The project in short
RISK-HUNT3R, short for “RISK assessment of chemicals integrating HUman centric Next generation Testing strategies promoting the 3Rs”, is a European Research & Innovation project funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The 5-year project runs from June 2021 with a funded budget of €22.9M. RISK-HUNT3R builds on the outcomes of the Horizon 2020 toxicological flagship project EU-ToxRisk, ending by the end of 2021.
Why?
Science and society are increasingly demanding a paradigm shift towards chemical safety and risk assessment without using animals. In addition to growing ethical concerns around the use of animal studies, there is the fundamental need to address all potential health effects relevant and specific to humans. In addition, due to increasing regulatory demands, the limited laboratory capacity and high costs of animal-based testing is becoming a hurdle for the provision of all desired information requirements for chemicals safety assessment.
How?
The project will develop, validate and implement integrated approaches to lead the way towards next-generation risk assessment (NGRA). Innovative mechanism-based new approach methods (NAMs) will exclusively be in vitro and in silico and relevant for human health. Through systematic and iterative evaluation of its NAM toolbox, the project will optimize a strategy to assess chemical exposure, toxicokinetics, and toxicodynamics.
RISK-HUNT3R will provide a full sustainable framework for NGRA that is human-relevant, fully based on non-animal approaches, and fit for implementation through engagement with chemical safety regulators.
Research cluster ASPIS
RISK-HUNT3R is one of three projects constituting the research cluster ASPIS (“Animal-free Safety assessment of chemicals: Project cluster for Implementation of novel Strategies”). Together with the projects ONTOX and PrecisionTOX, this will represent Europe’s €60M effort towards the sustainable, animal-free and reliable chemical risk assessment of tomorrow.
News
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION OPENED AT LUND UNIVERSITY
A new postdoctoral position has opened at Lund University, Sweden. The position is in the field of Uncertainty Analysis in Scientific Assessment, with a specific focus on NAMs and AOPs used for chemical safety assessment. The research group is looking for a person...
KICK-OFF MEETING OF THE ASPIS CLUSTER
On the 3rd and 4th of November 2021, the Final Symposium of the EU-ToxRisk project was held in Brussels, Belgium, and online. The purpose of this event was for the EU-ToxRisk consortium partners to present their results, and to discuss the different strategies and...
KICK-OFF MEETING OF THE RISK-HUNT3R PROJECT
On the 12th and 13th of October 2021 happened the face-to-face Kick-off Meeting of the European project RISK-HUNT3R in Egmond an Zee, the Netherlands. This meeting was organised in connection with the Final General assembly of the EU-ToxRisk project, held on 11-12...
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Only 2 more weeks to register to the next Café Scientifique ONLINE on #Drosophila in toxicology happening on 25 January, co-organised by @ClemsonUniv and @AltertoxAcademy!
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Delighted to start the year with our corner series in #ALTEX. Read about the #NAM implementation progress, the @EU_ToxRisk project legacy, the first @RISKHUNT3R appointment in 2022 and the recent #ASPIScluster kick-off. https://bit.ly/3KbaXdA
