The 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics

Name: The 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics
Start: 2025-09-07T22:00:00
End: 2025-09-09T22:00:00

From Molecules to Adverse Outcomes: Bridging Exposure, Toxicology, and Regulation for Environmental Health

Event's Timezone: Central European Time

toxicological methods, toxicological mechanisms, organ toxicity, predictive toxicology

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Welcome from the Chair

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the MDPI journal Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304; Impact Factor: 3.5) and its Scientific Committee, I am pleased to invite you to participate in the 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics. This meeting will be held online from 8-10 September 2025.

The aim of this platform is to bring together students, researchers, and scientists from around the world to present their work and exchange ideas on the exposure, effects, and risks of chemicals and materials on humans and the natural environment, as well as on the development of new approaches to assess and/or manage the toxicological and ecotoxicological risks of chemicals and materials. The topics are organized into six sessions, corresponding to the following journal Sections:

1. Exposure Pathways – Air and Water Contamination
2. Molecular Stressors – Nanoparticles, Mixtures, and Persistent Pollutants
3. Cutting-Edge Approaches in Pharmacology & Toxicology
4. Pesticides, Pollutants, and Health Risk
5. Exploring Non-Model Species for Ecotoxicology
6. Bridging Science and Policy – New and Upcoming Regulations

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee and, if accepted, authors can choose to submit proceedings papers or posters, potentially alongside a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of their work. All accepted abstracts will be published as one dedicated volume in the Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2504-3900).

The 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel fees. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference by presenting your latest work. Abstracts (in English) should be submitted online before 9 May 2025.

Kind regards,
Dr. Natalia Garcia-Reyero
The Mississippi State University, USA

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Event Chair

Dr. Natalia Garcia-Reyero

Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing & Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Renjie Chen

School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Dr. Xiaojun Luo

Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Dr. Carlos Barata

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Sessions

1. Exposure Pathways – Air and Water Contamination
2. Molecular Stressors – Nanoparticles, Mixtures, and Persistent Pollutants
3. Cutting-Edge Approaches in Pharmacology & Toxicology
4. Pesticides, Pollutants, and Health Risk
5. Exploring Non-Model Species for Ecotoxicology
6. Bridging Science and Policy – New and Upcoming Regulations

Registration

The registration for IOCTO 2025 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.

If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 5 September 2025.

Instructions for Authors

Procedure for Submission

The 2nd International Online Conference on Toxics will accept abstracts only.
The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.

Important Deadlines

1. Deadline for abstract submission: 9 May 2025.
2. Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 13 June 2025.
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral presentation in a separate email.

Certificates of Participation will only be available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under “My certificates” after the conference.

Abstract submission

Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.

1. The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.

Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.

Oral Presentation and Slides Submission

The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software.

Poster Gallery

Poster:

a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M

Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)

You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.

Authors who wish to present a poster are invited to send it to the conference email at iocto2025@mdpi.com. All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.

Publication Opportunity

1. Toxics Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to a Special Issue published in Toxics (ISSN: 2305-6304, Impact Factor 3.9), with a 10% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.

Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers.

2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of IOCTO 2025 in Environmental Sciences Proceedings (ISSN: 2673-4931); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (3-6 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCTO 2025 conference paper in their cover letter.
Proceedings submission deadline: 25 October 2025
Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:

Title.
Full author names.
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
Abstract.
Keywords.
Introduction.
Methods.
Results and Discussion.
Conclusions.
Acknowledgements.
References.

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Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide six awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.

The Awards

Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards

Number of Awards Available: 6

The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.

There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.