Conference Contributions of EDA-EMERGE Fellows

EDA-EMERGE Fellows were encouraged to present their results to a scientific audience at national and international conferences. To date, the fellows participated in 39 different conferences, contributing with 43 poster, 3 poster spotlights and 28 oral presentations, as constituted on August 2015. An overview of all contributions is given in the following:

2015

15th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE); 20-24 September; Leipzig, Germany

• Melis Muz, poster “Revisiting the Mutagenicity in River Rhine: Searching for Mutagenic Aromatic Amines”

20th SETAC GLB; 7-10 September; Zürich, Switzerland

• Carolina di Paolo, platform presentation “Alcohol, coffee and cigarettes: evaluation of candidate positive controlchemicals for behavioural assessment in zebrafish early life stages.”
• Carolina di Paolo, platform presentation “The NORMAN interlaboratory study on biotesting of spiked water extracts.”

11th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society; 29 June – 2 July; San Francisco, USA

• Sara Tufi, platform presentation “Exploring surface water extract toxicity and its link to pesticides mixture toxicity in Lymnaea stagnalis by targeted and untargeted metabolomics.”

EDA-EMERGE PhD-student conference
29 June – 1 July; Leipzig, Germany

• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “Genotoxicity biotesting strategy integrating cell-based and zebrafish embryo bioassays.”
• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “Biotesting strategy for antiandrogenicity assessment in EDA using cell-based bioassays.”
• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “Alcohol, coffee and cigarettes: evaluation of candidate positive control chemicals for behavioral assessment in zebrafish early life stages.”
• Manoj Sonavane, poster “Effect-directed analysis of a Morava River water sample to assess fish specific estrogenic compounds using zebrafish-based bioassays”
• Manoj Sonavane, platform presentation “Novel fish-based biological tools for effect-directed analysis of endocrine disrupting chemicals.”
• Petra Spirhanzlova, platform presentation “Endocrine disruption of European surface water identified using transgenic tadpoles and fish fry.”
• Ana de Almeida, poster spotlight “Combined toxicity of five priority biocides on the growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardti”
• Anita Hidasi, poster spotlight “Proteomics and metabolomics to find biomarkers of synthetic glucocorticoid exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos”
• Sara Tufi, poster “Multiple metabolomics approach to investigate surface water toxicity in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis.”
• Sanja Koprivica, poster “Evaluation of integrated extraction/fractionation protocols for characterization of contaminants using effect-directed analysis”
• Zuzana Tousova, platform presentation “Results and experience from an EU-wide monitoring program using novel sampling, biological and chemical tools to detect emerging pollutants in surface waters”
• Zuzana Tousova, poster “Effect-directed analysis of algal growth inhibitory effects in treated waste water using non-target screening techniques”
• Meng Hu, poster “From molecular formula to structure – retention and fragmentation prediction for the identification of unknowns from LC-high resolution MS data”
• Melis Muz, platform presentation “Diagnostic derivatization as a tool for compound class-specific structure elucidation: Bitterfeld case study”
• Jennifer Schollee, platform presentation “Prioritization of nontarget compounds present in wastewater – Intergrating multivariate analysis and known biotransformation reactions”
• Jennifer Schollee, poster “Higher-tier effect directed analysis of a wastewater-impacted river using Chemcatcher passive sampling”
• Jean Froment, platform presentation “Effect-directed analysis of produced-water discharge to identify AChE inhibitors”
• Xiyu Ouyang, platform presentation “Effect-directed analysis of surface and wastewater by LCxLC fractionation, an acetylcholinesterase assay and high resolution mass spectrometry.”
• Xiyu Ouyang, poster “Development of a T4-TTR binding assay for high throughput screening of thyroid hormone disrupters in the environment.”
• Victoria Osorio Torrens, platform presentation “Effect-directed analysis of surface and wastewater by LCxLC fractionation, an acetylcholinesterase assay and high resolution mass spectrometry.”
  

