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A special edition of the Fraunhofer Seminar "Models of Lung Disease" will be held on January 21 and 22, 2021 – as a virtual conference with a focus on the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

This online training course will introduce participants to three different in-silico approaches, namely QSAR models, read-across, and the TTC (threshold of toxicological concern) concept, including demonstrations and explanations of currently available predictive toxicology models.

Bernhard Polzer, Manager of the Fraunhofer ITEM Working Group on Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics, will present research work on the application of single-cell analysis in CSF to neurological tumors.

This online training course will give guidance to participants on how to evaluate study data on genotoxicity and how to integrate corresponding testing results in risk assessment.

The objective of this online training course is to enable the understanding and practical implementation of the guidance document on ED hazard identification of plant protection products in the context of the EU legislation on pesticides amongst members of EFSA’s Scientific Committee/Panels, their working groups as well as EFSA staff.

This online training course will provide a short review of the key terms, scientific basis for combined exposure risk assessment and approaches to assessing (eco)toxicology of combined exposures. Existing frameworks for risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals were evaluated by EFSA, resulting in a harmonized framework for risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals. The framework as published as EFSA Guidance in 2019 is based on the risk assessment steps (problem formulation, exposure assessment, hazard identification and characterization, and risk characterization including uncertainty analysis), with tiered and stepwise approaches for both whole-mixture approaches and component-based approaches.