Biomonitoring of mycotoxin exposure and associated impact on the gut microbiome in Nigerian infants

Kolawole Ayeni^1,2, David Seki^3,4, Petra Pjevac^3,5, Bela Hausmann^3,4, Magdalena Krausova¹, Dominik Braun¹, Lukas Wisgrill^6,7, David Berry^3,5, Benedikt Warth^1,7, Chibundu Ezekiel^2,8

¹University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Währinger Straße 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria.; ²Department of Microbiology, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.; ³Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; ⁴Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, 1090, Austria; ⁵Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; ⁶Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.; ⁷Exposome Austria, Research Infrastructure and National EIRENE Node, Vienna.; ⁸University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), Institute for Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Korand-LorenzStr. 20, Tulln, Austria

Cohort Study Investigating Zearalenone Concentrations and Selected Steroid Levels in Patients with Sigmoid Colorectal Cancer or Colorectal Cancertle

Magdalena Gajęcka², Sylwia Lisieska-Zołnierczyk¹, Michał Dąbrowski², Łukasz Zielonka², Maciej T. Gajęcki²

¹University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland; ²Independent Public Health Care Centre of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, and the Warmia and Mazury Oncology Centre in Olsztyn

The role of FOXO3a/PI3K/Akt pathway in the induction of oxidative stress by active metabolites of zearalenone: α-ZEL and β-ZEL in prostate cancer

Dominika Ewa Habrowska-Górczyńska¹, Marta Justyna Kozieł^1,2, Kinga Anna Urbanek¹, Karolina Kowalska¹, Agnieszka Wanda Piastowska-Ciesielska^1,2

¹Department of Cell Culture and Genomic Analysis, Medical University of Lodz, Poland; ²BRaIn Laboratories, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Development and application of isotopic labeled ergot alkaloids

Sven-Oliver Herter¹, Hajo Haase², Matthias Koch¹

¹Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Germany; ²Technische Universität Berlin

Alternariol induces DNA damage in ovarian cancer cells- the role of G protein coupled receptor 1

Marta Justyna Kozieł^1,2, Dominika Ewa Habrowska-Górczyńska¹, Kacper Piotr Leszczyński³, Kinga Anna Urbanek¹, Karolina Kowalska¹, Agnieszka Wanda Piastowska-Ciesielska^1,2

¹Medical University of Lodz, Department of Cell Cultures and Genomic Analysis, Lodz, Poland; ²Medical University of Lodz, BRaIn Laboratories, Lodz, Poland; ³Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Medicine, Lodz, Poland

The effect of combined exposure of Fusarium mycotoxins on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant defense and fatty acid profile in the kidney of laying hens

Szabina Kulcsar^1,4, Janka Turbók³, György Kövér², Krisztián Balogh^1,4, Erika Zándoki⁴, Patrik Gömbös³, Omeralfaroug Ali³, András Szabó^3,4, Miklós Mézes^1,4

¹Department of Feed Safety, Institute of Physiology and Nutrition, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary; ²Department of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Breeding Sciences, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary; ³Agrobiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Nutrition, Department of Physiology and Animal Health, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary; ⁴HUN-REN-MATE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary

Mycotoxigenic fungi in maize production systems in Makueni, Kilifi and Kisumu Counties in Kenya

Charles Nkonge², Ruth Amata², C. Mugambi², E. Wakoli², Katherine Muñoz³, Christian Roder¹, Markus Schmidt-Heydt¹

¹Max Rubner-Institut, Germany; ²Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, Nairobi, Kenya; ³Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau

Impact of DON, ZEN, and Their Metabolites DOM-1 and HZEN on B Cell Proliferation and Antibody Production

Alix Pierron¹, Alexandra Kleber², Elisabeth Mayer², Wilhelm Gerner¹

¹Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; ²dsm-firmenich, Animal Nutrition and Health R&D Center, Tulln, Austria

In vivo effects of an anti-mycotoxins product in weaned pigs challenged by fumonisins: Insights into the animal performance and antioxidant status

Insaf Riahi¹, Antonella Della Badia¹, Raquel Codina¹, Christos Eliopoulos², Voulgarakis Nikolaos², Georgios Papakonstantinou³, Vasileios G. Papatsiros³

¹BIONTE ANIMAL NUTRITION, Spain; ²Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter (HAO-Demeter), 14123 Athens, Greece; ³Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece

