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Posted: September 13, 2011 QSAR booth at SETAC Europe 2011 - a brief visual report

A brief video report of our QSAR booth and platform presentations at the SETAC Europe 2011 conference in Milan.

Visual Report of the QSAR booth

Posted: September 13, 2011 QSAR presentations at SETAC Europe 2011 - full videos

The ORCHESTRA platform presentations at the SETAC Europe 2011 conference in Milan can now be viewed in full here.  

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Posted: July 12, 2011 PhD course: Use of QSAR models

logo phd coursePractical use of the CAESAR models for legislative purposes.
Copenhagen (DK), August 23rd, 2011

Learn more here: http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD_course_QSAR%20models.aspx

Posted: May 24, 2011 Report of our online technical stakeholder survey

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The report of our online stakeholder survey is available here. Learn about benefits and barriers to QSARs use according to specialists, regulators and industry.

Posted: May 5, 2011 Interview with Wim De Coen

Watch the interview with Professor Wim de Coen,  Head of Evaluation 1 at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

 

With special thanks to Wim de Coen.

Policy issues around computer-based methods as alternatives to animal testing

Testing large numbers of chemicals (as required by the EU legislation) while also reducing the numbers of tests on animals

Questionnaire imageThe short questionnaire is our invitation to policy makers, industry managers, educators, political leaders, NGOs, investors, citizens and all others who are not specialists in toxicology to comment on some of the issues that are raised and/or addressed by computer-based (in silico) methods.

We really hope you can take a few minutes to complete it.  Please also email the link to others who may be interested.

 

 

Thank you.

The purpose of survey

In recent years the EU has funded research into developing computer-based methods for evaluating the toxicity of chemicals, called ‘in silico methods’. These are potentially important in making it possible to test large numbers of chemicals (as required by the EU REACH legislation) while also reducing the numbers of tests on animals

The ORCHESTRA project is funded by the EU to communicate some of those research findings.  Our intention is to increase the understanding of these alternative methods among potential users in industry, among regulators and other decision-makers, and in the wider public and policy debates.  This survey will help us to find out what people regard as the priorities, as well as what information is needed and how we should communicate it. 

(There is a parallel questionnaire specifically for regulators, industry specialists, toxicologists, QSAR developers, scientists and any others with specialist knowledge or experience. If you would like to complete that questionnaire, or both, please do so.)