Webinar: Phasing Out Animal Experiments – Options for a National Policy
Webinar: Phasing Out Animal Experiments– Options for a National Policy Non-animal, human-based technologies have developed impressively over the past decade. There is growing evidence that non-animal technologies can improve safety assessment and medical progress. Still, over 5 million animals are used for scientific purposes in Germany and around 22 million in the European Union. Several […]
Slide deck about 3Rs
Slide deck about 3Rs William Russell and Rex Burch developed the concept of the 3Rs during the 1950s, and described them in their book The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique (1959). Norecopa has published a comprehensive slide deck describing the principles and the history of the 3Rs: REPLACEMENT REDUCTION REFINEMENT The full presentation may be […]
8th December | ecopa General Assembly
ecopa General Assembly The annual ecopa General Assembly will take place in the meeting room of Eurogroup for Animals in Brussels, next 8th December from 13:30 until 16:00. It will be an hybrid event and connection from remote will be possible. During the meeting, each national platform will present the activity of the past year […]
Winner of the ecopa award at ESTIV 2022
Winner of the ecopa award at ESTIV 2022 During ESTIV 2022 in Sitges, Spain, the board of ecopa was proud to assign the ecopa award to Aude Rapet with an oral presentation titled “A breathing lung-on-chip model: an advanced in vitro tool for drug testing and toxicology”. Aude was very smart in introducing an interesting […]
1st December | IPAM Annual Meeting: 3D bioprinting as an opportunity for replacement
IPAM Annual Meeting: 3D bioprinting as an opportunity for replacement The 2022 Annual meeting of the Italian National Platform will take place next 1st December in Milan, Italy. This year the topic is 3D bioprinting as an opportunity for replacement. 3D bioprinting represents the future of the research for the simulation of diseases and modelling […]
A3RC Online Event: Severe Suffering in Animal Experiments and How to Refine
A3RC Online Event:Severe Suffering in Animal Experiments and How to Refine In agreement with the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, the Austrian 3R Center annually dedicates itself to certain key topics. This event focusses on severe suffering in animal experiments and how to refine animal experiments of severe suffering. Further informationand registration here How […]
JRC Summer School on Non-animal Approaches in Science
JRC Summer School on Non-animal Approaches in Science EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) is organizing a summer school on Non-animal Approaches in Science. Participation is free of charge and addressed to students and young scientists with interest in non-animal approaches. 23rd May – 26th May 2023 Joint Reserach Centre (JRC) […]
Winner of the ecopa award at ICT 2022
Winner of the ecopa award at ICT 2022 The winner of the ecopa award at ICT 2022, the XVI International Congress of Toxicology was given to Başlar Muhammet, from the Institute of Technology, Department of Bioengineering in Izmir, Turkey. He presented a poster titled: “Development of novel nanotoxicity assessment method utilizing 3D printing system”. Even […]
ecopa newsletter | July-September 2022
ecopa newsletter | July-September 2022 Download PDF This is the beginning of a new era for ecopa! I strongly believe that ecopa has an important role in the scientific environment, which is evolving from traditional toxicology, based on the animal models, towards a more advanced approach that is focused on biological pathways assessed on human […]
ecopa is honored to add additional two Young Scientist Travel Awards (YSTA)
ecopa is honored to add additional two Young Scientist Travel Awards (YSTA) ecopa sponsors two additional Young Scientist Travel Award (YSTA) with 250€ each for the EUSAAT 2022 congress. The preferred topic for these awards is the application of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for regulatory purposes applications. The two awardees will be defined from the […]