Outreach activities, conferences and courses

2020

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on the airline industry "Maak van de luchtvaartsector een publieke dienst", vrt NWS, 6 June 2020

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on bioluminescent fish evading elephant seals "Lantaarnvissen geven lichtflitsen tegen zeeolifanten", Radio 1, 20 May 2020

Adrian Covaci & Giulia Poma (Toxicological Center) on pollutants in edible insects "Eetbare insecten bevatten weinig vervuilende stoffen", Het Laaste Nieuws, 16 January 2020

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on consumption behaviour "Tijd om reclame voor vlees, auto’s en vliegtuigreizen te verbieden", DeMorgen, 13 January 2020

2019

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on the opening of the Biobank:  "UAntwerpen en UZA richten ‘biobank’ op", Het Laaste Nieuws, 12 December 2019; "UZA en UA voeren strijd tegen kanker op dankzij volautomatisch systeem", Gazet van Antwerpen, 19 December 2019; "Zes miljoen menselijke stalen op één plaats: UAntwerpen en UZA nemen biobank in gebruik", Het Laaste Nieuws, 19 December 2019.

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on plastic pellets in the Scheldt "Tienduizenden plastic pellets in Antwerpse haven", Eos Wetenschap, 6 November 2019

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on the new artificial river facility at the mesodrome "Uniek in de wereld: Wetenschappers van Universiteit Antwerpen maken kunstmatige rivier", vrt NWS, 7 October 2019

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on the new artificial river facility at the mesodrome "Antwerpse kunstrivier legt klimaatgeheimen bloot", De Tijd, 5 October 2019

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on DDT "Bijna overal resten van DDT gevonden", De Standaard, 13 September 2019

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Center) on laughing gas "Eerlijk, lachgas was de meest suffe trip ooit’: de nieuwste drugshype, niet om te lachen", DeMorgen, 14 August 2019

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on taking flights to conferences "Vliegschaamte bereikt wetenschap", De Standaard, 9 August 2019

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on the oceans "Oceanen", Radio 1, Weet ik veel (vanaf 13'50"), 8 July 2019

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on fish that fishermen can see "Vissen die vissers kunnen zien", Radio 1, Nieuwe Feiten (vanaf 40'56"), 24 June 2019

Bart Slootmaekers (SPHERE) on microplastics in Flemish rivers "De favoriete vis van de ijsvogel blijft bij ons voorlopig gespaard van de gevolgen van plasticvervuiling", Knack, 16 April 2019

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on the effect of heat stress on coral in the Great Barrier Reef "Aantal "baby-koralen" in Groot Barrièrerif is met 89% gedaald na massale verbleking in 2016 en 2017", vrtNWS, 4 April 2019

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on the politics of climate science "Klimaatwetenschap is niet rechts of links", De Tijd, 29 March 2019

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on the debate about abolishment of zoos "Het debat: moeten dierentuinen afgeschaft worden?", HLN nieuws, 28 March 2019

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on MDMA in Antwerp's wastewater "Onderzoek naar drugs in afvalwater: minder cocaïne in Antwerpen, maar véél meer MDMA", Gazet van Antwerpen, 14 March 2019

Gudurun De Boeck (SPHERE) on the rate of temperature increase in the oceans "Stijging zeespiegel zal sneller gaan dan verwacht, stormen kunnen krachtiger worden", vrtNWS, 11 January 2019

2018

Adrian Covaci (Toxicological Centre) is a highly cited researcher: top 1% of most-cited researchers in the field of Environment/Ecology

Gudrun De Boeck (SPHERE) on the stomach contents of a beached whale "115 bekertjes, 25 zakken en een paar teenslippers: de maaginhoud van een aangespoelde walvis", vrtNWS, 20 November 2018

Michel Caluwé (PhD co-promotor Ronny Blust, SPHERE) is a finalist in the Flemish PhD cup. Reported in the Gazet van Antwerpen and Het Nieuwsblad, 6 November 2018.

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on the start of The Ocean CleanUp, "Drijvende vuilniskar gaat strijd aan met plasticsoep", Gazet van Antwerpen, 9 September 2018

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on analysis of hair for evidence of drug and alcohol use, "Waarom artsen en rechters uw haar willen", Het Belang van Limburg, 1 September 2018

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on drugs in sewage, "Wordt er werkelijk zoveel gesnoven in Boom? “Hier meer coke dan in Brussel? Hoogst eigenaardig”, Gazet van Antwerpen, 8 June 2018, and "Het mysterie van Boom: meer cocaïne in het rioolwater dan in Brussel, Parijs of Berlijn", De Morgen, 10 June 2018

Camilla C. Carteny (SPHERE) on the ubiquity of microplastics, "Microplastics zijn overal: tegen 2050 zal er wellicht meer plastic dan vis in de oceanen zitten", vrt NWS, 22 May 2018 

Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on goverment investment in military research, "Wetenschappers verzetten zich tegen Vlaams geld voor militair onderzoek", De Morgen, 17 May 2018

Ronny Blust and Freddy Dardenne (SPHERE) describe the Mesodrome facility, "Rivier als laboratorium", UAntwerp magazine, May 2018

Gudrun de Boeck (SPHERE) defends the approach of Antwerp Zoo, "Zeeleeuwen zijn in de natuur óók speels", Gazet van Antwerpen, 7 May 2018

Marcel Eens (BECO) on "Waarom komen er geen vogeltjes bij mij op het balkon?", De Standaard, 7 May 2018

Kristof Maudens (Toxicological Centre) on the "Kwaliteit van de drugs bij ons is schrikwekkend hoog", vrt NWS, 27 April 2018

Camilla C. Carteny (SPHERE) gave a lecture in the public debate on "Plastic pollution in our ocean - why is it a problem and what be done about it" and "Plastique dans l'océan - quel est le problème et que pouvons-nous faire" held as part of the activities of the Ocean Plastics Lab exhibition, Brussels, 11 and 18 April 2018

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) gave a lecture in the public debate on “Plastic in de oceaan - Wat is het probleem en wat kunnen we doen?” held as part of the activities of the Ocean Plastics Lab exhibition, Brussels, 17 April 2018

Marcel Eens (BECO) on "Waarom fluiten vogels voornamelijk bij ’t ochtendgloren?", De Standaard, 9 April 2018

Article on Cyclist exposure to black carbon, ultrafine particles and heavy metals, co-authored by Ronny Blust and Steven Joosen (SPHERE), highlighted on ATV Nieuws, 6 April 2018, and De Standaard, 8 April 2018

Alexander Van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on the "Vierde meest speed in Oostends rioolwater", Krant van West-Vlaanderen, 16 March 2018

Alexander Van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on the War on Drugs in Antwerpen, Het Laatste Nieuws, 8 March 2018

Jyotsna Shrivastava (SPHERE) won the best abstract award and received a student spotlight award at the Aquaculture America conference, Las Vegas, February 2018

Gudrun de Boeck (SPHERE) on pain experienced by lobsters in the cooking pot. VTM, 11 January 2018.

2017

SOS Oceans: UAntwerp striving to preserve our oceans, UAntwerp magazine, December 2017. Highlights research conducted by SPHERE on microplastics, within the framework of the JPI-Oceans EU H2020 project, EPHEMARE.

Gudrun de Boeck (SPHERE) on depression in fish. Radio 1, 18 October 2017

Gudrun de Boeck (SPHERE) on the effects of increasing water temperature in the Mediterranean sea. VTM, 28 June 2017.

Ronny Blust and Freddy Dardenne (SPHERE) on De Mesodrome, Ondernemers #5, 16 May 2017

2016

Gudrun de Boeck (SPHERE) on "Factchecker: 'Er is naar schatting gemiddeld 70 kilogram plastic aanwezig per vierkante kilometer zeebodem'", Knack, 28 September 2016

Toxicological Centre on "Speed? Maar hier zijn geen dancings", De Morgen, 19 March 2016

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on "Ninovieters vijfde grootste amfetaminegebruikers in Europa: onderzoek naar drugsresten in afvalwater", Het Laatste Nieuws, 17 March 2016

Alexander van Nuijs (Toxicological Centre) on "Bij grootste druggebruikers van Europa", Het Laatste Nieuws, 16 March 2016

Ronny Blust (SPHERE) on "Is onkruidverdelger Roundup gevaarlijk?", Gazet van Antwerpen, 14 March 2016

2015

Adrian Covaci (Toxicological Centre) on "Medische instrumenten ontsnappen aan Europese richtlijn", De Standaard, 16 December 2015

Gudren de Boeck (SPHERE) on omegabaars, de vis van de toekomst, De Morgen, 9 November 2015

The consortium members are involved in the organisation of a range of national and international conferences and workshops.

The Interfaces Against Pollution council organises biennial conferences focussing on the importance of (bio) colloids and (bio) interfaces in natural reactive processes, both from fundamental and applied perspectives: Raewyn M. Town is a member of the IAP council.

The European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry organises biennial conferences in the field of integrative and environmental physiology and biochemistry, focussing on mechanisms of adaptation to understand systems functioning: Ronny Blust is a member of the ESCPB scientific committee.

Other meetings are listed below:

2019

Human and Environmental (Bio)monitoring: the Belgian and South Korean Perspectives. 1 July 2019, Antwerpen, BE. Adrian Covaci is Chair.

ICCE2019: 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment. 16-20 June 2019, Thessaloniki, GR. Adrian Covaci is a member of the Scientific Committee.

2018

ESCPB: 31st congress of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 9-12 September 2018, Porto, PT. Ronny Blust is a member of the scientific committee.

DA-PBA 2018: 11th International Symposium on Drug Analysis - 29th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis,  9-12 September 2018, Leuven, BE. Adrian Covaci is a member of the International Scientific Committee.

DioXin 2018: 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants and 10th International PCB workshop,  26-31 August 2018, Krakow, PL. Adrian Covaci is a member of the Scientific Committee.

ISEAC 40 - 40th International Conference on Environmental & Food Monitoring, 19-22 June 2018, Santiago de Compostela, ES. Adrian Covaci is a member of the Scientific Committee.

IAP2018, Interfaces Against Pollution, 10-13 June 2018, La Grande Motte, FR. Raewyn M. Town is a member of the International Advisory Council.

4th  International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, 18-20 May 2018, Tianjin, China. Adrian Covaci is a member of the Academic Committee.

MassTwin Exploratory Workshop: Mass spectrometry in support of the environment, food, and health interaction and disease, 18-20 April 2018, Antwerp, BE. Adrian Covaci is co-Chair. 

EPHEMARE project meeting and stakeholder workshop: Microplastics in the marine environment, 21 February 2018, Antwerpen, BE. Hosted by SPHERE.

Interreg project Sullied Sediments Workshop: Sediment assessment, 17-18 January 2018, Mechelen, BE. Lieven Bervoets is organiser.

2017

16th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, 18-21 June 2017, Oslo, NO. Adrian Covaci is a member of the scientific committee.

2016

23th Zoology Conference of Royal Dutch and Belgian Zoological Societies, 16-17 December 2016, Antwerp, BE. Ronny Blust, Lieven Bervoets and Marcel Eens are members of the local organising committee; Gudrun De Boeck is chair of the scientific committee.

IAP2016, Interfaces Against Pollution: Environmental Challenges & Opportunities, 4-7 September 2016, Lleida, ES. Raewyn M. Town is member of the International Scientific Committee.

ESCPB 2016, 30th congress of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 4-7 September 2016, Barcelona, ES. Ronny Blust is a member of the scientific committee.

28th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, 21-25 August 2016, Leuven, BE. Ronny Blust, Gudrun De Boeck, and Marcel Eens are members of the scientific committee.

2015

15th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment,  20-24 September 2015, Leipzig, DE. Adrian Covaci is a member of the scientific committee

Speciation and Bioavailability of Metals, Organics, and Nanoparticles

The course, directed by Raewyn M. Town (SPHERE), is held biennially as part of the Dutch SENSE research school program and is an approved component of the SETAC Europe Environmental Risk Assessors Certification. Participation is open to PhD students and postdocs who are entering the field or want to deepen their knowledge on the subject. Candidates from all over the world are welcome.

