During the this Years´ congress located in Linz, the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) offers the “EUSAAT 2016 Practical Training Course on Alternative Methods”, which will be focusing on "Application of commercially available human tissue models".
 

The University of Ulm will receive an interdisciplinary graduate program in order to explorate the lungs. The project is called PULMOSENS ("micro and nanoscale sensors for the lungs"). Researchers from the fields of engineering, natural and life sciences will cooperate closely together here and will do basic research on biomedical questions with new, innovative sensor systems. They also want to deliver new therapeutic approaches and - before all - they will train young scientists.

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is looking for innovative, scientific approaches or techniques that replace animal experiments or to reduce their number. Work to improve the housing conditions for animals may be also submitted.

This year, the first German chair for alternatives to animal use is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The event will be used to look back what milestones have been achieved in the 10 years. Titled "Progress in Alternative Methods in Toxicology and Biomedicine " the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) is organizing a symposium on July 8 in Constance.