AltTox Digest
December 2009

AltTox Turns Two: Looking Backward and Forward

AltTox recently marked its second anniversary. When we were fleshing out our plans for a new website, our main concern was whether developments in the narrow field of non-animal methods of toxicity testing would be substantial enough to warrant a dedicated website. The passage of time has allayed our concerns. In fact, before we even launched the website, the National Research Council issued its landmark report on Toxicity Testing in the 21^st Century, A Vision and a Strategy. This has led to a rich discussion—on AltTox and elsewhere—of "21^st Century Toxicology." Indeed, advancing "Tox 21c" and other mechanistically-driven approaches to toxicology—through online exchange of information and perspectives—can now be said to be a primary aim of AltTox. And as always, we try to reach diverse stakeholders in industry, government, academia, and non-governmental organizations, with a blend of relevant technical and policy information.

We've used the occasion of our second anniversary to reorganize the AltTox Forums. We’ve consolidated the several message boards into one. The new format unclutters the AltTox Forum homepage, and eliminates the need for Forum users to figure out which message board is most appropriate to the topic they'd like to write about. Consolidating the multiple Forums into one also better accommodates the current flow of Forum traffic. We hope you find the consolidated format more user-friendly. If you haven't posted a message before, please take the opportunity to do so now. Announcements and other informational postings are welcome, as are messages that convey a perspective on relevant issues. For those looking for past messages, the new Forum contains all of the messages that had been posted in our earlier Forums. One can search for past messages on specific topics by entering key words in the "Search" box on the Forum homepage.

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Forum Postings

Some of the recent posts on the AltTox Forum include the following:

• Proposal for a new OECD TG In Vitro Skin Irritation: RhE Test Method
• Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
• 12 PhD & postdoc Positions in Environmental ChemOinformatic
• Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - Fourth CDC Report
• Major Changes to NIH SBIR and STTR Applications in 2010
• Animal Protection Groups react to Senate hearing on TSCA
• Call for data sharing to benefit toxicology research
• Summer Internships in Computational Biology at Novartis
• 16^th European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing - Linz 2010
• PCRM and IIVS Create New Society to Promote Nonanimal Toxicology Testing
• FRAME issues stark warning

Be sure to visit the Forum and respond to previous postings or start a new message thread.

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New and Updated Information

The AltTox.org Management Team and Editorial Board strive to give readers the most up-to-date summary information related to non-animal methods of toxicity testing. Check out our latest material:

In the Spotlight

• Report on the 22^nd Annual Meeting of the JSAAE

Toxicity Testing Resource Center

• Informational Resources
• Meetings & Events
• Databases
• Journals
• Organizations & Associations
• Other Literature/Websites
• Testing Supplies, Cells, Tissues, Software

Upcoming Events

Here are some of the many upcoming events and deadlines listed on AltTox that may be of interest to the AltTox community:

• Deadline: NC3Rs 3Rs Research Grants, January 14, 2010, Funding for UK establishments
• Training course: ADME, PK/TK, and Drug Metabolism in Drug Discovery and Development, January 26-27, 2010, Brussels, Belgium
• Predictive Human Toxicity and ADME/Tox Studies, January 28-29, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

More Events >>

User Participation

We welcome your participation in the AltTox Forum, as well as your comments and suggestions, which can be submitted by using the online Website Feedback survey, or by e-mailing info@alttox.org. Please submit your suggestions for the Informational Resources or Events section to info@alttox.org.

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