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The @EPA has updated its list of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for chemical assessment and launched a new program for stakeholders to nominate NAMs to the list.

Read our summary of the updates here: https://t.co/d58rZ5oLb7

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The @EU_Commission has published its “Roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments,” which includes concrete steps for increasing the use of non-animal approaches for chemical safety assessment in the EU.

Read more here: https://t.co/Y7VuKbgwEl

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Happening next week! Have you registered yet?

🗓️ May 28, 2026: 8:00-9:30 am EDT
Register 👇

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Register now for the third webinar in our Eco-NAMs Webinar Series, "In silico approaches to replace acute fish toxicity," featuring speakers from @MarioNegriIRCCS and @KREATiS_models.

🗓️May 28, 2026; 8:00-9:30 am EST

Register here: https://t.co/7HAa836owJ

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Don’t miss your chance to win reconstructed human respiratory tissues from @epithelix! The winner will be selected based on their proposal’s scientific merit and potential to replace the use of animals in inhalation testing.

🗓️ Apply by July 17, 2026

https://t.co/05vfafhe7w

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🎉Thrilled to announce our work is part of a multi-disciplinary collaboration receiving @NIH’s Replication Prize for improving research replicability through the adoption of animal-free and animal-production-free recombinant antibodies.

Read more here: https://t.co/ZoS8LtURU9

[PETA Science Consortium International @thePSCI]

Register now for the third webinar in our Eco-NAMs Webinar Series, "In silico approaches to replace acute fish toxicity," featuring speakers from @MarioNegriIRCCS and @KREATiS_models.

🗓️May 28, 2026; 8:00-9:30 am EST

Register here: https://t.co/7HAa836owJ

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📣NEW AWARD!

We’ve partnered with @epithelix to award FREE reconstructed human respiratory tissues! The winner may also request travel assistance to attend #LIVe2026 and the pre-congress workshop in Archamps, France.

Deadline: July 17, 2026.

More here: https://t.co/05vfafhe7w

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Researchers looking to transition to sequence-defined antibodies, start here! Our latest review in ALTEX highlights catalogue recombinant antibodies available today that can replace antibodies produced using animals.

Access the review here: https://t.co/oRo6wRqqwW

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Huge congrats also to our Dr. Gina Hilton on her election as Vice President of IVAM.

You can explore the full list of our activities from this year’s SOT here: https://t.co/mtAECOKuFm

See you next year!

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We had an energizing and productive week at #2026SOT, and we’re grateful to our collaborators and everyone who helped make it a success!

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We’re proud to share that our collaborative work on eye and respiratory irritation was recognized with paper and poster awards from the @SOToxicology Ocular Toxicology Specialty Section and the In Vitro and Alternative Methods (IVAM) Specialty Section.

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Our team is on the ground at #2026SOT!

Download a full list of our poster presentations and other activities here: https://t.co/mtAECOKuFm

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Check out our website after the event to find these and other posters co-authored by the Science Consortium: https://t.co/DDbzFnHxbd

Hope to see you at #THE3RLAEND!

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📣Did you hear? We'll be presenting posters at the @3RCenter’s #THE3RLAEND Conference 2026 on:

⭐️Qualifying non-animal methods
⭐️Using human vaginal epithelium to assess the potential irritation of personal lubricants
⭐️Building confidence in non-animal approaches in Germany

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Attending the @SOToxicology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego? Come meet us! We’ll be participating in educational courses, mentorship events, poster presentations on non-animal test methods, and more.

Access our full list of activities👇
https://t.co/mtAECOKuFm #2026SOT

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This is happening next week! Register today!

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Don’t miss the 7th webinar in our EPIC series on NAMs:

“Skin irritation testing using non-animal methods, and EPA’s new decision framework for dermal hazard assessment of chemicals”
🗓️March 17, 2026; 11:00 am ET

Register 👇 https://t.co/Wr2lMor3A4

[PETA Science Consortium International @thePSCI]

Don’t miss the 7th webinar in our EPIC series on NAMs:

“Skin irritation testing using non-animal methods, and EPA’s new decision framework for dermal hazard assessment of chemicals”
🗓️March 17, 2026; 11:00 am ET

Register 👇 https://t.co/Wr2lMor3A4

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JUST OUT: Our commentary in @EnvLawReporter provides a historical context of the use of animals in chemical toxicity testing and how New Approach Methodologies represent the path forward in chemical risk evaluation.

Read it here: https://t.co/4wZ0O7qAm2

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We're back with a new webinar in our EPIC series on the use of NAMs in risk assessment!

“Skin irritation testing using non-animal methods, and EPA’s new decision framework for dermal hazard assessment of chemicals”
🗓️March 17, 2026; 11 am ET

Register 👇 https://t.co/Wr2lMor3A4

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Just out: @EPA has released a new decision framework favoring the use of non-animal approaches for skin irritation and corrosion testing.

Read more and access the decision framework here: https://t.co/jkyZzjXeBz