ESTIV Newsletter No. 48 – Summer

Welcome to the summer edition of the ESTIV Newsletter…

Modelling the pathogenesis of COVID-19 using the Adverse Outcome Pathway framework (CIAO) – online webinar

The CIAO project is helping to make sense of the enormous amount of biological information on COVID-19 by exploiting a well-established knowledge framework called Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP).

WC11 Podcast – with Dr. Sandra Coecke, the recipient of the Björn Ekwall Memorial Award for the year 2020/2021

Dr. Sandra Coecke, the recipient of the Björn Ekwall Memorial Award for the year 2020, gave recently an interview for WC11 podcast…

The OECD gives the green light to the fish cell line assay!

The OECD gives the green light to the fish cell line assay. The new OECD guideline 249 allows companies to use fish cell line testing for product development and as part of the dossiers for chemical approval.

OECD has published new guidelines

We are excited to share, that OECD has published new important guidelines: OECD Guideline 497 and 498 related to sensitisation and phototoxicity!

The new Biomedical research report from ECVAM: Tackling neurodegenerative diseases with more human relevant research

To promote more human relevant research, the JRC’s EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) led a study to review advanced non-animal models used in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, specifically for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

ESTIV Corporate member’s event: EPISKIN ACADEMY Webinar

The second EPISKIN webinar is focusing on the theme eye irritation and Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment (IATA) for Serious Eye Damage and Eye Irritation for regulatory toxicology…

ATLA Launching 4 special issues on NAMs!

The four special virtual issues are focusing on: Biobanking, In silico tools, Serum-free approaches and Educational resources. Prompt publishing and no submission or publication fees payable.

Webinar + Guidance on gaining acceptance in next generation PBK modelling approaches for regulatory approaches – May 10, 2021

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If you are from the community of PBK model developers, or the proponent of a model in a regulatory submission, or a regulator who needs to assess the applicability of the models in chemical evaluations, this webinar is for you!

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