CAAT 2012-2013 Grant RecipientsToday CAAT has announced the recipients of the 2012-2013 CAAT Grants. These grants often provide critical seed money for researchers hoping to develop new in vitro and non-mammalian methods. We have a stringent, peer-reviewed process for selecting the recipients of these grants. This process consists of sending each application to at least four experts in the field from academic, industrial, and government institutions. These reviewers evaluate the applications with regard to scientific merit, budget appropriateness, relatedness to CAAT's mission, and expertise of the investigators. They also assign a priority score based on the scoring system used by the NIH. The 2012-2013 Grant recipients are:Thierry Dorval
Human embryoid bodies as 3D models for development toxicity prediction
Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human culture model as a replacement to the animal assays for assessing the potential of cosmetic ingredients to cause non-immunological contact urticaria (NICU) Yusuke Marikara
Novel axial elongation morphogenesis systems using embryonic stem cells to investigate teratogenic factors Yuhei Nishimura, MD, PhD
Development of zebrafish-based assays for the assessment of developmental neurotoxicity of chemicals at low doses
Marie-Gabrielle Zurich, PhD
Brain aggregate cell cultures as an in vitro model for developmental neurotoxicity testing Abstracts and Further Information More information about the CAAT Grants Program | 
