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Dr. Jonathan Ball

Department: Council Member/Web Master

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I joined Exeter University from AstraZeneca as part of the Zebrafish Research team in May 2014.

For 7 years I have worked in external commercial industry using the Zebrafish as a toxicity model with 5 years based at Brixham Environmental research Laboratories working for AstraZeneca. At AstraZeneca I was the technical lead for non-mammalian alternatives for the assessment of Developmental Toxicology. Recognized as an industry expert and the industry technical lead for an international consortium of five leading pharmaceutical companies (AZ, Pfizer, BMS, Amgen and Abbott), who joined forces to standardise the Zebrafish Developmental toxicity assay.

Initiated and led the training of technical experts across the consortia. Supporting a new research collaboration to identify novel complimentary techniques using the Zebrafish model, to extend its application and to encourage wider acceptance and usage within industry. Use my knowledge and expertise to support research colleagues in the development of other novel zebrafish assays for the assessment of human safety.