Possible Role of Mycotoxins in Endometrial Cancer Development

Márkó Unicsovics¹, Zsófia Molnár², Zsuzsanna Szőke², Katalin Posta³, György Nagyéri², Nandor Ács¹, Levente Sára¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, Hungary; ²Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungar; ³Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology and Applied Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary

The beneficial effect of luteolin and chrysin in E. coli lipopolysaccharide-ochratoxin A caused inflammation in a porcine intestinal model

Annelie Wohlert¹, Orsolya Farkas¹, Alma Virág Móritz¹, Ákos Jerzsele^1,2, Erzsébet Gere Pásztiné¹

¹Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István utca 2, H-1078, Budapest, Hungary; ²National Laboratory of Infectious Animal Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Veterinary Public Health and Food Chain Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine, István utca 2, H-1078, Budapest, Hungary

Seed coating in maize: Effects on plant development and Fusarium toxin contamination

Beatrice Berger, Tanja Schütte, Friederike Meyer-Wolfarth

Julius Kuehn-Institute, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany

Assessment of Zearalenone Levels and Nutritional Content in Wheat Samples from Kosovo Mills: Implications for Food Safety and Quality

Arieta Camaj Ibrahimi¹, Zehra Hajrulai-Musliu², Bajram Berisha³, Aferdita Camaj Isa⁴, Nazmi Hasanaj¹, Shyhrete Muriqi¹

¹University Haxhi Zeka, Kosovo; ²Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia; ³University of Prishtina, Kosovo; ⁴Kosova Medicines Agency, Kosovo

Simultaneous determination of six Alternaria toxins in wheat using liquid chromatography and UV/DAD detection

Annalisa De Girolamo, Miriam Haidukowski, Stefania Somma, Mario Masiello, Antonio Moretti

Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

LC-MS/MS and multivariate statistics to study regional and yearly mycotoxin occurrence patterns in Austrian wheat

Stephan Freitag¹, Michael Sulyok¹, Elisabeth Reiter², Maximilian Lippl², Klemens Mechtler², Rudolf Krska^1,3

¹University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 20, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria; ²Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH, Vienna; ³Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Mycotox-I – Mitigating the risks of Toxigenic Fungi in Irish Cereal Grain

Naoise Mc Kenna^1,2

¹Agri-food and Bioscience Institute; ²Queens University Belfast

Studying the protein composition of mycotoxigenic Fusarium spp.-infected wheat: a mid-infrared spectroscopy approach

Dedy Leonardo Nadeak¹, Rudolf Krska^1,2, Stephan Freitag¹

¹University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Department of Agrobiotechnology IFA-Tulln, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad Lorenz Str. 20, 3430 Tulln, Austria; ²Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Screening for deoxynivalenol in wheat using mid-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy

Patrick Rennhofer¹, Michael Sulyok¹, Rudolf Krska^1,2, Stephan Freitag¹

¹University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Department of Agrobiotechnology IFA-Tulln, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad Lorenz Str. 20, 3430 Tulln, Austria; ²Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Investigations on mycotoxin occurence and microbial status of mould-ripened cheeses from the German market

Daniela Schale¹, Nadja Jeßberger¹, Christina Rehagel², Leon Hart³, Sophie Kittler¹, Bettina Seeger¹, Ewald Usleber³, Madeleine Plötz¹

¹Institute of Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany; ²Department Oecothrophologie, Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Mönchengladbach, Germany; ³Chair of Dairy Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Food Science, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany

Insights from 8 years of mycotoxin pre-harvest monitoring in maize as part of the Austrian plant protection alert service

Vitore Shala-Mayrhofer¹, Christina Morauf², Elisabeth Reiter², Klemens Mechtler², Hubert Köppl³, Julia Muck-Arthaber⁴

¹Austrian Chamber of Agriculture, Vienna, Austria; ²Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria; ³Chamber of Agriculture Upper Austria, Linz, Austria; ⁴Chamber of Agriculture Lower Austria, St. Pölten, Austria

20 years of insights on world mycotoxin occurrence

Ines Taschl¹, Anneliese Mueller¹, Ursula Hofstetter¹, Michael Sulyok²

¹dsm-firmenich, Austria; ²University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria

Determination of regulated and emerging mycotoxins in plant-based beverages from the Italian market by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Raquel Torrijos^1,2, Octavian Augustin Mihalache¹, Chiara Dall'Asta¹

¹Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; ²Universitat de València, Spain

