Please note that this a tentative programme and suggestions for sessions are welcome.
Tentative Programme
Sunday, July 6 2025
Arrival & get together (evening).
Monday, July 7 2025
Registration
Welcome and Introduction
- Session 1: Guidelines and new methods for the identification of mycotoxigenic fungi, with focus on Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Alternaria.
- Session 2: Food spoilage reduction by biocontrol, preservatives or processing), and (food-) detoxification methods.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- Session 3: Emerging issues caused by mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi.
- Session 4: Effects of climate change on fungal communities, growth and mycotoxin formation.
- Session 5: Omics and comparative analysis in food mycology, incl. mycotoxin biosynthesis, genetic regulation of mycotoxin formation.
Poster session
ICFM member meeting (for ICFM committee members)
Wednesday July 9, 2025 (until 12:30 h)
- Session 6: Fungi for alternative proteins and food fermentation.
- Session 7: Modelling of fungal growth (e.g. predictive models, applications).
Wrap up and farewell