Elisavet Kunz-Vekiru
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Elisavet Kunz-Vekiru
Status left BOKU
Career
- 2012 Senior Scientist at the Christian Doppler Laboratory ffor Mycotoxin-Metabolismus at the Centre of Analytical Chemistry (IFA-Tulln, BOKU)
- 2010 - 2011 Maternity leave
- 2009 Ph.D. defence in Nov. 2009
- 2008 - 2009 Maternity leave
- 2003 - 2008 Ph.D. thesis work at the Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC) of the IFA-Tulln (supervisor Prof. Rudolf Krska).
- 2001 Diploma Thesis: “Evaluation of the content of catechins in green tee and tee-extracts.” (supervision: Prof. Gerhard Kroyer/ Institute of Chemical Engineering).
- 2001 Study completion on 21.06.2001
- 2001 - 2003 Studies on “Business Management” at WIFI/Vienna.
- 2001 - 2003 Employment as a research assistant at the Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC) of the IFA-Tulln.
- 1994 - 2001 Study of Technical Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology. Focus on biotechnology, biochemistry and food chemistry.
- 1992 School leaving examination passed with distinction
- 1989 - 1992 Secondary School (Lyzeum) in Voula (Athens/Greece).
- 1986 - 1989 Secondary School (Gymnasium) in Voula (Athens/Greece).
Awards
- 2011 ALVA-Forschungspreis
- 2005 Dr.-Wolfgang-Houska-Preis, 2.Platz
Projects
0 Projects found.
Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
Media
Lectures
(2016) Zearalenone and enzymatic hydrolysis products - correlation of the estrogenic potential in vitro and in vivo
Autoren: Fruhauf, S; Höbartner, A; Grenier, B; Kunz-Vekiru, E; Adam, G; Schatzmayr, G; Moll, W; Thamhes, M;
38th Mycotoxin Workshop 2016
(2016) Development and validation of an HPLC-MS/MS method for determination of deoxynivalenol, de-epoxy-deoxynivalenol and their 3α-sulfates in freeze-dried eggs
Autoren: Jurišić N., Schwartz-Zimmermann H.E., Kunz-Vekiru E., Schatzmayr D., Berthiller F.
38th Mycotoxin Workshop 2016
(2015) Isolation and characterisation of the zearalenone degrading hydrolase ZenA
Autoren: Fruhauf, S; Thamhesl, M; Fajtl, P; Klingenbrunner, V; Kunz-Vekiru, E; Adam, G; Schatzmayr, G; Moll, WD
29th Annual Symposium of the Protein-Society 2015
(2015) Enzymatic hydrolysis of zearalenone by ZenA of Rhodococcus erythropolis PFA D8-1
Autoren: Fruhauf, S; Thamhesl, M; Fajtl, P; Klingenbrunner, V; Kunz-Vekiru, E; Adam, G; Schatzmayr, G; Moll, W
37th Mycotoxin Workshop 2015
(2014) The Zearalenone Detoxification Pathway of Trichosporon Mycotoxinivorans: Elucidation of the first Step
Autoren: Torres Acosta, J, A; Güldener, U; Kunz-Vekiru, E; Hametner, C; Schmeitzl, C; Münsterkötter, M; Mitterbauer, R; Bachmann, H; Drexler, J; Niederacher, G; Wiesenberger, G; Musilek, A; Moll, D; Adam, G
National Fusarium Head Blight Forum 2014
(2014) In vitro testing and LC-UV-MS/MS evaluation of feed additives claiming to detoxify the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol
Autoren: Hahn, I; Kunz-Vekiru, E; Twaruzek, M; Grajewski, J; Krska, R; Berthiller, F;
10th ASAC JunganalytikerInnenforum 2014
(2014) Elucidation of the first step of the zearalenone detoification pathway in Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans
Autoren: Torres Acosta, J.A.; Güldener, U; Kunz-Vekiru, E.; Hametner, C.; Schmeitzl, C.; Münsterkötter, M.; Mitterbauer, R.; Bachmann, H.; Drexler, J.; Niederacher, G.; Wiesenberger, G.; Musilek, A.; Moll, D.; Adam, G.;
The World Mycotoxin Forum 2014
(2014) Aerobic and anaerobic in vitro evaluation of commercial feed additives claiming to detoxify deoxynivalenol
Autoren: Irene Hahn, Elisavet Kunz-Vekiru, Magdalena Twarużek, Jan Grajewski, Rudolf Krska, Franz Berthiller
International Mycotoxin Conference 2014
(2014) Aerobic and anaerobic in vitro testing of deoxynivalenol-detoxifying feed additives
Autoren: Irene Hahn, Elisavet Kunz-Vekiru, Magdalena Twarużek, Jan Grajewski, Rudolf Krska, Franz Berthiller
36th Mycotoxin-Workshop 2014
(2012) Identification of a Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans mutant deficient in zearalenone degradation
Autoren: Juan-Antonio Torres Acosta, Elsa Vekiru, Rudolf Mitterbauer, Franz Berthiller, Andreas Musilek, Jasmin Drexler, Marcel Wieland, Dieter Moll, Gerhard Adam
MycoRed North America 2012
(2011) Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines neuartigen biologischen Futtermitteladditivs zum Zearalenon-Abbau: Isolierung, Strukturcharakterisierung und Quantifizierung von Biotransformationsprodukten
Autoren: Vekiru, E., Hametner, C., Mitterbauer, R., Rechthaler, J., Adam, G., Schatzmayr, G., Krska, R., Schuhmacher, R.