Synthesis of alternative haptens and generation of high-affinity antibodies to citrinin

Diego Alonso Ulloa Campos¹, Antonio Abad Somovilla¹, Ismael Navarro Fuertes¹, Consuelo Agulló Blanes¹, Josep Vicent Mercader², Antonio Abad Fuentes²

¹University of Valencia, Spain; ²Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)

Fungal and mycotoxins contamination in non-alcoholic beverages - The case of tea from Portuguese market and coffee beans from Brazil

Carla Viegas^1,2, Bianca Gomes¹, Renata Cervantes^1,2, Marta Dias^1,2, Pedro Pena^1,2, Filipe Oliveira³, Ednilton Tavares de Andrade³, Liliana Aranha Caetano^1,2, Magdalena Twarużek⁴, Robert Kosicki⁴, Susana Viegas^1,2

¹H&TRC- Health & Technology Research Center, ESTeSL- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa; ²NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; ³Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, , Brazil; ⁴Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology and Toxicology Kazimierz Wielki University Bydgoszcz Poland

The global pattern of microbial secondary metabolites in the indoor environment

Michael Sulyok¹, Gianni Rossini², Martin Täubel³, Rudolf Krska^1,4

¹University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria; ²Envirobiomics Inc, San Antonio, USA; ³Department Health Security, Environmental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Kuopio, Finland; ⁴Institute for Global Food Security, Queen´s University, Belfast, UK

Unveiling OAH: A Groundbreaking Enzymatic Approach to OTA Detoxification in Broiler Production

Dian Schatzmayr, Barbara Doupovec, Shreenath Prasad, Christoph Gonaus, Barbara Streit, Christina Gruber

dsm-firminich, Animal Nutrition and Health, Research Center Tulln, Austria

Cell wall as a barrier: EXPANSINs against mycotoxins?

Darina Balková, Marco Camardo Leggieri, Paola Battilani

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

OSMAC approach applied to mycotoxins production by Fusarium verticillioides

Emie Groppi, Alice Gadea, Angeliki Alexiou, Valérie Cristofoli, Adrien Vitrai, Mohamed Haddad

UMR 152 PHARMADEV, France

The role of soil in the biosynthesis, sorption, degradation and biological effects of mycotoxins: Conceptualization poster

Sven Korz¹, Beatrice Berger², Katherine Muñoz¹

¹Institute for Environmental Sciences, RPTU (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau), Landau, Germany; ²Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius-Kühn Institute), Braunschweig, Germany

Screening for the biologically active secondary metabolites from Stachybotrys spp.

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

University of Muenster, Germany

Citizen science project to determine fungal diversity from moldy foods in consumer households and evaluate mycotoxin exposure risk

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

Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29280 Plouzané, France

Fungal endophytes as biocontrol agents against the phytopathogen Fusarium verticillioides

Marieke VANSTEELANDT¹, Valérie CRISTOFOLI¹, Emie GROPPI¹, Adrien VITRAI¹, Patricia JARGEAT², Mohamed HADDAD¹, Alice GADEA¹

¹UMR 152, PharmaDev, Université de Toulouse, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France; ²UMR 5174 EDB, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Averufin, a precursor of aflatoxin, induces Cytotoxicity and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Human Liver Cells

Carine Al Ayoubi¹, Amy Liz Harink^1,2, Bernadette Willoquet¹, Puel Olivier¹, Puel Sylvie¹, Isabelle P. Oswald¹, Laura Soler¹

¹Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), University of Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, 31027, Toulouse, France; ²Institute of Food Chemistry, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

Mutagenic Characterization of Emerging Mycotoxins

Silvia Gascón-Corrella, Myriam Benito-Fuertes, Adela López de Cerain, Ariane Vettorazzi

MITOX Research Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

In depth mitochondrial profiling reveals early signs of toxicity after exposure to deoxynivalenol and fusaric acid in bladder cancer cells

Maximilian Jobst^1,2,3, Janice Bergen^1,2,3, Endre Kiss², Doris Marko¹, Giorgia Del Favero^1,2

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

Effects of individual and combined exposure of swine epithelial intestinal cells to Alternaria mycotoxins

Daniela Marin, Cristina Bulgaru, AnaMarin Pertea, Iulian Grosu, Gina Pistol, Ionelia Taranu

IBNA Balotesti, Romania

Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxin M1 in cheese: method validation, natural occurrence, and risk assessment

