SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TOXILATIN 2025

June 24th, 2025 Tuesday

8:30 – 17:00

Registration

9:00 – 10:15

Pre-Congress Courses:

Course 1: Artificial Intelligence Resources for Toxicological Studies

Chair: Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Gustavo Machado das Neves (UFRGS/Brazil), Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil), Dr. Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun (UFCSPA/Brazil), Dr. José Teófilo Moreira-Filho (National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM, USA) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano (UNIFAL-MG) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano, Laboratory of Analysis of Toxicants and Drugs (LATF), Federal University of Alfenas

Course 2: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Toxicology 

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Marize C. Valadares (UFG/Brazil), Dr. Leila Leal (UFPE/Brazil) 

Course 3:  Flow cytometry in the study of biomarkers: basics and practical application

Chair: Farm. Shanda Cattani (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker:  Dr. Juliete Nathali Scholl (UFRGS/Brazil)

Course 4: Laboratory demands related to environmental expertise

Chairs: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo Alves Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo A. Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Course 5: Monitoring Mercury Exposure

Chairs: Dr. Ronaldo de Almeida (UNIR/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Heloisa Meneses (UFOPA/Brazil), Dr. Paulo Basta (Fiocruz/Brazil), Dr. Ana Claudia Vasconcellos (Fiocruz/Brazil)

10:15 – 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00

Pre-Congress Courses:

Course 1: Artificial Intelligence Resources for Toxicological Studies

Chair: Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Gustavo Machado das Neves (UFRGS/Brazil), Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil), Dr. Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun (UFCSPA/Brazil), Dr. José Teófilo Moreira-Filho (National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM, USA) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano (UNIFAL-MG) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano, Laboratory of Analysis of Toxicants and Drugs (LATF), Federal University of Alfenas

Course 2: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Toxicology 

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Marize C. Valadares (UFG/Brazil), Dr. Leila Leal (UFPE/Brazil) 

Course 3:  Flow cytometry in the study of biomarkers: basics and practical application

Chair: Farm. Shanda Cattani (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker:  Dr. Juliete Nathali Scholl (UFRGS/Brazil)

Course 4: Laboratory demands related to environmental expertise

Chairs: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo Alves Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo A. Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Course 5: Monitoring Mercury Exposure

Chairs: Dr. Ronaldo de Almeida (UNIR/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Heloisa Meneses (UFOPA/Brazil), Dr. Paulo Basta (Fiocruz/Brazil), Dr. Ana Claudia Vasconcellos (Fiocruz/Brazil)

12:00 – 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 – 15:15

Pre-Congress Courses:

Course 1: Artificial Intelligence Resources for Toxicological Studies

Chair: Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Gustavo Machado das Neves (UFRGS/Brazil), Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil), Dr. Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun (UFCSPA/Brazil), Dr. José Teófilo Moreira-Filho (National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM, USA) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano (UNIFAL-MG) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano, Laboratory of Analysis of Toxicants and Drugs (LATF), Federal University of Alfenas

Course 2: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Toxicology 

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Marize C. Valadares (UFG/Brazil), Dr. Leila Leal (UFPE/Brazil) 

Course 3:  Flow cytometry in the study of biomarkers: basics and practical application

Chair: Farm. Shanda Cattani (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker:  Dr. Juliete Nathali Scholl (UFRGS/Brazil)

Course 4: Laboratory demands related to environmental expertise

Chairs: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo Alves Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo A. Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Course 5: Monitoring Mercury Exposure

Chairs: Dr. Ronaldo de Almeida (UNIR/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Heloisa Meneses (UFOPA/Brazil), Dr. Paulo Basta (Fiocruz/Brazil), Dr. Ana Claudia Vasconcellos (Fiocruz/Brazil)

15:15 – 15:30

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 – 17:00

Pre-Congress Courses:

Course 1: Artificial Intelligence Resources for Toxicological Studies

Chair: Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Gustavo Machado das Neves (UFRGS/Brazil), Dr. Luciano Porto Kagami (HCPA/Brazil), Dr. Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun (UFCSPA/Brazil), Dr. José Teófilo Moreira-Filho (National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM, USA) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano (UNIFAL-MG) and Dr. Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano, Laboratory of Analysis of Toxicants and Drugs (LATF), Federal University of Alfenas

Course 2: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Toxicology 

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Marize C. Valadares (UFG/Brazil), Dr. Leila Leal (UFPE/Brazil) 

Course 3:  Flow cytometry in the study of biomarkers: basics and practical application

Chair: Farm. Shanda Cattani (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker:  Dr. Juliete Nathali Scholl (UFRGS/Brazil)

Course 4: Laboratory demands related to environmental expertise

Chairs: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo Alves Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Maria Cristina Frank (IGP-RS/Brazil) and MSc. Pablo A. Marinho (IC-MG/Brazil)

