Activities and events

• 2-5 September 2018, EUROTOX annual congress – Federation of European Toxicologists, Brussels Belgium
• 23-26 September 2018, EUSAAT congress – European Society for Alternatives to Animal testing, Linz Austria
• 15-18 October 2018, ESTIV – European Society of Toxicology In Vitro, Berlin Germany
• Throughout 2018, Student grants for 2018 events
• 13-16 June 2016, FELASA conference, Brussels
• 24-27 August 2016, EUSAAT 2016, Linz Austria
• 13-14 September 2016, 3Rs symposium, Danish 3Rs Centre, Copenhagen Denmark
• 24 November 2016, European parliamentary intergroup on animal welfare and conservation of animals: AAT session, Strasbourg France
• 5 December 2016, EPAA annual conference, Brussels
• 6-7 December 2016, European Commission scientific conference: non animal approaches, the way Forward, Brussels
• 20-24 August 2017, World congress on alternatives, Seattle USA
• 10-13 September 2017, Eurotox congress, Bratislava Slovakia

Partners forum

EPAA organises the partners forum (PF) for its members as an opportunity to exchange information across sectors about their respective research agendas and activities in sectorial flagship initiatives (e.g. LRI, IMI, LRSS) to identify synergies and optimise the use of resources.

As a recurring event, the PF focuses each time on a different topic of common interest allowing the members to table feedback, scientific input and recommendations in EPAA. As such, attendance is limited to EPAA partners and invited speakers.

• Partners forum 2018,  Repeated-dose toxicity
• Partners forum 2017, Toxicokinetics and read-across

EPAA-IIVS Alternative methods video tutorials

The EPAA is engaged in initiatives that foster international cooperation for harmonisation of alternative methods. These include several initiatives led by the Institute for in Vitro Sciences (IIVS) in China to train regulators and scientists on alternative methods of testing. This follows the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding (640 kB) between EPAA and the IIVS.

Corneal Opacity and Permeability (BCOP) assay

In 2014, IIVS scientists produced a video that demonstrates how to perform the Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability (BCOP) assay according to the Test Guidelines set by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD TG 437).

Developed with EPAA funding, the video focuses on critical steps for the success of the assay. These include handling the isolated cornea and removal of the test material from the cornea at the conclusion of the exposure time.

The complete video is freely available on Youtube in 4 subtitled versions: English, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish by clicking on the images below.

English version

3T3 Phototoxicity assay

In 2015, the EPAA partners sponsored the development of another training video championing alternative methods. It was agreed to focus on the 3T3 Phototoxicity assay. The video tutorial describes a cell-based in vitro method for assessing phototoxicity - the potential for chemicals to cause damage after being exposed to light. The complete video is freely available on Youtube in 4 subtitled versions: English, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish by clicking on the images below.

English version