Name: The 3rd International Online Conference on Toxics
Start: 2026-09-08T22:00:00
End: 2026-09-10T22:00:00

Program Overview

Time in CEST	9 September Wednesday	10 September Thursday	11 September Friday
Morning 9:00-12:00	Session 4. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Comparative Toxicology, and Multi-Omics Integration Flash Poster (Session 4)	Session 3. Innovating Toxicology: NAMs and Computational Tools for Next-Generation Risk Assessment Flash Poster (Session 3)	Session 1. Exposure Routes / Exposome of Emerging Contaminants and Materials in the Environment Flash Poster (Session 1)
Break
Afternoon 14:00-17:00	Chair Welcome Speech Session 5. Risk Assessment, Policy, and Environmental Justice in Chemical Safety Flash Poster (Session 5)	Session 2. Wildlife Ecotoxicology, Sentinel Species, and Ecosystem Health Flash Poster (Session 2)

IOCTO 2026 Program (DAY 1)

Session 4. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Comparative Toxicology, and Multi-Omics Integration

Date: 9 September 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST	Speaker	Title
09:00-09:05	Prof. Dr. Yankai Xia Session Chair of S4	Welcome From The Session Chair
09:05 –09:25	Dr. Xiaotao Shen Invited Speaker	MAPA: A Semantic Network Framework For Functional Module Discovery And Interpretation In Multi-Omics Data
09:25 –09:45	Prof. Dr. Chris Martyniuk Invited Speaker	New Approach Methods To Study The Toxicity Of Perfluorinated Chemicals
09:45 –10:00	Mikhail Novikov Oral Speaker	Comparative Assessment Of Contrast Enhancement Properties Of Dadolinium-Based MRI Contrast Agents
10:00–10:15	Laia Garcia Ferran Oral Speaker	Extracellular Vesicle Release Reflects Dose-Dependent Hepatotoxic Responses In HepG2 Cells
10:15–10:30	Federica Bovio Oral Speaker	Analyzing Cadmium-Driven Biochemical Changes: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach For The Evaluation Of Neuron And Microglia Models
10:30–10 :45	Mai Awad Oral Speaker	Oxidative DNA Damage and Repair Disruption Under Pesticide–Metal Co‑Exposure
10:45–11:00	Yuting Cheng Oral Speaker	IM-MOTIC: An AI-Assisted Evidence-Driven Framework for Mechanism Mining, Target Exploration, and Validation in Environmental Chemical Toxicity
11:00–11:15	Wei Wu Oral Speaker	Parental-Origin-Divergent m6A Remodeling Mediates Transgenerational Male Reproductive Toxicity Of PFHpA Via PPARα-Dependent Steroidogenic Disruption
11:15–11:35	Flash Poster Presentations	Austėja Vitkauskaitė Effects of Selenium on Iron Concentration and Catalase Activity in Mouse Liver under Aluminum Exposure Paula Barciela Álvarez Systems-Level Effects Of Plant-Based Cognitive Enhancer Extracts: A Multi-Omics Perspective Maria Inês Monteiro Machado An Inflamed Gut Is Not Always A Leaky Gut: Mycotoxin Permeability In A Co-culture Model Antônio Tonon Bissoli Effects Of Exposure To Tributyltin On Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Mesenteric Resistance Arteries of Wistar Rats
11:35–11:55	Prof. Dr. Antonella Smeriglio Invited Speaker	Misidentification Of Edible And Poisonous Wild Plants In The Mediterranean Area: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Food Safety And Forensic Toxicology
11:55–12:10	Manuela D. Machado Oral Speaker	Toxicological Impacts of Fluoxetine on the Freshwater Microalga Raphidocelis Subcapitata: A Multi-Endpoint Assessment
BREAK

