Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Omic Advances and New Avenues of Research
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
"Biosynthesis, Regulation and Distribution of Marine Toxins Inspired by Genome Mining"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
"Chemotaxonomy Driven Characterization of Mycotoxin and Phycotoxin Producing Microorganisms"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Efforts in Monitoring, Mitigation and Forecasting of Prevalence
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"Integrating HAB Detection Technologies with a Regional Observing System in the Great Lakes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
"Enzymes for Mitigation of Mycotoxin Exposure of Farmed Animals"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
"Detection, Alarming and Control Technologies of Biotoxin Contamination in Agro-Products: Using Aflatoxin as an Example"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
"Gramillins A and B: Phytotoxic Cyclic Lipopeptides of Fusarium graminearum "
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Microbial Community Dynamics and Biotoxin Production
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
"Impacts of Predation and Competition on Algal Toxin Production"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Examples of Structural Variability of Phycotoxins and Implications for Monitoring and Regulation"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Localization of Microcystin and Anabaenopeptin Peptides on a Subcellular Level in the Cyanobacteria Planktothrix and Microcystis by Means of Noninvasive Peptide Labelling"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Human Health and Early Developmental Effects
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"Detection of a Diagnostic Biomarker for Chronic Domoic Acid Exposure in Serum of Human Seafood Consumers Using a Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
"The Conspiracy of Trichothecenes and E. coli in Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
"Deoxynivalenol, a Risk Factor for Colitis Development"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
"Harmful Cyanobacteria in Drinking Water Sources: Expression of Toxicity, Treatment Process Issues and Public Health"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Exposure Risks and Vulnerable Populations
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
"Assessment of Mycotoxin Prevalence Through Human Biomarkers of Exposure Analysis"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
"Aflatoxin Exposure in Children Rural Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Exposure Risks for Microcystins in Blue-Green Algae-Based Dietary Supplements"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolomic Approaches and New Described Toxins
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"New MS and NMR Tools for the Automatic Recognition of Marine Toxins and Other Natural Products"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
"Chemoinformatics and Computational Tools for HAB Monitoring and Characterization"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
"Omics for Elucidating Plant-Pathogen Cross Talk and Mycotoxin Biotransformation"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
"Strategies for Untargeted Identification of New or Rare Toxin Congeners"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Co-Occurence and Combined Toxicity
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
"Toxicological Relevance of Alternaria Toxins in Complex Mixtures"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
"The Structural Elucidation of Maitotoxin-3"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
"Differences in Xanthophyll De-Epoxidase Activity, and Redox Status in High and Low Toxic Strains of K. brevis "
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
"Method Development for the Screening of Multiple Phycotoxins"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regulation and Biosynthesis
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"Hetereolgous Expression of Cyanobacterial Toxins"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
"Regulation of Aspergillus flavus Development and Secondary Metabolism: From Genes to Metabolites"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
"How Other Fusarium Secondary Metabolites Affect DON Metabolism in Plants"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Characterization of Cyanotoxins in the Unprecedented Lake Superior Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms of 2018"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Metabolomic Study of Saxitoxin Biosynthesis in Dinoflagellates Using 15N-Labelled Sodium Nitrate as a Nitrogen Source"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Production of NX Toxins by Fusarium graminearum in Ontario: Discovery of a New Source"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Challenges in Low and Middle Income Countries
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
"Social-Ecological Approaches to Addressing Health Risks from CyanoHABs in Subsistence Communities: Case Studies in Kenya and Guatemala"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm
"Experiences from the Field: Challenges, Opportunities and Progress in Aflatoxin Management in Africa"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
General Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure