Applying understanding at the nanoscale to improving achievement of the ‘three Rs’
...replacement, refinement and reduction

This Conference, the first of its kind in Europe, will examine how nanotechnology could contribute to alternatives to animal testing and also to realisation of the “3Rs”, whilst maintaining the necessary high levels of safety in the pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, cosmetic and environmental industries.

At this event, leading international experts will
review some of the most promising new, human cell-based in vitro models
describe novel lab-on-a-chip and bioreactor systems for screening, and for toxicological and targeting studies
examine how understanding of the behaviour of materials at the nanoscale can be used to improve biosensors and diagnostic systems
consider new paradigms for applying alternatives incorporating nanotechnology

Speakers include:
Fanqin Frank Chen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA); Antonio Garcia (Arizona State University, USA); Béatrice Schaack (CEA Grenoble, France); Thomas Peter (Fraunhofer IGB, Stuttgart, Germany); Peter Ertl (Austrian Research Centres, Vienna, Austria); Anna Price (European Commission Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy); John Haycock (Kroto Research Institute, Sheffield, UK) and other experts from leading research, animal welfare and alternatives organisations.

Visit www.nano.org.uk/conferences/alt_Animals/prog.htm for further information and registration details.

28/29 May 2008