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Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins

Gordon Research Conference

Global Impacts of Biotoxins on the Safety and Sustainability of Food and Water

June 15 - 20, 2025

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Vice Chairs

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Stonehill College

320 Washington Street

Easton, Massachusetts, United States

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Application Information

The application deadline for this meeting was May 18, 2025. You may still submit an application, which may be considered by the conference chair if there is still room available.

Conference Description

The Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes an array of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

The 2025 GRC on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins will provide a lively forum for academic, government and private sector scientists to discuss novel fungal and algal toxin research, focusing on such topics as human and ecosystem health, analytical methods, modeling and mitigation, and the biology and ecology of toxin production. Fungal and algal toxins are naturally occurring food and water contaminants that adversely affect human and animal health globally. The goal of the conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of outstanding senior scientists and junior investigators, from diverse backgrounds and geography, to address the task of ensuring the safety of global food and water supplies. The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), immediately preceding the GRC, is designed to give graduate students and junior scientists an ideal platform to present their research and interact both with their peers as well as experts in their fields.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Advances in Biotoxin Biotechnology Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	"Biotechnologies, Old and New: Their Impacts on Mycotoxins"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	"Why do Cyanobacteria Produce Toxins? Clues from Their Biosynthesis Genes"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm	"Aflatoxin Biomarkers as Tools for Characterizing Human Exposure and Dose"
9:15 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	Ecology and Microbiology of Toxic Microbes Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:20 am	"The Emerging Threat of Alexandrium Catenella and Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in a Warming Pacific Arctic"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	"Epidemiology and Biodiversity of Mycotoxigenic Fungi: A Continuously Evolving World"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	"Tackling Cyanobacterial Algal Blooms Across North Carolina's Albermarle-Pamlico Sound"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	"From Ocean to Plate: Understanding the Drivers, Fate, and Consequences of Dinophysis cf. Acuminata Blooms in the Southwestern Atlantic"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	"Determination of Modified and Bound Ochratoxin A in Maize"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	"Freshwater Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Microcoleus and More"
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	Monitoring, Forecasting, and Modeling of Biotoxins Discussion Leaders: and
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	"When Black Swans Flock: How Emerging Weather Extremes Affect Mycotoxin Contamination"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	"Signals in the Water: Exploring Metabolite Biomarkers Linked to Harmful Algal Bloom Initiation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	"Scalable Predictive Modelling for Mycotoxin Risk: The Adaptability and Applications of the AFLA-Maize Model"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	"Predicting Domoic Acid Along US West Coast"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Toxicology of Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:20 am	"Neurological Effects of Aerosolized Red Tide Neurotoxins"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	"Deoxynivalenol: New Effect of an Old Toxin"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	"Filling in the Gaps of Sub Lethal Phycotoxin Exposure to Fish, the Knowns and Unknowns"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	"Biosynthesis of the Central Tricyclic Skeleton of Trichothecene Mycotoxins"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
11:40 am - 11:55 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:05 pm	Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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	Mitigation and Control of Biotoxins for Food and Water Safety Discussion Leaders: and
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	"A Dive into Controlling cyanoHABs and Mitigating Their Toxins"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	"Discovery, Engineering, and Application of an Ochratoxinase"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	"Advancing Flocculation and Sedimentation Technology for Removal of HAB Cells and Toxins"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	"A Combined Computational and Experimental Approach to Unravel Zearalenone Oxidation by Laccase Mediator System"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Human and Environmental Health Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am	"Beyond Bottlenecks: Innovating Ciguatoxin Monitoring for Tomorrow’s Challenges"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	"The Expanding Role of Mycotoxins in Exposome Research"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	"Novel Insights on Ovatoxin-a Hazard Characterization"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	"Mycotoxin Exposure in the Chilean Population and Possible Health Implications"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	"Advances in Anabaenopeptin Research"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	"Mycotoxin Biomarkers in Urine: Gauging Exposure in Young Children"
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	Advances in Biotoxin Analysis Discussion Leaders: and
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	"Dealing with Multiple Interference: The Palytoxin-Group of Toxins as Case Study"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	"Strategic Approaches to Produce Stereochemically Relevant Ciguatoxin Analogues"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	"Leadbeaterins, Novel Ichthyotoxic Sterolysins from the Haptophyte Chrysochromulina Leadbeateri, Responsible for Massive Fish Kills in Norway"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	Late-Breaking Topic
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Impacts of Biotoxins in Susceptible Populations Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am	"Managing Mycotoxins in Southern African Grain: A Continuously Moving Target"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	"Risk Assessment of Marine Biotoxins in New Caledonia: Species Diversity, Toxin Profiles and Trophic Transfer"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	"Up Rise: Building Inclusive and Safe Food Systems in Africa by Addressing Mycotoxins"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	"The Bloom also Rises: New Insights in the Health Impacts of Airborne Cyanotoxins in the Great Lakes"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	"Multiple Mycotoxin Exposure and Associations with Infant Growth in Rural Zimbabwe"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	"The Salish Sea’s Silent Crisis: Yessotoxins and Shellfish Die-Offs"
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	Keynote Session: Ecotoxicology of Biotoxins Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	"Targeting the C-7 Hydroxyl: A Novel Biotransformation Pathway for Deoxynivalenol Detoxification"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm	"Understanding the Role of Benthic Algal Toxins in Unusual Fish Behavior and Mortality Events: Case Study in the Florida Keys 2024-2025"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 1R13ES037216-01. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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Registration Fees

Conferee Single Room:

$1,250.00

Conferee Shared Room:

$1,250.00

Conferee Off-Site:

$800.00

Guest Single Room:

$1,060.00

Guest Shared Room:

$1,060.00

Guest Off-Site:

$610.00

Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:

$530.00

Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:

$305.00

Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:

Free

Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:

Free

Bus Arriving:

$62.00

Bus Departing:

$62.00

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