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Updates from the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
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December 22, 2021
 

News and Updates from CAAT



Holiday Greetings!


 

Call for Abstract Submissions
The First Microphysiological Systems World Summit
MPS-WS1
May 30th - June 3rd 2022
 Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, USA
https://mpsworldsummit.com
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31st, 2022, 11:59pm PST

 
Microphysiological System (MPS): cell culture systems replicating (patho-) physiology through engineered organ architecture and functionality. This includes especially 3D-(co-)cultures such as organoids, organ-on-chip models, and multi-organ models, as well as the technologies to engineer and analyze these systems.
Abstracts are invited on the topic of new developments in MPS and applications of MPS. Describe your newest developments: break-throughs, advantages, challenges and the field of applications.
Top scored abstracts will be selected for an oral presentation at one of 14 scientific sessions.
 
Abstract submission guidelines:
All abstracts will be evaluated and selected for oral or poster presentation by the MPS Scientific Advisory Committee
Abstracts must be in English and no more than 300 words (title, authors and references excluded)
Pictures, figures, attachments are not permitted
Include no more than three references
Please submit abstract following the link:
https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/3626/submitter
Make sure to select the top two sessions you abstract fits the best
Maximum two abstracts are allowed for one presenting author.
All presenters must be registered for the conference, if accepted
Register for the meeting here: https://mpsworldsummit.com

Themes:
New approaches in bioengineering of MPS devices
New cellular models (from bio-printing to organoids, etc.)
Individual organ MPS
Immune function and vascularization in MPS
Quality assurance of MPS
Reproducibility and Robustness
Standardization and harmonization, Validation
Road toward regulatory acceptance
MPS for disease modeling and drug efficacy testing
MPS for toxicity testing, predictive toxicology, MPS for AOP
Case studies using MPS
Pharmacokinetics and -dynamics in MPS
Computational modeling and A.I. in dialog with MPS
Precision medicine and clinical trials on chip planning
Ethical aspects of using MPS
Data collection, storage, management, dissemination

Address your questions to: cjanuar1@jhu.edu

 
Contact Camila Januario (cjanuar1@jhu.edu) for sponsorship and exhibitors opportunities.
 
Our end of the year message:

The CAAT family was very busy in 2021. We celebrated our 40th anniversary, EBTC celebrated its 10th anniversary, we honored our departing deputy director Helena Hogberg with a special DNT Symposium, and welcomed our new deputy director Fenna Sille to our leadership core. We are working restless with several stakeholders to make the MPS World Summit a reality. We had several workshops, webinars, and plenty of virtual meetings. Many of them are available at our YouTube Channel.
Our own Alex Maertens even ran the Honolulu Marathon!

 

 
And like all families in 2021, we had ups and downs. But we thrived, thanks to your support: our friends, sponsors and partners. We hope 2022 brings more collaborations, and even more alternatives to animal testing.
Happy Holidays!!
 
  


The CAAT Team

     

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Upcoming Events

Altertox: Skin Sensitization
March 10-11, 2022
Hamburg, Germany

Altertox: Novel In vitro Methods and AOP Approaches in Genetic Toxicology
May 19-20, 2022
Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

Microphysiological Systems World Summit
May 30-June 3, 2022
New Orleans

LIVe2022
June 13-14, 2022
Nice, France 

ICT 2022
September 18-22, 2022
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Altertox: In vitro Lung Models
November 3-4, 2022
Geneva, Switzerland

21st International Congress of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV2020)
November 21-25, 2022
Barcelona

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