Ass.-Prof. Dott. ric. Giorgia Del Favero, Privatdoz.
T: +43-1-4277-70803



Riva, A., Rasoulimehrabani, H., Cruz-Rubio, J. M., Schnorr, S. L., von Baeckmann, C., Inan, D., Nikolov, G., Herbold, C. W., Hausmann, B., Pjevac, P., Schintlmeister, A., Spittler, A., Palatinszky, M., Kadunic, A., Hieger, N., Del Favero, G., von Bergen, M., Jehmlich, N., Watzka, M., ... Berry, D. (2023). Identification of inulin-responsive bacteria in the gut microbiota via multi-modal activity-based sorting. Nature Communications, 14(1), [8210]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43448-z








Hlaoperm, C., Sudjarwo, W. A. A., Ehrenbrandtner, J., Kiss, E., Del Favero, G., Choowongkomon, K., Rattanasrisomporn, J., & Lieberzeit, P. A. (2023). Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticle Ensembles for Rapidly Identifying S. epidermidis. Sensors, 23(7), [3526]. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073526


Pena, B., Gao, S., Borin, D., Del Favero, G., Abdel-Hafiz, M., Farahzad, N., Lorenzon, P., Sinagra, G., Taylor, M. R. . G., Mestroni, L., & Sbaizero, O. (2022). Cellular Biomechanic Impairment in Cardiomyocytes Carrying the Progeria Mutation: An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation. Langmuir, 38(48), 14928-14940. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02623







Investigating the in-vitro toxicity mechanisms of prymnesins from Prymnesium parvum

Helene-Christine Prause (Speaker), Deniz Berk (Contributor), Endre Kiss (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor), Allen Place (Contributor) & Elisabeth Varga (Contributor)

5 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Alternariol-sulfates as neglected conjugation products with toxicological potential

Eszter Borsos (Speaker), Luca Dellafiora (Contributor), Chiara Dall'Asta (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Elisabeth Varga (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

6 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Unraveling the secrets of cell motility: from images to -omics with the help of bioinformatics

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker), Maximilian Jobst (Contributor), Livia Gruber (Contributor), Jiri Hladuvka (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

20 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Alternariol-sulfates as neglected conjugation products with toxicological potential

Eszter Borsos (Speaker), Luca Dellafiora (Contributor), Chiara Dall'Asta (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Elisabeth Varga (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

5 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


New challenges in genotoxicity testing: the case of the Alternaria mycotoxins alternariol and altertoxin II

Francesco Crudo (Speaker), Chenyifan Hong (Contributor), Vanessa Partsch (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Luca Dellafiora (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

5 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Toxicity of urinary-occurring contaminants and mechanisms of adaptive plasticity of bladder cells

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

23 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Neue Perspektiven für die pharmakotoxikologische Analyse mit dem Ansatz der biophysikalischen Toxikologie

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

13 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Moving perspectives: physical and chemical signaling in the intestinal compartment

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

28 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analytik und Toxikologie von Prymnesine

Elisabeth Varga (Invited speaker), Matthias Riepl (Contributor), Nadine Hochmayr (Contributor), Helene-Christine Prause (Contributor), Eva Attakpah (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Nikola Medic (Contributor), Sofie Bjornholt Binzer (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Daniel Killerup Svenssen (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

15 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Activity profiling of Fusarium mycotoxins: new mechanisms for old enemies

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

16 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Chemical mixtures in vitro: Absorption and metabolism of the gut microbiota metabolite urolithin A and the mycotoxins alternariol and deoxynivalenol in colon cancer cells

Julia Gröstlinger (Speaker), Carina Seidl (Contributor), Elisabeth Varga (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

6 Apr 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Building bridges across disciplines for next-generation toxicology: the potential of the biophysical toxicology approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

14 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


FUNCTIONAL MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES FOR THE IMPROVED ORAL DELIVERY OF INSULIN

Claudia Iriarte Mesa (Speaker), Estelle Juère (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Freddy Kleitz (Contributor)

17 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Combinatory effects of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol and alternariol with the gut microbiota metabolite Urolithin A on colon cancer epithelial barrier function in vitro

Julia Gröstlinger (Speaker), Carina Seidl (Contributor), Elisabeth Varga (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

5 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Insights into the toxicity of prymnesins, toxic metabolites of the microalgae Prymnesium parvum

Elisabeth Varga (Speaker), Matthias Riepl (Contributor), Nadine Hochmayr (Contributor), Helene-Christine Prause (Contributor), Eva Attakpah (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Nikola Medic (Contributor), Sofie Bjornholt Binzer (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

5 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Targeting membrane structure in intestinal cells: implications for biomechanical compliance and toxicity

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker)

5 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Insights into the toxicity of prymnesins, toxic metabolites of the microalgae Prymnesium parvum

Elisabeth Varga (Invited speaker), Matthias Riepl (Contributor), Nadine Hochmayr (Contributor), Helene-Christine Prause (Contributor), Eva Attakpah (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Nikola Medic (Contributor), Sofie Bjornholt Binzer (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

10 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Improved oral delivery of insulin using functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Claudia Iriarte Mesa (Speaker), Estelle Juère (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Freddy Kleitz (Contributor)

23 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Endocrine disrupting food contaminants affect the structure, adhesion and motility of breast cancer cells

