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“BTS Autumn Meeting 2010” Scientific meeting of the British Toxicology Society

(Robinson College, Cambridge, 6-7 September 2010)

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“RURAL HEALTH 2010” 3rd International Congress on Rural Health in Mediterranean and Balkan Countries

(Tirana - Albania - September 22-25, 2010) The Congress theme will be “From Transition to Sustainable Development: Healthy Farmers producing Healthy Food in a Healthy Environment”.

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“BIONANOTOX” - 1st Russian – Hellenic Symposium on Polymeric Biomaterials and Bionanomaterials: Recent Advances Safety and Toxicology Issues

(Heraklion, Crete - Greece - May 3-9, 2010) The theme of the Symposium concerns one of the most progressing directions of science and technology. BioNanoToxicology Issues lie at the interface of many disciplines, ranging from biology to chemistry, toxicology, computational science chemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology.

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“TOXCON 2010: Borderless Toxicology” – Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX invites you to Toxicology Course and Meeting

(Slovakia – The High Tatras resort, September 6-10, 2010) The congress consists of advanced toxicology course focused on alternative methods in toxicology followed by annual Interdisciplinary Toxicology meeting.

MORE INFORMATION  (Abstract deadline: June 15, 2010)

 

“Third Congress of Clinical Toxicology” - Bulgarian Toxicological Society invites you to attend the Third Congress of Clinical Toxicology with international participation.

(Bulgaria, Varna, resort “St. Konstantin and Elena” 30 September – 3 October 2010)

MORE INFORMATION – Abstract Submission Form – Registration Form (Registration deadline: May 15, 2010)

 

“IVTIP Spring meeting” focused on 'Integrated in vitro testing strategies - implementation challenges'
(Hotel Ramada Encore, Geneva, Switzerland – May 18, 2010)  The meeting will kindly be hosted by the IVTIP member company Epithelix, Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.epithelix.com)
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"Linz-Congress 2010" of  EUSAAT - European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing, ESTIV - European Society of Toxicology in Vitro and zet - Austrian Centre for Alternative and Complementary Methods to Animal Testing
(University of Linz, Austria - September 2- 4, 2010) The congress consists of ESTIV 2010 - the 16th International Congress on In Vitro Toxicology  EUSAAT 2010 - the 13th Annual Congress of EUSAAT (formerly known as MEGAT) and LINZ 2010 - the 16th Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing.
More Information (Registration deadline: April 30, 2010)

 

  1^st International Symposium on Neuroendocrine Effects of Endocrine Disruptors a Satellite Symposium of the ICN2010
(Rouen, France July 10-15, 2010) This satellite symposium entitled NEED for Neuroendocrine effect of endocrine disruptor, will be the first ever organized on the topic of neuroendocrine disruption, an emerging field concerned with the effects of  endocrine disruptors specifically on the neuroendocrine systems.
MORE INFORMATION (Registration deadline: 15th of April 2010)

 

 4^th International Conference on Paraoxonases, Reus (Spain), 7-10^th September 2010. Abstract submission deadline is 26 February 2010.

 

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“Introduction to Toxicology and Ecotoxicology as the Scientific Basis for Management of Chemical Risk” – Belgian Society for Toxicology and Ecotoxicology invites you to one-day introductory course.

(Elewijt conference center located between Mechelen and Brussels, Belgium – Sept. 10, 2010) The course is especially designed for journalists, lawyers, national and local regulators, health care professionals, industry and local authority safety professionals, consultants, NGO’s and educational institutions

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"MSc Drug Development & Drug Safety" organised by University of Aberdeen

The course has been designed to respond to the demand for training in toxicology, with an emphasis on the assessment of drug safety.

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“Course in Dietary Exposure Assessment: Concentration and consumption databases and probabilistic modelling” organised by RA-COURSES, a project funded by European Union Marie Curie Actions.

(RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, October 25-29, 2010) The objective of the course is familiarize participants with dietary exposure assessment to toxic compounds and in particular with probabilistic modelling of dietary exposure.
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“EUROTOX Basic Toxicology course” organized by the Hellenic Society of Toxicology and the University of Crete, under the auspices of EUROTOX

(Heraklion, Crete - Greece - October 18 – 23, 2010) A five day course, with 10 2h lectures, 10 working group sessions, and 4 rapports of outcome. A written exam will be held at the end of the course.

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 “Master of Advanced Studies in Toxicology” The only part-time study in toxicology in Switzerland

(The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne - September 2010 – June 2012) The course is designed to comply with the regulations and guidelines for continuing education in toxicology set by the Swiss Register of Toxicologists and EUROTOX. Successful completion of the course may be used towards fulfillment of the requirements for professional registration as a toxicologist.

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 Course in Health Risk Assessment II: Challenges in Risk Assessment, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, June 7-11, 2010. The objective of the course is to to provide knowledge and understanding on challenging issues in health risk assessment, i.e. health risk assessment of combined exposures and of the sensitivity of early exposure during development.The course is intended for PhD students, post docs, senior scientists and other professionals. Funding for travel, subsistence and course fee is available for PhD students and post docs. The course is organised by RA-COURSES, a project funded by European Union Marie Curie Actions in collaboration with the Postgraduate programme in Environmental Factors and Health at Karolinska Institutet. For application and further information: www.cascadenet.org/~RA-COURSES Application deadline is April 12, 2010.

RASS XIV, The Fourteenth Risk Assessment Summer School, September 4 - 12 2010, Hotel Hoeri, Bodensee, Germany. Program.

 

Master course in Toxicology for Postgraduates. Medical University of Vienna. Institute of Cancer Research, Unit of Chemical Safety. Info: http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/toxicology, rolf.schulte-hermann@meduniwien.ac.at or bettina.grasl-kraupp@meduniwien.ac.at

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING TRISK AVAILABLE FROM EUROTOX
EUROTOX is offering two grants of EUR 2,500 each to potential non-industry participants to attend TRISK, the European Toxicology Risk Assessment Training Programme, a programme co-financed by the European Commission Second Programme of Community Action in the field of Health (2008-2013) under the priority action to improve citizens' safety. The TRISK selection committee will select potential candidates fulfilling the requirements, while the final grant recipients will be selected by EUROTOX. Grants to recipients will be distributed based on actual travel and accommodation costs. EUROTOX is a key collaborating partner to disseminate project results across key stakeholders and other target groups within your geographic region. For more information about TRISK can be found in project website at www.trisk-project.eu 

 

COURSE: Non-Clinical Safety and Toxicology (2.5 ECTS-credits), Copenhagen 11-15 October 2010; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

First German Master Curriculum in Toxicology at the University of Kaiserslautern

Dutch Postgraduate Education in Toxicology (P.E.T.), various venues, The Netherlands. Info: Postgraduate education in Toxicology, Wageningen University, Department of Toxicology, P.O. Box 8000, NL-6700 EA Wageningen, The Netherlands; email: bas.blaauboer@wur.nl ; website: http://www.toxcourses.nl/