Lush Prize at WC11
The World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences is one of the leading global conferences discussing the replacement of animal use in science. Held every three years in a different country, this year’s Congress (WC11) has, like most things, become an online event.
While we will miss seeing friends and colleagues and meeting for face-to-face discussions, Lush Prize will continue to take an active role.
Rebecca Ram, Lush Prize Scientific Consultant, will be acting as a mentor to young scientists attending WC11 as well as taking part in a discussion about challenges in funding new approach methodologies.
We are also excited to premiere our new film, Funding the Future: Supporting Progress for Animals and Science, which looks at the role of Lush Prize in supporting human-relevant science and includes interviews with past winners. For those of you not attending the Congress, the film will be available to watch on our website after the screening.
Below you will find details of Lush Prize’s and previous winners’ presentations during the nine days of the Congress.
We hope to see you in real life for WC12, wherever that may be.
Lush Prize
Presentation: Film – Funding the Future: Supporting Progress for Animals and Science
In session: Documentary Film and Alternatives Room
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Rebecca Ram – discussing challenges in funding new approach methodologies
In session: YOU-WC11 Workshop: “Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding the 3Rs; Debate 2: Funding and Regulation: Does One Pose a Greater Threat to Advancement?
Date: Monday 30 August, 6.30 – 8.30PM
Presentations by previous Lush Prize winners
AFABILITY – Public Awareness Prize winner 2017
Presentation: Alison Gray – Barriers and Challenges Facing the Replacement of Animal-Derived Antibodies (ADAs)
In session: A global movement to improve science using animal-free antibodies (Theme: Disease)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Tim Allen, University of Cambridge – Science Prize winner 2020
Presentation: In silico approaches to link adverse outcomes to molecular initiating events through AOPs
In session: Building confidence in Next Generation Risk Assessment (Theme: Safety)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
ALTEX – Public Awareness Commendation 2016
Presentation: Sonja von Aulock, The impact of the CAAT publication series on ALTEX
In session: A walk through 10 years of CAAT-Europe’s highlights
Date: Thursday 26 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
CAAT-Europe – Lobbying Prize winner 2014 (Francois Busquet), Science Prize winner 2016 (Marcel Leist)
Presentation: Francois Busquet, Altertox Acadamy – Ways to improve their effectiveness and recognition
In session: Industry and public sector partnerships in education to foster the implementation of alternative methods (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
In session: A walk through 10 years of CAAT-Europe’s highlights
Date: Thursday 26 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Session chair and co-chair: M. Leist, CAAT-Europe and University of Konstanz / G. Pallocca (Lush Prize Young Researcher Prize winner 2016), CAAT-Europe and University of Konstanz
Presentation: Francois Busquet, Altertox Acadamy – Data Access and EU institutions
In session: Diving into the scientific knowledge big data looking for alternatives (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Aline Chary, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – Young Researcher Prize winner 2018
Presentation: Towards the replacement of foetal bovine serum in cell culture application: the example of A549 cells
In session: Replacing Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – Innovative Alternatives and Transition Strategies (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
Date: Monday 23 August, 3.30 – 5.30 PM
Kelly Coleman, Medtronic plc – Commended, Lobbying Prize 2020
Presentation: In Vitro Irritation Testing for Medical Devices: Validation and Acceptance
In session: Application of new-approach methodologies to assess the safety of medical devices (Theme: Disease)
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Alexandra Damerau – Young Researcher Prize winner 2018
Presentation: The human-based in vitro 3D arthritic joint model for preclinical drug testing
In session: 3Rs in disease research (Theme: Disease)
Date: Wednesday 1 September, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Humane Society International – Lobbying Prize winner 2012 and joint-winner Lobbying Prize 2017
Presentation: L. Viviani – Remove ATT, TABST & LABST. How far away are we to global harmonization for those safety tests?
