BIOTOXDoc

Horizon Europe MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) Doctoral Network hosting 10 PhD students investigating various aspects of food safety. The doctoral training programme aims to develop novel control, mitigation and risk assessment methods for toxins produced by fungi, algae and higher plants. Doctoral students are trained in a broad range of skills and complementary competencies by a multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral team of world-class experts. Training and research include development of early warning systems and on‑site testing by portable mass spectrometry as well as development of rapid and confirmatory tests for biotoxins. Moreover, the toxicity of co-occurring toxins is investigated and novel detoxification strategies of biotoxins are designed. The common link between all doctoral candidates, working on a wide range of biotoxins at different points along the food and feed chain, is the influence of climate change on biotoxin occurrence and the resulting demand of revised strategies to mitigate its impact on the European population. BIOTOXDoc has received funding by the European Research Executive Agency (REA), under the powers delegated by the European Commission (grant agreement No. 101119901) as well as the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI grant EP/Y02964X/1).