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Non-animal Approaches for Toxicity Testing

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Join our sister team! @HumaneSociety is hiring a science advisor to provide scientific advice on programs aiming to replace the use of animals in testing and research through regulatory, legislative, and corporate reforms!

More info/apply 👉 https://t.co/cPmDcHw7x0

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Attending #2022SOT in San Diego? Check out our satellite session with @jhucaat, “21st Century Toxicology: Updates on Relevant Domestic and International Activities” Thursday, March 31, 12:30-4:30 PM.

More info (click on Thursday, March 31) 👉 https://t.co/caXJLuTbc2

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

📣 Registration is now open for our 4 new preview #webinars! The 1st module, #ConsumerExposure, will cover in-use scenarios & how subsequent local & systemic #exposuremetrics can inform the amount of data needed to support a #riskassessment.

Register: https://t.co/S74LUCtNoX

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Students & early career scientists: Are you worried about the costs of attending @PCRM’s Summer School on Innovative Approaches? Do you have a strong interest in non-animal methods? Check out #ASCCT's travel awards! → https://t.co/K0Qvox6Xvp

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Funding call! @jhucaat's 2023-2024 Alan and Helene Goldberg in vitro toxicology grants are accepting pre-proposal submissions! Submit your best non-animal ideas before April 15! 👉🏽https://t.co/AwIplgO0QP

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

📣 To mark the 9th “banniversary” of EU becoming world’s largest #crueltyfree cosmetics market, @AFSAcollab is excited to announce our new initiative to help the 🌎 transition to a modern, #animalfree approach to cosmetics #safety assessment. Countdown is on - details coming Mon!

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Are you a UK-based life science student who is interested in human-relevant research? Check out these summer studentships from @AFRUKScience, which offer funding for consumables & a stipend to carry out your animal-free project!

Apply by March 29 → https://t.co/NCtjMzMHzR

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

.@OECD will discuss @EU_sciencehub’s report ‘Addressing evidence needs in chemicals policy and regulation’ at their upcoming webinar next Wednesday (March 16) at 1pm CEST. Register👇
https://t.co/gjEfVgrOMs

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Coffee break reading! This informative piece from @ScienceLine explores how combining organ-chip technology with #AI could revolutionise drug development. https://t.co/cNRaiQcn4T

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Watch this charming and informative video from @EFSA_EU explaining how the “weight of evidence” approach can be used to justify accepting the fish embryo toxicity test to predict toxicity.
https://t.co/7Qw19MqIjH

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

The latest paper from @NKleinstreuer & colleagues describes the development of a computational approach to predict drug-induced cardiotoxicity.

Read all about it!👇
https://t.co/rS66NBTgWm

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

"Ultimately, I want to build a heart for a sick kid."

Check out these beauties created by the ever-inventive Kit Parker from @hseas & @wyssinstitute. These robofish are modeled on zebrafish, but human heart cells are contracting to move them!
https://t.co/op9tORWjXB

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

This exciting new paper explores the concept of "clinical outcome pathways"—the practice of applying the AOP framework to the clinic to accelerate drug discovery and enable effective drug repurposing.
https://t.co/xeWhu1BNmW

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Check out @aic_cphms' new webinar series focused on computational systems & predictive biology! Tune in on Saturday at 11am IST to hear Dr. Nagasuma Chandra from @iiscbangalore answer the question "can biology be a predictive science?"

Register → https://t.co/8Zoz87XkQt

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Have you published a paper that has or could have major impacts on the replacement, reduction or refinement of the use of animals in research? You could be eligible for the @NC3Rs International 3Rs Prize! Apply by April 6.
https://t.co/DTPWjkIcp2

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Funding news! @theNCI is offering grants to support the development and characterization of state-of-the-art biomimetic tissue-engineered technologies for cancer research.

More info → https://t.co/Rft8WkTRq6

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

This report from @EU_ScienceHub explores what is needed for current and future chemical safety regulation, taking into account recent advances in toxicology methods & the requirements of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.

👉https://t.co/He4XzpWW4d

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Great workshop report about the industry perspective on what is required to promote the use of complex in vitro models for regulatory purposes for drug development.→ https://t.co/yRYv9Xv7LT

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

Congratulations to @BarrileR, whose exciting new project (made possible by a @jhucaat Alan and Helen Goldberg In Vitro Toxicology grant) aims to use blood vessel chips to develop a validated translational platform for de-risking vaccine development! https://t.co/a8SJhP2mzC

[Animal-Free Safety Assessment (AFSA) Collaboration @AFSAcollab]

This is a great summary of @Herophilus_SF’s work to develop and screen patient-derived brain organoids by applying functional genomics to reveal novel validated targets and ultimately identify novel therapeutics for brain diseases.
@neurotheory
https://t.co/AjGO2vdbBk