The latest edition took place in Antwerpen, 30 September - 4 October 2019.

The course program focuses on the analytical and physical chemistry of metal ions in complexing aqueous environments and the bioavailabilities of different species. Due attention is also given to the speciation and bioavailability of organic compounds. Modern analytical speciation techniques such as DGT, PLM, DMT, stripping voltammetries, ligand exchange methods, SPME, radiotracer techniques, etc. are discussed in methodological detail. The thermodynamic and kinetic backgrounds of metal ion binding by simple ligands, macromolecular complexing agents, colloids and nanoparticles is a key topic. Particular attention is paid to the speciation and physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles, including plastic particles, as well as the bioavailability of nanoparticulate chemical species. Existing equilibrium speciation codes are critically tested in interactive exercises. Dynamic features of complex systems, including their practical lability characteristics, are discussed on the basis of the underlying reaction kinetics and the pertinent transport conditions. Rates of biomembrane transfer of chemical species are evaluated in terms of their physicochemical properties, and illustrated by a couple of case studies on metal uptake by organisms. Whole cell metal-responsive biosensors are discussed in mechanistic detail. Participants are welcome to suggest topical issues that merit attention.

The program is concluded by a session for which participants are invited to present their own research topics within the framework of subjects discussed in the course.

The various sessions are led by a small international team of specialists, including Ronny Blust (SPHERE), Steven Droge (Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL), Jérôme F. L. Duval (CNRS, FR),  Herman P. van Leeuwen (Wageningen Universiteit, NL), Paulo Pinheiro (Université de Lorraine, FR), Jaume Puy (Universitat de Lleida, ES), and Raewyn M. Town (SPHERE).  As much as possible, the lectures are of an interactive nature.

SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, SETACSciCon virtual conference, 3-7 May 2020

• Byns, C.; Teunen, L.; Lasters, R.; Bervoets, L. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in marine biota of the Belgian North Sea and their potential risk for human consumption.
• Castaldo, G.; Pillet, M.; Slootmaekers, B.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Effects of metal mixture and temperature tress on metal accumulation and ionoregulation in Cyprinus carpio.
• Flipkens, G.; Town, R. M.; Blust, R. Nickel and chromium marine ecotoxicity: relevant for risk assessment of enhanced olivine weathering in coastal zones.
• Gölz, L.; Pannetier, P.; Fagundes, M. P.; Knapen, D.; Vergauwen, L.; Holbech, H.; Morthorst, J. E.; Braunbeck, T.; Baumann, L. A. A new standard for endocrine disruptor testing in fish - the integrated fish endocrine disruptor test (iFEDT).
• Lasters, R.; Eens, M.; Bervoets, L. Exposure of lettuce to perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in naturally contaminated soil: accumulation patterns and toxicokinetics.
• Pannetier, P.; Gölz, L.; Vergauwen, L.; Knapen, D.; Braunbeck, T.; Baumann, L. A. Interaction of thyroid hormones and eye development in fish: an adverse outcome pathway approach.
• Pillet, M.; Castaldo, G.; Rodgers, E.; Poleksic, V.; Raskovic, B.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Physiological performances of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are more impacted by tertiary Cu/Cd/Zn mixture at high temperature.
• Slootmaekers, B.; Castaldo, G.; Town, R. M.; De Boeck, G.; Van Dongen, S.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. Metal bioaccumulation in macroinvertebrates: linking body burdens to the chemical and biological quality of water bodies.
• Town, R. M.; van Leeuwen, H. P.; Duval, J. F. L. Rigorous physicochemical framework for metal ion binding by nanoparticulate humic substances: implications for speciation codes and bioavailability models.

SETAC North America, 40th annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, 3-7 November 2019

• Knapen, D.; Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J. E.; Ankley, G. T.; Holbech, H.; Villeneuve, D. L. Toward an AOP-based tiered testing strategy for thyroid hormone disruption.
• Lamoree, M.; van der Veen, I.; Brandsma, S.; de Wit, C.;Tao, F.; Sellström, U.; Sandblom, O.; Plassmann, M. M.; Benskin, J. P.; Harrad, S. J.; Drage, D.; Wemken, N.; Coggins, M.; Covaci, A.; Poma, G.; Christia, C.; De Brouwere, K.; Geerts, L.; Arnot, J. A.; Li, L.; de Boer, J.; Leonards, P. Target and nontarget screening of chemicals in the indoor environment for human exposure assessment.
• Vergauwen, L.; Michiels, E. D.; Stanacev, J. P.; Van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Life-stage-specific endpoints for estrogen disruptor screening in the zebrafish embryo.

µmed International conference on microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, Capri, Italy, 15-18 September 2019

• Albentosa, M.; Avio, C.G.; Batel, A.; Bebianno, M.; Begout, M.L.; Beiras, R.; Bellas, J.; Blust, R.; Braunbeck, T.; Cachot, J.; Carteny, C.C.; Cormier, B.; Cousin, X.; Cuesta, A.; Esteban, M.A.; Faimali, M.; Garaventa, F.; Gorbi, S.; Guilhermino, L.; Hylland, K.; Keiter, S.; Kopke, K.; Morin, B.; Pittura, L.; Regoli, R.; Town, R.M. Insights on ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine ecosystem: the EPHEMARE project.
• Carteny, C.C.; Blust R. Not only diamonds are forever: degradation of plastic films in a simulated marine environment.

11th International Passive Sampling Workshop and Symposium, IPSW 2019, Boston, USA, 11-13 September 2019

• Amato, E.D.; Hereijgers, J.; Bellekens, B.; Subotic, D.; Breugelmans, T.; Weyn, M.; Dardenne, F.; Bervoets, L.; Covaci, A.; Town, R.M.; Blust, R. A novel active-passive sampling approach for monitoring a broad range of pollutants in water.

14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, ICMGP 2019, Krakow, Poland, 8-13 September 2019

• Delahaut, V. Short- and long-term effects of environmental mercury exposure on three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations.

57th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, TIAFT 2019, Birmingham, UK, 2-6 September 2019

• Degreef, M.; Blanckaert, P.; Berry, E. M.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Maudens, K.E. Determination of ocfentanil and W-18 in a suspicious, heroin-like powder in Belgium.
• Degreef, M.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Maudens, K.E. Optimisation of a fast and easy quantification method for 54 benzodiazepines & Z-drugs, including 20 designer benzodiazepines, in plasma.

Euroanalysis 2019, Istanbul, Turkey, 1-5 September 2019

• Boogaerts, T.; Degreef, M.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A.L.N. Development and validation of a bioanalytical assay to detect biomarkers for antidepressant use in influent wastewater.
• Mortelé, O.; Iturrospe, E.; Breynaert, A.; Verdickt, E.; Basil, B.X.; Lammens, C.; Kumar, S.M.; Jorens, P.; Pieters, L.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Hermans, N. Optimization of an in vitro gut microbiome biotransformation platform with chlorogenic acid as model compound: from fecal sample to biotransformation product identification.

11th International Sympsoium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health, ISBM-11, Leuven, Belgium, 28-30 August 2019

• Bastiaensen, M.; Fotache, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Gys, C.; Covaci, A. Short-term temporal variability in urinary biomarkers of phosphate flame retardants and alternative plasticizers.
• Cabellero-Casero, N.; Gys, C.; Vervliet, P.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A. Harmonsed approach of non-target screening for emerging contaminants in human urine by LC-HRMS.
• Gys, C.; Ait Bamai, Y.; Araki, A.; Caballero-Casero, N.; Kishi, R.; Covaci, A. Monitoring exposure levels to bisphenols in Japanese school children.
• van Overmeire, I.; Joly, L.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Malysheva, S.; Dussart, A.; van Loco, J.; Andjelkovic, M. Levels of persistent organic pollutants in breast milk: Belgian results from the 6th WHO-coordnated survey.
• Vervliet, P.; Gys, C.; Caballero-Casero, N., Covaci, A. Current-use of developers in thermal paper from 14 countries by LC-HRMS.
• Vervliet, P.; van den Plas, J.; De Nys, S.; Duca, R.C.; Boonen, I.; Elskens, M.; van Landuyt, K.L.; Covaci, A. Investigating the human in vitro metabolism of dental monomers using HLM and LC-QTOF-MS.

39th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, DIOXIN 2019, Kyoto, Japan, 25-30 August 2019

• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of newly identified chemicals in indoor dust from Belgian homes.
• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Harrad, S.; de Wit, C.; Leonards, P.; Lamoree, M.; Covaci, A. Suspect screening analysis in indoor dust & air from homes, offices and pre-schools using LC-QTOF-MS.
• Covaci, A. Human biomonitoring and exposomics of legacy and emerging chemicals.
• Fujii, Y.; Poma, G.; Govindan, M.; Haraguchi, K.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of anthropogenic and naturally produced organohalogens in 24-h baby food duplicates for Japanese infants.
• Kubota, A.; Lee, J. S.; Morita, Y.; Kawai, Y. K.; Covaci, A. Developmental effects of organophosphorus flame retardants and their metabolites in zebrafish.
• McGrath, T.J.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A. Minimizing mass spectral interferences during analysis of short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins by GC-ECNI-LRMS.
• Poma, A.; Yin, S.; Tang, B.; Fujii, Y.; Cuykx, M.; Covaci, A. Chemical safety assesment of edible insects from Europe and Asia.
• Remili, A.; Gallego, P.; Pinzone, M.; Jauniaux, T.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Das, K. Persistent organic pollutants in humpback whales from the Southern Hemisphere: influence of gender, stock and trophic ecology.
• Tang, B.; Poma, G.; Bastiaensen, M.; Yin, S.; Luo, X.-J.; Mai, B.-X.; Covaci, A. Bioconcentration and biotransformation of organophosphorus flame retardants in common carp.
• Teunen, L.; Malarvannan, G.; Belpaire, C.; De Jonge, M.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A. Determination of persistent pollutants in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and perch (Perca fluviatilis) in Flanders, Belgium.
• van der Veen, I.; Brandsma, S.; Harrad, S.; Poma, G.; Christia, C.; Covaci, A.; de Wit, C.; Wernken, N.; Coggins, M.; Lamoree, M.; Leonards, P. Analyses of chlorinated paraffins and pesticides in the indoor environment for human exposure assessment.
• Yin, S.; Zhang J.; Guo, F.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Liu, W. The concentration ratio and chiral properties in the human transplacental transfer for legacy organochlorine pesticides.

Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meetng, Seville, Spain, 2-5 July 2019

• Messina, S.; Marasco, V.; Canoine, V.; Benedick, S.; Tomassi, S.; Eens, M.; Edwards, D.P.; Costantini, D. Adaptive physiological response of understory birds to selective logging: feather corticosterone as biomarker of environmental changes.
• Rodgers, E.M; Opinion, A.G.; De Boeck, G. Predicting organismal responses to eutrophication and climate warming in tandem.
• Pillet, M.; Castaldo, G.; Rodgers, E.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Does Cu/Cd/Zn metal mixture affect physiological performances of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)?
• Pillet, M.; Castaldo, G.; Slootmaekers, B.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Effects of a trinomial metal mixture of Cu, Zn and Cd on bioaccumulation and ionoregulation in common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Human and Environmental (Bio)monitoring: the Belgian and South Korean Perspectives, Antwerpen, Belgium, 1 July 2019

• Amato, E.; Town, R.M.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. A novel active-passive sampling approach for monitoring a broad range of pollutants in water.
• Gys, C. Biomonitoring of bisphenols in humans.
• Mortelé, O. Optimization of an in vitro gut microbiome biotransformation platform with chlorogenic acid as model compound.
• Town, R.M. Dynamic chemical speciation of organics in aquatic media.
• Vervliet, P. Fate of new composite materials in dental restorations.

