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Two weeks left: Science Prize for AI Accelerated Research
Monday, 02 December 2024 13:18The Chen Institute and Science launched the "Chen Institute and Science Prize for AI Accelerated Research" in August 2024. This initiative aims to drive advancements in artificial intelligence that can expand scientific research. Young scientists from around the world are invited to submit AI-driven projects that demonstrate significant potential to improve research and lives.
MPS World Summit 2025: Call for Abstract Submission
Monday, 25 November 2024 10:26Microphysiological systems (MPS) comprise a number groundbreaking developments of bioengineering that can reproduce organ architecture and function in vitro.
EPAA 3R Student's Grants 2025: Submissions possible again
Friday, 22 November 2024 12:23In 2025 again, the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) will support students and young scientists who are outstanding in their work in the field of alternative approaches to animal testing to enable them to participate in a top-class scientific event.
Tiburtius Prize 2024 goes to computer model developer
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 13:48One of this year's Tiburtius Prizes goes to Dr. rer. nat. Robin Winter from Freie Universität Berlin. In his doctoral thesis in the “Artificial Intelligence for the Sciences” working group led by Prof. Frank Noé, he developed a machine learning method that is of interest for drug research.
Carl Zeiss Foundation supports animal-free methods
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 11:36The Carl Zeiss Foundation, based in Stuttgart, supports innovative research projects in which e.g. human organoids and artificial intelligence are used.
Hepatitis E attacks nerve cells
Monday, 18 November 2024 11:22Using an in vitro model, researchers from Ruhr University Bochum, Hannover Medical School, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the German Center for Infectious Diseases and the European Virus Bioinformatics Center in Jena have investigated the effects of a hepatitis E infection on the nervous system.
Animal use in education: University of Copenhagen wants to significantly reduce the use of laboratory animals
Sunday, 17 November 2024 16:35As the popular science news portal Videnskab.dk has reported, course organizers in the life sciences are to be urged to stop using animals in their courses. This would mean a saving of around 700-800 animals a year.
Brazil paves the way for animal-free chemical testing
Thursday, 07 November 2024 13:52According to the non-governmental organization Humane Society International, the Brazilian Senate has passed a new law on chemical management that limits animal testing to a last resort and requires the development of a strategic plan for the complete elimination of animal testing. The law still has to be approved by the Brazilian President.
Baden-Württemberg: 3R network expanded by three new 3R centers
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 12:11The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts is funding three additional 3R centers in Baden-Württemberg. The new institutions will primarily develop digital and AI-supported approaches. The Ministry is providing 750,000 euros over the next three years for this purpose.
Hepatitis E inflammation damages the kidneys
Tuesday, 05 November 2024 18:00Nephropathologists Birgit Helmchen and Ariana Gaspert, molecular biologist Anne-Laure Leblond and other researchers from France and Switzerland have discovered how a hepatitis E virus infection can also damage the kidneys by examining tissue samples from infected individuals.
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