@miekevanmulders
💻 Project management at Sciensano 👩🔬 Scientist for the RE-Place Platform 📢 Promoting the use and development of NAMs - New Approach Methodologies ✔ Non-animal testing methods 🔬 3Rs 🐭 www.RE-Place.be
Last call to sign up!
Don't miss out on your chance to get an exclusive look behind the scenes of #Umicore 🤩 👇
More information and registration: beltox.be/beltox-netwo...
📢 FINAL CALL: Registration Deadline Extended
Don't miss your chance to join the #BelTox #Networking Event ✨
🗓 5th of March, 2026
📍 #Umicore site Hoboken
📄A guided bus tour, a scientific presentation on #Metals #Toxicology and time for Networking
Register here: beltox.be/beltox-netwo...
⚠️ LAST CHANCE⚠️
Register for the #BelTox site visit at #Umicore Hoboken by midnight tomorrow (Feb 19)! ⏳
Go behind the scenes at a world-leading recycling facility for a deep dive into metals toxicology
✨ Tour + Science + Networking
👩🎓 Students go FREE!
👉 beltox.be/beltox-netwo...
New from #BelTox: A behind-the-scenes look at Umicore’s recycling plant! 🚌🧪
📍 Umicore, Hoboken
🗓️ 5 March, 13:00
✅ Bus tour, #toxicological insights & networking
👥 Limited to 50 spots
⏳ Deadline: 19 Feb
Sign up here: beltox.be/beltox-netwo...
Call for #NAMs experts in #Belgium! 🇧🇪🔬
We are looking for local #scientists to present their #innovative work in our upcoming #educational #webinars!
Make sure your method is in the RE-Place database and get in touch before the Jan 31st deadline! ⏳
📧 Contact info@re-place.be
#Science #3Rs
Upcoming Webinar Series on Advancing Human-Relevant Research from the Global Education Hub for animal-free innovation 🤩
▶️ 09/03: Successful Transition to NAMs: What, Why, How
▶️ 23/03: Student Journeys
▶️ 20/04: Designing an Animal-Free Solution
▶️ 05/05: Networking with Companies and Supervisors
@gmrc.bsky.social has published its rearing manual online: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
Reviewed by the NC3Rs and other external experts, this resource supports consistent, reliable and reproducible insect husbandry and empowers institutions to adopt wax moth larvae as a partial replacement model.
Looking to grow in #Toxicology? 🧪
Join #BelTox for exclusive networking, scientific discounts, and job alerts. From PhDs to industry leaders, we are shaping the field together 🤝
🎁 Master students join for FREE!
Details: beltox.be/home/become-...
Happy 2026 from BelTox! 🎉
Join the Belgian #Toxicology & #Ecotoxicology community! 🧪
✅ Expert networking ✅ Meeting discounts ✅ Masters students join FREE! 🎁
Advance your career and help shape the field. 🚀
🔗 Join us: lnkd.in/eZJexs6A #BelTox #Science
Looking to grow in #Toxicology? 🧪
A #BelTox membership offers:
✅ Reduced fees for meetings/workshops
✅ Automatic @EUROTOX membership
✅ Access to job alerts & member portal
Fees: €70 EU / €90 non-EU
Masters students join for FREE! 🎓✨
Join us now: beltox.be/home/become-...
🤩 What an incredible #BelTox & #BEMS Annual Meeting we had last week! Focusing on "Unmasking #Microplastics" we broke records with 140 participants & 52 abstracts 🤩
A huge thanks to all attendees, our 8 insightful speakers, the Organizing Committee, Sciensano RHIA team & our #Sponsors 🙏
🚀 LAST CHANCE! The #NAMii #WebinarSeries - Session 3 is TOMORROW, Dec 11th! 🗓️
Don't miss the deep dive into #NAMNavigator and #RE-Place
Time is running out to secure your spot!
Register now:
🔗 bit.ly/46DgHd9
@re-placedatabase.bsky.social #NAMs #3Rs
3R Online Seminar Alternatives to animal use in research and education - Refine, Reduce, Replace December 11th, 2025; 3 p.m. ; Ethiscs & Replacement
Last talks of our online seminar on Dec. 11th:
Julia Dietrich: "Ethical Justification of Animal Experimentation"
Robert Landsiedel: "Advancing toxicological testing in chemical industry: What works, what hinders, and what’s next"
bit.ly/48bBmEJ
#Replace #Reduce #Refine #AnimalResearch #Ethics
Last week, Sciensano hosted the 1st BE #PARERE Workshop!