ALVA Jahrestagung 2011 - Landwirtschaft, Lebensmittel und Veterinärmedizin - Zukunft der Forschung in Österreich
(2007) Yeast cell based adsorbents: Studies on Aflatoxin B1 and Zearalenone.
Autoren: Vekiru, E., Fruhauf, S., Klimitsch, A., Schatzmayr, G., and Krska. R.
11. MOLD-Meeting 2007 - Ernährungsrisiko Mykotoxine – Vermeidungsstrategien entlang der Lebensmittelkette
(2006) Biological detoxification of fumonisins by new bacterial isolates.
Autoren: Täubel, M., Moll, W.-D., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
Myco-Globe International Conference 2006
(2006) Investigation of various adsorbents for their ability to deactivate Aflatoxin B1
Autoren: E. Vekiru
28th Mycotoxin Workshop 2006
(2006) Investigation of various adsorbents for their ability to deactivate aflatoxin B1
Autoren: Vekiru, E., Fruhauf, S., Sahin, M., Ottner, F., Schatzmayr, G., Krska, R.
10. MOLD-Meeting 2006 - Ernährungsrisiko Mykotoxine, Vermeidungsstrategien entlang der Nahrungskette
(2006) Biologische Entgiftung des Fusarium-Mykotoxins Fumonisin B1 durch neu isolierte Bakterienstämme
Autoren: Täubel, M., Moll, W-D., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
5. BOKU-Symposium Tierernährung 2006
(2006) Biological detoxification of fumonisins by new bacterial isolates.
Autoren: Täubel, M., Moll, W.-D., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
Myco-Globe International Conference 2006
(2006) Biologische Entgiftung des Fusarium-Mykotoxins Fumonisin B1 durch neu isolierte Bakterienstämme.
Autoren: Täubel, M., Moll, W.-D., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
5. BOKU-Symposium Tierernährung 2006
(2005) Isolation and Characterization of Microorganisms for the Biological Inactivation of Fumonisins
Autoren: Täubel, M., Moll, W.D., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
World Mycotoxin Forum 2005
(2005) Isolation and Characterization of Microorganisms for the Biological Inactivation of Fumonisins
Autoren: Moll, W.D., Täubel, M., Vekiru, E., Frank, A., Loibner, A.P., Braun, R., Schatzmayr, G.
12th European Congress on Biotechnology ECB 12 2005
(2004) Detoxification of relevant mycotoxins in animal feed: trichothecenes, zearalenone, ochratoxin A and aflatoxin B1.
Autoren: Täubel, M., Schatzmayr, D., Vekiru, E., Fuchs, E., Schatzmayr, G., Binder, E. M.
7th International Conference on Mycotoxins and Pathogenic Moulds in the Environment 2004
(2003) Biological deactivation of Fumonisins
Autoren: Täubel, M., Schatzmayr, G., Vekiru, E., Loibner, A.P., Binder, E.M., Braun, R.
2nd World Mycotoxin Forum 2003
(2002) Analyse von Fumonisin B1 in flüssigen Kultivierungsmedien für mikrobielles Wachstum mittels HPLC-FLD.
Autoren: Vekiru, E., Fuchs, E., Schatzmayr, G., Täubel, M., Binder, E.M. and Krska.
Mycotoxins in the Environment of People and Animals 2002
Characterisation of a novel metabolite in the detoxification pathway of trichosporon myotoxinivorans
Autoren: Kunz-Vekiru, E; Torres Acosta, J.A; Gueldener, U; Hametner, C; Schmeitz, C; Mitterbauer, R; Bachmann, H; Drexler, J; Niederacher, G; Wiesenberger, G; Musilek, A; Moll, D; Adam, G;