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March 31, 2025

NAMs as part of the solution for the simplification of REACH – EU project PrecisionTox presented their work during an informative lunch at the EU Parliament.

March 25, 2025

Policy Brief on the Capacity of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks to Accommodate NAMs 

February 10, 2025

Report on the Capacity of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks to Accommodate NAMs

2024

2024News
December 20, 2024

Winter Newsletter 2024

Editorial Elisabeth Andrews: "Acting on What We Know: A Progressive Path to Precision Chemical Regulation " Science news Solutions report and policy brief DEFRA Report…
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November 28, 2024

Policy Brief on Solutions to Existing Roadblocks for Usage of NAMs in Regulation

The research of PrecisionTox Working Group 6 (Regulatory Analysis & Application) explored the barriers to the uptake of NAMs, as perceived by stakeholders. Following this,…
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2024News
November 7, 2024

Fall Newsletter 2024

Editorial How a unifying understanding of NAMs can accelerate their regulatory uptake (Laura Holden and Jonathan Freedman) ESR News corner Best Poster award ASPIS OS…
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2024NewsPublications
November 5, 2024

Read the Report on Solutions to existing Roadblocks for usage of NAMs in Regulation (Action Plan) here

The research analysed policy solutions that are applicable to NAMs in general and that could be applied broadly across sectors. Where there is broad consensus,…
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2024Newspressreview
September 19, 2024

ASPIS OS 2024_ press release

Monicah Kirathi, Altertox Academy The ASPIS cluster, a groundbreaking collaboration of three EU-funded research projects, successfully concluded its annual Open Symposium. The event, held in…
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2024News
July 25, 2024

Summer Newsletter 2024

In this newsletter you will find Editorial Biological Question-Based Approaches ESR News corner Best Poster award ASPIS Academy Session at ESTIV Past events PrecisionTox Annual…
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2024News
June 28, 2024

PrecisionTox consortium gathered for a successful Annual Consortium Meeting in Brussels

Leading scientists from Europe and North America convened in Brussels in June to chart a future for chemical safety testing that prioritizes ethics, accuracy, and efficiency. The…
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2024NewsPublications
June 18, 2024

“Revolutionizing Chemical Safety: PrecisionTox Leads the Change” Press Release

Press release: "Revolutionizing Chemical Safety: PrecisionTox Leads the Change"   The PrecisionTox consortium held its third annual meeting in Brussels on June 13-14. The gathering…
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2024NewsPublications
June 10, 2024

The PrecisionTox Annual Consortium Meeting is happening this week in Brussels, Belgium!

We are meeting on June 13th & 14th for two action-packed days focused on advancing chemical safety assessment to safeguard human health and the environment.   …
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2024News
May 3, 2024

Spring Newsletter 2024

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2024News
March 26, 2024

“There is no regulatory acceptance, but we are advancing in terms of scientific robustness,” ASPIS members shared their insights on the SOT.

“We are approached by undergraduate students who are interested in what ASPIS is doing,” celebrates Jonathan Freedman. If you are part of the toxicology community,…
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2024NewsPublications
March 12, 2024

Policy Brief on Socio – Technical Barriers to the Uptake of NAMs

Read here about the main finding of the PrecisionTox empirical study: The research highlights the interconnectedness between different socio-technical barriers; for example, while legislation is…
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2024NewsPublications
February 9, 2024

Read the Report on Socio-Technical Barriers to the Uptake of NAMs here

Over the past decade, considerable progress has been made in developing new approach methodologies (NAMs) for chemical risk assessment employing in vitro, in silico, and…
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2023

2023News
January 16, 2024

Winter Newsletter 2023

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2023News
December 5, 2023

EU project PrecisionTox had breakfast with Member of European Parliament Jutta Paulus (Greens/EFA).

The event has taken place at the European Parliament in Brussels, in the morning of November 28th University of Birmingham experts from the PrecisionTox consortium…
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2023vacancies
October 3, 2023

Assistant Professor of Environmental Impact on Health (Research & Education) at the CERJ, University of Birmingham (UK)

Job Reference: 101749 We want to recruit an Assistant Professor of Environmental Impact on Health. You are in your early career and want to become…
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2023vacancies
October 3, 2023

Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Data (Research & Education) at the CERJ, University of Birmingham (UK)

Job Reference: 101769 We want to recruit an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Data. You are in your early career and want to understand the…
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2023vacancies
October 3, 2023

Assistant Professor of New Approach Methodologies (Research & Education) at the CERJ, University of Birmingham (UK)

Job Reference: 101745 We want to recruit an Assistant Professor of New Approach Methodologies. You are in your early career and want to innovate using…
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2023News
July 4, 2023

Summer Newsletter (#7)

