Updates from the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=c986164cb3&e=f527bdf314>. [http://gallery.mailchimp.com/066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf/images/caatlogo.2.jpg]<http://jhsph.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=042717494a&e=f527bdf314> [Follow on Twitter]<http://jhsph.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=45709840d6&e=f527bdf314> [CAAT on Facebook]<http://jhsph.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=804dffe84f&e=f527bdf314> CAATwalk April 15, 2014 News from the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) ATTENTION STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS! A philanthropic donation has enabled us to announced last minute opportunities for reduced participation fees for a select group of students and postdocs at the upcoming DNT4 Conference (see below). The cost for attendance for the selected students and postdocs is now $200. For these registrants we have extended a late-breaking abstract deadline of April 17th. Successful applicants will be informed Friday April 18th. Please contact Helena Hogberg for full details at: hhogber2@xxxxxxxx<mailto:hhogber2@xxxxxxxx?subject=DNT%204> ________________________________ [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf/images/dnt4logo1.gif]<http://jhsph.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=c2e10b5a2b&e=f527bdf314> Advancing the Science of Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing for Better Safety Evaluation Fourth International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (DNT) “Toward Adverse Outcome Pathways and Fit-for-Purpose Assays for DNT” May 12-14, 2014 The Inn at Penn, A Hilton Hotel Philadelphia, PA Developmental neurotoxicity from chemical exposures is a growing concern. 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The awards of In Vitro and Alternative Methods Specialty Section MB Research and the In Vitro and Alternative Method Specialty Section were granted for the poster “Characterization of a brain microphysiological system for studying gene/environment interactions” Pamies D, Makri G, Bressler J, Christian KM, Harris G, O’Driscoll C, Smirnova L, Palma-Lima M, Bacgubsju R, Hartung T and Hogberg HT. Congratulations to David and the research staff at CAAT! 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