Julia Gröstlinger (Speaker), Clarissa Chroma (Contributor), Nuno Saraiva (Contributor), Ana Sofia Fernandes (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor) & Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor)

20 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Improved oral delivery of insulin using functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Claudia Iriarte Mesa (Speaker), Estelle Juère (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Freddy Kleitz (Contributor)

20 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Improved oral delivery of insulin using smart protein-based formulations of mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Claudia Iriarte Mesa (Speaker), Estelle Juère (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Freddy Kleitz (Contributor)

13 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Combined Alternaria alternata toxins activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway and alter the colonic immune response in vitro

Julia Gröstlinger (Speaker), Georg Aichinger (Contributor), Veronika Spindler (Contributor), Gudrun Pahlke (Contributor), Michael Rychlik (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

31 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Novel Pathophysiological Models and Strategies for Toxicity Testing: the Integrated Biophysical Toxicology Approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

26 Mar 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Interplay between physical and chemical signals in cellular homeostasis: the exploring potential of the biophysical toxicology approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

20 Jan 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Moving perspectives: bridging multi-imaging to multi-omics

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker)

25 Feb 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Novel strategies for toxicity testing of food contaminants: the integrated biophysical toxicology approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

10 Dec 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Novel Microalgae Toxins

Elisabeth Varga (Invited speaker), Matthias Riepl (Contributor), Eva Attakpah (Contributor), Daniel Killerup Svenssen (Contributor), Sofie Bjornholt Binzer (Contributor), Nikola Medic (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

22 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Imunosuppressive activity of Alternaria toxins

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

14 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Molecular profiling of cutaneous melanoma cells and their cerebral metastasis from patient derived mouse xenografts suggest individually distinct adaptation strategies

Benjamin Neuditschko (Speaker), Lukas Janker (Contributor), Laura Niederstätter (Contributor), Julia Brunmair (Contributor), Katharina Krivanek (Contributor), Sivan Izraely (Contributor), Orit Sagi-Assif (Contributor), Tsipi Meshel (Contributor), Bernhard Keppler (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Isaac P. Witz (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

23 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Combination of proteome profiling with mechanotransduction: expanding the knowledge about melanoma metastasis

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Katharina Krivanek (Contributor), Lukas Janker (Contributor), Sivan Izraely (Contributor), Orit Sagi-Assif (Contributor), Tsipi Meshel (Contributor), Isaac P. Witz (Contributor) & Christopher Gerner (Contributor)

20 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Physical and chemical modulation of the extracellular environment: the biophysical toxicology approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

18 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Cell Membrane: structure and biophysical properties determining response to toxicants

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker), Julia Hohenbichler (Contributor), Raphaela Mayer (Contributor), Ronita Zaharescu (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

25 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Insights into the toxicity of prymnesins, toxic metabolites of the microalgae Prymnesium parvum

Elisabeth Varga (Speaker), Matthias Riepl (Contributor), Eva Attakpah (Contributor), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Nikola Medic (Contributor), Sofie Bjørnholt Binzer (Contributor), Per Juel Hansen (Contributor), Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

25 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Proteomic profiling reveals molecular cell responses to deoxynivalenol treatment in human A431 epidermoid squamous carcinoma cells

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker), Lukas Janker (Contributor), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Julia Hohenbichler (Contributor), Lydia Wölflingseder (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

25 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Physical and chemical modulation of the extracellular environment: the biophysical toxicology approach

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

24 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Deoxynivalenol and A431 epidermoid squamous carcinoma cells: proteomic profiling reveals the pathways connecting ribosomal inhibition with a loss of function of the cell membrane

Lukas Janker (Speaker), Benjamin Neuditschko (Speaker), Julia Hohenbichler (Contributor), Lydia Wölflingseder (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor), Doris Marko (Contributor) & Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor)

19 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Characterization of the response of melanoma cells to physical/chemical challenges

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

6 Dec 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Unravelling the effect of deoxynivalenol on A431 cells: Proteome profiling and imaging

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker), Lukas Janker (Contributor), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Lydia Wölflingseder (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

6 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Toxicity of Mycotoxins

Doris Marko (Invited speaker), Benedikt Warth (Contributor) & Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor)

2 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Combinatory effects of glutathione-modulation on the toxicity of deoxynivalenol (DON) and NX-3 and its co-regulated metabolite butenolide (BUT)

Lydia Wölflingseder (Keynote speaker), Giorgia Del Favero (Contributor), Elke Heiß (Contributor), Gerhard Adam (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

11 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Image analysis and proteomic profiling: complementary tools for toxicity studies

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker), Lydia Wölflingseder (Contributor), Lukas Janker (Contributor), Benjamin Neuditschko (Contributor), Christopher Gerner (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

4 May 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


From microscopy to numbers: the long way of image analysis

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

30 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Mycotoxins and mechanotransduction: A meeting at cellular level

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker)

7 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Characterization of the toxicity of deoxynivalenol in a mechanically stimulated environment

Giorgia Del Favero (Invited speaker), Lydia Wölflingseder (Contributor), S. Seriani (Contributor), P. Gallina (Contributor), Orfeo Sbaizero (Contributor) & Doris Marko (Contributor)

20 Apr 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Deoxynivalenol sulfates: detoxification metabolites?

Giorgia Del Favero (Speaker)

2 May 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology

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