End symposium
On 6 October 2026, the ALLPreT consortium organizes its online end symposium: a half-day programme open to researchers, regulators, policymakers and anyone interested in advancing allergenicity prediction and risk assessment of novel foods.
Scientific webinar
The ALLPreT end symposium is structured as a scientific webinar, in which we combine the research presentations with opportunities for Q&A and discussion.
The scientific presentations will cover new data and methods related to:
- Protein structure and stability
- Digestion, immune responses, and sensitisation
- Data that can feed into vitro, in vivo and in silico prediction tools
- Computational modelling and data integration for evidence-based risk assessment
Topics for discussion include:
- The current readiness level of different prediction tools
- What is still needed for further development and validation for regulatory application
- Priorities for future collaborative research initiatives
Date: 6 October 2026
Time: 9.00 - 13.00 CEST
Location: Online
Watch the video to learn more about ALLPreT and to get an overview of the research projects that will be presented.
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Programme
| 9.00 | Welcome and introduction | Kitty Verhoeckx |
| Theme 1: Threshold of sensitisation, in silico models, epitope mapping | ||
| 9.15 | Food allergy and threshold of sensitisation | Sim Ray Yue (DTU) |
| 9.30 | AllerGenesis: An integrated cleavage-to-structure pipeline for allergenicity risk assessment | Nida Ansari (MUS) |
| 9.45 | What makes a protein an allergen? Epitope mapping towards the assessment of novel legume allergenicity | Ana Laura Olivares Martinez (PEI) |
| 10.00 | Q&A Theme 1 | |
| Theme 2: Intestinal and endolysosomal digestion, skin and intestinal models | ||
| 10.15 | Brush Border Membrane Vesicles as a supplementary step in the INFOGEST in Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion Model: Implications for proteolysis | Elva Zenaida Gonzales Nieto (INRAE) |
| 10.30 | Endolysosomal Degradation Assay to Determine Food Allergen Stability and Immunogenicity | Elif Öztemiz Topcu (PLUS) |
| 10.45 | Models for skin sensitization and activation | Birte Hell (UMCU) |
| 11.00 | Modeling early events in food allergy sensitization: insights from intestinal epithelial barrier models | Faiza Zafar (UBFC) |
| 11.15 | Q&A Theme 2 | |
| 11.30 | Break | |
| Theme 3: In vivo models | ||
| 11.45 | Different routes, different reactions? Understanding food allergy through experimental mouse models | Maysam Taheri (MUW) |
| 12.00 | In vivo prediction model | Katrine Lindholm Bøgh on behalf of Behnaz Shafie (DTU) |
| 12.15 | Biomarkers of in vitro immune responses in legume allergy | Isabela Assugeni (LIH) |
| 12.30 | Q&A Theme 3 | |
| 12.45 | Allergenicity risk assessment of innovative proteins in the EU: requirements, knowledge gaps and research needs | Antonio Fernandez Dumont (EFSA) |
| 13.00 | Closure |
Registration
Interested in the scientific developments within ALLPreT, or in contributing to the discussion on future directions in allergenicity prediction and risk assessment?
Registration for the end symposium is now open:
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