ICCE 2019, 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Thessaloniki, Greece, 16-20 June 2019

• Covaci, A.; Poma, G.; Christia, C.; Drage, D.; Harrad, S.; Tao, F.; Sandblom, O.; Plassmann, M.M.; Benskin, J.P.; de Wit, C.; Brandsma, S.; Cenijn, P.; van der Veen, I.; Wemken, N.; Coggins, M.; Leonards, P.; Lamoree, M. Assessment of multi-contaminant concentrations in indoor dust and air from four European countries.

SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 26-30 May 2019

• Baduel, C.; Lai, F.; Van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A. Suspect and non-targeted strategies to investigate in vitro and in vivo biotransformation products of emerging environmental contaminants: the benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles.
• Baumann, L.A.; Segner, H.; Braunbeck, T.; Knapen, D.; Vergauwen, L. Thyroid disruptors interfere with eye development and function in zebrafish.
• Been, F;; Bastiaensen, M.; Lai, F. Y.; van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A. Mining the chemical information of urban wastewater - monitoring human exposure ot phosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers (PFRs).
• Caballero-Casero, N.; Gys, C.; Vervliet, P.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A. Quality assurance and quality control of non-target screening of emerging contaminants in human urine by LC-HRMS.
• Castaldo, G.; Pillet, M.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Effects of a sublethal metal mixture of 10%LC50 Cu, Zn and Cd on metal accumulation and ionoregulation in Cyprinus carpio.
• Drage, D.; Harrad, S.J.; Poma, G.; Christia, C.; Covaci, A.; Brandsma, S.; Cenijn, P.; Van der Veen, I.; Lamoree, M.; Leonards, P.; de Wit, C.; Tao, F.; Sandblom, O.; Plassmann, M.M.; Benskin, J.P.; Coggins M. Concentrations of BFRs, PFRs and PFAAs in indoor air and dust from four European cities.
• Groffen, T.; Eens, M.; Prinsen, E.; Verbrigghe, N.; Bervoets, L. Influence of soil physiochemical properties on the depth profiles of perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) along a distance gradient from a fluorochemical plant.
• Hetjens, H.; de Schamphelaere, K.; Teuchies, J.; Amato, E.; Bervoets, L. Integrated sediment risk assessment by correlating metal bioaccumulation to DGT passive sampling and varying sediment properties.
• Holbech, H.; Hasler-Sheetal, H.; Arning, J.; Knapen, D.; Vergauwen, L.; Schüürmann, G.; Braunbeck, T.; Baumann, L.; Flamant, F.; Reuver, M. Breaking down the wall between human health and environmental testing of endocrine disrupters EndocRine Guideline Optimisation (ERGO).
• Knapen, D.; Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J.E.; Ankley, G.T.; Villeneuve, D.L. Towards an AOP-based tiered testing strategy for thyroid hormone disruption in fish.
• Lasters, R.; Groffen, T.; Een, M.; Bervoets, L. Accumulation of perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in Belgian home-produced chicken eggs along different directions from a fluorochemical plant.
• Pillet, M.; Castaldo, G.; De Weggheleire, S.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. How common carp (Cyprinus carpio) avoid oxidative stress during an exposure to a sublethal ternary (Cu, Cd and Zn) mixture.
• Slootmaekers, B.; Town, R.M.; Van den Bergh, K.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R. Critical assessment of methods for organic carbon analysis: significance for predictions of trace metal speciation and bioavailability in surface waters.
• Teunen, L.; Belpaire, C.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. Ecological relevance of the biota quality standards.
• Town, R.M.; van Leeuwen, H.P.; Blust, R. Potential impact of micro- and nanoplastic particles on metal speciation and bioavailability in aquatic media.
• Van der Veen, I.; Brandsma, S.; Harrad, S.J.; Poma, G.; Christia, C.; Covaci, A.; de Wit, C.;Wemken, N.; Coggins, M.; Lamoree, M.; Leonards, P.E. Analyses of chlorinated paraffins and pesticides in the indoor environment for human exposure assessment.
• Vergauwen, L.; Michiels, E.D.; Van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A.; Van Cruchten, S.J.; Knapen, D. Advancing the zebrafish embryo test for endocrine disruptor screening.
• Viaene, K.; Teuchies, J.; Bennetsen, E.; Bervoets, L.; Slootmaekers, B.; Verdonck, F. Multivariate analysis of monitoring data in Flanders: what are the major drivers of ecological water quality?
• Weltmeyer, A.; Weijs, L.; Dogruer, G.; Covaci, A.; Hollert, H. Occurrence and distribution of persistent organic pollutants in tissue of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Australia.

International Congress of Analytical, Forensic and Clinical Toxicology, Lille, Belgium, 21-24 May 2019

• Degreef, M.; Blanckaert, P.; Berry, E.-M.; Van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Maudens, K.E. Determination of ocfentanil and W-18 in a suspicious, heroin-like powder in Belgium.
• Mortelé, O.; Vervliet, P.; Guys, C.; Degreef, M.; Maudens, K.; Covaci, A.; Van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Yin, L.-F. Suspect and non-target screening workflows to investigate the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of the synthetic cannabinoid 5-Cl-THJ-018.

AquaConSoil, Antwerpen, Belgium, 20-24 May 2019

• Amato, E.; Town, R. M.; Covaci, A.; Hereijgers, J.; Bellekens, B.; Subotic, D.; Breugelmans, T.; Weyn, M.; Dardenne, F.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R. A novel active-passive sampling approach for monitoring a broad range of pollutants in water.
• Delahaut, V.; Casinhas, I.S.; Bervoets, L.; Calboli, F.; Volckaert, F.; De Boeck, G. Mercury transfer through the food web of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

PRIMO20, 20th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Charleston, USA, 19-22 May 2019

• Albentosa, M.; Avio, C. G.; Batel, A.; Bebianno, M.; Begout, M. L.; Beiras, R.; Bellas, J.; Blust, R.; Braunbeck, T.; Cachot, J.; Carteny, C. C.; Cormier, B.; Cousin, X.; Cuesta, A.; Esteban, M. A.; Faimali, M.; Garaventa, F.; Gorbi, S.; Guilhermino, L.; Hylland, K.; Keiter, S.; Kopke, K.; Morin, B.; Pittura, L.; Regoli, R.; Town, R. M. Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine ecosystem: insights from the EPHEMARE project.
• Bebianno, M.J.; Mendes V.M.; O'Donnavan, S.; Carteny, C.C.; Keiter, S.; Manadas, B. Impact at the proteome level of MPs with and without benzo(a)pyrene adsorbed on the gills of the peppery furrow shell clam Scrobicularia plana.

SETAC Africa 9th biennial conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 May 2019

• Wolmarans, N.J.; Kok, A.; Bervoets, L.; Meire, P.; Taylor, J.C.; Smit, N.J.; Wepener, V. Combined effects of predator presence and pesticides on macro-invertebrate communities in a microcosm setting.

11th International SedNet Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 3-5 April 2019

• Bashnin, T.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Hetjens, H.; Amato, E.; Teuchies, J.; Bervoets, L. Ecological risk assessment of chromium in sediments.
• De Schamphelaere, K.; Teuchies, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Bervoets, L.; Meire, P.; Blust, R. Benthic macroinvertebrate indicators for the sediment quality triad assessment of the Scheldt estuary.
• Hetjens, H.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Bashnin, T.; Teuchies, J.; Bervoets, L. Assessing the bioavailability of metals in natural sediments by DGT passive sampling and bioaccumulation.

1st ISO-FOOD international symposium on isotopic and other techniques in food safety and quality, Piran, Slovenia, 1-3 April 2019

•  Covaci, A. A bug lunch - evaluating the chemical safety of edible insects.

Aquaculture 2019, New Orleans, USA, 7-11 March 2019

• Shrivastava, J.; Caneos, W.; Ndugwa, M.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Ecophysiological responses of European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax to elevated carbon dioxide at different salinity gradients.

8th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, 5-10 February 2019

• Delahaut, V.; Silvas Casinhas, I.; Calboli, F.C.; Volckaert, F.A.; Bervoets, L.; De Boeck, G. Mercury transfer through the food chain of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Fish and amphibian embryos as alternative models in toxicology and teratology, Aulnay-sous-Bois/Paris, France, 29-30 November 2018

• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Lai, F. Y.; Town, R. M.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Advancing the zebrafish embryo test for estrogen receptor agonist screening using aquatic exposure and micro-injection.

MICRO2018, Lanzarote ES, 19-23 November 2018

• Bebianno, M.; O'Donovan, S.; Ribeiro, F.; Rodrigues, A. R.; Abel, S.; Da Fonseca, T. G.; Carteny, C. C.; Blust, R.; Cormier, B.; Keiter, S.; Mestre, N. Are microplastics facilitating the accumulation of organic pollutants in benthic bivalves?
• Beiras, R.; Keiter, S.; Blust, R.; Cousin, X.; Albentosa, M.; Braunbeck, T.; Regoli, F.; Kopke, K. Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine ecosystems (EPHEMARE); synthesis of results.
• Carteny, C. C.; Town, R. M.; Blust, R. Furthering the dynamic uptake model for virgin microplastics: application to the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis).
• Kopke, K.; Power, S.; Carteny, C. C. Putting the 'work' back into workshop - the EPHEMARE stakeholder workshop on microplastics in the marine environment.
• Teunkens, B.; Maris, T.; Blust, R.; Meire, P. Plastic fluxes toward the oceans, contribution of the Schelde River (Belgium).

SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting, Sacramento US, 4-8 November 2018

• Adams, W. J.; Blust, R.; Dwyer, R.; Mount, D.; Nordheim, E.; Rodriguez, P.; Spry, D. J. State of the science of metals bioavailability in natural waters.
• Espin, S.; Sánchez Virosta, P.; Belskii, E.; Costa, R. A.; Eens, M.; Hargitai, R.; Török, J.; Ruuskanen, S.; Eeva, T. Comparison of metal exposure and egg characteristics in great tits inhabiting four metal-polluted environments in Europe.

DA-PBA 2018, Leuven, BE, 9-12 September 2018

• van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A. Wastewater-based epidemiology of illicit drugs and pharmaceuticals: analytical challenges and recent developments.
• Vervliet, P.; Mortelé, O.; Gys, C.; Degreef, M.; Maudens, K.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Lai, F. Y. Suspect and non-target screening workflows to investigate the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of the synthetic cannabinoid 5-Cl-THJ-018.
• Vervliet, P.; De Nys, S.; Boonen, I.; Duca, R. C.; Elskens, M.; Van Landuyt, K. L.; Covaci, A. Qualitative analysis of dental material ingredients, composite resins and sealants using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry.

Eurotox 2018, Brussels, BE, 2-5 September 2018

• Cuykx, M.; Beirnaert, C.; Rodrigues, R. M.; Laukens, K.; Vanhaecke, T.; Covaci, A. Investigation of drug-induced cholestasis in HepaRG cells using untargeted LC-MS metabolomics.

