European Society of Toxicology In Vitro

The 2021 edition of the EURL ECVAM status report “Non-animal methods in science and regulation” has just been published. The report covers our activities on alternatives to animal testing from research over validation and international adoption to education including international collaboration networks.

Thinking about updating your knowledge on NAMs? This is a meeting to attend….

Time to register for the April ASCCT-ESTIV webinar: Development and evaluation of NAMs for new endpoints: Developmental neurotoxicity and respiratory sensitization, featuring Sabina Burla, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and Kelly Carstens, PhD, US EPA ORISE.

Professor Horst Spielmann, former president and Honorary member of ESTIV celebrates his 80th anniversary

Please join us Thursday, February 24 for our next joint ASCCT-ESTIV webinar: Serum-Free Cultures: Why and How?, featuring Barbara Jozef, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, and Aline Chary, PhD, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

Skin sensitization is a complex systemic process and since several years, methods to replace animal tests have been validated and adopted by the OECD in this regard. These tests can be used as part of a weight-of-evidence or integrated using a Defined Approach (DA) to assess Skin Sensitization. ….

New JRC Report “Addressing evidence needs in chemicals policy and regulation”, has been published….

Advances in Genotoxicity: News and views on the Genotoxicity testing with reconstructed skin by two industrial experts. Dr. Stefan Pfuhler, Procter and Gamble and Dr. Kerstin Reisinger, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA.

Dear ESTIV Members,

Please join us on Thursday, March 17 at 9:00 am EST for our next joint ESTIV-ASCCT webinar: Maturing three-dimensional toxicology models of the barrier organs: Examples from lung and skin, featuring Samuel Constant, Ph.D., CEO of Epithelix and ESTIV award winners, Patrícia Zoio, NOVA University of Lisbon, and Sabrina Madiedo-Podvršan, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC).

We wish you the best of holidays and a prosperous year 2022! Please follow us also in 2022.