News
13 Nov 2018
SCAHT AOP on developmental neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration
A newly published Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) links chemical effects during brain development to impairment of learning and memory and Alzheimer-like neurodegeneration ...
7 Aug 2018
New publication on quantitative risk assessment model for evaluating the safety of skin sensitizing plant protection products
Fruit of a collaboration between Federal Authorities and SCAHT researchers, this paper discusses a novel approach for quantitative risk assessment of the skin sensitizing potential of plant protection products ...
25 Jul 2018
WHO establishes new process for quality, safety and efficacy assessment of vector control products
Vector-borne diseases such as malaria or dengue fever are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in developing countries ...
25 Jul 2018
SCAHT as a hosting partner for international students
The students are evaluating what is required for approval of alternative test methods to animal experimentation, with the focus on nanomaterial safety assessment ...
7 Jun 2018
Concensus on inflammation in AOPs
This paper provides a consensus on how to best represent inflammation in a way that is biologically appropriate ...
16 May 2018
MAS Toxicology (Geneva/Lausanne) – Registration until 15 June 2018
New term: September 2018 - June 2020. Modules can be taken individually ...
17 Apr 2018
Swiss Diagnostic Start-Up Day - Swissbiolabs Award 2018
This event will take place on 21 June 2018 at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in Olten, Switzerland. Application is open until 30 April 2018 ...
4 Apr 2018
New liver cancer biomarker
Congratulations to SCAHT research group leader Prof. Luigi Terracciano and other collaborators of Prof. Michael N Hall at the University of Basel on their recent Nature publication describing the discovery of protein LHPP as a key tumor suppressor ...
21 Mar 2018
10th Anniversary of the Ecotox Centre
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary the Ecotox Centre organises a symposium on the topic of "Environmental Monitoring with Bioassays" on 5 - 6 June 2018 in Dübendorf ...