Endokrinne disruptory (Czech-Slovak bilateral conference on endocrine disruptors)
4-5 June; Bratislava, Slovakia

• Zuzana Tousova, platform presentation “Efektem řízená analýza přečištěné odpadní vody vykazující aktivitu dioxinového typu (Effect-directed analysis of dioxin-like activity in treated waste water)”

American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2015
31 May – 4 June; Saint Louis, USA

• Sara Tufi, poster “Investigation of imidacloprid toxicity on the central nervous system of the snail Lymnaea stagnalis by targeted metabolomics.”

25th SETAC Europe
3-7 May; Barcelona, Spain

• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “Alcohol, coffee and cigarettes: evaluation of candidate positive control chemicals for behavioural assessment in zebrafish early life stages.”
• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “The NORMAN interlaboratory study on biotesting of spiked water extracts.”
• Manoj Sonavane, poster spotlight “Toward identification of fish specific estrogens through effect-directed analysis based on zebrafish in vitro and in viva reporter gene assays.”
• Petra Spirhanzlova, platform presentation “Transgenic fluorescent tadpoles for detecting chemical disruption of the thyroid axis.”
• Meng Hu, poster “A Design of Experiment approach for optimizing LC-HR/MS data acquisition and processing on environmental contaminants”
• Melis Muz, platform presentation “Identification of Aromatic Amines by Diagnostic Derivatization in Industrial Wastewater”
• Jennifer Schollee, platform presentation “Linking influent and effluent peaks from biological wastewater treatment to detect relevant nontarget compounds”
• Xiyu Ouyang, platform presentation “Comprehensive Multi-dimensional Liquid Chromatography for Effect-directed analysis of WWTP Effluents in the Netherlands.”

CHanalysis 2015
10-11 April; Beatenberg, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster “Omics methods to find biomarkers of glucocorticoid exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.”

6th annual EFOR meeting
9-10 March; Paris, France

• Petra Spirhanzlova, platform presentation “Practical application of transgenic Xenopus laevis for identifying thyroid disruption in surface water.”

2014 

Annual meeting (2014) separation group of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV); 21 November; Breda, the Netherlands

• Xiyu Ouyang, platform presentation “Comprehensive Multi-dimensional Liquid Chromatography for Effect-directed analysis in Effluents and Surface Water.”

5th Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium (NETS); 22-24 October; Stavanger, Norway

• Ana de Almeida, poster “Development of Adverse Outcome Pathways for stressors in the algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii”

5th common conference of SETAC GLB and GDCh
7-10 September; Gießen, Germany

• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “The value of cell based bioassays for the evaluation of mutagenic compounds in EDA.”
• Carolina di Paolo, poster presentation “Behavioral effects of Chlorpyrifos, α-Cypermethrin and their mixture on zebrafish larvae.”

20th International Mass Spectrometry Conference
24-29 August; Geneva, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster “Targeted proteomics approach to develop a bioassay detecting environmental glucocorticoids with zebrafish embryos.”
• Sara Tufi, platform presentation “A metabolomic approach to assess neurotoxic effects of Imidacloprid on the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis.”
• Jennifer Schollee, poster “A Workflow for Nontarget Screening of Transformation Products formed in Biological Wastewater Treatment using Multivariate Analysis”
• Xiyu Ouyang, oral presentation "Online LCxLC-ToF MS for Effect-Directed Analysis in Effluent and Surface Water"
• Meng Hu, oral presentation "Exploring the Performance of a Nontarget Screening Workflow on Known Environmental Contaminants"

10th International Mass Spectrometry Conference of the Metabolomics Society
23-26 June; Tsuruoka, Japan

• Sara Tufi, oral presentation "Exploring the neurotoxic effects of Imidacloprid on the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis by metabolomics."

Nordic Environmental Chemistry Conference
11-13 June; Reykjavik, Iceland

• Jean Froment, oral presentation "The use of Effect-directed analysis to identify emerging threats. A case study: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors in produced-water discharges in the North Sea"

