EUROTOX aims to foster toxicology, both scientifically and educationally, in all countries of Europe. To this, EUROTOX organises an annual scientific congress, workshops, and postgraduate training courses.
EUROTOX is actively harmonising toxicology education and training, having established the European Register of Toxicologists in 1994.
Furthermore EUROTOX honours annually a distinguished European toxicologist by its Merit Award. Young toxicologists are encouraged by the annual Young Scientist Award, which is awarded every year to the best presentation at the EUROTOX Congress.
To honour Professor Bo Holmstedt, the Bo Holmstedt Memorial Fund (BHMF), in collaboration with EUROTOX, has established the Bo Holmstedt Memorial Lecture to be presented to an outstanding European Toxicologist at the EUROTOX Annual Congress meeting. The foundation is also supporting the Paracelcus symposium at the annual meeting. Bo Holmstedt's great interest in the teaching of toxicology and supported research in developing countries, a travelling lecture fellowship has also been established to allow a toxicologist from a developing country to spent some time in a European laboratory or regulatory agency.
LRI Innovative Science Award 2012 |
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The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), the Association of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX), the International Society of Exposure Sciences (ISES) and Chemical Week, is offering a €100,000 award to support promising new research in the field of biologically-relevant exposure characterization. Exposures are typically measured at the point of contact or through biomonitoring. While these approaches are useful for assessing exposures or developing risk management strategies, they are typically not informative about the biological or health relevance of those exposures. Understanding the health relevance of exposures will require a new generation of tools to rapidly characterize biologically relevant exposures and link to environmentally relevant hazards. This includes development and application of advanced technologies to measure key exposure metrics at key time points in the life course, such as:
The ultimate goal would be to develop novel techniques to capture critical determinants of exposure at biologically informed resolution to relate to real-world human-environment interactions. The objective of this LRI Award is to stimulate innovative research, ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking and new approaches which will advance the understanding of the health relevance of exposure. The research should be complementary to the Long-range Research Initiative's (LRI) objectives, a chemical industry funded programme that aims at enhancing scientific knowledge to help protect health and the environment. More information is available on the LRI website www.cefic-lri.org (see “About LRI”) The award is intended for a European-based scientist with less than ten years post-doctoral experience. Active involvement in interdisciplinary research, current academic track record, and access to appropriate networks will be considered in the selection. The LRI Innovative Science Award will be officially presented at the LRI Annual Workshop in November 2012. The 2012 Awardee will be expected to present the results of his/her research supported by the Award at the LRI Annual Workshop in November 2013. Deadline for applications: 16 March 2012Presentation of the winner: JUNE 2012 The presentation of the three finalists and the selection of the winner will take place in Brussels in June 2012. For more information feel free to send an e-mail to lri@cefic.be |
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