The Summer Newsletter on "Grouping Chemicals" is out interview scientific article events announcements ... and more!
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2023News
April 21, 2023

ASPIS cluster letter 22 march 2023

#ASPIS letter to Commissionner Sinkevičius and honourable Members of the European Parliament in reaction to a statement made by Director ENV Ciobanu-Dordea at the European…
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2023Newspressreview
March 20, 2023

Press Release – PrecisionTox at SOT Nashville 2023

EU’s €60m Effort to Promote Non-Animal Toxicity Testing: ASPIS Cluster Participates at 2023 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Nashville   The ASPIS…
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2023NewsPublications
January 24, 2023

La daphnie : un petit crustacé à la rescousse des eaux douces

Le mercredi 11 janvier 2023 Par Mahaut de Lataillade   Utilisée comme un canari dans une mine de charbon moderne, une minuscule espèce de crustacé pourrait servir…
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2022

2022News
December 16, 2022

Winter Newsletter (#6)

The Winter Newsletter is online lots of Save the Date for 2023 a sum up of what happened this year a new episode of the…
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2022Newspressreview
November 28, 2022

ASPIS Open Symposium – towards animal-free chemical risk assessment

Posted on Nov 28, 2022   As Europe awaits crucial revisions of the European Union (EU) legal framework on chemicals management, ASPIS partners, a science…
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2022News
October 18, 2022

Toxicity by descent: A comparative approach for chemical hazard assessment

John K.Colbourne Joseph R.Shaw ElenaSostare ClaudiaRivetti RomainDerelle RosemaryBarnett BrunoCampos CarlieLaLone Mark R.Viant GeoffHodges October 2022, 100287 Highlights •Pathways to toxicity are shared between humans and…
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2022News
October 18, 2022

Genomics study finds shared disease pathways for humans and environmental test organisms

29 September 2022 Chemicals toxic to humans may be picked up by tests on environmental model species, thanks to shared disease pathways, according to work…
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2022News
October 18, 2022

Public statement of ASPIS on the updated rules of the classification, labelling and packaging Regulation

17 oct 2022 ASPIS, cluster gathering the H2020 projects Precisiontox, ONTOX and Risk-Hunt3R, submitted their comments to the annexes to the Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation…
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2022vacancies
October 6, 2022

DEADLINE EXTENSION / Faculty Positions with the School of Biosciences and the new Centre for Environmental Research & Advocacy (CERA), University of Birmingham (UK)

https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/data-analyst-in-bioinformatics-and-biostatistics-school-of-biosciences-99486-grade-7-university-of-birmingham-764893     Assistant or Associate Professor in Toxicology (Education) Job Reference: 99859/99542   Assistant or Associate Professor in Chemical Biology (Research & Education) Job…
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2022News
October 3, 2022

Water fleas as ‘canaries in a coal mine’ offer key to managing chemical pollution

Published on September 28, 2022 Abstract Water fleas, or Daphnia, could provide an important 'early warning system' for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers. In…
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2022News
October 3, 2022

Daphnia as a Sentinel Species for Environmental Health Protection: A Perspective on Biomonitoring and Bioremediation of Chemical Pollution

Published on September 28, 2022 Abstract Despite available technology and the knowledge that chemical pollution damages human and ecosystem health, chemical pollution remains rampant, ineffectively…
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2022vacancies
August 18, 2022

Post-doctoral position (2 years+) on EU Horizon 2020 Grant Precision Toxicology

Position Details Duration: Two years (possible prolongation for two years) Starting date: As soon as possible Salary: Likely German T-VL 13 (100%), depending on qualifications…
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2022miscellanousNews
July 22, 2022

An illustrator’s daily life struggle to translate science – episode 4

Discover the 3rd episode of our short comic created by @elvixente "An illustrator's struggle"
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2022News
July 21, 2022

Summer Newsletter (#4)

The Summer Newsletter is online feedbacks from our consortium meeting great news from Watchfrog an article By Stefan Scholz, Beate I. Escher, et al. the…
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2022News
July 8, 2022

Watchfrog Laboratory validates a new method to identify endocrine disruptors

Published on 7 July 2022 The member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have adopted a new test method, Test Guideline n°251 (TG…
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2022News
June 9, 2022

REACH revision: Better chemical safety for a Toxic-free environment

Published on 24 May 2022 at 17:17 Jeanne Laperrouze - Altertox Marking the 15th anniversary of the introduction of the EU's REACH Regulation on chemical…
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2022News
May 25, 2022

The impact of chemical pollution is too high to be ignored

Published on 24 May 2022 at 17:17 Jeanne Laperrouze - Altertox Pollution is responsible for one in six deaths globally, sounding another alarm for greater…
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2022News
May 24, 2022

Increase in Global Deaths From Modern Pollution Offsets Reductions in Pollution Deaths Associated with Extreme Poverty

