In the past months, the CHIASMA Partners have presented their ambitious research plans and interim results through posters, talks and panel discussions at various events:
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… EUSAAT – The 2024 European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing, 18. – 20. September 2024, Linz (Austria):
- Duygu Turan Sorhun (Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria) presented a poster entitled ‘Evaluation and Integration of Blood-Brain Barrier In Vitro Models in a Safety and Sustainability Assessment Framework within the project CHIASMA’
- Mike Burgum (Swansea University (SU), UK) presented a poster entitled ‘Utilising experimental NAMs to assess genomic instability in liver models’
… NanoTox 2024, 23. – 25. September 2024, Venice (Italy):
- Tommaso Serchi (Luxemburg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg) and Steffi Friedrichs (AcumenIST (AIST), Belgium) presented a poster entitled ‘CHIASMA, INSIGHT and PINK: an European approach to animal-free Safe and Sustainable by Design’
… SSbD2024, 10. – 15. November 2024, Monte Verita (Switzerland):
- Marc Majo (EMPA, Switzerland) presented a poster entitled ‘Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability of Chemicals & Materials (CHIASMA) Focus on WP6 – Method Integration & Application’
- Beatrice Brugger (EMPA, Switzerland) gave a presentation on the topic ‘Advancing the safety assessment of chemicals and materials through new approach methodologies (NAMs) for bio-barrier transport and effects’
… OpenTox Virtual Conference 2024, 25. – 29. November 2024:
- David Heiler Martín (Free University of Amsterdam (VUA), Netherlands) gave a presentation entitled ‘The CHIASMA Project and PFOS and PFAS Nephrotoxicity’
- Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou (National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece) delivered a presentation on ‘Physiologically-Based Kinetic Model for Inhalation Exposure of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in Rats’
… NSFT Winter Meeting 2025, 25. -28. January 2025, Beitostølen (Norway):
- Simona Kavaliauskiene (Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway) presented a poster entitled ‘CHIASMA – Accessible Innovative Methods for the Safety & Sustainability Assessment of Chemicals & Materials‘
- Sina Velzi (Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway) delivered a presentation entitled ‘Establishing ex vivo brain-pituitary and gonadal models for PFAS toxicity assessment‘
… AIMMS Festival 2025, 27. – 28. January 2025, Amsterdam (Netherlands):
- Michaela Venter and David Heiler Martin (Free University of Amsterdam (VUA), Netherlands) presented a poster entitled ‘Assessing the potential of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in developing and adult human renal cells’