Course 5: Monitoring Mercury Exposure

Chairs: Dr. Ronaldo de Almeida (UNIR/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Heloisa Meneses (UFOPA/Brazil), Dr. Paulo Basta (Fiocruz/Brazil), Dr. Ana Claudia Vasconcellos (Fiocruz/Brazil)

18:00

OPENING – Hall of Acts I

“Challenges of the exposome approach in occupational health studies”

Dr. Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht University/Neatherlands)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TOXILATIN 2025

June 25th, 2025 Wednesday

ROOM 1

(English)

Hall of Acts I

ROOM 2

(Portuguese/Spanish)

Hall of Acts II

ROOM 3

(Portuguese/English)

Jacaranda Room – Cultural Center

09:00 – 10:00

Conference: Unveiling the occupational exposome for a healthier workforce

Chair: João Paulo Teixeira (INSA/Portugal) 

Speaker: Dr. Lode Godderis (KU Leuven/Belgium)

Roundtable: Monitoring of atmospheric pollutants and air quality

Chair : Dr. Rafael Buralli (USP/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Adriana Gioda (PUC-Rio/Brazil) and Dr. Flávio Rodrigues da Silva Júnior (FURG/Brazil)

Roundtable: Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Environmental Exposure to Xenobiotics

Chair: Dr. Maria Elena Crespo López (UFPA/Brazil)

Speakers:
Dr. Sandra Hacon (Fiocruz/Brazil) and Dr. Lucas Albertoni (SESAI-MS/Brazil)

10:00 – 10:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00

Round-Table: How the learning and difficulties of European exposure studies can contribute to its establishment in Latin America

Chairs: Dr. Kelly Olympio (USP/Brazil) e Dr. Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht University/Neatherlands)

Speakers: Dr. Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht University/Neatherlands)

Round table: Occupational health of workers in the fight against endemic diseases: preventing communicable diseases in the country and being a target for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases?

Chairs: To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

Roundtable: PAHO Regional Advisor Chemical Safety

Chair : Dr. Solange Garcia (UFRGS/Brazil) 

Speakers :  Dr. Maria Noel Tortorella (CIAT/Uruguay), Dr. Carolina Guzman (CIAT/Guatemala), MSc. Hildaura Acosta de Patiño (UP/Panama), Dr. Susana García (Retoxlac/Argentina) Dr. Francisco Sanchez-Otero (PAHO/Panama)

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH BREAK 

13:30 – 14:00

POST SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

14:00 – 15:00

Conference: Human biomonitoring and risk assessment in occupational health: from exposure to effect biomarkers

Chair: Dr. João Paulo Teixeira (INSA/Portugal)

Speaker: Dr. Radu Corneliu Duca (LNS/Luxembourg)

Conference: Climate change and environmental impacts

Chair: Dr. Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Junior (FURG/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Weeberb João Requia Junior (FGV/Brazil)

Roundtable: Toxic metals – the invisible exposure

Chairs: To be confirmed

Speaker: Dr. Maria Elena Crespo López (UFPA/Brazil)

15:00 – 16:00

Conference: Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome 

Chairs: To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

Roundtable: Mercury exposure in different contexts

Chair: Dr. Maria Elena Crespo López (UFPA/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Jesús Olivero-Verbel (UniCartagena/Colombia), Dr. Heloisa Meneses (UFOPA/Brazil) and Dr. Paulo Basta (Fiocruz/Brazil)

Roundtable: Zebrafish as a standardized toxicological model

Chair: Dr. Luciana Rossato-Grando (UPF/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Carla Bonan (PUCRS/Brazil), Dr. Denis Rosemberg (UFSM/Brazil), Dr. Leonardo José Gil Barcellos (UPF/Brazil)

16:00 – 16:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

COFFEE BREAK

16:30 – 17:30

Conference: The European ONTOX project: ontology-driven and artificial intelligence-based repeated dose toxicity testing of chemicals for next generation risk assessment

Chair: Dr. Marcelo Arbo (UFRGS)

Speaker: Dr. Mathieu Vinken (Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium)

Conference: The exposome and impacts on human health

Chair: Dr. Solange Garcia (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Kelly Olympio (USP/Brazil)

Conference: NAM for lung toxicity assessment

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil).