DioXin 2018, Krakow, PL, 26-31 August 2018

• Abbasi, N. A.; Arukwe, A.; Jaspers, V. L. B.; Eulaers, I.; Mennilo, E.; Ibor, O. R.; Frantz, A.; Covaci, A.; Malik, R. N. Oxidative stress responses in relationship to persistent organic pollutant levels in feathers and blood of two predatory bird species from Pakistan.
• Bastiaensen, M.; Ait. B. Y.; Araki, A.; Van den Eede, N.; Kishi, R.; Covaci, A. Determinants of exposure to phosphate flame retardants for Japanese schoolchildren.
• Bastiaensen, M.; Been, F.; Yin, L. F.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A. Mining the chemical information of urban wastewater – monitoring exposure to phosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers.
• Been, F.; Bastiaensen, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Yin, S.; Yao, Y.; Schepens, T.; Jorens, P. G.; Covaci A. Exposure to organophosporous flame retardants and alternative plasticizers in intensive care patients: association with the medical devices.
• Been, F.; Bastiaensen, M.; Malarvannan, G.; Yin, S.; Yao, Y.; Schepens, T.; Jorens, P. G.; Covaci A. Exposure to phosphorous flame retardants (PFRS) and alternative plasticizers in intensive care patients.
• Boonen, I.; Vandermarken, T.; De Nys, S.; Vervliet, P.; Covaci, A.; Van Landuyt, K.; Denison, M. S.; Elskens, M. Estrogenic activity of monomers and initiators used in resin based dental composites.
• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A. Brominated and organophosphorus flame retardants in indoor dust from Belgium: Exposure assessment via non-dietary pathways.
• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Harrad, S.; de Wit, C.; Leonards, P. E. G.; Lamoree, M.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of legacy and current-use plasticizers in indoor dust from various EU countries.
• Gys, C.; Kovačič, A.; Huber, C.; Oh, J.; Ahn, Y. A.; Kim, S.; Lai, F. Y.; Heath, E.; Covaci, A. Screening of in vitro and in vivo metabolites of bisphenol S by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
• Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Scudder, Ch. J.; Niessen, S. J. M.; Covaci, A. Organohalogenated chemicals and their association with acromegaly in humans.
• Malarvannan, G.; Van Hoorenbeeck, K.; Deguchtenaere, A.; Verhulst, S. L.; Jorens, Ph. G.; Dirinck, E.; Van Gaal, L.;  Covaci, A. Persistent organic pollutants in human serum from obese adolescents and adults undergoing weight loss treatment.
• Poma, G.; Bruyland, B.; Christia, C.; Sales, C.; Goscinny, S.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Can food processing influence the level of contamination with organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers (PFRs) in Belgian foodstuffs?
• Poma, G.; Liu, Y.; Cuykx, M.; Tang, B.; Luo, X. -J.; Covaci, A. Occurence of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in edible and wild insects from China.
• Rostkowski, P.; Haglund, P.; Oswald, P.; Alygizakis, N.; Thomaidis, N.; Aalizadeh, R.; Covaci, A.; Moschet, Ch.; Karzenon, S.; Yang, Ch.; Shang, D.; Hindle, R.; Booij, P.; Ionas, A.; Grosse, S.; Arandes, J. B.; Dévier, M. H.; Lestremau, F.; Leonards, P.; Plassman, M.; Magner, J.; Matsukami, H.; Jobst, K.; Ipolyi, I.; Slobodnik, J.; Reid, M. The value of complementary techniques in suspect and non-target screening – results of the Norman Collaborative Trial of the indoor dust.
• Ruggeri, M. F.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Puliafito, S. E.; Altamirano, J. C. Preliminary assessment of OPEs levels in atmospheric samples from Mendoza City, Argentina.
• Sun, J.; Bustnes, J. O.; Bårdsen, B. J.; Covaci, A.; Dietz, R.; Helander, B.; Jaspers, V. L. B.; Malarvannan, G.; Sonne, C.; Thorup, K.; Tøttrup, A. P.; Zubrod, J. P.; Eens, M.; Eulaers, I. Temporal trends of polychlorinated biphenyls in northern white-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla populations.
• van Overmeire, I.; Joly, L.;  Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Colles, A.; Koppen, G.; Den Hond, E.; van de Mieroop, E.; De Wolf, M. -Ch.; Charlet, F.; Malysheva, S. V.; Vanhouche, M.; Dussart, A.; van Loco, J.; van Nieuwenhuyse, A.; Andjelkovic, M. Levels of organochlorinated pesticide residues and other persistent organic pollutants in breast milk: the Belgian results from the 6th WHO-coordinated survey.

28th annual International Society of Exposure Science meeting, Ottawa, CA, 26-30 August 2018

• Araki, A.; Bamai, Y. A.; Bastiaensen, M.; Van den Eede, N.; Kawai, T.; Tsuboi, T.; Itoh, S.; Miyashita, C.; Covaci, A.; Kishi, R. Mixed phthalate ester and phosphate flame retardant exposure and asthma and allergies in school children.
• Castaño, A.; Esteban, M.; Antignac, J. -P.; Bartomé, M.; Bury, D.; Covaci, A.; Göen, T.; Hajslova, J.; Kasper-Sonnenberg, M.; Klanova, J.; Koch, H. M.; Lindh, C.; Lunt, T.; Mol, H.; Pedraza, S.; Pulkrabova, J.; Ramos, J; J.; Haug, L. S.; Thomsen, C.; Vorkamp, K. The quality programme for assuring comparability of analytical results in HBM4EU.

TIAFT, Ghent, BE, 26-30 August 2018

• Degreef, M.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Maudens, K. E. Fast and easy quantification of 40 antidepressants or their metabolites in plasma for therapeutic drug monitoring and forensic analysis.
• Mortelé, O.; Vervliet, P.; Gys, C.; Degreef, M.; Maudens, K.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A.; Lai F. Y. Suspect and non-target screening workflows to investigate the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of the synthetic cannabinoid 5-CI-THJ-018.

SEB, Florence, IT, 3-6 July 2018

• Pillet, M.; Castaldo, G.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Oxidative stress in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to a mixture of metal pollutants.
• Rodgers, E.; Franklin, C .E. Thermal phenotypic plasticity in physiological 'ceiliings' but not 'floors' in estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).
• Rodgers, E.; Cocherell, D. E.; Nguyen T. X.; Todgham, A. E.; Fangue, N. A. Plastic responses to diel thermal variation in juvenile green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris.
• Shrivastava, J.; Raskovic, B.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Effect of swimming on growth, physiological performance and expression of growth and stress marker genes in common carp.

Ocean Microplastics Issue and the Bio-Based Plastics Solution, Brussels, BE, 27 June 2018

• Carteny, C. C.; Blust, R. EPHEMARE - JPI Oceans.

ISEAC-40, 40th International Conference on Environmental & Food Monitoring, Santiago de Compostela, ES, 19-22 June 2018

• Bijlsma, L.; Celma, A.; Dias, M. J.; Lopes, A.; Baz-Lomba, J. A.; Reid, M.; Radonić, J.; Turk, M.; Shine, T.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Salguiro-González, N.; Castiglioni, S.; Hernandez, F.; Zuccato, E. An integrated chemical analytical-epidemiological approach to assess new psychoactive substances use in Europe.
• Covaci, A. Searching for suitable biomarkers of organophosphate flame retardants in urine and wastewater.

Interfaces Against Pollution IAP2018, La Grande Motte, FR, 10-13 June 2018

• Town R. M.; Duval, J. F. L.; van Leeuwen, H. P. The lability of nanoparticulate metal complexes at a macroscopic interface: the reaction layer concept revisited.

SETAC Europe 28th annual meeting, Rome, IT, 13-17 May 2018

• Amato, E. D.; Simpson, S. L.; Jolley, D.F.; Marasinghe Wadige, C. P.; Maher, W. A.; Taylor, A. In situ metal fluxes for the assessment of metal bioavailability in sediments.
• Anglada, L. M.; Lopez-Bejar, M.; De la  Puente, J.; Covaci, A.; Jaspers, V. POPS and OPEs in down feathers of nestling cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus): association with corticosterone levels.
• Briels, N.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Løseth, M. E.; Jenssen, B. M.; Eulaers, I.; Sonne, C.; Nygård, T.; Johnsen, T. V.; Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Garcia-Fernandez, A.; Martínez, J.; Bustnes, J. O.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Herzke, D.; Styrishave, B.; Jaspers, V. Four years of NewRaptor: results from in ovo exposure in model species and field sampling in raptors.
• Castaldo, G.; De Boeck, G.; Blust, R. Effects of heavy metal mixtures on bioaccumulation and defence mechanisms in common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
• De Schamphelaere, K.; Hetjens, H.; Teuchies, J.; Amato, E.; Bervoets, L.; Meire, P.; Blust, R. Active biomonitoring and DGT Passive Sampling: holistic assessment of metal bioavailability in sediments and associated risks.
• Groffen, T.; Eens, M.; Bervoets, L. Perfluoroalkylated acids (PFAAs) in soil and invertebrates (Isopoda) near a fluorochemical plant in Flanders, Belgium.
• Hetjens, H.; de Schamphelaere, K.; Teuchies, J.; Amato, E.; Bervoets, E. Assessing the bioavailability of metals in natural sediments by DGT passive sampling and bioaccumulation.
• López-Antia, A.; Groffen, T.; Bervoets, L.; Lasters, R.; Prinsen E.; Abd Elgawad, H.; Eens, M. PFAAs levels, oxidative status and reproductive success in great tits (Parus major) inhabiting a contamination hot-spot.
• Løseth, M. E.; Briels, N.; Eulaers, I.; Nygård, T.; Johnsen, T.V.; Bustnes, J. O.; Herzke, D.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Jenssen, B. M.; Jaspers, V. The role of diet and age: organohalogen accumulation in an avian top predator.
• Løseth, M. E.; Eggen, G. S.; Briels, N.; Nygård, T.; Johnsen T. V.; Bustnes, J. O.; Herzke, D.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Jenssen, B. M.; Jaspers, V. Investigating thyroid disrupting effects of organohalogenated contaminants in white-tailed eagle nestlings.
• Michiels, E. D.; Lai, F.; Vergauwen, L.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Micro-injection as an alternative for aquatic exposure? A case study in zebrafish embryos with 17a-ethinylestradiol.
• Possenti, C. D.; Poma, G.; Defossé, S.; Saino, N.; Covaci, A.; Parolini, M. Triclosan-induced embryotoxicity in the yellow-legged gull.
• Remaili, T. M.; Bennett, W.; Amato, E. D.; Welsh, D. T.; Lombi, E.; Howard, D.; Jolley, D. F. Bioturbation in contaminated sediments: effects on exposure, toxicity and biogeochemistry.
• Schaap, I.; Gross, L.; Covaci, A.; Bouveroux, T.; Demaret, F.; Blust, R.; van den Berg, M. Role of adipose tissue responsible for echolocation in the bioaccumulation process of lipophilic compounds in harbour porpoises.
• Slootmaekers, B.; Town, R. M.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. The exceptions to the rule? Metal bioaccumulation in macroinvertebrates from metal polluted sites with a good ecological status.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Cross-species applicability of the adverse outcome pathway "deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation in zebrafish".
• Sun, J.; Bustnes, J. O.; Covaci, A.; Helander, B.; Malarvannan, G.; Søndergaard, J.; Thorup, K.; Tøttrup, A.; Eens, M.; Eulaers, I. The use of natural historical collections to reconstruct temporal trends of the exposure to major contaminants in different white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) populations.
• Teunen, L.; Belpaire, C.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. Effect of environmental characteristics on the bioavailability of hydrophobic organic compounds to fresh water organisms from natural aquatic systems.
• van Ginneken, M.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. The impact of single metals and mixtures in nature: a microcosm experiment.
• Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J. E.; Ankley, G. T.; Bars, C.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Nelson, K.; Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Randolph, E.; Robinson, C.; Saari, T.; Schroeder, A.; Stinckens, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Verbueken, E.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Gene transcription ontogeny of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis development in early-life stage fathead minnow and zebrafish.

Masstwin Exploratory Workshop 2018, Antwerpen, BE, 18-20 April 2018

• Bastiaensen M.; Yin, L .F., van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Béen, F. Upscaling human biomonitoring - Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess exposure to organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs)
• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Harrad, S.; de Wit, C.; Leonards, P.; Lamoree, M.; Covaci A. Occurrence of legacy and current-use plasticizers in indoor dust from various EU countries.
• Gys, C.; Kovačič, A.; Huber, C.; Lai F. Y.; Heath, E.; Covaci A. In vitro Phase I and Phase II metabolism of bisphenol S by liquid chomatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
• Vervliet, P.; Mortelé, O.; Gys, C.; Degreef, M.; Maudens, K.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.;, Lai, F. Y. Suspect and non-target screening workflows to investigate the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of the synthetic cannabinoid 5-Cl-THJ-018.
• Vervliet, P.; De Nys, S.; Boonen, I.; Duca, R.C.; Elskens, M.; Van Landuyt, K. L.; Covaci A. Qualitative analysis of dental material ingredients, composite resins and sealants using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry.

