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PrecisionTox & Altertox celebrate World Environment Day

On the occasion of the World Environment Day on the 5th of June, we invite you to meet Pr. Chris Portier, whose entire career has been devoted to protect people from environmental hazards. Former Director of several US agencies, he has been a member of numerous World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Agency for Research…
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lunchtalk #3 : key messages

Check out the main topics and tips  1) Journal Impact Factor (IF) The IF is a scientometric index, developed by Eugene Garfield which is calculated by Clarivate (presented in Journal Citation Reports) – Total number of citations in a given year by the number of citable items in previous two years.  2) What are the…
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Altertox celebrates Women’s Rights Day

Altertox team celebrates Women International Day by inviting you to discover women that inspired us ; empowered us ; gave us guidance, courage, serenity, or on the contrary the will to fight. We choose 1 woman, 1 story that we felt was important to share and make more visible. Each and every one of us…
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Secrets for winning a grant and coping when losing it – Key messages

Last Friday 11 September 2020, our 2nd Lunch talk had more than 60 registrants for our special guest Prof. Mathieu Vinken. He shared his own experience of 10-15 years on preparing and submitting grant proposal to participants  from all over the world! Not exclusive to the field of Toxicology, tips and advices given in this blog…
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Master Class – 3D Organotypic Models

You design your training! Pick your interest ‘‘à la carte’’ on the Episkin portfolio (applications and models) from reconstituted epidermis to corneal epithelium and regulatory validated tests to relevant cosmetic applications. Over the two days, participants will go through: expert talks on future of tissue engineering laboratory practices “à la carte” picked by the participant on all…
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LIVe2020 : Keynote speaker

We are delighted to announce the participation of Dr. Sc and Associate Professor Josué Sznitman as a Keynote Speaker for the second edition of the Lung In Vitro event next July!  Dr.Sc – Associate Professor Josue SznitmanJosué Sznitman is a French, Israeli and Swiss national with degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSc) and the ETH…
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Back for more Lung In Vitro event in 2020

After a successful edition in 2018, we are delighted to collaborate again with Epithelix and to announce that The Lung In Vitro event is Back in 2020 for LIVe2020. Rich of our last experience, we promise you during this second edition : More content : full 2 days congress – July 2nd and 3rd 2020Bigger…
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LUNCH TALK and MASTER CLASS!

Let’s begin the year with good news, Altertox jumps into a new project with and for you! In addition to existing formats already covered by our activities (sponsored events and hands-on Training), Altertox offers two new Formats in our portfolio:   The LUNCH TALK and the MASTER CLASS  LUNCH TALK  Let’s give you a shoot of information during lunchtime! our free lunch talks are organised as a Talkshow.  During 45 minutes, one guest speaker will give you his/her insight  in a hot topic moderated by Altertox, ending with short Q/A Session.  *Do not expect a formal presentation…
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2019 … a successful year !

To fulfill one of the 3 Visions of Altertox (MAKE people BETTER scientists in the lab), in 2019, we have organized 7 successful trainings, all across Europe!   46 experts helped us this year to achieve our goal of continuous training with the up-to-date models and methods REPLACING animal testing, in the 3Rs context.  Hands-on trainings improve skills for a specific method, show each method’s limitations, and provide the capacity to challenge…
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