The following awards were presented at the EUSAAT 2012 Conference
Two EUSAAT Poster Awards
Pre-validation of a High-throughput Reporter Gene Assay to Detect Genotoxicity and Oxidative Stress
A.R.M. von Bergh1, S.C. van der Linden2, B. Lussenburg2, L. Jonker2, M. Teunis1, C.A.M. Krul1 and B. van der Burg2
1Innovative Testing in Life Sciences and Chemistry, Research Centre Technology & Innovation, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 2BioDetection Systems BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (see page A39 of the EUSAAT 2012 Abstract Book)
Applicability of In Vitro Test Strategies for Skin Irritation to Regulatory Classification Schemes: Substantiating Test Strategies with Data from Routine Studies
S.N. Kolle1, K. Sullivan2, A. Mehling3, B. van Ravenzwaay1 and R. Landsiedel1
1BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany; 2Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Oakland, CA, USA; 3BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (see page A54 of the EUSAAT 2012 Abstract Book)
4-Pfoten/4-Paws Poster Award
Development of the EpiOcular™ Eye Irritation Test for Hazard Identification and Labelling of Eye Irritating Chemicals in Response to the Requirements of the EU Cosmetics Directive and REACH Legislation
Y. Kaluzhny1, H. Kandarova2, L. d’Argembeau-Thornton1, P. Hayden1 and M. Klausner1
1MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA, USA; 2MatTek In Vitro Life Science Laboratories, s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia (see page A44 of the EUSAAT 2012 Abstract Book)
ALTEX Publication Award 2012
Erwin van Vliet, CAAT Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA for publication in ALTEX 2011: “Current standing and future prospects for the technologies proposal to transform toxicology testing in the 21st century”, ALTEX 28, 17-44.