ChemCYS, Blankenberge, BE, 21-23 February 2018

• Christia, C.; Poma, G.; Harrad, S.; de Wit, C.; Leonards, P.; Lamoree, M.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of legacy and current-use plasticizers in indoor dust from various EU countries.

Aquaculture America, Las Vegas, USA, 19-22 February 2018

• Shrivastava, J. Finding an ideal fasting period prior to the live fish transportation: assessment of ammonia excretion dynamics and aerobic metabolism trade-off.

55th TIAFT Meeting, Boca Raton, USA, 6-12 January 2018

• Been, F. Wastewater and novel psychoactive substances - Possibilities and challenges of complementary monitoring approaches.
• Cappelle, D.; De Keukeleire, S.; Neels, H.; Been, F.; De Doncker, M.; Dom, G.; Crunelle, C. L.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N. Are nails an alternative to hair for the assessment of drugs of abuse consumption? A correlation study.
• Degreef, M.; Raats, S.; Op de beeck, J.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Maudens, K. The pigeon poppy seed defence – analysis of opiates as markers of doping use in racing pigeons.

30th Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Canberra, Australia, 5-8 December 2017

• Prichard, J.; Lai, F. Y.; Kirkbride, P.; Thai, P. K.; Bruno, R.; Hall, W.; O’Brien, J. W.; Mueller, J. F. Is wastewater analysis useful for understanding rural drug use?

BelTox annual meeting, Leuven, BE, 1 December 2017.

• Gabriëls, I. J.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.; Knapen, D. Development of a refined zebrafish feeding trial to evaluate food safety.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Ankley, G. T.; Blust, R.; Witters, H.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Cross-species assay validation using the AOP “deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired posterior chamber inflation”.

SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, 12-16 November 2017

• Cavallin, J. E.; Schroeder, A.; Swintek, J.; Ankley, G. T.; Knapen, D.; Nelson, K.; Randolph, E. C.; Robinson, S.; Vergauwen, L.; Villeneuve, D. L. Gene transcription ontogeny of thyroid-axis development in early-life stage fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas).

NIGHTS 2017 Berlin – STADT NACH ACHT conference, Berlin, DE, 10-11 November, 2017

• Been, F. Drogenrückstände im Abwasser – Untersuchung des Drogenkonsums anhand von Abwasseranalysen.

Testing the Waters 3, Lisbon, PT, 26-27 October, 2017

• Bastiaensen, M.; Lai, F. Y.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Been F. Upscaling human biomonitoring – Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess exposure to organophosphate flame retardants.
• Been, F.; O’Brien, J.; Lai, F. Y.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Müller, J. Methamphetamine pyrolysis byproducts in wastewater – A way of distinguishing administration routes?
• Bruno, R.; Edirisinghe, M.; Hall, W.; Mueller, J.; Lai, F. Y.; O'Brien, K.; Thai, P. K. Association between purity of seized drugs with their daily loads measured in wastewater in an Australian catchment from 2010-2015.
• Lai, F. Y.; Been, F.; Lympoush, K.; Benaglia, L.; Udrisard, R.; Olivier, D.; Esseiva, P.; Thomaidis, N.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N. Assessing population exposure to tobacco-specific toxicants and carcinogens using wastewater-based epidemiology.
• O'Brien, J.; Grant, S.; Thai, P.; Ort, C.; Eaglesham, G.; Vijayasarathy, S.; Lai, F. Y.; Covaci, A.; Novic, A.; Tscharke, B.; Choi, P.; Thomas, K.; Mueller, J. Finding population and demographic markers in wastewater using samples collected during a population census.
• Thomas, K.; O'Brien, J.; Bijlsma, L.; Castiglioni, S.; Covaci, A.; de Voogt, P.; Emke, E.; Hernandez, F.; Gerber, C.; Grant, S.; Kasprzyk-Hordern, B.; Mueller, J.; Ort, C.; Reid, M.; Tscharke, B.; van Nuijs, A.; White, J. The challenges of performing large-scale multi-city wastewater-based epidemiology studies.
• Udrisard, R.;  Benaglia, L.; Esseiva, P.; Béen, F.; Zobel, F.; Lociciro, S.; Samitca, S. Wastewater-based epidemiology: a practical application of sewage analysis to back-calculate heroin consumption in Switzerland.
• van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Been, F.; Lai, F. Y.; Bijlsma, L.; Castiglioni, S.; Covaci, A.; Emke, E.; Hernandez, F.; Kasprzyk-Hordern, B.; Reid, M.; Thomas, K.; de Voogt, P.; Ort, C. Six years of interlaboratory ring-test exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs in wastewater – what have we learnt?

6èmes Journées Internationales de Toxicologie, Liège, BE, 19-20 October 2017

• Bastiaensen, M.; Van den Eede, N.; Araki, A.; Ait Bamai, Y.; Kishi, R.; Covaci, A. Urinary biomonitoring of organophosphate flame retardants in Japanese children and correlations with house dust concentrations.
• Bastiaensen, M.; Lai, F. Y.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Been, F. Upscaling human biomonitoring – wastewater-based epidemiology to assess exposure to organophosphate flame retardants.
• Gys, C.; Kovacic, A.; Kosjek, T.; Covaci, A.; Heath, E. Identification of photochemical degradation products of three bisphenols by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
• Maudens, K.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Covaci, A.; Neels, H. Driving under the influence of drugs: predictive value of roadside oral fluid screening.
• Mortelé, O.; Vervliet, P.; Gys, C.; Lai, F. Y.; Degreef, M.; Cuykx, M.; Laurens, K.; Covaci, A.; Van Nuijs, A .L. N. Identification of in vitro phase I and II metabolism of the new designer benzodiazepine cloniprazepam by liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

INSECTA 2017, Berlin, DE, 6-8 September 2017

• Poma, G.; Cuykx, M.; Amato, E.; Calaprice, C.; Focant, J. F.; Covaci, A. Evaluation of the chemical safety of edible insects and insect-based food intended for human consumption. A Belgian pilot study.

DIOXIN 2017, 7th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Vancouver, CA, 20-25 August 2017

• Bastiaensen, M.; Van den Eede, N.; Araki, A.; Ait Bamai, Y.; Kishi, R.; Covaci, A.  Urinary biomonitoring of organophosphate flame retardants in Japanese children and correlations with house dust concentrations.
• Christia, C.; Covaci, A.; Besis, A.; Samara, C.; Poma, G.  Levels and profiles of legacy and emerging PFRs in car dust from Greece.
• Løseth, M. E.; Briels, N.; Mararvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Johnsen, T. V.; Jenssen, B. M.; Jaspers, V. L. B. The importance of age when studying persistent organic pollutants in white-tailed eagle nestlings.
• Malarvannan, G.; Belpaire, C.; Geeraerts, C.; Covaci, A. Spatial distribution and accumulation of brominated flame retardants in the European eel in Flanders, Belgium.
• Malarvannan, G.; Onghena, M.; Verstraete, S.; van Puffelen, E.; Jacobs, A.; Vanhorebeek, I.; Verbruggen, S.; Joosten, K.; Van den Berghe, G.; Jorens, P.; Covaci, A. GC-MS Identification of phthalate and alternative plasticisers in medical devices.
• Poma, G.; Bruyland, B.; Christia, C.; Sales, C.; Goscinny, S.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of organophosphate flame retardants in food and dietary intake estimation by the Belgian adult population.
• Poma; G.; Malysheva, S.; Goscinny, S.; Voorspoels, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Jacobs, G.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of halogenated flame retardants in Belgian foodstuff.
• Schaap, I.; Gross, L.; Covaci, A.; Jauniaux, T.; Blust, R.; van den Berg, M.; Weijs, L. Role of adipose tissue responsible for echolocation in the bioaccumulation process of lipophilic compounds in harbour porpoises.

15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes, GR, 31 August - 2 September 2017

• Psoma, A. K.; Kinyua, J.; Van Nuijs, A.; Covaci, A.; Thomaidis, N. S. Identification of biotransformation products of p-methoxy methamphetamine and dihydro-mephedrone formed in activated sludge by LC-QToF-MS.
• Teunen, L.; Belpaire, C.; Bervoets, L. Mercury accumulation in two freshwater fish species in Flanders (Belgium). Internal distribution and effects of length, weight and sex.

Goldschmidt2017, Paris, FR, 13-18 August 2017

• Town, R. M. Chemodynamics and bioavailability of nanoparticulate metal complexes.

Benelux Young Water Professionals Regional Conference, Ghent, BE, 5-7 July 2017

• Caluwé, M.; Dobbeleers, T.; D’aes, J.; Miele, S.; Akkermans, V.; Daens, D.; Kiekens, F.; Geuens, L.; Blust, R.; Dries, J. Rapid formation of aerobic granular sludge during the treatment of petrochemical wastewater.

SEB Gothenburg, SE, 3-6 July 2017

• Moyson, S.; Vissenberg, K.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Mixtures of zinc, copper and cadmium cause different responses in Caenorhabditis elegans.
• Pilehvar, A.; Blust, R.; Cordery, K. The effect of thermal prehistory and exposure regime on metal toxicity tolerance in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Shrivastava, J.; Sinha, A. K.; Cannaerts, S.; Verrostte, E.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Temporal assessment of metabolic rate, ammonia dynamics and ion-status in common carp during fasting: optimizing fasting period prior to transport.
• Sinha, A. K.; Nektaris, M. N.; Zinta, G.; Kumar, A. A.; Beemster, G. T. S.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Interactive effects of salinity and ammonia stress on marine fish: insights from genomewide transcriptional analysis.

Metabolomics 2017, 13th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Brisbane, Australia, 25-29 June 2017

• Beirnaert, C.; Meysman, P.; Hermans, N.; Apers, S.; Pieters, L.; Covaci, A.; Laukens, K. Speaq2: large scale NMR metabolomics data analysis made easy.
• Cuykx, M.; Claes, L.; Rodrigues, R. M.; Vanhaecke, T.; Covaci, A. Investigation of drug-induced steatosis in HepaRG cells using untargeted LC-MS metabolomics.

Water Technology and Environmental Control Exhibition & Conference, Palermo, IT, 21-23 June 2017

• van Nuijs A. L. N. Illicit drugs and alcohol: the sewage connection.

ICCE 2017, 16th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Oslo, NO, 18-22 June 2017

• Gys, C.; Kovacic, A.; Kosjek, T.; Covaci, A.; Heath, E. Photochemical degradation of bisphenols in aqueous solution: degradation kinetics and identification of transformation products.
• van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Kinyua, J.; Negreira, N.; Gremeaux, L.; Blanckaert, P.; Covaci, A. Suspect and non-target screening by high resolution mass spectrometry for the detection of new psychoactive substances in wastewater and pooled urine.
• Zabaleta, I.; Bizkarguenaga, E.; Izagirre, U.; Negreira, N.; Covaci, A.; Benskin, J. P.; Prieto, A.; Zuloaga, O. Accumulation and biotransformation of 8:2 polyfluoroalkyl phosphate diester in gilthead bream (Sparus aurata).

22nd Scientific Meeting of the Society of Hair Testing, Cardiff, UK, 12-14 June 2017

• Cappelle, D.; Neels, H.; De Keukeleire, S.; Covaci, A.; Crunelle, C. L.; van Nuijs, A. L. N. Ethyl glucuronide in keratinous matrices as biomarker of alcohol use: a correlation study between hair and nails.

LET 2017, 14th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Florianopolis, BR, 29 May-6 June 2017

• Caluwé, M.; Dobbeleers, T;. D’aes, J.; Miele, S;. Akkermans, V.; Daens, D.; Kiekens, F.; Geuens, L.; Blust, R.; Dries, J. Formation of aerobic granular sludge during the treatment of industrial chemical wastewater.

