“New challenges in risk assessment :
Non-testing approaches in toxicology and ecotoxicology”
BelTox Annual Scientific Meeting 2013
Friday 6 December 2013: 9:00 – 18:00 hours
UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve
Auditorium Mont 01 of the Montesquieu building
Rue de Montesquieu 32 – Louvain-la-Neuve (ground floor)
This meeting is sponsored by:
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Morning Session – Chair: Henk Vrijhof (Ecetoc, Brussels, Belgium) |
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9:00
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Welcome/Introduction Henk Vrijhof/Mark Martens (BelTox) |
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9:10
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Keynote lecture: Perspectives of the merits and pitfalls of non testing approaches in the Tox 21 environment. A step change towards risk assessment? Dr. Grace Patlewicz (Du Pont, Newark DE, USA) |
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10:00
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Non-testing approaches for pharmaceuticals in Discovery Dr. Araz Raoof (Johnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium) |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session |
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11:00
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Non-testing approaches for pharmaceuticals in Development Dr. Jacky van Gompel (Johnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium) |
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11:30
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In silico strategies for hazard assessment of nanomaterials Dr. Enrico Burello (TNO, Zeist, Netherlands) |
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12:00
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BelTox General Assembly Miranda Cornet (BelTox; UCB, Brussels) |
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12:15 |
Lunch and poster session |
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Afternoon Session – Chair: Koen Van Deun (Reflector Consulting, Belgium)
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Young Scientist Competition Prof. Dominique Lison (BelTox, UCL, Brussels) |
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13:30 |
Using the zebrafish embryo as a screening tool for teratogenicity E. Bagci, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium |
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13:45
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Characterization of hepatic markers and transcription factors in human Wharton’s Jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells K. Buyl, VUB, Belgium |
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14:00
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Does in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of red meat, in comparison to white meat, give rise to the formation of more cyto-and genotoxic compounds? L. Hemeryck, Ugent, Belgium |
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14:15
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A coculture model of the lung-blood barrier to study pulmonary and cardiovascular toxicity K. Luyts, KULeuven, Belgium |
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14:30
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Non-testing approaches for food Prof. Vittorio Silano (Faculty of Medicine, II University of Rome, Italy) |
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15:00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session |
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15:30
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The Roles of Mechanistic Chemistry, QSARs and Read-Across in Risk Assessment for Cosmetic Ingredients Dr. Nora Aptula (Unilever, Sharnbrook, Bedford, UK) |
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16:00
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From non-testing approaches to field reality: A new paradigm in ecotoxicology? Prof. Patrick Kestemont (University of Namur, Belgium) |
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16:30
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Non-testing approaches for chemicals Dr. Francesca Tencalla (Toxminds, Brussels, Belgium) |
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17:00
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Closing remarks and prizes for best presentation/poster Mark Martens (BelTox) |
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