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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. 

The training will cover the use and applications of novel methodologies in genotoxicity testing for regulatory practices and in the pharmaceutical industry. Topics covered during the workshops include : (i) ToxTracker assay, (ii) H2AX-based assays/multiflow, (iii) Clastogen vs aneugen discrimination, and (iv) Oxidative stress and indirect genotoxicity.

The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) is organizing its 15th annual congress in Brussels where academics, representatives from EPAA members, European and international institutions, NGOs, as well as national regulatory authorities meet. 

More information will be announced later on via the EPAA website.

During the webinar participants learn more about non-animal antibodies production. The keynote speakers are: i. Dr. Pierre Cosson (University of Geneva) introducing the antibody discovery and production services of Geneva Antibody Facility and ii. Dr. Michael Fiebig (Absolute Antibody) presenting Absolute Antibody’s services in making recombinant antibodies.

During this hands-on training hosted by Epithelix you will learn more about the practical use of respiratory in vitro 3D tissues and exposure devices to evaluate acute and repeated dose inhalation toxicity. Additionally, interconnection strategies of lung tissues to mimic systemic context will be introduced.