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EPAA: 3Rs Science Prize 2018, Call for submissions
Wednesday, 04 April 2018 07:51The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) announces a call for submissions for its 2018 3Rs Science Prize.
In vitro researcher wins award of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology
Tuesday, 03 April 2018 13:36Prof. Maike Windbergs is working at the Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Frankfurt, since February 2017. Using three-dimensional skin models she investigates effects of drugs on the skin. For her ground-breaking work on the design and testing of new drugs, she was honoured with the "Research Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018".
37th Animal Protection Research Award of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:17The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced the Animal Protection Research Award. It is endowed with a total of euros 25,000.
Cell line catalogue of the European cell bank EBiSC
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:18EBiSC is the first European bank for human induced pluripotent stem cells, gained from healthy volunteers as well as from patients suffering from various hereditary diseases. The cell bank offers 795 human cell lines, another 240 will be available shortly.
Micro mixing machine with capillary and vacuum forces
Monday, 26 March 2018 14:55Scientists from the University of Buffalo, New York, have developed a microchip that enables them to dirigate the movement of liquids in micro- and nano-sized channels. This is achieved by capillary and vacuum forces.
Drug effects: Cause of interindividual differences more complicated than assumed
Monday, 26 March 2018 12:55Researchers at ETH Zurich have used cell cultures to find out more precisely why drugs do not work in all People in a same manner. The differences were analysed using systems biology, proteomics and metabolomics approaches.
Berlin: 4.3 million euros for start-up funding at Berlin's three major universities
Tuesday, 13 March 2018 10:28From April 2018 to the end of 2019, the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Business and the European Social Fund support the successful Berlin Startup Scholarship at Free University Berlin, Technical University Berlin, Humboldt University and Charité with € 4.3million.
HZI: Immortabilized primary cells show all important properties
Friday, 09 March 2018 14:57Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig (HZI) together with the InSCREENeX GmbH have developed a universal method with which they can proliferate cells of any donor tissue while maintaining their function. The study has been published in Nature Communications.
Baden-Württemberg: Research Funding 2018 announced
Friday, 09 March 2018 13:40The research funding for the replacement and supplementary methods to animal experiments of the State of Baden-Württemberg is entering a new phase. An application is possible until May 15, 2015.
EUSAAT Congress 2018: Call for Abstracts
Friday, 09 March 2018 13:02From 23 to 26 September, the this year`s 21th Congress on Alternatives to Animal Experiments will take place in Linz (Austria). Participants are encouraged to transmit their abstracts.
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