The overall aim of this symposium is to seek new opportunities for the replacement of mammalian models by drawing together the long standing expertise of the comparative physiologists who pioneered and developed in vitro systems in non-mammalian species, and to share this expertise with the toxicology community including mammalian toxicologists, ecotoxicologists, policy makers and regulators, who are increasingly interested in the role of alternative models in hazard assessment. This meeting is organised by popular demand, following a session held on in vitro techniques at the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) annual meeting in 2007. The symposium in 2009 will gather the most up-to-date information on in vitro techniques with fish and invertebrates, and explore the applications of this work in fundamental toxicology research and the regulatory arena.

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Organizado por la Asociación Toxicológica Argentina, el Centro Colaborador de OPS/OMS en Salud Ambiental Infantil, y auspiciado por la Municipalidad de Puerto Madryn a realizarse desde los días 24 al 27 de junio del 2009 en la sede de la Universidad Nacional “San Juan Bosco”.

Fecha de cierre para la recepción de resúmenes: 20 de marzo de 2009.
Fecha de inscripción promocional: 28 de febrero de 2009.

Más información en la página web: http://www.ataonline.org.ar/stop/index.html.

REMINDER!

Deadlines to consider:
Visit the website www.7ctdc.co.za and submit your abstract by 28 FEBRUARY 2009.

The organising Committee is pleased to announce the availability of limited number of sponsorships for young scientists from Developing Countries to attend the 7CTDC. An abstract submission is a prerequisite for the applicant to qualify for consideration for these sponsorships. The sponsorships will be awarded based on the scientific merit of the submitted abstracts.

Visit the website www.7ctdc.co.za and REGISTER NOW to qualify for the early registration fee!

Enquiries:
Congress Organizer
Rina du Toit cc
rdutoit@yebo.co.za

The IUCLID 5 End User Manual has been translated into 21 EU languages.

The translations cover four most important chapters of the manual:

• A: Introduction
• B: IUCLID 5 purpose and general structure,
• C: Getting started – sample session for beginners, and
• D: IUCLID features and How-to guides

The remaining three chapters (E – G), dedicated to more advanced users, are still available only in English.

The End User Manual helps users to work with the software and serves as a complete reference document for IUCLID functionalities and how to use the application.

The User Manual is also fully integrated in the IUCLID 5 help system to provide instant access to needed information within the application itself. A language specific plug-in for each of the 21 translated manual is available in the ‘Get IUCLID 5 / Download‘ section of the IUCLID website. The plug-ins will allow users to install one translated help system (in addition to English) in their IUCLID installation. Moreover pdf versions of all the translated End User Manuals are available in the section ‘Get Support / Documentation‘.

Note: The Helpsystem Plugin Installation Manual provides guidance on how to include a translated version of the User Manual into IUCLID. It is available in the section ‘Get Support / Documentation / IUCLID 5 Installation manuals’ of the IUCLID website.

The IUCLID 5 website can be accessed at: http://iuclid.echa.europa.eu/.