Johns Hopkins University
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

We believe the best science is humane science. Our programs seek to provide a better, safer, more humane future for people and animals. To learn more about CAAT and the 3Rs, visit our About Us page. And consider supporting our mission.

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CAAT News and Upcoming Events

News and upcoming events sponsored by CAAT, CAAT-Europe, and the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t⁴).

Videos: COVID-19: A Brain Disease?
How Lab-grown "Mini-Brains" Can Be Infected with COVID-19
With CAAT Director Thomas Hartung
From the Euroscience Open Forum 2020

Webinar: Animals, Pandemics, and Global Health
Friday, September 18, 2020
Free Registration

Thomas Hartung and Marcel Leist Receive Ursula Händel Animal Welfare Prize 2020 for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments

PRESS RELEASE: Lab-Grown ‘Mini-Brains’ Suggest COVID-19 Virus Can Infect Human Brain Cells

Coronavirus Could Infect Human Brain and Replicate, US Study Shows (Financial Times) (Paywall)

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Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods
May 12-14, 2021
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

SAVE THE DATE!
World Summit on Microphysiological Systems (MPS-WS-1)
December 13-16, 2021
New Orleans, LA

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CAAT-Europe

CAAT and CAAT-Europe promise sound scientific synergy involving experts from both sides of the Atlantic to promote the implementation of human-relevant alternative approaches, the advancement of research, and the dissemination of the 3Rs.

Thomas Hartung and Marcel Leist Receive Ursula Händel Animal Welfare Prize 2020 for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments.

POSTPONED:
5th International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity (DNT) Testing
Konstanz, Germany
Tentatively Rescheduled for October/November 2020
Please Sign Up for our CAATwalk Newsletter for Updates

Altertox Academy: 2020 Training Courses

CAAT-Europe is housed at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

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