EUROTOX 2008 45th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology October 5-8 Rhodes, Greece

EUROTOX 2008 will gather toxicologists from around the world this October in Greece. This year's conference theme is, "FROM TOXINS TO OMICS: HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING"

EUROTOX offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas on a variety of timely topics, including, for example, the newest developments in toxicogenomics, alternatives to animal testing, risk assessment, immunotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, environmental toxicity, genotoxicity and carcinogenesis, endocrine disruption, molecular toxicology, signal transduction, the risks of nanotechnology and REACH.

More than 100 scientists will be presenting the latest scientific innovations, discoveries and practices on important and significant issues in the multidisciplinary field of Toxicology. Over 800 posters will be presented.

MatTek Corporation will contribute to the scientific program with the following poster presentations (please click on the links below to review the technical presentation abstracts in PDF format):

• Healing Of Dermal Burn Wounds In The EpiDerm-FT™ In Vitro Human Skin Model.
  
  
• Drug Metabolizing Enzyme Activity In Human In Vitro Dermal (EpiDerm™) And Airway (EpiAirway™) Epithelial Models.
  
  
• A Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Based Assay to Predict Allergenicity Potential of Chemicals.
  
  
• Pre-Validation of Organotypic EpiVaginal™ Tissue Model to Screen Irritation Potential of Chemicals.
  
  
• Expanded Utilization of the EpiOcular™ Human Corneal Tissue Model For Ocular Irritation Testing.
  
  

MatTek Scientists also co-authored the following posters:

• Comparison of results of the 4 hour human skin irritation patch test and in vitro human skin irritation test (EpiDerm SIT) with existing classifications of chemicals.
  
  
• Follow-up Validation of the EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test (SIT): Results of a Multi-centre Study of Twenty Reference Test Substances.