:00pm

Impact of UV-C treatment on Alternaria spp. growth and Alternaria mycotoxins in vitro and in tomato

Maria Luisa Maldonado¹, Camille Van Cauwenberge², Maarten Verstockt², Sarah De Saeger², Andrea Patriarca^1,3, Maria Agustina Pavicich²

¹Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Laboratorio de Microbiología de Alimentos. CONICET, Instituto de Micología y Botánica (INMIBO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; ²Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Department of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ³Magan Centre of Applied Mycology, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, College Road, MK43 0AL Bedford, UK

12:00pm - 12:15pm

From the Plate to the Plant: Discovering the biocontrol potential of Hanseniaspora uvarum against Aspergillus flavus

Clara Melguizo^1,3, Belén Patiño¹, Jéssica Gil-Serna¹, Alicia Rodriguez², Rebecca R. Sweany³, Geromy G. Moore³, Matthew K. Gilbert³

¹Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; ²Department of Animal Production and Food Science, School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain; ³Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, USA

12:15pm - 12:30pm

Transcriptomic profiling of aflatoxin B1 exposed and medicinal herb supplemented pig liver

Avon Augustin Nalpadan¹, Henry Reyer¹, Michael Oster¹, Nares Trakooljul¹, Siriluck Ponsuksili¹, Wojciech Kozera², Krzysztof Karpiesiuk², Mariusz Pierzchała³, Adam Lepczyński⁴, Brygida Ślaska⁵, Chandra Shekhar Pareek⁶, Klaus Wimmers^1,7

¹Forschungsinstitut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN), Germany; ²Department of Pig Breeding, Faculty of Animal Bio-Engineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland; ³Department of Genomics and Biodiversity, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrzębiec, Poland; ⁴Department of Physiology, Cytobiology and Proteomics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland; ⁵Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland; ⁶Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland; ⁷University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rostock, Germany