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May 11, 2010
Istituto di ricerche farmacologiche Mario Negri, via La Masa 19, Milan (Italy)
The aim of this course, is to give an overview of the "non testing" alternative methods to animal testing, for the prediction of molecular properties by means of QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship) methods, or extrapolating the informations based on data relative to similar compounds (read-across methods).
Note: The course will be held in Italian language.
May 23, 2010
20th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting - Seville (Spain)
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The course will provide an introduction to the use of alternative methods, in particular QSAR, for assessing chemical properties and toxicity data for REACH compounds. CAESAR models and other comparative applications will be tested and results will be critically discussed. The course is not aimed to teach all QSAR features but recommended practices to deal with in silico methods in a critical way.
What are the benefits?
How To Use?
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ORCHESTRA has the main objective of disseminating and exploiting the activities of ongoing EU research concerning in silico (QSAR, read-across, etc.) models for the (eco)toxicology. This area is multidisciplinary, because it deals with environmental science, health, chemistry and information technology.
A network will be established to promote a dialogue between model providers and stakeholders, which may get benefit from in silico models.
EC PROJECTS from several areas (Food, Environment, Health, Information technology) will be used for this case study of the research on in silico models. These characteristics mean that it will be possible to extract lessons from this dissemination that are useful for other projects.
Environmental protection
Chemical registration
Pharmaceuticals
Pesticides
Cosmetics
Biocides
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Pesticides
Food
Environmental protection
Animal protection
Citizens Associations
Consumer Associations
Information technology
Toxicology
Chemistry
Environmental sciences
PhD students
Masters students
The Consortium of ORCHESTRA involves groups expert in dissemination and contacts with society sectors, including professional communicators, experts on communication via Internet, teachers.
Particular attention will be paid to INDUSTRY, through associations, and REGULATORS, with a series of seminars.
Web portal (www.orchestra-qsar.eu), created in October 2009
Workshop with stakeholders, in late 2010
E-book on the use of in silico models
Pubblications A series of open-source publications
Seminars with ECHA, EFSA, EMEA
Groups Delphi groups
Commission of the European Communities through the FP7-COOPERATION contract 226521 - ORCHESTRA
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