Comité scientifique Pro Anima

Pioneer since 1989, promotes the development and adoption of cutting-edge non-animal methods in research
Our weekly newsletter on NAMs:

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

Critical appraisal of the EC roadmap, NAMs and EU Biotech Act, https://t.co/OSvb8L8Hfp to accelerate scientific breakthroughs with AI, OECD IATA: RISK-HUNT3R case studies, and more

Read more: https://t.co/JzhHnNlWmE

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Octobre Rose - Journée internationale de sensibilisation au cancer du sein

🧬✨ Découvrez le Projet BiDiTwins - UCLouvain & Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc : Des jumeaux numériques et biologiques de cancers du sein pour améliorer les traitements

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

NAMs survey in drug development, Suppo3Rt, Australia’s TGA for NAMs, $1.8 billion to build foundational data for AI models to treat disease, Human multi-organ tissue-chip, and more

Read more: https://t.co/TnyrdJ5Uu1

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In today’s spotlight, we’re looking at an article by IEEE discussing lung organoids and the current difficulties of facilitating widespread NAMs adoption.

Read the article at https://t.co/Tvxxk0cuGX

What are your thoughts on the article? Let us know

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

Global regulators call for advancing NAMs for human medicines, Producing stem cells on a large scale, AI to interpret in vitro data, Brain assembloids to study anesthesia, and more

Read more: https://t.co/DQr1W1IDeE

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Human lung organoid modelling of tissue-resident antiviral T cell responses

https://t.co/7bQXRQTSq1

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🔬 LES NAMs, C’EST QUOI ?

Les Nouvelles Approches Méthodologiques (NAMs) est un ensemble de méthodes alternatives à l'expérimentation animale - organoïdes, organes-sur-puce, IA, jumeaux numériques - qui permettent d’étudier spécifiquement la biologie humaine.

👉 À suivre !

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

China: OOC and AI momentum, UCLA grants to advance human stem cell models, Curi Bio enters FDA’s ISTAND Program, SystImmune: FDA clearance for an IND using NAMs, and more

Read more: https://t.co/cdCmYdVJIZ

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

FDA and NIH’s major steps to advance NAMs, The invisible animal use, STEP4NAMS hands-on trainings, Overlooked microproteins in human brain tissue, and more

Read more: https://t.co/n25D6aLVcx

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

Building Europe’s capacity for NAMs, UK’s first robotic infection lab, NAMs from target to industry, Advancing human cardiac organoid-based drug discovery, and more

Read more: https://t.co/XGqh6qxBVj

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

EMA’ pilot with NAMs data, U.S EPA’s advancement to replace animal for risk assessment, OOC reach new frontiers, TME-On-Chip, and more

Read more: https://t.co/Nuj3ArEBJZ

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📅 Mardi 15 septembre de 16h30 à 17h30
📍 Aix-en-Provence
Cette rencontre sera l’occasion de croiser les regards scientifiques, juridiques et éthiques sur l’expérimentation animale : de son rôle dans la recherche aux nouvelles méthodes qui transforment transformer les pratiques

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Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer la participation de notre responsable scientifique, Dr @LilasCourtot, à la table ronde : 🔬 « Regards sur l’utilisation des animaux à des fins scientifiques »
https://t.co/sV4G6GnGqS

[Organoid News @organoidscience]

Drs. @IreneFaravelli, Noelia Antón-Bolaños (@BolanosAnton), Paola Arlotta (@ArlottaLab), and colleagues from @Harvard and @broadinstitute demonstrated that #BrainOrganoids 🧠 transcriptionally age with cell type specificity over years in culture.

Check out this article in @Nature:
🔖 https://t.co/7hkPicb15F

[Science Advancement and Outreach @SAOscience]

📣 New York! Next month, there will be 2️⃣ opportunities to watch The New Gold Standard in theaters!

📅 Friday, September 11
⌚ 6:00 pm
📽️ Spectrum 8 Theatres, Albany
🗨️ Q&A with Steven Latham, @MelanieDGKaplan, Meredith Blanchard, Robert Hollocher, and SAO's own @ERoseEngland
📌 RSVP here:
https://t.co/Km2OalJ0KQ

📅 Wednesday, September 23
⌚ 7:00 pm
📽️ Village East by Angelika, NYC
📌 RSVP here: https://t.co/CV3BHd0hAs

[Mieke Van Mulders @MiekeVanMulders]

🧬 Building a vibrant ecosystem for #3D organ/tissue models!

📅 Sept 14-15, 2026 @KU_Leuven
🏆 Featuring the RE-Place BEST presentation #award for progress in animal-free research methodologies!

Register for the #Organoid Symposium 2026 now!

https://t.co/3MPcWW7BX0

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In our latest NAMs Live Talk with Dr. @ZIzadifar, we explored the historical underrepresentation of women in research and how NAMs can help bridging this knowledge gap.

The replay is available ⏩ https://t.co/1N454qKsEs

#NAMs #WomensHealth #BiomedicalResearch

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

In vitro cardiac NAMs, 2026 PEPPER Call, New ECVAM Open Lab, Pregnancy-associated OOC, A practical gut-on-chip workflow, and more

Read more: https://t.co/2Hk6EOH049

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Science, Enjeux, Santé N121 is now available!

🎙️ Interview with Prof. @TheLutolfLab
Founding Director, @IHB_Research, @Roche

Read the full interview :
https://t.co/BiyjTMIZlg

Image credit: Prof. Matthias Lütolf, IHB Roche

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NAMs around the world 📌 News of the week 📌 by Pro Anima

Helsinki Chemicals Forum, NAM Collaboration Grant, Large Language Models for toxicology, AI to validate brain organoids, and more

Read more: https://t.co/rQKmJg00cp