EUROTOX travel awards for the 2023 Toxicology Gordon Research Conference. Apply Now!

EUROTOX is offering 4 travel awards each of EUR 1,200 to attend the 2023 GRC August 13-18 in New Hampshire (near Boston), USA.  For the successful candidates, the GRC will offer matched funding to cover registration/accommodation and all meals.
 
The award is open to all students, trainees or early career researchers (<10 years post PhD or equivalent degree) currently working in the European geographical area. The applicant must present a poster or oral communication at the conference.
 
Please apply by sending a 300 word abstract outlining the nature of the work you will present at the conference plus a copy of your up to date CV to Professor Ruth Roberts (ruth.roberts@apconix.com) or Professor Heather Wallace (h.m.wallace@abdn.ac.uk) by 1st April 2023.

The successful applicants will be informed by 30th April 2023 and will be expected to provide a brief report of the meeting for the EUROTOX newsletter and website.  More information on the Conference can be found here. 

Search for test labs pre-validation methods

Pepper is  now looking for partner laboratories interested in the validation of a new series of methods. This year three new methods were chosen by the Relevance Committee on October 24, 2022. Each one of them answers to a great need of more mature methods for EDCs identification. These methods are the following:

• In vitro assay for hepatic triglyceride accumulation
• Deiodinase 1 (DIO1) activity based on Sandell-Kolthoff (SK) reaction
• Mineralocorticoid Receptor Transactivation Assay (MR TA)

Prevalidation at Pepper  involves two steps:

• A first step to assess the transferability of the methods by ensuring that the partner laboratories can successfully implement the methods and obtain consistent results.
• A second step to assess their relevance and reliability by testing coded substances

The final outcome is submission to international organisations such as OECD to increase the set of regulatory tools available for the characterisation of endocrine disrupters.
 
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