BIOFILM 2017, 10th International Conference on Biofilm Reactors, Dublin, IE, 9-12 May 2017

• Caluwé, M.; Dobbeleers, T.; D’aes, J.; Blust, R.; Dries, J. Aerobic granular sludge treatment of petrochemical wastewater

SETAC Europe 27th annual meeting, Brussels, BE, 7-11 May 2017

• Catarci Carteny, C.; Albentosa, M.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R. Development of a dynamic uptake model for virgin and contaminated microplastics in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis).
• Cordery, K. I.; Vergauwen, L.; Husson, S.; Knapen, D.; Blust, R. The effects of copper-cadmium mixtures on the development of zebrafish embryos.
• Delahaut, V.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Historical mercury contamination in Belgian rivers; screening for suitable biomarker genes of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
• De Schamphelaere, K.; Teuchies, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Meire, P.; Blust, R. Development of a triad assessment method for brackish sediments in Flanders.
• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.. Knapen, D. Development of a test method for transgenerational effects of genetically modified crops in food using the zebrafish model.
• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; Knapen, D.; De Loose, M. Development of a refined zebrafish feeding trial to evaluate food safety.
• Groffen, T.; López, A.; Bervoets, L.; Eens, M. Distribution of perfluorinated compounds (PFAAs) in great tits (Parus major) along a pollution gradient in Antwerp, Belgium, and their effects on reproduction.
• Husson, S.; Van Camp, K.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R. Peptidomics: a new omics-sibling in ecotoxicology?
• Krivoshiev, B.; Beemster, G.; Sprangers, K.; Cuypers, B.; Laukens, K.; Blust, R. Elucidating the toxicity of the flame retardant tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP) by transcriptomics.
• Lamoree, M.; De Brouwere, K.; Harrad, S. J.; de Wit, C.; Covaci, A.; Leonards, P. E.; de Boer, J. Target and nontarget screening of chemicals in the indoor environment for human exposure assessment – SHINE.
• Majid, S.; Smeets, K.; Blust, R. Molecular toxicity of metal mixture and defense mechanisms in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Development of a zebrafish embryo test for the evaluation of endocrine disrupting pharmaceuticals with nano-injection as an alternative exposure route.
• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Development of a zebrafish embryo test for environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals with different endocrine disrupting modes of actions.
• Moyson, S.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Sensitivity of Caenorhabditis elegans to mixtures of zinc, copper and cadmium.
• Pereira, C. S.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; De Schamphelaere, K. Effect of temperature on chronic Ni toxicity to Daphnia magna along four generations.
• Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Pype, C.; Verbueken, E.; Bagci, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Vergauwen, L.; Knapen, D. Ontogeny of steroid hormone metabolism gene transcription during zebrafish embryonic development.
• Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Michiels, E. D.; Stinckens, E.; Gabriels, I.; Pype, C.; Verbueken, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Van Nuijs, A. L.; Vergauwen, L.; Knapen, D. Steroid and thyroid gene transcription ontogeny during the first 32 days of zebrafish development improves our understanding of endocrine disruption.
• Philippe, C.; Grégoir, A. F.; De Boeck, G.; Brendonck, L. The annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri as a new model in long-term ecotoxicological research.
• Pilehvar, A.; Cordery, K. I.; Blust, R. The Interaction between environmental temperature and metal toxicity tolerance in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Slootmaekers, B.; Bervoets, L.; Blust, R.; Belpaire, C. Microplastic contamination in gudgeons (Gobio gobio) from Flemish rivers.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J.; Schroeder, A.L.; Blackwell, B. R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Dries Knapen, D. Cross-species assay validation using the AOP “deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired posterior chamber inflation".
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J. E.; Schroeder, A. L.; Blackwell, B. R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Volz, D. C.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Dries Knapen, D. Development of an alternative testing strategy for the fish early life-stage test using the AOP network "thyroperoxidase and diodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation".
• Van Camp, K. A.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Behavioral analysis and toxicoproteomics profiling of mianserin exposure of zebrafish.
• Van Ginneken, M.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. Temperature-dependent effects of metal mixtures: behavioral changes in a freshwater invertebrate.
• Vergauwen, L.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Stinckens, E.; Schmidt, S. N.; Mayer, P.; Covaci, A.; Ankley, G. T.; Blust, R.; Knapen, D. Development of an AOP describing effects of narcotics on membrane-bound mitochondrial processes in fish.

BFR 2017, 8th International Symposium on Flame Retardants, York, UK, 7-10 May 2017

• Malarvannan, G.; Van Hoorenbeeck, K.; Deguchtenaere, A.; Verhulst, S. L.; Jorens, P. G.; Dirinck, E.; Van Gaal, L.; Covaci A. Brominated and chlorinated organic contaminants in human serum from obese adolescents undergoing weight loss treatment.
• Poma, G.; Glynn, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Darnerud, P.O. Estimation of per capita intake of phosphorous flame retardants (PFRs) using Swedish market basket food samples.
• Poma, G.; Goscinny, S.; Voorspoels, S.;  Malarvannan, G.; Malysheva, S. V.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of halogenated flame retardants in Belgian food samples.

BLT, Brussel, BE, 30 March 2017

• Degreef, M.; De Voecht, E.; Allains, K.; Cappelle, D.; Cuykx, M.; Neels, H.; Eens, M.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Maudens, K. The pigeon poppy seed defence.

23rd Annual Meeting of the Society For Research On Nicotine and Tobacco, Florence, IT, 8-11 March 2017

• Gartner, C.; Lai, F. Y.; Meuller, J. M.; Crothers, A.; Wilkins, C.; Hall, W.; Bruno, R.; Prichard, J.; O’Brien, J. W. Use of wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor nicotine consumption in Australian and New Zealand communities.

YES 2017, 6th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting, Stockholm, SE, 16-20 February 2017

• Soberón, F. S.; Cuykx, M.; Serra, N.; Linares, V.; Bellés, M.; Covaci, A.; Schuhmaker, M. Untargeted metabolomics to assess in vitro toxicity of two fractions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5-0.25 and PM0.25) at environmental levels on A549 lung carcinoma cells.

Zoology congress, Antwerpen, BE, 16-17 December, 2016

• Cordery, K. I.; Vergauwen, L.; Husson, S.; Knapen, D.; Blust, R. A physiological and developmental analysis of metal mixture toxicity in adult and early-life stages of the zebrafish.
• Delahaut, V.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, as a sentinel species for historical mercury pollution in Flemish rivers and streams.
• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.; Knapen, D. Development of a test method for transgenerational effects of genetically modified crops in food using the zebrafish model.
• Groffen, T.; Wepener, V.; Bervoets, L. Distribution of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAAs) in an aquatic food chain in the Vaal River, South Africa.
• Messina, S.; Eens, M.; Casasole, G.; AbdElgawad, H.; Asard, H.; Pinxten, R.; Costantini, D. Is vocal communication in birds affected by cellular oxidative stress?
• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Corremans, C.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Nano-injection in the zebrafish embryo as an alternative exposure route for environmental risk assessment of endocrine disrupting pharmaceuticals.
• Moyson, S.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. Effects of copper, cadmium, zinc and their mixtures on the survival and behaviour of C. elegans.
• Panagiotou, M.; Verhaert, V.; Oikonomou, A.; Milou, A.; Covaci, A.; Bervoets, L. Environmental distribution and bioaccumulation of POPs and Hg in temperate and Mediterranean river ecosystems.
• Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Stinckens, E.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Pype, C.; Verbueken, E.; Bagci, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Vergauwen, L. Knapen, D. Ontogeny of steroid hormone metabolism gene transcription during zebrafish embryonic development.
• Philippe, C.; Grégoir, A.; Thore, E.; De Boeck, G.; Brendonck, L. A new model species for long-term toxicity testing: Acute and chronic sensitivity of Nothobranchius furzeri to copper and cadmium.
• Pilehvar, A.; Blust, R. The interaction between environmental temperature and metal toxicity tolerance in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Raap, T.; Casasole, G.; Costantini, D.; AbdElgawad, H.; Asard, H.; Pinxten, R.; Eens, M. Early life exposure to artificial light at night affects the physiological condition: an experimental study on the ecophysiology of free-living nestling songbirds.
• Sebastiano, M.; Eens, M.; Chastel, O.; Costantini, D. Immunity, inflammation, and stress in a long-lived seabird facing a severe herpesvirus disease.
• Sebastiano, M.; Eens, M.; Chastel, O.; Costantini, D. Corticosterone, oxidative status, and inflammation markers as tools to predict the progress of a herpesvirus disease in frigatebird nestlings.
• Shrivastava, J.; Sinha, A.; Goss, G.; Clifford, A.; Weinrauch, A.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Acid-base balance and ion regulation in spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei during hypercapnia.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J.;  Blackwell, B.R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G.T.; Volz, D. C.; Villeneuve, D.L.; Knapen, D. Validation of the AOP network “thyroperoxidase and/or deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation”.
• Thys, B.; Eens, M.; Iserbyt, A.; Pinxten, R. Personality traits and behavioural syndromes across seasons and years in starlings.
• van Camp, K.; Baggerman, G.; Valkenborg, D.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. A behavioural analysis and differential proteomics approach to study effects of pharmaceuticals in the zebrafish.
• Wood, C. M.; Brix, K. V.; De Boeck, G.; Bergman, H. L.; Bianchini, A.; Bianchini, L.; Maina, J. N.; Johansson, O. E.; Kavembe, G. D.; Papah, M. B.; Letura, K. M.; Ojoo, R. O. Hot! Hot! Hot! The hottest fish on earth lives at mammalian metabolic rates.

BelTox annual meeting, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE, 9 December 2016

• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.; Knapen, D. Development of a test method for transgenerational effects of genetically modified crops in food using the zebrafish model.
• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Dynamics of fluorescence intensity of transgenic zebrafish (5xERE:GFP) exposed to 17α-ethinylestradiol: comparison between 2 exposure routes.
• Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Stinckens, E.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Pype, C.; Verbueken, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Vergauwen, L.; Knapen, D. Ontogeny of steroid and thyroid hormone metabolism gene transcription during zebrafish embryo-larval development.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J.; Blackwell, B.R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Volz, D. C.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Validation of the AOP network “thyroperoxidase and/or deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation”.
• van Camp, K. A.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. A behavioral analysis and differential proteomics approach to study effects of pharmaceuticals in the zebrafish.

Fish and amphibian embryos as alternative models in toxicology and teratology, Aulnay-sous-Bois/Paris, FR, 1-2 December 2016

• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Corremans, C.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Nano-injection in the zebrafish embryo as an alternative exposure route for environmental risk assessment of endocrine disrupting pharmaceuticals.
• Michiels, E. D. G.; Vergauwen, L.; Hagenaars, A.; Fransen, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Bervoets, L.; Knapen, D. Evaluating complex mixtures in the zebrafish embryo by reconstituting field water samples: a metal pollution case-study.
• Periz-Stanaćev, J.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Stinckens, E.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Pype, C.; Verbueken, E.; Bagci, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Vergauwen, L.; Knapen, D. Ontogeny of steroid hormone metabolism gene transcription during zebrafish embryonic development.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Cavallin, J.; Schroeder, A.L.; Maho, W.; Blackwell, B. R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Covaci, A.; Volz, D; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Validation of the AOP network “thyroperoxidase and/or deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation”.

NIGHTS 2016 Berlin – STADT NACH ACHT conference, Berlin, DE, 24-26 November 2016

• Been, F. Down the drain – Monitoring illicit drug use via wastewater analysis.

SETAC 7th world congress / SETAC North America 37th annual meeting, Orlando, US, 6-10 November 2016

• Briels, M. E.; Løseth, M. E.; Torgersen, L. N.; Eulaers, I.; Nygård, T.; Johnsen, T. V.; Bustnes, J.; Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Martínez, J.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Jaspers, V. L. Levels of legacy and emergin organohalogenated compounds in Northern goshawk and White-tailed eagle nestlings from different latitudes in Europe.
• Cavallin, J. E.; Ankley, G.T.; Blackwell, B. R.; Blanksma, C.; Jensen, K. M.; Kahl, M.; Knapen, D.; Kosian, P. A.; Poole, S.; Randolph, E. C.; Schroeder, A.; Vergauwen, L.; Villeneuve, D. L. Impaired swim bladder inflation in early-life stage fathead minnows exposed to a deiodinase inhibitor, iopanoic acid.
• Nys, C.; Van Regenmortel, T.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; Smolders, E. E.; De Schamphelaere, K. Modeling the chronic effects of metal mixtures to aquatic organisms: a meta-analysis.

