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19.09.2016
Job Vacancy: ECETOC is looking for an Environmental Scientist
The European Centre for Ecotoxicology & Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) is seeking the services of a Brussels-based* graduate in environmental sciences to support ECETOC scientific activities in...
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29.08.2016
Noncoding RNAs and Risk Assessment Science: an ECETOC/Cefic LRI Workshop Report
Brussels, August 2016
It is well understood that DNA is the basic instruction manual that explains how to make a living organism, such as a human body. RNA is a messenger sent from the coding DNA-seq...
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25.08.2016
Advances in Consumer Exposure Science: Data, Modelling and Aggregate Exposure Assessment
In a nutshell: Advances in Consumer Exposure Science: Data, Modelling and Aggregate Exposure Assessment. Report on ECETOC Worksop held 26th January 2016, Brussels
Brussels, August 2016
To understand...
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22.08.2016
ECETOC/Cefic LRI Workshop explores the role of epigenetics in reproductive toxicity
Brussels, July 2016
Epigenetics is a term used to describe relevant biological processes for the regulation of gene transcription in cells, which are not associated with changes in the DNA sequence o...
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16.08.2016
ECETOC guide to Building a Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Ontology
Brussels, August 2016
This ontology, published as ECETOC Special Report no.19: Building a Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Ontology, provides a way for data and information on developmental toxicolog...
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09.08.2016
Workshop reports on Defining the role of chemical activity in environmental risk assessment within the context of mode of action
Brussels, August 2016
At its most basic level, chemical risk assessment involves an assessment regarding both the toxicity and exposure mechanisms associated with a specific chemical. It is well un...
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26.07.2016
ECETOC Published Article: Guidance on the selection of cohorts for the extended one-generation reproduction toxicity study (OECD test guideline 443).
The extended one-generation reproduction toxicity study (EOGRTS; OECD test guideline 433) is a new and technically complex design to evaluate the putative effects of chemicals on fertility and develop...
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15.06.2016
ECETOC Young Scientist Award at SETAC Europe Nantes 2016
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours the early career scientist with the best platform presentation at the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting. The award winner is invited to the Annual Meeting.
The Best...
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08.06.2016
SHARING IS CARING. New EU project POWER published best practices on water management for four cities
Kees van Leeuwen
Principal Scientist at KWR and Professor in Water Management and Urban Development.
POWER, the EU funded initiative on political and social awareness on water environmental challenge...
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30.05.2016
Joint SETAC/iEOS Omics/Epigenetics Workshop registration now open:
SETAC/iEOS Joint Focused Topic Meeting,
12-15 September 2016, Ghent, Belgium:
Environmental and (eco)toxicological Omics and Epigenetics: Science, Technology and Regulatory Applications
The registrati...
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06.05.2016
Spring 2016 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter now available for download
The Spring 2016 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: http://bit.ly/ecetoc-enl30
In this issue:
Ecosystem Services and Chemic...
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02.05.2016
Welcome to the new ECETOC Website!
Major update to ECETOC Website
Visitors to the ECETOC website now benefit from a fully responsive Tox/Ecotox resource with clear navigation and advanced search functions.
Of particular note are the...
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21.04.2016
ECETOC publishes report on Ecosystem Services and Chemical Risk Assessment
Brussels, April 2016
Ecosystem goods and services are the benefits we (humans) get from nature. They include provisioning services, e.g. from crops that provide food and fibre, regulating services, e....
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24.02.2016
ECETOC 2015 Annual Report published
Freely downloadable, the 2015 ECETOC Annual Report provides an overview of ECETOC, the benefits of Membership and details of our activities and publications during 2015....
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16.12.2015
ECETOC concept allows assessing the safety of nanomaterials undertaking animal testing only as a very last resort
Brussels, December 2015
The safety of nanomaterials can be ensured by testing and grouping based on material properties and interactions, undertaking animal testing only as a very last resort. This i...
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02.12.2015
Publication of Winter 2015 ECETOC e-Newsletter
The Winter 2015 issue of the ECETOC e-newsletter is now available and can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link: /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ECETOC_e-newsletter_29_Winter_2015.pdf
In thi...
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17.11.2015
Latest news from the NC3Rs: November 2015
The November newsletter is now available from the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research - NC3RS:
https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/nc3rs-e-newsletter-november...
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26.10.2015
New ECETOC manuscript addresses the relationship between activity and toxicity for non-polar narcotic chemicals
New ECETOC manuscript addresses the relationship between activity and toxicity for non-polar narcotic chemicals
Brussels, October 2015
In a Nutshell:
The relationship between the toxicity of narc...
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12.08.2015
Prof. Kees van Leeuwen publishes book on PBT Chemicals
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Kees van Leeuwen, member of the ECETOC Scientific Committee, has recently published the following book on PBT:
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Chemic...
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28.07.2015
ECETOC Best Platform Award at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting
SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting: Young Scientist Awards (YSA)
03-07 May 2015 Barcelona, Spain
The ECETOC Best Platform Award honours the early career scientist with the best platform presentation a...
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