Speaker: Dr. Marize C. Valadares (UFG/Brazil) 

17:30 – 18:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TOXILATIN 2025

June 26th, 2025 Thursday

ROOM 1

(English)

Hall of Acts I

ROOM 2

(Portuguese/Spanish)

Hall of Acts II

ROOM 3

(Portuguese)

Jacaranda Room – Cultural Center

09:00 – 10:00

Conference: Unveiling the Exposome: Genotoxicity and Occupational Hazards in Firefighters

Chair: Dr. Kelly Olympio (USP/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. João Paulo Teixeira (INSA/Portugal)

Round table: Nicotine – back in fashion in new versions

Chair: Dr. Mirna Bainy Leal (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speakers : Dr. Sandra Farsky (USP/Brazil) and Dr. Adriana Gioda (PUC-Rio)

Presentation of oral works

Chairs : To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

10:00 – 10:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 12:00

Round-table: Round-table: Current issues concerning biomonitoring PFAS compounds and health

Chair: To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

Round table: Environmental health challenges in indigenous communities: a toxicological approach

Chair : Dr. Maria Mercedes Milesi (UNL/Argentina)

Speakers : Dr. Lyda Espitia-Perez (Unisinú/Colombia), Dr. Claudia Galeano Páez (Unisinú/Colombia) and Dr. Maria Elena Crespo López (UFPA/Brazil)

Roundtable: Difficulties and challenges of publishing in the “open access era”

Chair: Dr. Marcelo Dutra Arbo (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speakers: Dr. Kelly Olympio (USP/Brazil) and Dr. Adriana Pohlmann (UFRGS/Brazil)

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH BREAK 

13:30 – 14:00

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

14:00 – 15:00

Conference: The use of exosomes in biological monitoring 

Chair: Dr. Solange C. Garcia (UFRGS/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Nagarjun K. Venkata (UTTyler/USA)

Roundtable: Pesticides in the context of One Health in a translational approach

Chair : Dr. Luciana Rossato-Grando (UPF/Brazil)

Speakers : Dr. Maria Mercedes Milesi (UNL/Argentina) and Dr. Eliane Dallagrave (UFCSPA/Brazil)

Meeting of Renama Associated Laboratories: What are we and what do we want for the future?

Chair: Dr. Leila Leal (UFPE/Brazil)

15:00 – 16:00

Workshop: Tips for high-impact publications

Chair: Dr. Marize Valadares (UFG/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Mathieu Vinken (Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Belgium)

Roundtable: New approaches for evaluating the neurotoxicity of pesticides in animal models

Chair: Dra. Luciana Rossato-Grando (UPF/Brasil)

Speakers: Dra. Maria Mercedes Milesi (UNL/Argentina)  e Dra. Eliane Dallagrave (UFCSPA/Brasil)Luciana Rossato-Grando (UPF/Brasil)

Roundtable: How to establish robust and effective guidelines for miners’ health regardless of bad governance?

Chairs : To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

16:00 – 16:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

COFFEE BREAK

16:30 – 17:30

“Manganese and iron transporters, BTBD9, and alpha-synuclein interactions in Restless Leg Syndrome”

Chair: Dr. Daiana Ávila (Unipampa/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Michael Aschner (Montefiore Einstein/USA)

Conference: Advances in biomarkers for occupational exposure to crystalline silica

Chair : Dr. Natália Brucker (UFSM/Brazil)

Speaker : Dr. Solange Garcia (UFRGS/Brazil)

Conference: AFSA Master Class: performing Next Generation Risk Assessment of cosmetics

Chair: Dr. Marize Valadares (UFG/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Bianca Marigliani (HSI Research & Toxicology/Brazil)

17:30 – 18:30

POSTER SESSIONS – Abacateiro Room (Cultural Center)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM TOXILATIN 2025

June 27th, 2025 Friday

ROOM 1

(English)

Hall of Acts I

ROOM 2

(Portuguese/Spanish)

Hall of Acts II

ROOM 3

(Portuguese)

Jacaranda Room – Cultural Center

09:00 – 10:00

Conference: Integrative multi-omics analysis 

Chairs : To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

Conference: Reprotoxicity of micro and nanoplastics in Caernohabditis elegans

Chair : Dr. Mariele Feiffer Charão (FEEVALE/Brazil) 

Speaker : Dr. Maria Fernanda Hornos Carneiro (PUC/Chile)

Conference: Artificial intelligence in Brazilian healthcare: perspectives and practical challenges

Chair: Med. Virginia Dapper (CEVS-RS/Brazil)

Speaker: Dr. Alexandre Chiavegatto Filho (USP/Brazil)

10:00 – 10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 11:30

Conference: Toxic agents inducing perturbations in gut microbiome-related pathways

Chairs : To be confirmed

Speakers: To be confirmed

Round table: Agrochemicals and their impact on public health

Chairs : Dr. Maria Mercedes Milesi (UNL/Argentina)

Speakers :  Dr. Henrique Silveira (HCB/Brazil)

Meeting of Toxicological Information and Assistance Centers of Latin America

Chairs : Dr. Banny Zelada (CIT/Bolivia)

Speakers: To be confirmed

11:30 – 12:00

Closing ceremony and award ceremony for the best works

Hall of Acts I