24th SETAC Europe
11-15 May; Basel, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, oral presentation "Novel approaches to assess the effects of glucocorticoids in zebrafish embryos"
• Jennifer Schollee, oral presentation "Multivariate Workflow for the Screening of Nontarget Peaks from Biologically-Treated Wastewater"
• Melis Muz, oral presentation "Diagnostic derivatization: A novel approach to identify (aromatic) amines in environmental matrices"
• Carolina di Paolo, poster "Anti-androgenicity assessment of surface waters in the Saale/Mulde catchment"
• Carolina di Paolo, poster "The value of cell based and zebrafish bioassays for the evaluation of mutagenic compounds in EDA"
• Manoj Sonavane, poster "Estrogenic activities in water and sediment from French rivers using zebra fish-based bioaasays"
• Sanja Koprivica, poster "Comparison of two simplified fractionation protocols for the assessment of organic contaminants in aqueous samples using effect-directed analysis"

41st International Symposium on HPLC
11-15 May; New Orleans, USA

• Xiyu Ouyang, oral presentation "Comprehensive Multi-dimensional Liquid Chromatography for Effect-directed Analysis in Effluents and Surface Water"

2013 

Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry - SGMS Meeting
31 October - 1 November; Beatenberg, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster "Targeted proteomics for monitoring glucocorticoid-specific protein biomarkers in zebrafish embryos"

New Achievements in Chromatography - 19th International Symposium
25-28 September; Poreč, Croatia

• Sanja Koprivica, poster "Evaluation of an integrated protocol for non-target analysis of hydrophobic and polar contaminants in aqueous samples using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry"

18th SETAC GLB
23-26 September; Essen, Germany

• Carolina di Paolo, oral presentation "Zebrafish embryos as an integrative model to evaluate mechanism-specific toxicity of surface waters in Effect-Directed analysis"
• Carolina di Paolo, poster "Anti-androgenicity assessment of surface waters in the Saale/Mulde catchment"

ILE Green Days
29-30 August; Arolla/Les Monts Collon, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster "The effects of glucocorticoids on the development and immune response metabolism in zebrafish embryo"

9th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society
1-4 July; Glasgow, Scotland

• Sara Tufi, poster "Cross-Platform metabolic profiling of the aquatic model organism Lymnaea Stagnalis for neurotoxicity assessment"

Micropol & Ecohazard 2013
16-20 June; Zürich Switzerland

• Jennifer Schollee, poster "Nontarget Screening of Transformation Products formed in Biological Wastewater Treatment using Multivariate Analysis"

39th International Symposium on HPLC
16-20 June; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Sara Tufi, poster "Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) —a powerful analytical platform to obtain a broad metabolite coverage in metabolic profiling"
• Xiyu Ouyang, poster "Comprehensive multi-dimensional liquid chromatography (LCxLC) approaches for application in effect-directed analysis"

14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment
25-28 June; Barcelona, Spain

• Jean Froment, poster "Identification of neurotoxic compounds in produced water discharges from offshore oil production platforms by high-throughput effect-directed analysis"

23rd SETAC Europe
12-16 May; Glasgow, Scotland

• Carolina di Paolo, poster "Zebrafish embryos to evaluate mechanism-specific toxicity of surface waters in Effect-Directed Analysis"
• Carolina di Paolo, poster "Effect-directed analysis of surface water samples regarding endocrine disruption"
• Manoj Sonavane, poster "Use of zebra fish cell lines to assess estrogenic compounds in environmental samples"
• Meng Hu, poster "From molecular formula to structure – comparing software-based strategies for the identification of unknowns from LC-high resolution MS data"
• Zuzana Rabova, poster "Toxicological profiling of organic pollutants in river Bosna by passive sampling in combination with a battery of bioassays and chemical analysis"

ENAC Research Day
23 April; Lausanne, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster "The response of zebrafish embryos to glucocorticoids"

6th Annual SwissZebra Meeting 2013
4-5 April; Zürich, Switzerland

• Anita Hidasi, poster "Investigating the effects of glucocorticoids in zebrafish embryos"

3rd Young Environmental Scientists (YES) meeting
11-13 February; Krakow, Poland

• Carolina di Paolo, oral presentation "Can the sensitivity and predictive potential of zebrafish early life stage (ELS) tests be improved by additional endpoints and chemical analysis?"

2012

NORMAN Workshop
29-30 November; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Sara Tufi, poster "Organism metabolic functioning directing toxicant identification"
• Xiyu Ouyang, poster "Comprehensive two dimensional liquid chromatography approaches for separation of complex contaminants with bio-testing and mass spectrometry"