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ToxStrategies scientists, along with a team of multidisciplinary experts, published a novel systematic review on the potential adverse health effects associated with caffeine consumption in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents, and children. This comprehensive assessment included evaluation of cardiovascular, behavioral, reproductive & developmental, bone & calcium, and acute effects. When the total body of evidence was evaluated, and when study quality, consistency, level of adversity, and magnitude of response were considered, the evidence generally supported read more…

The Society of Toxicology (SOT) Nominating Committee recently announced results of the 2017-2018 SOT Council Election. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Laurie Haws has been elected as Secretary and will serve a 3-year term on SOT Council.  In serving on SOT Council, Dr. Haws has stated that she will “… work hard to support and promote SOT’s vision, values, and strategic priorities. SOT is the largest professional society for toxicologists, with members spanning the globe read more…

ToxStrategies’ scientists continue to develop innovative solutions to address some of the most challenging scientific issues that face our clients. Several recent examples of such projects will be presented at the Society of Toxicology 56th Annual Meeting. The SOT 2017 conference will be in Baltimore the week of March 12-16, 2017. To see a schedule of our presentations, click here. If you will be present in Baltimore, come by and visit with us at our read more…

ToxStrategies scientists have been recognized with a Top Ten Abstract award from the Society of Toxicology’s Risk Assessment Specialty Section, which will be presented during the upcoming annual meeting in Baltimore, MD, March 12-16, 2017.   The award is based on the development of a framework for quantitatively considering study quality and relevance in the systematic evaluation of mechanistic data per the Ten Key Characteristics of Carcinogens – considerations which are key to advance the application of read more…

ToxStrategies’ Scientist, Ms. Kirsten Mease is an invited speaker at Envigo’s 7th Annual Biologics Symposium which will be held February 21-22, 2017 in Bridgewater, NJ.  Ms. Mease will be presenting Managing Infusion (and Confusion) Reactions in Nonclinical Studies.  The goal of this symposium is to discuss the latest advances in the biologics field with an agenda designed to encourage thought-provoking and insightful debate from the industry’s leading experts. For more details about this meeting, please click here. read more…

ToxStrategies’ scientists, Dr. Susan Borghoff and Dr. Julia E. Rager, will be attending the 41st Annual Toxicology Forum (ToxForum) Winter Meeting at Hotel Monaco in Washington, DC from February 6 to February 8, 2017. Dr. Rager is a speaker, and will be chairing a session titled ‘From Assay to Assessment: Incorporating High Throughput Strategies into Health and Safety Evaluations’. The aim of this session is to discuss updated strategies that can utilize expanding high content / read more…

ToxStrategies will be attending and exhibiting at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, GA from January 31 to February 2, 2017. IPPE is one of the largest annual trade shows for the poultry, meat and feed industry. It is a collaboration of three shows: the International Poultry Expo, the International Meat Expo, and the International Feed Expo. IPPE focuses on: Innovation – presenting the latest technology of product and services Education – read more…

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently announced its plans to evaluate the carcinogenicity of benzene, as well as to consider quantitative exposure-response relationships at an upcoming meeting to be held October 10-17, 2017, in Lyon, France. The following important deadlines for the meeting are listed below: May 15, 2017: Deadline for requesting observer status for attendance to observe the IARC Monograph meeting. September 1, 2017: Closing date for submission of data to read more…