Maria Agustina Pavicich¹, Stefano Compagnoni¹, Celine Meerpoel¹, Marthe De Boevre¹, Katleen Raes², Sarah De Saeger¹

¹Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Department of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ²Research Unit VEG-i-TEC, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Kortrijk, B-8500, Belgium

Interactions of alternariol, zearalenone, α-zearalenol, and β-zearalenol with CYP enzymes and OATP transporters

Miklós Poór¹, Orsolya Ungvári², Hana Kaci², Csilla Özvegy-Laczka²

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; ²Drug Resistance Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, HUN-REN, Budapest, Hungary

Occupational exposure to mycotoxin: innovative methodological approaches

Anna Risuglia², Rosa Celeste Zumpano², Federica Incoronato¹, Sergio Spicaglia¹, Federica Ietto¹, Monica Mollica³, Vittorio Vinciguerra³, Rinaldo Botondi³, Franco Mazzei², Mara Stefanelli¹

¹Dept. of Tecnological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Antropic Settelments (DITSIPIA), INAIL, Via di Fontana Candida 1 00078, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy; ²Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies (DCTF), Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 00185 Rome, Italy; ³Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

An Assessment of the Prevalence of Aflatoxin M1 level in Milk and Milk Powder in Saudi Arabia using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Dietary Risk Assessment

Yaser Fahad Almasoud

Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Saudi Arabia

Analysis of 34 mycotoxins using Agilent 6460c LC-MS/MS

SVETLANA ĆUJIĆ, JOG RAJ, HUNOR FARKAŠ, ZDENKA JAKOVČEVIĆ, MARKO VASILJEVIĆ

PATENT CO DOO, Serbia

Occurrence of mycotoxins in different types of beer

Tereza Dolezalova, Nela Prusova, Adam Behner, Adela Kollarova, Zbynek Dzuman, Milena Stranska

Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Co-occurrence of Mycotoxins in Red Pepper Powder over the past 5 Years : A Study Utilizing Immunoaffinity Columns and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Du-hwan Hwang, Won-bum Jang, Hae-soon Lee, Jin-hyun Kim, Seung-hyeon Jung

Ottogi corporation, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Challenge of aflatoxins in the context of climate change: insights from Serbia

Jovana Kos, Bojana Radić, Radmila Radović, Pavle Jovanov, Bojana Šarić, Ljubiša Šarić

Institute of food technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Advancements in analytical methodology for aflatoxins and ochratoxin A detection in nutmeg and cocoa powder: a focus on matrix suppression challenges

Alwin Kruijt, Mees Hiddink, Ruud Dam. van, Marta M. Sopel

Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Strengthening Member States’ capabilities in mycotoxins analysis to support robust monitoring programmes: The activities of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre’s Food Safety and Control Laboratory

Britt Marianna Maestroni, Beatriz Perez-Fernandez, Carlotta Cozzani, Christina Vlachou

Food Safety and Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Assessment of Aflatoxins in Marketed Fish: A Potential Forgotten Risk in Cameroon

EVELYNE NGUEGWOUO^1,2, RAOUL FONKEM SAFACK TSAKEM⁴, ABDEL WADE³, GABRIEL MEDOUA NAMA¹, THEOPHILE KAMGAING⁴

¹Centre of Research on Food, Food Security and Nutrition, Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon., Cameroon; ²Laboratory of food science and metabolism, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, , University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon..; ³National Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Industry, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; ⁴Regional Training Centre Specialized in Agriculture (RTCSA Forestry-Wood), Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FAAS), University of Dschang, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

From AflaZ to SoLFOOD and beyond German-Kenyan World Nutrition Projects aimed at reducing food loss in sub-Saharan Africa

Markus PD Dr. Schmidt-Heydt, Christian Roder

Max Rubner-Institut, Germany

From Certificate to Reality: A Quality Assessment of Mycotoxin Reference Material

David Steiner¹, Tibor Bartók², Michael Sulyok³, András Szekeres⁴, Mónika Varga⁴, Helmut Rost¹

¹LVA GmbH, Magdeburggasse 10, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; ²Fumizol Ltd., Kisfaludy u. 6/B, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; ³University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Agrobiotechnology IFA-Tulln, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad Lorenz-Strasse 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria; ⁴University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary

Biotransformation of deoxynivalenol by black soldier fly larva

Zich Xia, Suqin Shao

Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 5C9