Scientific Program

 

APRIL 27

 

Session I

A new era for Toxicology: All sciences interlinked

Chair: Filipa Grosso (UCIBIO-FFUP), Nuno Vieira e Brito (TOXRUN-IUCS) e Vitor Seabra (TOXRUN-IUCS)

 

09h00 Opening Session | Ricardo Dinis-Oliveira, Cláudia Ribeiro, Diana Dias da Silva, Ana Raquel Freitas & Vítor Seabra, TOXRUN Management Board
09h30 Keynote session: The One Health concept under the perspective of a toxicologist. | Félix Carvalho, UCIBIO-Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
10h15 A century of research on environmental carcinogens: From legacy to emerging pollutants. | Pedro M. Costa, UCIBIO-Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Nova, Lisboa
10h45 Coffee break & Poster viewing
11h15 Microbiome intra-host evolution in health and disease. | Isabel Gordo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisboa
11h45 Animal production: challenges of being a black sheep. | Luís Pinho, ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto; SVA-Serviços Veterinários Associados, Porto
12h30 Lunch

 

 

Session II

Mind and body: Triggers for the onset of disease

Chair: Inês Pádua (TOXRUN-IUCS), Helena Carmo (UCIBIO-FFUP), Hassan Bousbaa (UNIPRO-IUCS)

 

14h00 Cognitive enhancement in aging and neurodegeneration: a molecular mechanism turning an environmental pollutant into a critical brain mediator. | João Laranjinha, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra
14h30 Iodine intake and cognitive functioning in Portuguese school-age children. | Irene Carvalho, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
15h00 What is needed for allergic children? The one health approach. | André Moreira, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto 
15h45 Coffee break & Poster viewing
16h15 Presentation of selected oral communications (Sessions I and II)
  OC 01 | Dynamics and effects of plastic contaminants’ assimilation in gulls. Sara Veríssimo, MARE-Universidade de Coimbra
  OC 02 | Dietary replacement of fishmeal with polychaete meal (Alitta virens) impacts European seabass acute stress response. Rafaela Costa, CIIMAR
  OC 03 | Insights into the phylogeny, resistome, virulome and host adaptation from Gardnerella genome analysis. Pedro Teixeira, 2UCIBIO – Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto)
  OC 04 | Novel insights into healthy humans’ faecal carriage of enterococci: Enterococcus lactis is as a dominant highly bacteriocinogenic species. Ana C. Almeida-Santos, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
  OC 05 | The unknown acute toxicity of the antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole. Bárbara Diogo, ICBAS, CIIMAR, FCUP
  OC 06 | The AHR: from a xenobiotic sensor to a Pattern Recognition Receptor, playing a role in immunity to infection and drug-therapy. Pedro Alves, CIIMAR
  OC 07 | Cardiac mitochondrial dynamics, autophagy and regeneration are stirred by doxorubicin in old CD-1 mice. Sofia Brandão, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
  OC 08 | Nutrition and food safety & sustainability. Nuno Vieira e Brito, TOXRUN
18h00 Closing of the first day

 

 

APRIL 28

 

Session III

Environmental risk assessment and climate changes: New challenges 

Chair: Cristina Couto (TOXRUN-IUCS), João Carrola (CITAB-UTAD), José Carlos Andrade (TOXRUN-IUCS)

 

09h00 Environmental pollution and the success of antibiotic resistant bacteria. | Célia Manaia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
09h30 Portugal at the crossroads of climate change: projections and threat to the sustainability of water resources. | João Andrade dos Santos, CITAB-Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
10h00 Assessment of water treatments and conservation of aquatic ecosystems for environmental and human well-being. | Laura Guimarães, CIIMAR-Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
10h45 Coffee break & Poster viewing
11h15 Microplastics in the environment - sources, fates and effects. | João Costa, CESAM-Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Universidade de Aveiro
11h45 Presentation of selected oral communications (Session III)
  OC 09 | Fighting occupational risks among Portuguese Wildland Firefighters: Looking at cytogenetic effects. Filipa Esteves, University of Porto
  OC 10 | Hedgehogs (Erinaceus Europaeus) as bioindicatots of heavy metal(loid) pollution. Catarina J. Baptista, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
  OC 11 | Seabirds as bioindicators of anthropogenic and chemical pollution. Diana Matos, Universidade de Coimbra
  OC 12 | Bioinsecticide SPINTOR®: detrimental effects on earthworms Eisenia fetida at different levels of biological organization. Alexandre Moreira, ICBAS/CIIMAR
  OC 13 | Occurrence of microplastics in water, feed, and tissues of European seabass produced in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Ricardo Matias, ICBAS/CIIMAR
12h45 Lunch

 

 

Session IV

Psychoactive substances: New trends in misuse, monitoring and health impact

Chair: Vânia Vilas Boas (INL), Carolina Pereira (TOXRUN), Joaquim Monteiro (TOXRUN)

 

14h00 The impact of analytical techniques and methodologies in Forensic Toxicology. | Pedro Costa, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Porto
14h30 Drug checking as a monitoring tool: an European perspective. | Daniel Martins, Kosmicare, TEDI - Trans European Drug Information
15h00 Impact of psychoactive substances in the neuroimmune crosstalk. | Teresa Summavielle, I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde 
15h45 Coffee break & Poster viewing
16h15 Special Invited Talk: Functional improvement in MS patients through changes in lipid profile after EGCG and coconut oil treatment. | Jose Orti, UCV - Universidad Católica de Valencia
16h35 Presentation of selected oral communications (Session IV)
  OC 14 | In vitro permeability of MDPV across Caco-2 cells for assessment of intestinal absorption and enantioselectivity. Ana Sofia Almeida, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
  OC 15 | The influence of glutathione pathway modulators on the cytotoxicity of sunitinib, doxorubicin and bortezomib in AC16 cardiac cells. Cláudia Oliveira, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
 

OC 16 | Comparative Analysis of the Toxicity Profile of Eleven Consumer-Relevant Nanomaterials in Human Intestinal and Placental Barrier Cells. Joana Pires, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Porto
  OC 17 |4-Chloroethcathinone (4-CEC) in a single binge exposure triggers immediate and long sustained cognitive dysfunction in mice. Cristina de Mello Sampayo, iMed.ULisboa
  OC 18 | Inhibitory activity of psilocybin/psilocin towards the enzymes of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450): An in vitro evaluation. Andreia Brito da Costa, TOXRUN
  OC 19 | Drug poisoning profile in Portugal: a special focus on antipsychotics. André RTS Araujo, Research Unit for Inland Development (UDI), Polytechnic Institute of Guarda; TOXRUN ; LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto
  OC 20 | Acute toxicity screening of 4-chloroaniline in freshwater standard species. Daniela Fonseca Costa Rebelo, FICBAS/FCUP/CIIMAR
18h20 Awards Presentation and Closing Ceremony | Ricardo Dinis-Oliveira, Cláudia Ribeiro, Diana Dias da Silva, Ana Raquel Freitas & Vítor Seabra, TOXRUN Management Board