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: Impacts of Biotoxins in a Changing Climate
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
"Understanding the Role of Benthic Algal Toxins in Unusual Fish Behavior and Mortality Events: Case Study in the Florida Keys 2024-2025"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Biotechnologies, Old and New: Their Impacts on Mycotoxins"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Aflatoxin Biomarkers as Tools for Characterizing Human Exposure and Dose"
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
Ecology and Microbiology of Toxic Microbes
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
"Freshwater Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Microcoleus and More"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address the interests and needs of all scientists and the challenges they face in their careers. Specifically, the program promotes meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages about barriers to career advancement and strategies to support the professional growth of all members of the community. The GRC Power Hour™ is open to all conference participants.
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
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
"Predicting Domoic Acid Along US West Coast"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Determination of Modified and Bound Ochratoxin A in Maize"
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
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 - 11:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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
Mitigation and Control of Biotoxins for Food and Water Safety
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
"Targeting the C-7 Hydroxyl: A Novel Biotransformation Pathway for Deoxynivalenol Detoxification"
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
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Biomonitoring of Human Exposure to Mycotoxins"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"The Bloom also Rises: New Insights in the Health Impacts of Airborne Cyanotoxins in the Great Lakes"
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
"The Expanding Role of Mycotoxins in Exposome Research"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Beyond Bottlenecks: Innovating Ciguatoxin Monitoring for Tomorrow’s Challenges"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
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
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
"Challenges and Future State for Mycotoxin Analysis: A Review From a Regulatory Perspective"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Strategic Approaches to Produce Stereochemically Relevant Ciguatoxin Analogues"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Leadbeaterins, Novel Ichthyotoxic Sterolysins from the Haptophyte Chrysochromulina Leadbeateri, Responsible for Massive Fish Kills in Norway"
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
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
"Mycotoxin Exposure in the Chilean Population and Possible Health Implications"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"The Salish Sea’s Silent Crisis: Yessotoxins and Shellfish Die-Offs"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Up Rise: Building Inclusive and Safe Food Systems in Africa by Addressing Mycotoxins"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Advances in Anabaenopeptin Research"
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: Biotoxin Synthesis and Molecular Regulation
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Why do Cyanobacteria Produce Toxins? Clues from Their Biosynthesis Genes"
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
"Diversity of Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Mycotoxin Production"
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