Program Overview
IECTO 2024 Program
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20 March 2024 (Wednesday)
Opening Ceremony
Session C. Toxicological Mechanisms of Toxicants
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Speaker | Title |
| 9:30-9:35 | 16:30-16:35 | Welcome from the conference chair—Dr. Demetrio Raldúa | |
| 9:35-10:05 | 16:35-17:05 | Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Roy M. Harrison |
Air pollution and health, past present and future |
| 10:05-10:35 | 17:05-17:35 | Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Emilio Benfenati |
Read-across: Today and tomorrow |
| 10:35-10:45 | 17:35-17:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-11:05 | 17:45-18:05 | Invited Speaker Prof. Dr. Jing Liu |
Effects of pyrethroid insecticides on glucose homeostasis and gestational diabetes mellitus |
| 11:05-11:20 | 18:05-18:20 | Selected Speaker Margarida Ribeiro Vilaça |
Unravelling the effects of benzo[k]fluoranthene and temperature on the expression of detoxification genes in the rainbow trout liver RTL-W1 cell line |
| 11:20-11:35 | 18:20-18:35 | Selected Speaker Fang Chu |
Unveiling the LncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory network in arsenic-induced nerve injury in rats using high-throughput sequencing |
Session B. Drugs Toxicity and Safety
Session E. Novel Methods in Toxicology Research
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Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | 21:00-21:10 | Welcome from the session chair—Prof. Dr. Youssef Sari | |
| 14:10-14:40 | 21:10-21:40 | Keynote Speaker Prof. Dr. Hartmut Jaeschke |
Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: Novel mechanisms and therapeutic approaches |
| 14:40-14:55 | 21:40-21:55 | Selected Speaker Archange Michel Emmanuel MBOUNGOU MALONGA |
Neurotoxicity of valproic acid in wistar rats: Effects on memory |
| 14:55-15:10 | 21:55-22:10 | Selected Speaker Karolina Nowak |
Self-poisonings by use of ‘suicide kits’ and a ‘home-made’ multi-xenobiotics mixes: Are they a growing problem in forensic toxicology? |
| 15:10-15:20 | 22:10-22:20 | Welcome from the session chair—Dr. Natalia Garcia-Reyero | |
| 15:20-15:40 | 22:20-22:40 | Invited Speaker Dr. Maite De Maria |
Impacts of glyphosate on in-vitro T-lymphocytes in florida manatees |
| 15:40-16:00 | 22:40-23:00 | Invited Speaker Dr. Kelly Carsten |
New approach methods for developmental neurotoxicity: A per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) case study |
| 16:00-16:15 | 23:00-23:15 | Selected Speaker Jingjie Zhang |
Evaluation of the genotoxic potential of a flavored oral nicotine pouch product using integrated approaches |
| 16:15-16:30 | 23:15-23:30 | Selected Speaker Martina Palomino-Schätzlein |
ProtoPRED: An innovative platform for the prediction of toxicological properties of small molecules and nanomaterials |
21 March 2024 (Thursday)
Session D. Identification and Quantification of Toxicants
Session F. Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation
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Speaker | Title |
| 9:30-9:40 | 16:30-16:40 | Welcome from the session chair—Prof. Dr. Virgínia Cruz Fernandes | |
| 9:40-10:00 | 16:40-17:00 | Invited Speaker Dr. Diogo Pestana |
Nutrition, environment & endocrine disruptors—A translational approach |
| 10:00-10:15 | 17:00-17:15 | Selected Speaker Tieqing You |
Target analysis and suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tap water samples throughout Chinese cities |
| 10:15-10:30 | 17:15-17:30 | Selected Speaker Kaja Tusiewicz |
A historical drug or a current problem? Determination of methaqualone and its analogs in biological material via UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS |
| 10:30-10:40 | 17:30-17:40 | Welcome from the session chair—Prof. Dr. Qixing Zhou | |
| 10:40-11:00 | 17:40-18:00 | Invited Speaker Dr. Yuxia Liu |
