Program Draft – Sessions
26 Monday morning
Occurrence and Management of Mycotoxins
- Mycotoxin occurrence and co-occurrence in agri-food systems, including emerging, modified, and novel mycotoxins.
- Global challenges, regulations, and sustainable solutions for mycotoxin management.
- Occurrence and management of mycotoxins in Circular Systems and Sustainable Agriculture.
- Risk assessment.
- Mycotoxin management by “One Health approach”.
Fungal Biology and Ecology (under the climate change scenario)
- Biodiversity, ecology and occurrence of toxigenic fungi.
- Secondary metabolism of toxigenic fungi.
- Pathogenicity and biological control.
- Effect of climate change on the ecology and distribution of toxigenic fungi.
- Predictive modeling.
- Prevention strategies.
26 Monday afternoon
Toxicity
- Mechanisms of mycotoxin toxicity at molecular and biochemical level.
- Genotoxic effect of mycotoxins.
- Mycotoxin toxicokinetic: metabolism and pathways in humans and animals.
- Models and methods for predicting the potential toxicity and mechanism of action of mycotoxins.
27 Tuesday morning
Genetics and Genomics of toxigenic fungi
- Genetic analysis and regulation of toxin/secondary metabolites production by fungi.
- Epidemiology and biodiversity of toxigenic fungi.
- Comparative genomics and transcriptomics for genome-wide variations of toxigenic fungi.
- Molecular tools for fungal detection in food and feed.
Biomonitoring
- Exposure assessment of mycotoxins.
- Methods for biomonitoring exposure to mycotoxins.
- Single- and multi-mycotoxin biomarkers.
27 Tuesday afternoon
Analytics
- Sampling strategies and tools for mycotoxin detection.
- Analytical methods for regulated, modified and (re)emerging mycotoxins in food and feed.
- Rapid, cheap and easy-to-use analytical methods for mycotoxins.
- Multi-mycotoxin methods.
- Validation strategies of analytical methods for mycotoxins.
- Innovative approaches for mycotoxin detection.
28 Wednesday morning
Effect of Mycotoxins on Human, Animal, and Environmental Health
- Correlation between mycotoxin occurrence and human and animal health.
- Toxicological effects of single and combined mycotoxins exposure.
Remediation and Mitigation
- Mycotoxin reduction, detoxification, and related mechanisms.
- Physical, chemical, and biological detoxification processes.
- Innovative and sustainable strategies for mycotoxin reduction.
28 Wednesday afternoon
Workshop session follow-up (Open Event 2.00-3.30 pm)
Final seminar of PRIN2020 - MYCENDEA
MYCotoxin ENniatins DEoxynivalenol Association: Role of enniatins as emerging mycotoxins and their association with deoxynivalenol in plant, insect, animal and human systems