Session 5. Risk Assessment, Policy, and Environmental Justice in Chemical Safety

Date: 9 September 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST	Speaker	Title
14:00-14:10	Dr. Natalia Garcia-Reyero Dr. Carlos Barata Co-Chairs	Welcome from the Event Chairs
14:10-14:20	Dr. Gunnar Toft Session Chair of Session 5	Welcome From The Session Chair
14:20-14:40	Dr. Antonio Peña-Fernández Invited Speaker	Linking Chemical And Biological Hazards n Risk Assessment An Interdisciplinary Approach To Evaluating Environmental Contaminants And Emerging Zoonotic Opportunistic Human Pathogens With Relevance For Human Health Protection
14:40-15:00	Prof. Dr. Alesia Ferguson Invited Speaker	Role Of Children’s Activities In Their Early Exposures To Chemicals
15:00-15:15	Laura García Cansino Oral Speaker	Enantioselective Determination Of Duvelisib In Wastewater Samples By Electrokinetic Chromatography After µSPEed Preconcentration
15:15-15:30	Luthando Lukhanyo Tiya Oral Speaker	Distinct Toxicological Profiles Of Pesticide Metabolites Compared To Parent Compounds: Evidence From A Zebrafish Model
15:30-15:45	Ana-Marija Valland Oral Speaker	Genotoxicity Biomarkers In Healthcare Workers Occupationally Exposed To Antineoplastic Drugs: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
15:45-16:00	Vera Vokina Oral Speaker	Methodological Approaches To A Biological Model For Validating Health Damage Criteria Following Wildfire Smoke Exposure
16:00-16:15	Roberto Bava Oral Speaker	Clinical Masking Of Insecticide Toxicity: Pharmacological Antagonism Between Flupyradifurone And Deltamethrin In Honeybees (Apis Mellifera)
16:15-16:30	Ronnel Nolos Oral Speaker	Heavy Metal(Loid) Contamination In A Mining-Impacted Island Province In The Philippines: A Systematic Review
16:30-16:45	Flash Poster Presentations	Daniil N. Malyshev Quantitative Determination Of Toxic Elements In Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids By Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Eduardo Morais Beretta Systematic Review: Does Glyphosate Exposure Cause Cancer? Mirta Milić Spatial Assessment of Environmental Vulnerability Using Multicriteria Geospatial Analysis as a Tool for Integrated Pollution Management in the Grande Tulancingo River, Mexico
END OF DAY 1

IOCTO 2026 Program (DAY 2)

Session 3. Innovating Toxicology: NAMs and Computational Tools for Next-Generation Risk Assessment

Date: 10 September 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST	Speaker	Title
09:00-09:10	Dr. Emilio Benfenati Session Chair 3	Welcome From The Session Chair
09:10-09:30	Dr. Igor V. Tetko Invited Speaker	The Rise of AI Methods in Computational Toxicology: Limitations, Advantages and Perspectives
09:30-09:50	Prof. Dr. Wei Shi Invited Speaker	NAMs for Screening of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
09:50-10:05	Ibrahim Hamisu Abdul Oral Speaker	GC–MS Characterization, Brine Shrimp Lethality, and In Silico Toxicity Prediction of Alkaloid Fractions from the Stem Bark of Nauclea diderrichii
10:05-10:20	Tithi Paul Oral Speaker	Filling Monitoring Gaps in Freshwater Pesticide Surveillance Using Random Forest Machine Learning
10:20-10:35	Gabriel Pereira Oral Speaker	Combining Explicit Molecular Features and Latent ChemBERTa Embeddings for Ecotoxicological Screening
10:35-10:50	Núria Ferrer-Cortés Oral Speaker	Optimization of ICP-MS/MS-Based Methodology for Multielemental Analysis in Follicular Fluid: New Approaches in Female Infertility Research
10:50-11:05	Ilse Van Overmeire Oral Speaker	In Silico Assessment of the Endocrine Disrupting and Genotoxic Pootential of Bisguaiacols As Possible Bisphenol A Aternatives
11:05-11:25	Flash Poster Presentations	Ani Tevosyan Improved Prediction of Chemical Carcinogenicity Based on Hybrid In Silico/In Vitro Methodology Peihao Wu Multimodal AI Generates Virtual Rats: Predicting Hepatic Burden of Oral Drugs Sezen Yılmaz Sarıaltın Integrated in Silico Assessment of Environmental and Human Toxicity of Carbamazepine as a Pseudo-persistent Emerging Contaminant Bruna De Bessa Alves Human Umbilical Artery as a New Approach Methodology (NAM) To Assess Thyroid-Disruptive Vascular Effects of Emerging Contaminant Mixtures
11:25-11:40	Katherine Virginia Bouchard Oral Speaker	How Optimization of Skin Sensitization and Photoirritation Assays are Advancing In Vitro Photoallergy Assessment
BREAK