Impacts of microplastics on performance and assembly of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria |
| 11:00-11:15 | 18:00-18:15 | Selected Speaker Louis Tremblay |
Up-the-pipe solutions: A best-practice framework to engage communities in reducing chemical contamination in waste |
| 11:15-11:30 | 18:15-18:30 | Selected Speaker SBIAA Salah Eddine |
Green and high-performance magnetic catalysts for the toxicity-catalytic reduction of nitroarene |
| 11:30-11:45 | 18:30-18:45 | Selected Speaker Juan Adrian Ramos Guivar |
Ecotoxicological behavior of functionalized magnetic nanohybrids in water flea Daphnia magna and their recovered physicochemical properties |
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Speaker | Title |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | 21:00 - 22:30 | Poster Session | The Poster Sessions will take place in Zoom break-out rooms. The list of names and titles of the posters can be found here. The Zoom link can be found here. |
22 March 2024 (Friday)
Session A. Environmental Contaminants and Health
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Speaker | Title |
| 9:30-9:40 | 16:30-16:40 | Welcome from the session chair—Prof. Dr. Yankai Xia | |
| 9:40-10:00 | 16:40-17:00 | Invited Speaker Dr. Di Wu |
The detection of microplastics in biological samples and their potential health effects |
| 10:00-10:15 | 17:00-17:15 | Selected Speaker Minjian Chen |
A metabolomic study on spermatogenesis failure induced by heavy metal exposome |
| 10:15-10:30 | 17:15-17:30 | Selected Speaker Francis Manyori Bigambo |
Impact of temperature and relative humidity variability on children’s allergic diseases and critical time window identification |
| 10:30-10:45 | 17:30-17:45 | Selected Speaker Antonio Peña-Fernández |
Environmental exposure of children to silver in Alcalá de Henares (Spain): Risk assessment due to its presence in topsoils |
| 10:45-11:00 | 17:45-18:00 | Selected Speaker Sandra Lavandeira |
The impact of occupational exposure on workers’ respiratory microbiota |
| 11:00-11:15 | 18:00-18:15 | Selected Speaker Mingzhi Zhang |
Neonatal cytokines: Mediators and indicators of PM2.5 exposure during early pregnancy and childhood eczema |
| 11:15-11:30 | 18:15-18:30 | Selected Speaker Teetawat Santijitpakde |
Oxidative potential as a health risk estimation of ambient PM2.5 in Chiang Mai City, Northern Thailand: A study in 2021 |
| 11:30-11:45 | 18:30-18:45 | Selected Speaker Stefania Gheorghe |
Ecotoxicological effects of polystyrene particles on Cyprinus carpio: A laboratory assessment |
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Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | 21:00-21:10 | Welcome from the committee—Dr. Jose V. Tarazona | |
| 14:10-14:40 | 21:10-21:40 | Keynote Speaker Dr. Gunnar Toft |
Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds and offspring reproductive function |
| 14:40-14:55 | 21:40-21:55 | Selected Speaker Shaohan Zhang |
Human exposure characteristics of liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) and their mechanisms to cross the skin barrier |
| 14:55-15:10 | 21:55-22:10 | Selected Speaker Bhavana Sivakumar |
PM2.5-induced declined cardiac tolerance to ischemia-reperfusion injury can be ameliorated by hydrogen sulfide |
| 15:10-15:25 | 22:10-22:25 | Selected Speaker Chayan Munshi |
Arsenic-induced neurotoxicity: A study on the brain–behaviour circuit |
| 15:25-15:40 | 22:25-22:40 | Selected Speaker Monica Torres-Ruiz |
Effects of acute nanoplastic exposure on thyroid hormone axis and behavior in zebrafish larvae |
| 15:40-15:55 | 22:40-22:55 | Selected Speaker Pedro Espitia-Pérez |
Genetic damage and multi-elemental exposure in populations in proximity to artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas in North Colombia |
| 15:55-16:10 | 22:55-23:10 | Selected Speaker Irini Tsiodra |
Spatiotemporal gradients of PAHs in Greek urban environments and subsequent health impacts |