BLT Scientific Meeting, Echternach, LU, 11 October 2016

• Cappelle, D.; De Doncker, M.; Gys, C.; Krysiak, K.; De Keukeleire, S.; Maho, W.; Crunelle, C. L.; Dom, G.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Neels, H. A straightforward, validated LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous detection of nine drugs of abuse and their metabolites in hair and nails.

26th annual International Society of Exposure Science meeting, Utrecht, NL, 9-13 October 2016

• Been, F.; Lai, F. Y.; Kinuya, J.; Benaglia, L.; Delémont, O.; Esseiva, P.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A. Integration of wastewater-based epidemiology in the national drug monitoring system of various countries.
• Bijlsma, L.; de Voogt, P.; Castiglioni, S.; Covaci, A.; Emke, E.; Hernandez, F.; Kasprzyk-Horden, B.; Ort, C.; Reid, M.; Thomas, K.; van Nuijs, A. Wastewater based epidemiology: recent advances.
• Covaci, A.; Been, F.; Lai, F. Y.; van Nuijs, A. Future perspectives for wastewater-based epidemiology; testing urban water for community-wide public health assessment.
• Covaci, A.; van den Eede, N. Biomarkers of human exposure to organophosphate flame retardants.
• Covaci, A.; Lambrechts, N.; Malarvannan, G.; Koppen, G.; Bruckers, L.; Govarts, E.; Nelen, V.; Nawrot, T.; Loots, I.; Sioen, I.; Bayens, W.; Schoeters, G. Emerging contaminants in the Flemish Environment and Health biomonitoring Surveys (FLEHS).
• Croes, K.; Lambrechts, N.; Colles, A.; Bruckers, L.; Loots, I.; Nelen, V.; Schoeters, G.; Dehenauw, S.; Covaci, A.; Nawrot, T.; Baeyens, W. Determinants of exposure to POPs and pesticides in the Flemish population.
• Dodson, R.; Rodgers, K.; Allen, J.; Guillermo, J.; Covaci, A.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Rudel, R.; Carey, G. Flammability standards impact flame retardant concentrations in dust.
• Govarts, E.; Portengen, L.; Lambrechts, N.; Bruckers, L.; Covaci, A.; Nelen, V.; Nawrot, T.; Loots, I.; Sioen, I.; Baeyens, W.; Morrens, B.; Vermeulen, R.; Schoeters, G. Early-life exposure to multiple environmental contaminants and birth outcomes: pooled analysis in four Flemish birth cohorts.
• Lai, F. Y.; Hall, W.; Gartner, C.; van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Mueller, J. F. Using wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor population alcohol and tobacco use.
• Lamoree, M.; De Brouwere, K.; Harrad, S.; De Wit, C.; Covaci, A.; Leonards, P.; De Boer, J. Target and nontarget screening of chemicals in the indoor environments for human exposure assessment - SHINE.
• O'Brien, J.; Thai, P.; Ort, C.; Thomas, K.; Reid, M.; Baz, J. A.; Ryu, Y.; Lai, F. Y.; Mueller, J. A modelling approach to estimate the number of people contributing to a wastewater sample using population biomarkers.
• van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Kinyua, J.; Covaci, A. Wastewater-based epidemiology to track down the actual use of new psychoactive substances: challenges and recommendations.

EMCDDA expert meeting on the epidemiological indicator: patterns and trends in drug use (GPS), Lisbon, PT, 19-20 September 2016

• Been, F.; Bijlsma, L.; Benaglia, L.; Berset, J. -D.; Botero-Coy, A. M.; Castiglioni, S.; Kraus, L.; Zobel, L.; Schaub, M.; Bücheli, A.; Hernández, F.; Delémont, O.; Esseiva, P.; Ort, C. Assessing geographical differences in illicit drug consumption – a comparison of results from epidemiological and wastewater data.

ESCPB 2016, Barcelona, ES, 4 - 7 September 2016

• Bervoets, L.; Blust, R. Critical concentrations of environmental variables and accumulated pollutants in relation to ecological water quality.
• Cordery, K. I.; Vergauwen, L.; Husson, S.; Knapen, D.; Blust, R. A physiological and developmental analysis of metal mixture toxicity in adult and early-life stages of the zebrafish.
• Krivoshiev, B. V.; Dardenne, F.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. In vitro estrogen disruption of currently-used flame retardants.
• Van Camp, K.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Peptidomics of the zebrafish: identification of neuropeptides by LC-MS.

DIOXIN 2016, Florence, IT, 28 August - 2 September 2016

• Briels, N.; Løseth, M. E.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Covaci, A.; Jaspers, V. L. B. In ovo transformation of two emerging flame retardants in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).
• Covaci, A.; Van den Eende, N.; Butt, C. M.; Letcher, R. J.; Su, G.; Calafat, A. M.; Jayatilaka, N.; Kubwabo, C.; Kosarac, I.; Yang, F.; Ding, J.; Park, J.; Petropoulou, S. E.; Behniwal, P.; Li, Y.; He, C.; Mueller, J.; Stapleton, H. M. Interlaboratory calibration exercise for metabolites of organophosphate ester contaminants in human urine.
• Giovanoulis, G.; Bui, T.; Alves, A.; Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, S.; De Wit, C. A.; Cousins, A. P.; Magnér, J. Human exposure to phthalate and DINCH plasticizers - correlation between indirect and biomonitoring exposure estimates in a Norwegian human cohort.
• Løseth, M. E.; Briels, N.; Ciesielski, T. M.; Covaci, A.; Jenssen, B. M.; Weisser, J. J.; Jaspers, V. L. B. Investigating stress and immune status of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) chicks exposed to emerging flame retardants.
• Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants in terrestrial top predators.
• Malarvannan, G.; Van Hoorenbeeck, K.; Deguchtenaere, A.; Verhulst, S.L.; Jorens, P.G.; Dirinck, E.; Van Gaal, L.; Covaci, A. Serum levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in obese adolescents undergoing weight loss treatment.
• Malic, R. N.; Abbasi, N. A.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V. L. B. J.; Arukwe, A.; Mennilo, E.; Ibor, O. R.; Frantz, A.; Covaci, A. Oxidative stress responses in relationship to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) levels in the feathers and blood of predatory birds from Pakistan.
• Malysheva, S. V.; Malarvannan, G.; Goscinny, S.; Poma, G.; Andjelkovic, M.; Jacobs, G.; Voorspoels, S.; Covaci, A.; Van Loco, J. LC-MS-based analytical method for quantification of selected brominated flame retardants in food commodities.
• Poma, G.; Cuykx, M.; Amato, E.; Calaprice, C.; Focant, J.F.; Covaci, A. Evaluating the chemical safety of edible insects.
• Poma, G.; Glynn, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Darnerud, P. O. PFRs, PBDEs, and other halogenated flame retardants in Swedish market basket food samples and estimation of per capita intake.
• Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Goscinny, S.; Voorspoels, S.; Malysheva, S. V.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of PBDEs and other halogenated flame retardants in food items: a Belgian study.
• Sales, C.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Portolés, T.; Beltrán, J.; Covaci, A. Sensitive and relialbe methodology for the simultaneous determination of dechloranes, PBDEs and NBFRs in food and serum samples.
• Tay, J. H.; Xu, F.; Covaci, A.; Sellström, U.; De Wit, C. A. Dietary assessmentn of human exposure to organohalogen contaminants, legacy and emergin flame retardants in a Norwegian cohort.
• Xu, F.; Van den Eende, N.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. Assessing the human internal exposure to PFRs via urine and serum: method validation study.
• Xu, F.; Haug, L. S.; Neels, H.; Covaci, A. Human internal exposure to organophosphate flame retardant metabolites in urine and serum: a biomonitoring study of Norwegian cohorts.

SEB, Brighton, UK, 3-7 July 2016

• De Boeck, G.; Wood, C. M.; Brix, K. M.; Sinha, A. K.; Johannsson, O. E.; Bianchini, A.; Bianchini, L. F.; Maina, J. M.; Kavembe, G. D.; Papah, M. B.; Letura, K. M.; Ojoo, R. O. Fasting in the ‘big spender’ Lake Magadi tilapia affects ionoregulation rather than energy budget.
• Pipralia, N.; Sinha, A. K.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Interactive effect of ocean acidification and salinity reduction on ecophysiological performance of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).
• Shrivastava, J.; Datta, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Pre-acclimation to low ammonia improves ammonia handling in common carp when exposed subsequently to high environmental ammonia.

2nd International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, Guangzhou, China, 14-16 June 2016

• Covaci A., Hunting for human biomarkers for emerging contaminants chemical identification and properties.

4th International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Budapest, HU, 30-31 May 2016

• van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Kinyua, J.; Negreira, N.; Gremeaux, L.; Blanckaert, P.; Covaci, A. Pooled urine and wastewater analysis to track down the actual use of NPS: case-study on a festival in Belgium.

SETAC Europe 26th annual meeting, Nantes, FR, 22-26 May, 2016

• Ballesteros-Gomez, A.; Van den Eede, N.; de Boer, J.; Covaci, A.  Impurities of resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate) in plastics and in dust.
• Cordery, K.I.; Husson, S.; Smolders, E.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Blust, R. Uptake and toxicity of copper and cadmium in single and mixtures exposure in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. 
• Covaci, A.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Kurt-Karakus, P. New flame retardants: chemical identification and properties.
• Delahaut, V.; De Boeck, G.; Blust R. Toxicity of copper, cadmium and zinc towards common carp (Cyprinus carpio).
• De Schamphelaere, K.; Bervoets, L.; Teuchies, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Meire, P.; Blust, R. Bioassays in framework of a triad assessment method for brackish sediments.
• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.; Knapen, D. Development of a refined zebrafish feeding trial.
• Giovanoulis, G.; Alves, A.; Bui, T. T.; Palm Cousins, A.; Magnér, J .A.; Covaci, A.; Voorspoels, A.; de Wit, C. A. Human exposure to plasticizer chemicals – correlation between indirect and biomonitoring exposure estimates in a Norwegian human cohort.
• Hetjens, H.; Teuchies, J.; Blust, R. A risk management model for evaluating the impact of sediment resuspension on the distribution, bioavailability and toxicity of harmful contaminants in the port of Antwerp and Scheldt Estuary.
• Jaspers, V.; Løseth, M. E.; Briels, N.; Eulaers, I.; Sonne, C.; Nygard, T.; Bustnes, J.; Gómez-Ramírez, P.; Martínez, J.; Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A.; Herzke, D. Emerging chemicals in birds of prey from Spain and Norway: exposure and effects.
• Kademoglou, K.; Xu, F.; Covaci, A.; Haug, L. S.; Collins, C. D. Monitoring levels of legacy and emerging flame retardants in indoor environments: a multi-location study between Norway and the UK.
• Krivoshiev, B. V.; Dardenne, F.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Toxicological mechanisms of current flame retardants.
• López-Antia, A.; Feliu, J.; Camarero, P. R.; Ortiz Santaliestra, M. E.; Mougeot, F.; Mateo, R. Are treated seeds an ecological trap for birds?
• Malysheva, S.; Goscinny, S.; Malarvannan, G.; Poma, G.; Andjelkovic, M.; Covaci, A.; Van Loco, J. Brominated flame retardants in Belgian foodstuffs – recent evaluation by a novel UPLC-MS/MS method.
• Michiels, E. D.; Vergauwen, L.; van Cruchten, S.; Knapen, D. Development of a zebrafish embryo test for environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals with endocrine disrupting properties.
• Moyson, S.; Baggerman, G.; Blust, R.; Husson, S. J. Modulatory toxicity effects of metal mixtures on chemosensation and mortality of C. elegans.
• Nys, C.; Smolders, E. E.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; De Schamphelaere, K. Chronic metal mixture toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia: a meta-analysis and implementation in ecological risk assessment.
• Pereira, C. S.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; De Schamphelaere, K.  Effect of temperature on nickel biodynamics in Daphnia magna as determinated with stable isotope experiment.
• Pereira, C. S.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; De Schamphelaere, K. Effect of temperature on Ni bioaccumulation and chronic toxicity to Daphnia magna.
• Pilehvar, A.; Cordery, K. I.; Blust, R. Effect of thermal prehistory and regime on metal toxicity in the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Poma, G.; Symons, N.; Malarvannan, G.; Goscinny, S.; Voorspoels, S.; Malysheva, S. V.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and emerging halogenated flame retardants in food items.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Schroeder, A. L.; Maho, W.; Blackwell, B. R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G. T.; Covaci, A.; Villeneuve, D. L.; Knapen, D. Assay development based on the AOP network “thyroperoxidase and deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation”.
• Van Ginneken, M.; Blust, R.. Bervoets, L. Sublethal effects of the combined exposure to metal mixtures and predator stress on Asellus aquaticus.
• Vergauwen, L.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Bagci, E.; Gabriëls, I. J.; Periz- Stanaćev, J.; Pype, C.; Stinckens, E.; Verbueken, E.; Van Cruchten, S. J.; Knapen, D. Gene transcription profiles during the first 32 days of zebrafish development: thyroid, steroid, digestive and biotransformation systems.

