ALTEX 2/12 features 2 Food for thought articles—Systems Toxicology and A Toxicology Ontology Roadmap—as well as the t4 report: Analysis of the proposed EU Regulation concerning biocide products.

A lunch debate on the "Human Toxome Project," chaired by Mr. Prodi, will be held at the EU Parliament on May 15, 2012.

The UK NC3Rs and BBSRC host a symposium June 12, 2012 in central London to highlight the potential of tissue engineering as a scientifically robust means to replace and reduce the use of animals in basic research and safety testing.

CAAT is organizing an information day to examine the state of the art of new technologies to replace animal use as well as those that will modify current animal protocols in assessing countermeasures to bioterrorism agents.

Rep. James Moran (D-VA) is pushing to raise awareness of alternatives to animal testing in preparation for future legislative mandates to require their use.

The Dr. Hadwen Trust has awarded £0.7m in grants for humane medical research.

The AltTox Digest for March/April 2012 is now available via Altweb.

John A. Hoyt, a pioneer of animal protection who viewed his work as a “ministry” benefiting both people and animals, passed away at his home in Fredericksburg, Va., on April 15.

Environmental Factor profiles Thomas Hartung, NIEHS grantee, and the Human Toxome project.

Interviews with Student Conscientious Objectors to Animal Experiments in Education (Interniche).

CAAT is hosting a Pharmaceutical Information Day on May 7, 2012 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Registration is required.

Please join us on April 17, 2012 for a discussion of animal welfare in research and safety assessment, focusing on the similarities and differences in European Union (EU) and United States (US) laws and policies.

The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is accepting nominations for six awards.

CAAT announces the recipients of its 2012-2013 grants for development of alternatives to animal testing.

The U.S. EPA and L’oréal cosmetic company announced a research collaboration designed to determine if EPA’s chemical toxicity forecaster (ToxCast) can be used in systemic toxicity tests, thereby reducing animal testing.

University of Southampton researchers are investigating innovative methods of testing drugs that will reduce the need for involving animals.

The EPAA is seeking submissions for its 2012 Science Award.

Call for Proposals: 2012 CAAT Science-based Refinement Awards. Deadline: September 28, 2012.

Driven both by legislative mandate and scientific need, a new suite of in vitro and cell culture-based animal-free methods are gaining a foothold in toxicology labs.

NC3Rs has announced the winners of its 2011 3Rs prizes, including Dr. Ludovic Vallier's use of artificial liver cells to model inherited metabolic disorders of the liver.