Session 2. Wildlife Ecotoxicology, Sentinel Species, and Ecosystem Health

Date: 10 September 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST	Speaker	Title
14:00-14:10	Prof. Dr. Jose V. Tarazona Session Chair of Session 2	Welcome From The Session Chair
14:10-14:30	Prof. Dr. Antonia Concetta Elia Invited Speaker	Expanding The Ecotoxicological Toolbox For Ecosystem Health: Native And Non-Native Wildlife Models
14:30-14:50	Dr. Sara Tramontini Invited Speaker	The Assessment Of Impacts To Ecosystem Services Caused By Invasive Plant Pests In The EU: The New EFSA Approach
14:50-15:05	Winkins Santosh Oral Speaker	Assessment Of Combined Methylparaben And Diethyl Phthalate Exposure On Developmental And Behavioral Toxicity In Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Embryos And Larvae
15:05-15:20	Leonid Antonov Oral Speaker	Responses Of Water Fleas Against A Complex Mixture Of Pollutants: Using Daphnia Magna To Understand Cocktail Effects
15:20-15:35	Teresa Chianese Oral Speaker	Effects Of Arsenic Exposure On Oxidative And Cellular Stress In Lymnaea Stagnalis
15:35-15:50	Roger Busom Casado Oral Speaker	Coastal To Oceanic Comparison Of Plastic Additive Accumulation In Northeast Atlantic Top Predator Sharks
15:50-16:05	Thimo Groffen Oral Speaker	Comparative stress responses of two freshwater bivalves to emerging PFAS contaminants
16:05-16:20	Paulo Vale Oral Speaker	Retrospective Study Of Seagull Poisonings In Central Portugal: Can Marine Phycotoxins Be Involved?
16:20-16:35	Anne Leung Oral Speaker	The Impact of Cigarette Filters on Aquatic Ecosystems Using Daphnids as Model Organisms
16:35-17:00	Flash Poster Presentations	Sabrina Balsamo Hepatic And Reproductive Toxicity Of Glyphosate Exposure In The Terrestrial Bioindicator Podarcis Siculus Sophia Vidal Occurrence And Bioaccumulation Of PFAS In Bivalve Mollusks: A Systematic Review Clara Naccari Blue Crab Callinectus Sapidus a New Sentinel Species of Metals Pollution in Mediterranean Sea Sebastian Felipe Hidalgo Torres Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Arsenic and Its Relationship with Physicochemical Parameters in the Tampamachoco Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico
END OF DAY 2

IOCTO 2026 Program (DAY 3)

Session 1. Exposure Routes / Exposome of Emerging Contaminants and Materials in the Environment

Date: 11 September 2026 (Friday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST	Speaker	Title
09:00-09:10	Prof. Dr. Rakesh Kanda Session Chair of Session 1	Welcome From The Session Chair
09:10-09:30	Dr. Ilaria Guagliardi Invited Speaker	A Critical Comparative Assessment Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) And X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Methodologies For High‑Resolution Determination Of Potentially Toxic Elements In Soil Matrices
09:30-09:50	Dr. Ovokeroye Abafe Invited Speaker	PFAS Exposure In South Africa: Concentrations In Food, Drinking Water And Matched Breast Milk And Serum
09:50-10:05	Ushemegbe Rita Ekhareafo Oral Speaker	Ecological Risk Assessment Of Soils Near Abandoned Pb–Zn Mines In Nigeria
10:05-10:20	Roger Lyrio dos Santos Oral Speaker	Effects Of Tributyltin Exposure On Endothelium-Dependent Coronary Vasodilation In Female Rats
10:20-10:35	Kannalinya Boontee Oral Speaker	Blood And Urine Heavy Metal Level In E-Waste And Non-E-Waste Workers
10:35-10:50	Amir Sapir Oral Speaker	PFOS At Human-Relevant Concentrations Activates A KLF-1–P450 Mitochondrial Protective Axis In Caenorhabditis Elegans
10:50-11:05	Rafael Bertini Simião Oral Speaker	Multispecies Physiological Disruption By Metabolic Contaminants And Sweeteners: Implications For Aquatic Ecosystem Functioning
11:05-11:20	Yu-ting Wei Oral Speaker	Dual-Source Heavy Metal Co-Exposure Impairs Genetic Growth Potential In Preschool Children: A Large Population-Based Mixture Analysis
11:20-11:40	Flash Poster Presentations	Surajit De Mandal Dietary Exposure To Microbial Contaminants And Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Metagenomic Insights From Traditional Fermented Pork Fat Ukam Uno-Ubarei Uno Modulatory Effects Of Vitamin C On Lead Induced Organotoxicity And Histopathology In Male Albino Rats Franciele Domingos Environmental Implications Of Caffeine Exposure On Terrestrial Plant Establishment Ramona Zgavarogea Trace Element Bioaccumulation In Meat And Bone Samples: Environmental Exposure, Nutritional Relevance And Food Chain Transfer
11:40-11:55	Alison K. Bauer Oral Speaker	Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons And Sugarcane Workers In Guatemalan
END OF IOCTO 2026