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OpenTox is community-led effort that aims to develop an interoperable framework that can be used as a platform for the creation and enhancement of predictive toxicology applications. The conference format will include key webinars sessions, a virtual poster session with special topics on COVID-19 and a hackathon on predictive toxicology and safety assessment.

Deadline for poster submission: 31st August 2020.

To celebrate the 3Rs in Europe six organisations have come together to organise a virtual event to highlight the latest 3Rs opportunities. During the first webinar Organoids and Single Cell Analyses will be put in the spotlight together with the use and application of fish cell lines in chemical risk assessment. The day after, two different new in vitro models will be presented, and there will be a lecture on QSAR modeling.

During this webinar, Dr. Cristóbal Bertoglio (Bernoulli Institute, University of Groningen) will present different strategies for data integration in blood flow modelling taking into account the complexity of data. Participants will learn how to make an informed choice of models and data depending on the clinical question and resources.

During this conference researchers from industry and academics who are working with cell cultures are welcomed to exchange knowledge, promote their activities and set up new collaborative projects.

Session topics include: Advanced Skin & Respiratory Models, Novel Models for Studying Neurological Diseases, In Vitro Models for Animal Replacement, Developments within In Vitro Cancer Research, Advanced Cell Cultures, Computer modelling of 3D and Flow,...

The American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT) is organizing its annual meeting online this year. ASCCT is a scientific initiative that promotes the reduction and replacement of laboratory animals in toxicology testing and research.

There will be no registration fee, and all lectures will be hosted online.

The draft program is available here. You can submit an abstract until 7 August

During this virtual symposium, scientists will have the opportunity to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of organoids development, their application to study disease as well as their use in regenerative medicine. Participants can submit an abstract for the virtual poster session.

Deadline for abstract submission: 31^th August 2020

The "Tissue Engineering for Drug Development and Substance Testing (TEDD)" Competence Centre is celebrating its 10 years anniversary. TEDD promotes the application of 3D organotypic technologies for therapy development, with the core goal of replacing animal experimentation according to 3Rs in the long term. Joint the meeting if you are interested in advanced 3D models.

During this 6-days course, participants will take part in a series of lectures and group exercises focused on applied in vitro toxicology with real life case studies on how to incorporate data from in vitro test methods into regulatory safety evaluation of chemicals. Moreover, they will gain hands-on experience in skin and eye irritation testing in vitro as well as gastro-intestinal testing in vitro.