Seminar “New paths for a better cooperation between judiciary and police in the field of fight against drug trafficking - exchange of best practices”, Antwerp, BE, 11-14 April 2016

• van Nuijs, A. L. N.; Covaci, A.; Neels, H. Wastewater analysis as complementary approach for estimating illicit drug consumption.

Chemcys, Blankenberge, BE, 16-18 March 2016

• Cuykx, M.; Negreira, N.; Beirnaert, C.; Van den Eede, N.; Rodrigues, R.; Laukens, K.; Vanhaecke, T.; Covaci, A. Divide et Impera: tailored LC-MS optimization for the detection of the HepaRG metabolome.

Congrès du Groupe Suisse de Criminologie, Interlaken, CH, 3 March 2016

• Been, F.; Guéniat, O. Drogues dans les eaux usées: une nouvelle perspective de l’evaluation criminologique.

BelTox annual meeting, Antwerp, BE, 26 November 2015

• Gabriëls, I.; Vergauwen, L.; De Boevre, M.; De Saeger, S.; Blust, R.; Eeckhout, M.; De Loose, M.; Knapen, D. Development of a zebrafish feeding trial to evaluate food safety.
• Stinckens, E.; Vergauwen, L.; Schroeder, A.L.; Maho, W.; Blackwell, B.R.; Witters, H.; Blust, R.; Ankley, G.T.; Covaci, A.; Villeneuve, D.L.; Knapen, D. Development of an adverse outcome pathway for “thyroperoxidase and/or deiodinase inhibition leading to impaired swim bladder inflation".

3rd meeting of the CLEN project group on designer drugs and other illicit products, Brussels, BE, 23-25 November 2015

• van Nuijs, A.L.N. New psychoactive substances in forensic toxicology: a big challenge.

RAFA2015, 7th international symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis, Prague, CZ, 3-6 November 2015

• Malysheva, s.; Covaci, A.; Van Loco, J. Quantification of brominated flame retardants in food by UPLC-MS/MS: challenges, analytical method development and validation in food.
• Onghena, M.; Negreira, N.; Van Hoeck, E.; Quirynen, L.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Determination of migrating compounds from plastic baby bottles by GC-QQQ-MS and LC-QQQ-MS.
• Poma, G.; Malarvannan, G.; Van Loco, J.; Covaci, A. Quantification of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and other halogenated flame retardants in food samples by GC/ECNI-MS.

SETAC North America 36th annual meeting, Salt Lake City, US, 1-5 November 2015

• Blust, R. Scientific advances in aquatic metal ecotoxicology.
• Vergauwen, L.; Schmidt, S. N.; Michiels, E. D. G.; Stinckens, E.; Blust, R.; Covaci, A.; Mayer, P.; Knapen, D. Effect of narcotics on membrane-bound mitochondrial processes in fish.
• Villeneuve, D. L.; LaLone, C.; Schroeder, A.; Ankley, G. T.; Mortenson, H.; Knapen, D.; Vergauwen, L.; Hecker, M. Use of adverse outcome pathway framework to represent cross-species consequences of specific pathway perturbations.
• Weijs, L.; Covaci, A.; Blust, R. Toxicokinetic modeling of contaminants in marine mammals: Why reverse dosimetry is often inevitable.

Scientific meeting of the Spanish society of Chromatography and related techniques SECyTA, Castellon de la Plana, ES, 28-30 October 2015

• Portolés, T.; Kinyua, J.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Cappelle, D.; Sancho, J.V.; Hernández, F. Exploring potential of gas chromatography with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and tandem mass spectrometry for sensitive determination of ethyl glucuronide in hair.

2nd International Conference on wastewater analysis: Testing the waters 2015, Ascona, CH, 11-15 October 2015

• Lai, F.Y.; Hall, W.; Wilkins, C.; Gartner, C.; Carter, S.; Anuj, S.; O’Brien, J.W.; Thai, P.K.; Bruno, R.; Ort C.; Prichard, J.; Kirkbride, P.; Mueller, J.F. Application of wastewater-based epidemiology on monitoring illicit drug, alcohol and nicotine use in Australian and New Zealand populations.

SETAC 7th Africa conference, Langebaan, South Africa, 5-8 October 2015

• Vogt, N. L.; Wepener, V.; Pieters, R.; Covaci, A.; Bervoets, L. Spatial and temporal variations of PCBs and PBDEs in mudfish from the Vaal River, South Africa.

ICCE 2015, Leipzig, DE, 18-21 September 2015

• Covaci, A. Human exposure to emerging contaminants.
• Covaci, A. Wastewater-based epidemiology: novelty and advancements of the approach.
• Covaci, A. New psychoactive substances.

Eurotox, Porto, PT, 13-16 September 2015

• Cuykx, M.; Van den Eede, N.; Negreira, N.; Beirnaert, C.; Laukens, K.; Covaci, A. Optimization of LC-QTOF MS parameters for the coverage of the in vitro HepaRG metabolome.
• Van den Eede, N.; Cuykx, M.; Rodrigues, R.; Neels, H.; Laukens, K.; Vanhaecke, T.; Covaci, A. Metabolomics analysis of the toxicity mechanisms of triphenyl phosphate and acetaminophen in HepaRG cells.

53rd TIAFT Meeting, Firenze, IT, 30 August - 4 September 2015

• Matheeussen, V.; Maudens, K.; Cappelle, D.; Anseeuw, K.; Neels, H. A non­fatal self­-poisoning attempt with sildenafil.

SEB Prague, CZ, 30 June - 3 July 2015

• Montes, C.S.; Mota, S.B.; Almeida-Val, V.M.F.; Val, A.L.; De Boeck, G. Protective effects of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in short-term exposure ofSerrasalmus rhombeus, to metals in Rio Negro river water.
• Pipralia, N.; Sinha, A. K.; Vanuytrecht, K.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Adaptive strategies of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) to ocean acidification and salinity stress.
• Sinha, A.K.; AbdElgawad, H.; Zinta, G.; Asard, H.; Blust, R.; De Boeck, G. Nutritional status as the key modulator of antioxidant responses induced by salinity stress and high ammonia in European sea bass.
• Wood, C.M.; Brix, K.V.; De Boeck, G.; Bergman, H.L.; Bianchini, A.; Bianchini, L.F.; Maina, J.N.; Johannsson, O.E.; Kavembe, G.D.; Papah, M.B.; Letura, K.M.; Ojoo, R.O. What can the swimming metabolism of the world’s hottest fish tell us about the oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance (OCLTT) hypothesis?

42nd International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations (HPLC), Geneva, CH, 21-25 June 2015

• Eugster, P.J.; Cappelle, D.; Dunand, M.; Herren, A.; Grouzmann, E. Immunoassays vs. LC-MS/MS for PTH 1-34 (teriparatide) quanti cation: which method has the best specificity and sensitivity?

Symposium on solvent extraction & parallel evaporation, Grimbergen, 5 May 2015

• Malarvannan, G.; Covaci, A. Soxhlet extraction for analysis of POPs in biotic and abiotic matrices.

20th Scientific Meeting of the Society of Hair Testing, Sao Paulo, BR, 3-6 May 2015

• Cappelle, D.; Crunelle, C.L.; Covaci, A.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Maudens, K.; Yegles, M.; Neels, H. Preliminary findings of a controlled alcohol dosing study to assess the correlation between hair EtG and alcohol consumption in healthy volunteers.
• Cappelle, D.; Crunelle, C.L.; Süβe, S.; Couttenye, M.-M.; Michielsen, P.; Yegles, M.; van Nuijs, A.L.N.; Covaci, A.; Neels, H. Ethyl glucuronide vs fatty acid ethyl esters concentrations in hair of a dialysis patient.

SETAC Europe 25th annual meeting, Barcelona, ES, 3-7 May 2015

• Cordery, K. I.; Husson, S. J.; Smolders, E.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Blust, R. Uptake and toxicity of copper and cadmium from mixtures in the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• van den Eede, N.; Covaci, A. Recommendations for selecting biomarkers of exposure to organophosphate flame retardants in human biomonitoring.
• Kinyua, J.; Negreira, N.; Van Nuijs, A. L.; Ibanez, M.; Bijlsma, L.; Miserez, B.; Hernandez, F.; Covaci, A. Detection and identification of new psychoactive substances in pooled urine using High Resolution All-Ions MS/MS.
• Knapen, D.; Nørgaard Schmidt, S.; Maho, W.; Mayer, P.; Covaci, A.; Vergauwen, L. How do non-specific mechanisms of toxicity fit into the AOP framework? The example of narcosis.
• Nys, C.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; Smolders, E. E.; De Schamphelaere, K. Metal mixture complexity: the antagonistic action of a Ni-Zn-Cu mixture to C. dubia becomes additive when Cd is added.
• Pereira, C. S.; Janssen, C.; Blust, R.; De Schamphelaere, K. Does chronic toxicity of Cu and Zn to Daphnia magna depend on temperature?
• Philippe, C.; Grégoir, A.; De Boeck, G.; Brendonck, L. Nothobranchius furzeri, a potential new model for longterm ecotoxicity testing: first results.
• Pilehvar, A.; Blust, R. Thermal history, heat shock and metal toxicity tolerance in the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
• Van Hoeck, A.; Horemans, N.; Blust, R.; Knapen, D.; van den Hove, H. Individual, physiological and molecular stress responses exposed to ionising radiation in Lemna minor.
• Vergauwen, L.; Hagenaars, A.; Stinckens, E.; Bervoets, L.; Vinas, N.; Knapen, D. Mechanism of PFOS effects on posterior swim bladder chamber inflation in zebrafish larvae.
• Versieren,  L.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Blust, R.; Smolders, E. E. Mixture toxicity of Cu, Ni, Cd and Zn to barley can conservatively be predicted by the concentration-addition model.
• Wild, S.; Eulaers, I.; Covaci, A.; Hawker, D.; Cropp, R.;  Emmerson, L.; Southwell, C.; Bengtson Nash, S. The role of bird species in biological focussing of Persistent Organic Pollutants and as vectors for the long-range environmental transport of pollutants to the Antarctic.

ADASC 2015, 7th Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 March 2015

• Thai, P.K.; Lai, F.Y.; O’Brien, J.W.; Bruno, R.; Hall, W.; Edirisinghe, M.; Kirkbride, P.; Prichard, J.; Mueller, J.F. Long term monitoring of cathinone use using wastewater analysis in an urban catchment in south east Queensland.