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Troy Seidle

Troy Seidle is Director of Research & Toxicology for Humane Society International.

He manages the AXLR8 (pronounced “accelerate”) project, which aims to hasten the transition toward animal-free approaches to safety testing through internationally coordinated research and development.

Troy serves on a number of influential committees at national and international levels, including those of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the European Chemicals Agency, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the International Life Sciences Institute, and the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing. He presently serves on the board of directors of the European Consensus Platform for Alternatives.

He has also served on scientific task forces of the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, and as a member of the governing body of the Canadian Council on Animal Care. Troy is also a visiting scientist in the faculty of biology at the Universität Konstanz in Germany.

Below is an interview Troy gave when he was a judge for the 2012 Prize.

Dr Pavel Poc

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Dr Gill Langley

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Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen

Lisbeth is professor of Toxicology at the University of Copenhagen and a member of the board of The Danish 3R Center.
Dr Kelly BéruBé

Dr Kelly BéruBé is the Director of the Lung & Particle Research Group at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK.
Borami Seo

Borami Seo is Policy Manager at Korea Animal Rights Advocates, working with policy makers to bring a ban on cosmetics animal testing.
Andrew Tyler

Andrew Tyler is the director of Animal Aid, Europe’s largest animal rights organisation and one of the first in the world.
Professor Thales Tréz

Thales is a biologist and full time professor at the Institute of Science and Techonology (Alfenas Federal University) in Brazil.
Troy Seidle

Troy Seidle is Director of Research & Toxicology for Humane Society International. He manages the AXLR8 project.
Pilar Badía

Pliar is the Lush Customer judge for this year’s Prize. Since 2010 she has run, together with other teachers, the Aula Animal project, where she organises conferences and workshops for other teachers.
Suzy Hill

Suzy has been selected as the Lush Staff Judge for the 2014 Prize. She has worked for Lush for the past two years, in both the stores and now in Customer Services.