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Recent research has revealed that more subtle exposures during early development may lead to functional deficits and increased disease risks later in life. This “fetal programming” hypothesis has gathered much support from both experimental and epidemiological studies.The overall purpose of the conference is to assess the weight of evidence and highlight new achievements on the effects of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to toxicants, as well their effects on the development. The conference topics covers mechanistic issues, effects studies as well as birth cohorts, and symposia include e.g.
- Mechanistic evidence on developing origins of health and disease
- Critical exposures and target organs for developmental toxicity
- Uncertainty in science and the role of replication
- Implications of placenta dysfunction
- Preconception and male reproductive toxicity
- The role of exposure assessment in causality determination
- Transgenerational effects
The conference takes place in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, 27-30 May, 2018. Please read more at: https://www.greengate.fo/pptox-conference
The objective of this Challenge is to identify partners with novel solutions/expertise to help develop alternative, efficacious, non-animal (preferably in vitro or in silico based) assay(s) to more efficiently evaluate the developmental toxicity potential of candidate chemicals (molecular weight 300-800 g/Mol). Each assay would ideally be easy to implement, faster and cheaper than the traditional assays already available, while improving or at least maintaining acceptable predictability as compared to already available assays. The overall solution is considered likely to be a combination of several assays that are complementary (in parallel or successive) to each other. Individual assays can be specific to one mode of action known to associate with developmental toxicity in mammals
Berlin will be the venue for the 46th Annual Meeting of the European Teratology Society, which will be held on Monday 10th to Thursday 13th September 2018.
Budapest will be the venue for the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Teratology Society, which will be held on Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2017.
Dublin was the venue for the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Teratology Society, which has been held on 11th to 14th September 2016.
The FDA has published a new Guidance for Industry on the Assessment of Male-Mediated Developmental Risk for Pharmaceuticals:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM450627.pdf
In 2014, the Sustaining Membership Scheme was created. The aim of the Sustaining Membership Scheme is to encourage, educate, and support our Young Scientist to become the "Teratologists of Tomorrow". This will be achieved through small research bursaries, travel grants, and reduced registration fees at our annual meetings.
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