18-May-2022 9:55 AM EDT, by Indiana University Newswise — Pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2019 -- equivalent to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide --…
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2022NewsPublications
May 16, 2022

The EU chemicals strategy for sustainability: an opportunity to develop new approaches for hazard and risk assessment

Stefan Scholz 1, Werner Brack 2 3, Beate I Escher 4 5, Jörg Hackermüller 6 7, Matthias Liess 8 9, Martin von Bergen 10 11, Lukas Y Wick 12, Ana C Zenclussen 13 14, Rolf Altenburger 15 9 Keywords: European Union; Hazard assessment; Risk assessment; Sustainable chemistry.
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2022News
May 16, 2022

Launch of the European PARC programme to improve chemical risk assessment

by Jeanne Laperrouze Media Part blog 12 may 2022The European Partnership for Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC), which is being launched on 12 May…
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2022vacancies
May 9, 2022

Associate Professor in Molecular Regulatory Toxicology (Education) – School of Biosciences

Position Details School of Biosciences University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £51,799 to £60,022. With potential…
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2022vacancies
May 9, 2022

Postdoctoral position in Toxicogenomics at the Center for Human Genetics at Clemson University

The Center for Human Genetics at Clemson University invites applications for a postdoctoral position as part of the European Commission-funded PrecisionTox consortium, which encompasses collaboration…
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2022Newspressreview
April 25, 2022

Replacing animal testing: the why and the how

by Jeanne Laperrouze Media Part blog 22 april 202224th of April is observed across the globe as the World Day for Laboratory Animals. This day,…
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2022vacancies
April 19, 2022

Data Analyst in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=220000PH&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon   Data Analyst in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics - School of Biosciences - 99486 Position Details School of Biosciences Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham…
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2022vacancies
April 11, 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

https://recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs/position/postdoctoral-researcher-precisiontox CRG Closing date: 15 may 2022
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2022vacancies
April 11, 2022

Experimental Officer in Metabolomics

Experimental Officer in Metabolomics Link: https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=220000I2&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon Salary: £31,406 - £40,927 Closing date: 26th April 2022 University of Birmingham
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2022vacancies
April 11, 2022

Senior Technician in Daphnia Facility

Closing date: 26th April 2022 https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=220000IJ&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon University of Birmingham
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2022
April 11, 2022

Spring Newsletter (#3)

The Spring Newsletter is online a new video "Leveraging NAMs for a safer and healthier environment" a new podcast news from the ASPIS cluster and…
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2022Newspressreview
April 8, 2022

What is EU policy on NAMs?

by Jeanne Laperrouze The Parliament Magazine 7 april 2022 NAMs: Supporting innovation for rigorous management of chemicals and a healthier environment The recently published Commission…
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2022miscellanousNews
April 8, 2022

An illustrator’s daily life struggle to translate science – episode 3

Discover the 3rd episode of our short comic created by @elvixente "An illustrator's struggle"
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2022Newspressreview
April 6, 2022

Leveraging NAMs for a safer and healthier environment.

Leveraging NAMs for a safer and healthier environment.    Working towards the ambition to achieve a “toxic-free” environment by 2050, the European Commission is currently…
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2022Newspressreview
March 30, 2022

Leveraging NAMs to achieve 100% compliance in REACH dossier

In this video, discover PrecisionTox expert opinion on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) as improved and protective tests in the regulatory safety assessment of chemicals.  Learn how NAMs…
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2022Newspressreview
March 23, 2022

ASPIS solidarity with Ukraine

We would like to express our solidarity with Ukrainian toxicologists, scientists, students, and the whole Ukrainian nation. We fully condemn the unprovoked military aggression of…
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2022News
January 9, 2022

Integrating in vitro metabolomics with a 96-well high-throughput screening platform

Julia M. Malinowska, Taina Palosaari, Jukka Sund, Donatella Carpi, Mounir Bouhifd, Ralf J. M. Weber, Maurice Whelan & Mark R. Viant 9 January 2022High-throughput screening…
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2022News
January 8, 2022

Automated Sample Preparation and Data Collection Workflow for High-Throughput In Vitro Metabolomics

Julia M. Malinowska,Taina Palosaari,Jukka Sund,Donatella Carpi, Gavin R. Lloyd, Ralf J. M. Weber, Maurice Whelan  and Mark R. Viant 8 January 2022Regulatory bodies have started…
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2022News
January 1, 2022

Spatially Mapping the Baseline and Bisphenol-A Exposed Daphnia magna Lipidome Using Desorption Electrospray Ionization—Mass Spectrometry

Matthew J Smith, Ralf J M Weber, and Mark R Viant 1 January 2022Untargeted lipidomics has previously been applied to the study of daphnids and…
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2021

