2005 ECETOC Science Award

The 2005 ECETOC Science Award has been presented to Ms. Carolina Wijheden of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, for her and her co-authors’ poster: “Effects of TCDD on the Osteoblastic Cell Line UMR-106”. The scientific relevance of the results of this project is that this cell line may be a suitable in vitro model system for studies on mechanisms behind the effects of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds on bone tissue.

For this year’s science award, ECETOC collaborated with EUROTOX (European Societies of Toxicology), who presented 3 young scientist awards at its annual meeting held in Kracow, Poland on 11-14 September 2005.

ECETOC’s prize (of €2000) was awarded for an outstanding poster presented under the theme: Persistent Organic Pollutants – Integrated Exposure and Risk Assessment. The criteria applied for the evaluation of the posters were originality and potential impact of the research project, adequacy of the methodological approach adopted, scientific value of the results, as well as care, quality and clarity of the presentation.

This award was presented by Dr. Michael Gribble, ECETOC Secretary General, and Prof. Corrado Galli, University of Milano, at the congress dinner.
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