Detection techniques for mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi in the food chain
29 September - 3 October 2008 - Bari Italy
Organized by:
A. Visconti & A.F. Logrieco
Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA)
National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola 122/O
Bari, Italy
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
MONDAY, 29th September
Welcome – Introduction Workshop Programme
Overview of toxigenic fungi and related mycotoxins
Methods for isolation and identification of major toxigenic fungi
Taxonomy and identification of toxigenic Penicillium and Aspergillus
TUESDAY, 30th September
Relevance of culture collection and fungal preservation
Taxonomy and identification of toxigenic Fusarium
Overview of molecular methods for the identification of toxigenic fungi
Molecular training in fungal identification: DNA extraction from food matrices; Real time PCR and multiplex PCR; Sequencing
WEDNESDAY, 1st October
Expression analysis of toxin producing fungi by microarray and Real Time PCR
An overview of various methodologies for mycotoxin analysis
Mycotoxin analysis in food products: aflatoxins in pistachios, deoxynivalenol in wheat, fumonisins in maize, ochratoxin A in wine
THURSDAY, 2nd October
Emerging rapid methods for mycotoxin analysis (NIR, FPIA analysis etc)
Multi-mycotoxin analysis in maize by LC-MS/MS
FRIDAY, 3rd October
Sampling methods for mycotoxin analysis
Mycotoxin legislation and performance criteria for analytical methods
Rapid immunoassay methods for mycotoxin detection
Questionnaire to participants for course evaluation and general discussion
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