Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

Here is an article to help kids understand alternatives to animal testing by our own Thomas Hartung
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2022.959496

Replacing Animal Testing: How and When? An important discussion in today’s society is whether we should make animals suffer for the sake of science and product development. In this article, I present four examples of animal tests that were introduced in the past to protect patients and consumers, and I discuss attempts to replace those ...

Join us on Wednesday, September 28th at 10:00AM ET/4:00PM CST/10:00PM CST for the Elesevier Life Science Webinar! Come listen to our very own Thomas Hartung discuss the past and present of animal testing, as well as exciting new work for a future of alternatives to animal testing! Learn more here: https://webinars.elsevier.com/elsevier/Successful-Alternatives-to-Animal-Testing

Successful Alternatives to Animal Testing Animal Testing has long been a hot topic in terms of requirements and acceptability. Recent changes in regulations mean it is more important, now than ever to find alternative methods that reduce or eliminate the need for animal testing in ensuring medicines and cosmetics are safe for humans. This w...

Join us September 9th, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET for our Green Toxicology Book Launch and Webinar! Alexandra Maertens, joined by Thomas Hartung, Peter Fantke, and Jakub Kostal, will be speaking about the role of green toxicology in the fight for a healthier, more sustainable future.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/enfiVFH7

Please join us August 30th for a free EBTC webinar on new developments in alternatives to animal toxicology testing! We’re thrilled to announce that Sebastian Hoffman of EBTC will be one of the speakers! You can register now at: https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_osXZPFkaS2GveIrrmOTV8Q
You can learn more about EBTC here: https://www.ebtox.org

Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration EBTC was founded in 2011 at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with the vision to make evidence-based methodologies the standard that is used to ensure public health, a healthy environment and a sustainable future.

Join us tomorrow, August 25th, 2022 at 1pm ET/7pm CEST for a free virtual Expert Panel on the Future of Science in the European Union and Beyond. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/expert-panel-discussion-on-the-future-of-science-in-the-eu-beyond-tickets-390027020317

Expert Panel Discussion on the Future of Science in the EU & Beyond Expert Panel Discussion on the Future of Research and Testing in the European Union & Beyond

“Researchers have gotten used to animal experiments being the ultimate proof, but there is a reason 95% of clinical trials in humans fail,” said CAAT Director Thomas Hartung in a Virginia Mercury article. Read more here: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/06/27/the-richmond-department-of-veterans-affairs-is-scaling-down-its-research-on-laboratory-dogs/

The Richmond Department of Veterans Affairs is scaling down its research on laboratory dogs - Virginia Mercury The Department of Veterans Affairs is about halfway through its congressionally mandated five-year plan to eliminate or reduce the use of canines, felines and non-human primates in biomedical research. Two approved experiments, or protocols, on canines were still active in March at the Hunter Holmes...

Tomorrow the 9th Annual 3Rs Symposium (Virtual) begins at 9 a.m. There's still time to register for the 3-day event. https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/Refinement/3Rssymposium.html

We are proud to partner with so many organizations to host the 9th Annual 3Rs Symposium. Register: https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/Refinement/3Rssymposium.html

RACE Credits for veterinary professionals have been submitted.

Don't miss this important event on innovations in the field.

There's still time to register for the 9th Annual 3Rs Symposium held virtually June 22-24. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-3rs-symposium-tickets-262571677957

The event is a collaboration of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Johns Hopkins Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the USDA's Animal Welfare Information Center at the National Agricultural Library, and NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.

The small but mighty Host Committee of the MPS World Summit went above and beyond to organize this first-of-its-kind global conference. Kudos!

Thank you to the Financial Committee of the MPS World Summit. Without your help we wouldn't have created this wonderful forum for professionals.

A good time was had by all at the MPS World Summit in . Check out our photo book of all the great connections made at this . Thomas Hartung Camila Sgrignoli Januario Lena Smirnova Peter Loskill

We can't wait to get to New Orleans to experience the warm reception. See you all in eight day.
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