In session: Remove ATT, TABST & LABST. How far away we are to global harmonization for those safety tests? (Theme: Disease)
Date: Monday 23 August, 3.30 – 5.30 PM
Presentation: Lindsay Marshall – A 21st-century roadmap for biomedical research and drug discovery: recommendations
In session: The role of clinical research on the understanding and treatment of diseases (Theme: Disease)
Date: Wednesday 25 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Presentation: Lindsay Marshall – How to better highlight your research by using the right keywords in titles and abstracts
In session: Diving into the scientific knowledge big data looking for alternatives (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Lindsay Marshall – Available and emerging non-animal models for human respiratory tract diseases
In session: Biomed 2.0 -Non-animal Models for Biomedical Research (Theme: Disease)
Date: Monday 30 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Lindsay Marshall – Overview of new approaches in biomedical research – the BioMed21 collaboration
In session: Beyond the 3Rs: Expanding the Use of Human-Relevant Replacement Methods in Biomedical Research (Theme: Disease)
Date: Monday 30 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Presentation: M. Pereira – Potential application of NAMs to improve regulatory acceptance of Read-across
In session: Hands-on experience with the application of NAMs in intelligent testing strategies under regulatory programs
Date: Monday 30 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Presentation: Marcia Triunfol – PUBLICATION BIAS: THE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO GO AWAY
In session: “Proof in animals”: Has journal editorial policy fallen behind advances in human-based approaches? (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Tuesday 31 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: B. Seo – Promoting alternatives to animal testing methods through stakeholder collaboration
In session: Asia: A place ripe for the development of 21st century science (Theme: Safety)
Date: Wednesday 1 September, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
InterNICHE – Training Prize winner 2012
Presentation: Nick Jukes – Film – DVM: TRAINING THE ANIMAL DOCTOR
In session: Documentary Film and Alternatives Room
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Nicole Kleinstreuer, NIEHS/NICEATM – Young Researcher Prize winner 2016
Presentation: A North American Regulatory Perspective on Skin Sensitization Risk Assessment
In session: Modern Regulatory Methods for Skin Sensitization: Bye-Bye Buehler? (Theme: Safety)
Date: Tuesday 24 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Applying In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation to NAM-derived PODs
In session: Use of New approach methodologies –NAMs- to derive Point(s) of departure; opportunities and limitations (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Keynote Introduction to Skin sensitisation NAMs and Defined Approaches: Current status of D.A.s and OECD discussions
In session: EPAA training session on Skin sensitisation
Date: Friday 27 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Building an AOP-Driven Defined Approach Guideline
In session: AOPs, MOAs, and KCs – Mutually Informative, Not Mutually Exclusive (Theme: Safety)
Date: Monday 30 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Human-based assessment of human-based approaches
In session: “Proof in animals”: Has journal editorial policy fallen behind advances in human-based approaches? (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Tuesday 31 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
H. Kojima, JaCVAM – former Lush Prize Judge
Presentation: Asian Activities for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
In session: Establishing a European Network of 3Rs Centers and 3Rs-Societies (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Monday 23 August, 3.30 – 5.30 PM
Presentation: 21st-Century Toxicology and Regulatory Testing: An Update from Japan
In session: Asia: A place ripe for the development of 21st century science (Theme: Safety)
Date: Wednesday 1 September, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Ilka Maschmeyer – Young Researcher Prize winner 2015
Date: Tuesday 31 August, 6.30 – 8.30 PM
Presentation: MULTI-ORGAN-CHIP DEVELOPMENTS: TOWARDS A PARADIGM SHIFT IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT
In session: (Multi-)organ models-1 (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
PETA Science Consortium International – Training Prize winner 2015
Presentation: Gina Hilton – ReCAAP: Carcinogenicity waivers for food-use pesticide registration
In session: Modern, Mechanistic Approaches to Cancer Risk Assessment (Theme: Safety)
Date: Monday 23 August, 7.00 – 9.00 PM
Presentation: Katherine Groff – STRATEGIZING TO OPTIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ANIMAL-FREE ANTIBODIES IN THE U.S.
In session: A global movement to improve science using animal-free antibodies (Theme: Disease)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine – joint-winner Lobbying Prize 2017
Presentation: Catharine Krebs – CONFRONTING PUBLISHING BIAS AGAINST IN VITRO APPROACHES
In session: “Proof in animals”: Has journal editorial policy fallen behind advances in human-based approaches? (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Tuesday 31 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
Presentation: Kristie Sullivan – Highlighting Modern Approaches Through Education and Training
In session: Education & Training: Global views (Theme: Ethics, Welfare and Regulation)
Date: Tuesday 2 September, 3.00 – 5.00
Lena Smirnova, Johns Hopkins University – Young Researcher Prize winner 2015
Presentation: From microphysiological to micropathophysiological systems to study neurotoxicity and CNS diseases
In session: Innovative approaches for CNS research – from brain organoids to new single cell culture methods (Theme: Innovative technologies)
Date: Thursday 26 August, 3.00 – 5.00 PM
XCellR8 – Training Prize winner 2013
Presentation: Carol Treasure – WHAT IS TRULY ANIMAL-FREE TESTING? MOVING TOWARDS ANIMAL-PRODUCT-FREE IN VITRO SYSTEMS
In session: Replacing Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – Innovative Alternatives and Transition Strategies (Theme: Innovative Technologies)
Date: Monday 23 August, 3.30 – 5.30 PM
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