#Regulators and #industry experts tackled challenges and opportunities for adopting #NAMs in #Chemicals, #Cosmetics & #Pharmaceuticals 💊
Key message: #Collaboration is critical to accelerate NAM uptake! 🤝
#3Rs
🚨 #Abstract Deadline Extended!
Submit your abstract for the #BelTox & #BEMS Annual Meeting 2025
Early Career: Compete in the YSC Oral Session
All Welcome: Submit for the Poster Session
Topic: ANY #Toxicology / #Ecotoxicology research
🔗 Details & Submission: beltox.be/beltox-bems-...
📢Call for abstracts in #toxicology and #ecotoxicology
Join the #BelTox #BEMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 on 'Unmasking #Microplastics: Impacts, Challenges, & Implications' 🧪
🗓️ Join us Dec 4th in Brussels
Submit & Register: beltox.be/beltox-bems-...
Last chance to join our #Webinar on #MPS 😍
🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip #cancer under radiotherapy 👩🔬
16 October, 4-5 PM CEST 🗓️
sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
Last days to register for the joint #BelTox #Ecotox Course at #LIST
Learn how to assess and interpret #environmental #risks with a practical course that covers essential #lab #techniques with #Daphnia magna👨🔬
📅 27–30/10/2025
📍LIST, Belvaux, Luxembourg
beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
You can still join our next #Webinar on #MPS😍
🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip
👩🔬Tumoroid to model rectal #cancer under radiotherapy
🗓️16 October, 4-5 PM CEST
sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
Join our next Webinar on #MPS Systems 😍
🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip
🔬 Patient derived #tumoroid to model rectal #cancer under radiotherapy
📅 16 October, 4-5 PM CEST
sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
Representing @sciensano.be at #Eurotox2025 in Greece!
🔬Seppe Segers and I presented our posters on the Belgian #RE-Place platform and an #invitro study on cell phones and cancer📱
A fantastic conference for learning about emerging technologies in #toxicology💡
#Research #3Rs
The first day of #EUROTOX2025 in #Athens has officially kicked off✨
We started with the #EUROTOX #Strategy Meeting, where national #Toxicology societies had discussions on how to improve communication and engagement with our (local) target audiences 💡
Looking forward to the next days!
Want to dive into the world of #ecotoxicology ?🧪
Register for the #BelTox #LIST hands-on training from October 27-30 in Luxembourg, limited spots available ✨
You will learn:
Environmental risks 🌳
Lab work with Daphnia magna 🔬
Environmental chemistry & risk assessment ⚖️
beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
Join our next Educational #Webinar on #MPS in October 👇
We're at the #WC13 on #Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Rio! 🤩
Come chat with us about #RE-Place and how it can help you find alternatives to animal testing at poster #300 ✨
You can also find us at poster #299 to talk about how #AOP-based #IATAs can stimulate the use of #NAMs 🧪
📣 Register now for the #Ecotox hands-on training by #BelTox & #LIST from October 27-30 in Luxembourg 👩🔬
✔ Assess and interpret #environmental risks
✔ Lab techniques with #Daphnia magna
✔ Environmental #chemistry
✔ #risk #assessment
beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
Calling all experts in #NAMs
🔬Join the #EU #COST Action #IMPROVE consortium and help us advance the #3Rs across Europe
Become part of our private expert pool for collaboration and consultation opportunities 🤝
Ready to make an impact? Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
On the last day of the #MPS Summit in #Brussels, our chair Prof. Steven Van Cruchten presented the #BelTox Best Poster #Award to Elia Pennati, a PhD student from Politecnico di Milano for his work 'A mechanically active biomimetic bone marrow-on-chip as in vitro model of the bone marrow niches' 🏆
Our colleagues contributed on multiple fronts:
🔹 Birgit Mertens helped shape the programme on the use of MPS in pharmaceutical and chemical regulatory contexts
🔹 Mieke Van Mulders supported the communications working group and coordinated the @re-placedatabase.bsky.social & BelTox Best Poster awards
‼️Just 1 week to go!
Our next #Talking3RScience webinar is coming up next Thursday, May 22, 5–6 PM (CEST) – don’t miss it! 🙌
We’ll explore how the #MedTech sector is actively driving the #3R of #AnimalTesting with cutting-edge vascular #InVitro models!🫀
Secure your spot now:
🔗 bit.ly/Talking3R-May25