2021News
November 16, 2021

EU non-animal projects brought together for ASPIS cluster

Chemical Watch /DR EMMA DAVIES, Reporter 11 November 2021The EU has linked three ongoing EU projects on new approach methodologies (NAMs) to form a cluster…
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2021News
November 10, 2021

Delivering a toxic-free environment

By Eli Hadzhieva - Director of the Dialogue for Europe / Parliament Magazine 9 nov 2021If there was a lesson learnt from COP26 in Glasgow,…
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2021News
November 2, 2021

Staying at the forefront of alternatives to animal testing

EURACTIV / By Maurice Whelan | European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) 20 oct 2021The EU is leading the way in protecting animals used for…
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2021miscellanousNews
October 28, 2021

An illustrator’s daily life struggle to translate science – episode 2

When our illustrator is asked to create visual content by PrecisionTox team… it sometimes sounds like that ! Discover the short comic created by @elvixente to illustrate his latest phone…
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2021Newspressreview
October 27, 2021

Protecting the environment with flies, worms and the theory of evolution

 by Jeanne Laperrouze - Altertox for PrecisionTox published on VOXEUROP Did you know that fruit flies share 60% of the genetic ancestry with humans? This…
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2021vacancies
October 25, 2021

Toxicology at cellular resolution

Position Type:  Postdoctoral   Position Description: Toxins have unequal effects on various organs and cell types within the organism.  To explore these responses, we are…
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2021vacancies
October 25, 2021

Research Fellow

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,406 to £40,927, with potential progression once in post…
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2021News
October 1, 2021

Auswirkungen von Chemikalien auf die menschliche Gesundheit

Wiley Analytical Science Magazine /T. Dickmeis ; C. Weiss ; C.Herbst 1 October 2021 Overview Chemikalien in Lebensmitteln, Verbraucherprodukten und der Umwelt werden immer mehr thematisiert. Vor…
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2021Newspressreview
September 29, 2021

Building the logistic support for handling and managing PrecisionTox datasets: a peek behind the scene

 by the PrecisionTox Data Management Working Group The PrecisionTox project is an international program recently funded by the European Union, which aims to push into…
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2021Newspressreview
September 20, 2021

Environment Agency “Watchdog must do more to protect boy, 5, from landfill fumes, court rules”

The high court has ruled the Environment Agency must do more to protect a five-year-old boy from landfill fumes that doctors say are shortening his life expectancy.…
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2021Newspressreview
September 7, 2021

For an EU Action plan to accelerate the transition towards non-animal testing

Precisiontox joined ONTOX and Risk-Hunt3R in a joint statement to support the Motion for resolution of the MEPs for a for a EU Action plan…
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2021Newspressreview
June 27, 2021

Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment

Our team is glad to present you the second edition of “Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment” , co-authored by our PrecisionTox partner Beate Escher…
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2021News
June 21, 2021

Tracking complex mixtures of chemicals in our changing environment

Learn more on how to track complex mixtures of chemicals in the environment this scientific paper co-authored by our PrecisionTox partner Dr. Beate I. Escher…
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2021miscellanousNews
June 21, 2021

An illustrator’s daily life struggle to translate science

When our illustrator is asked to create visual content by PrecisionTox team… it sometimes sounds like that ! Discover the short comic created by @elvixente to illustrate his latest phone…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
June 8, 2021

PrecisionTox celebrates World Environment Day

On the occasion of the World Environment Day on the 5th of June, we invite you to meet Pr. Chris Portier, whose entire career has been devoted to protect…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
April 24, 2021

How Non-Animal Testing Can Reshape Health and Environment Policies

voxeurop.eu The development of alternatives to animal testing is not only an ethical and moral need, but it is also a necessary step to effectively…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
March 25, 2021

EU-Projekt PrecisionTox startet: Im Fokus steht der Schutz des Menschen vor schädlichen Auswirkungen von Chemikalien

idw-online.de Susanne Hufe Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ 19,3 Millionen Euro investiert die EU in ein neues Forschungsprojekt unter dem Namen PrexisionTox. Damit…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
March 9, 2021

$23.3M grant awarded to international chemical safety project involving IU researchers

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A project involving Indiana University researchers was awarded $23.3 million from the European Commission to shape chemical safety regulation without the use…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
March 9, 2021

Precision Toxicology project launched with €19.3M funding

Building a FAIR Data Commons to explore the science, and shape policy and regulation aimed at protecting human health from effects of harmful chemicals A…
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2021Human healthNewspressreview
March 9, 2021

EU-funded project to hunt out predictive biomarkers for chemical toxicity

Scientific approach to avoid mammalian tests A new EU-funded project called 'PrecisionTox' has been launched to identify chemical toxicity pathways in humans using tests on…
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