Vincitori 2013
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We had 12 outstanding winners of the 2013 Lush Prize Awards sharing prize money of £250,000, plus one Special Award.
They include researchers in university departments from Cardiff to Innsbruck and campaigners from the USA and Sweden.
The Science Prize – 21st Century Toxicology
Joint Winner: QSAR and Molecular Modelling Group, Liverpool John Moores University.
For their work developing computational alternatives to animal testing to predict the effects of chemicals.
Award £25,000
Accepted by Dr Steve Enoch, QSAR and Molecular Modelling Group,
Joint Winner: The Lung & Particles Research Group, Cardiff University
For their work developing non-animal replacement models of the human respiratory system for inhalation toxicology applications.
Award £25,000
Accepted by Zoë Prytherch, in vitro toxicologist for the LPRG.
The Training Prize – training researchers in non-animal methods
Joint Winner: XCellR8
For providing training in ethically sound and scientifically advanced human cell culture research technologies.
Award £25,000
Accepted by: Dr Carol Barker, XCeller8 Founder
Joint winner: Dr Anna Maria Bassi’s Research Team
For the development and delivery of training courses in animal-free cell culture research in accordance with EU regulation.
Award £25,000
Accepted by: Dr Anna Maria Bassi
The Lobbying Prize – policy interventions promoting the use of alternatives
Joint winner: The International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO).
For their successful work with the OECD, now a world leader in the promotion of non-animal methods, approaches and policies.
Award £40,000
Accepted by: Kristie Sullivan director of regulatory testing issues at the US-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and coordinator of ICAPO activities.
Joint winner: The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments
For their work with Swedish regulators to replace animal testing.
Award £10,000
Accepted by: Karin Gabrielson Morton,
The Public Awareness Prize – for raising public awareness of ongoing testing
Joint winner: PETA, Laboratory Investigations Department, USA
For their high-profile campaigns against organisations that test on animals and that provide support services for animal testing.
Award: £25, 000
Accepted by: Justin Goodman, Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) director.
Joint winner: SAFE (Save Animals from Exploitation) New Zealand
For publicising the use of animal-testing in national drugs regulation and helping consumers to buy cruelty-free products.
Award: £25, 000
Accepted by Mandy Carter, SAFE Campaign Manager
The Young Researchers Prize – post-doctoral students specialising in alternative research
Awarded to: Simona Martinotti
For her research with Dr. Ranzato into wound healing using drug strategies based on natural products and traditional medicines.
Award: £12,500
Awarded to: Alice Limonciel
For her research into the improvement of in-vitro models for testing toxicity effects on human kidneys.
Award: £12,500
Awarded to: Lydia Aschauer
For her research on improving predictions of human responses to chemicals through understanding molecular mechanisms.
Award: £12,500
Awarded to: Katja Reinhard
For her research into visual impairment and blindness using human retinal tissue in vitro.
Award: £12,500
Lush Prize 2013 Special Award
To celebrate the European ban on the use of animals in the testing of products for cosmetics purposes earlier this year.
Awarded to: Emily McIvor
Policy Director, Research & Toxicology Department, Humane Society International/Europe.
Now in its second year, the annual Lush Prize has seen a more than 40% increase in nominations from science projects.
Lush Co-founder and managing director Mark Constantine OBE said:
“Sadly animal testing for the cosmetics industry is still widespread. The Lush Prize is worth a quarter of a million pounds and we hope to fund the Eureka moment – when a breakthrough is made to end animal testing of cosmetics forever.”
Rob Harrison from Ethical Consumer magazine and a director of the Lush Prize said:
“The implementation of the European Cosmetics Directive in March has made 2013 a year to remember for campaigners against animal testing. Unreliable Victorian technologies testing on non-human species are increasingly being replaced by human cell-based tests of the kind rewarded in this year’s prize.”
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