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Altertox Update: News, Jobs & Events Dive back into fall with Altertox! We're hiring, celebrating achievements & attending key events.…

WE ARE HIRING!

We are hiring a EU Projects and Operations Coordinator Founded in 2012 in Brussels, Altertox is a SME active in…

LIVe2O24: a shared success!

We are delighted to report on the tremendous success of the LIVe 2024 congress, the Lung In Vitro Event was held this June 20-21…

Panoramix Annual General Assembly meeting

The Panoramix Annual General Assembly meeting is happening on 1-2 July in Nantes, France!  This year's assembly promises to be…

ESTIV2024, looking back!

We took the opportunity of meeting with our partner projects' team members at ESTIV to capture some of their thoughts…

The PrecisionTox General Assembly is happening this week!

On June 13th & 14th the PrecisionTox project members will meet in Brussels. Two days focused on advancing chemical safety…

TOXstreams is back to talk about Zero Pollution of Persistent, Mobile Substances

From the Mariana Trench to the blood of polar bears, the presence of persistent and mobile chemicals is threatening global…

ASPIS members reflect on the importance of WC12: “We are progressing, and we are doing it together.” 

Matteo Piumatti, Altertox’s EU Project Manager, interviewed some members of ASPIS, like Dr Ouédraogo, on what were their impressions of…

Equality in science: how can we be more inclusive towards the LGBTQIA+ community? 

“We work 8 hours a day in science, so we need to fight for equality there, too.” Simón Perera, Secretary…

Altertox at WC12!

Our team members will soon arrive in Niagara Falls for this month's main 3Rs event. Meet ALTERTOX on Booth 33 at the 12th World Congress…

FUN WITH NAMs: Summer Games season 2

Altertox's summer games You loved them last year, the Altertox's FuN with NAMs summer games are back!Crosswords, who is who,…

TATAbox workshop MPS summit

Valentin will be hosting an educational workshop during MPS World Summit on Monday 26th of June. Learn more about it…

inCLUEded – « Women in Higher Education »: 10 KEY FIGURES

New in TOXstreams live show: inCLUEded, a chronicle about inclusion and gender equality in STEM, by Aurélia Boige.  First woman…

EUROTOX podcast

Altertox creates a new serie of Podcast for EUROTOX in vitro and in silico specialty section. ONTOX young scientist Eliska…

Winter Holidays Cross word puzzle

A little moment of fun & relaxation for you during the winter holidays period! #FunwithNams

TOXstreams Season 2

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready and buckle up for an electrifying new season of TOXstreams! Brace yourself for more juicy…

Women in STEM day

♀️ We want to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week.  ► Did you know? In…

NAMs history in 24 key events

4e BC Beginning of animal testing in ancient Greece. 1780 Jeremy Bentham argued for better treatment of animals on the…

Scicomm

How do I start with science communication? Tips on the most commons tools to help you achieve your goals in…

Advent NAMs Calendar, by Altertox

Throughout December, follow our advent calendar and learn more about NAMs' history. What was before, what,  who and how was the…

Altertox Anniversary

Celebrating our 10 years anniversary, we created posters to share  our values, our history and fun facts about the team. 

FUN with NAMs – the summer games

Altertox's summer games Hello There! It's summer at last ! And holidays are right around the corner... time for some fun…

Altertox creates its 1st board game: TATABOX !

After months of prepping and testing, we are so very happy to introduce our first edutainment game: TATABOX (Toward Altertnatives…

NAMs Dictionary

A is for AOP Definition An Adverse outcome Pathway (AOP) captures the sequence of events that leads from the exposure…

LIVe2022 Photos – day 2

LIVe2022 Photos – day 1

Day 1

Leveraging NAMs to achieve 100% compliance in REACH dossier

Discover PrecisionTox expert opinion on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) as improved and protective tests in the regulatory safety assessment of…

LIVe2022

Lung In Vitro event 2022 edition will take place in June in Nice, France!LIVe2022 intends to be a unique exchange platform for scientists interested in in vitro respiratory researches,…

International Day for Women and Girls in Science

On the occasion of the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, which promotes gender equality in science, Altertox…

TOXstreams

Going live! Altertox lauches its streaming channel Altertox goes live with a new video streaming series that will premiere shortly. We…

Altertox Celebrates 2021

❄️ #altertoxcelebrates2021 🎄 #waitingforchristmas 🌟 #adventcalendarLooking back to one amazing year for Altertox, sharing with you some of the importants moments we lived with You…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Gina Hilton

 Altertox went to meet 10 Young scientists to know more about their activities, vision of science and how they bring…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Dr. Kamel Mansouri

 Altertox went to meet 10 Young scientists to know more about their activities, vision of science and how they bring…

MEPs demand EU action plan to end the use of animals in research and testing

Press Releases / PLENARY SESSIONhttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210910IPR11926/meps-demand-eu-action-plan-to-end-the-use-of-animals-in-research-and-testingAnimal testing for cosmetic products prohibited in the EU since 200912 million animals were still bred…

