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Ray Tice Tox21 Student Award for Anouck Thienpont
by The American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT)
The American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT) recently organized its 10th annual meeting themed “Practical applications of new tools in toxicology” from the 12th to the 14th of October.
During the meeting, Anouck Thienpont from Sciensano and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel received the Ray Tice Tox21 Student Award for her presentation ‘Development of a novel #genotoxicity prediction model based on #biomarker genes in human HepaRGTM cells’. This prediction model allows to predict the genotoxic potential of chemicals based on the changes in the expression of 84 carefully selected genes. The work is part of a joint PhD project between VUB and Sciensano, funded by the FWO and the Chair Mireille Aerens. Congratulations Anouck!
UK biotech body creates new strategic goals for investment in research
By Nick Taylor in biopharma-reporter.com
A UK body that provides £75m (€88m) a year for research into biotechnology and biological sciences has changed its approach to investment.