Time to humanize European health research with an action plan

BY HELDER CONSTANTINO, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH POLICY AND CATHERINE WILLETT, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL "European…

For a EU Action plan to accelerate the transition towards non-animal testing

During the next Plenary session in the middle of September, MEPs will cast their vote on an important text for…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Mieke Van Mulders

Altertox vision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otczly0ihS0&t=14s Towards better science. Within the scope of the 11th edition of the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in…

We sponsor WC11 Maastrich

This summer, Altertox takes part in 11th World Congress on alternatives of animal use in the life sciences. The 11th World Congress on…

an illustrator’s daily life struggle to translate science

When our illustrator gets its brief from the team to work on visual material for PrecisionTox EU project ...  EU…

PrecisionTox & Altertox celebrate World Environment Day

On the occasion of the World Environment Day on the 5th of June, we invite you to meet Pr. Chris…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Petros Batakis, MSc

 Altertox went to meet 10 Young scientists to know more about their activities, vision of science and how they bring…

lunchtalk #3 : key messages

Check out the main topics and tips  1) Journal Impact Factor (IF) The IF is a scientometric index, developed by…

Altertox celebrates Women’s Rights Day

Altertox team celebrates Women International Day by inviting you to discover women that inspired us ; empowered us ; gave…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Nikolas Gaio

Secrets for winning a grant and coping when losing it – Key messages

Last Friday 11 September 2020, our 2nd Lunch talk had more than 60 registrants for our special guest Prof. Mathieu Vinken.…

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Aline Chary

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Lenny Kamelia

Through The Eyes Of Young Scientists – Tim Allen

 Altertox went to meet 10 Young scientists to know more about their activities, vision of science and how they bring…

Master Class – 3D Organotypic Models

You design your training! Pick your interest ‘‘à la carte’’ on the Episkin portfolio (applications and models) from reconstituted epidermis to corneal…

LIVe2020 : Keynote speaker

We are delighted to announce the participation of Dr. Sc and Associate Professor Josué Sznitman as a Keynote Speaker for the second…

Travel Grant for Young Scientist – LIVe2020 PETA

We are delighted to announce the support of PETA for the Second edition of The Lung In Vitro event 2020!…

Back for more Lung In Vitro event in 2020

After a successful edition in 2018, we are delighted to collaborate again with Epithelix and to announce that The Lung…

LUNCH TALK and MASTER CLASS!

Let’s begin the year with good news, Altertox jumps into a new project with and for you! In addition to existing formats already covered by our activities (sponsored events and hands-on Training), Altertox offers two new Formats in…

2019 … a successful year !

To fulfill one of the 3 Visions of Altertox (MAKE people BETTER scientists in the lab), in 2019, we have organized 7 successful trainings, all across Europe!  …

Good In Vitro Methods Practices: learning by doing…

During two days, from Wednesday 6th to Thursday 7th of November 2019, colleagues Emma Pedersen and Kristina Fant from Research Institutes in Gothenburg will host a…

Altertox-Ncardia training

Altertox is pleased to announce its next training:  14th and 15th of November: Ncardia training, on “Acute and Chronic Cardiotoxicity” in Leiden-The Netherlands.  The course is a…

LIVe2O24: a shared success!

Meet our success stories Modeling COPD/Asthma/IPF/CF/CPD in vitro It aims at presenting the use of state-of-the-art in vitro lung models…

ESTIV2024, looking back!

We took the opportunity of meeting with our partner projects’ team members at ESTIV to capture some of their thoughts…

To make people better scientists

TATAbox is a tool designed to open conversation about New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) also known as non-animal models, in an…

JRC EURL ECVAM

Altertox Academy is contributing in two granted projects by European Commission JRC EURL ECVAM with one of them is about…

Partnership between the French Society of Toxicology and Altertox Academy

The French Society of Toxicology (SFT) and Altertox Academy (ex-CAAT Academy) have reached an agreement in regard to the Altertox Academy…

Simcyp

Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling in Virtual Human Populations and Preclinical Species. Monday 16th October, 2017 – Simcyp (a Certara® company) Certara®…

Human telomerized cells

Relevant and standardizable in vitro test systems Friday 29th September, 2017, Regina Grillari & Matthias Wieser from Evercyte GmbH Evercyte,…

TissUse: “Multi-Organ-Chip” platform

Wednesday 27th September, 2017 - TissUse TissUse is a vibrant Berlin, Germany-based, growth company, which has developed a unique “Multi-Organ-Chip”…

KU Leuven Drug Delivery and Disposition Lab

In vitro models for hepatic drug handling and drug-induced cholestasis Tuesday 25th June, 2017 - Pieter Annaert & the hepatic…

GARD Skin Sensitization Test

Next generation safety testing for sensitisation assessment of chemicals Friday 19th May, 2017 - Henrik Johansson & Hanna Frykman At…

Human Primary Hepatocyte Production: HepaRG

Biopredic international is an innovative biotechnology SME based in France, focused on providing cells and tissues as tools for drug discovery…