The 19th International Workshop on (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationships in Environmental and Health Sciences (QSAR2020) will take place on June 8-11, 2020 at the Durham Convention Centre, Durham, NC, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
QSAR2020 aims to broaden its scope from QSARs underpinned by traditional (eco)toxicity data to New Approach Methodologies (NAM). NAM is a broadly descriptive term for any non-animal technology, methodology or approach or combination thereof that can be used to provide information on chemical hazard and risk assessment. To that end, we are collaborating with International Council of Chemical Associations’ Long-Range Research Initiative (ICCA-LRI) and American Society of Cellular Computational and Toxicology (ASCCT) to widen outreach to interested stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This workshop aims to bring together scientists from around the world along with developers and users of predictive models and their underlying data, to foster discussion and debate around the practical implementation of these approaches. QSAR2020 will focus on answering questions such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 How should we view and account for the assumptions of the traditional toxicity data in risk\/safety assessment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 How should we be applying and interpreting NAM data?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 How should we be benchmarking the performance and characterising both confidence and uncertainty of new predictive models?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 How can the level of curation of data used to build predictive models be made explicit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 What are the short and long-term research and development needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Workshop will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Confirmed Keynote speakers: Dr. Rusty Thomas, US Environmental Protection Agency and Professor Mark Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Three Travel awards for students\/postdocs available courtesy of ICCA-LRI<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 An optional \u00bd day hands training session on specific computational tools will take place on the 11th June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Poster presentation and exhibiting opportunities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Opportunities for networking and social activities Further information can be found at www.qsar2020.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Submission deadline: 15th December 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Programme Committee invites submission of abstracts of original work. Abstracts can be submitted for consideration of an oral\/poster presentation in one or more of the following themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Application of New Approach Methodologies (NAM) including QSARs for regulatory purposes (risk-based prioritization, risk assessment)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Thresholds for Toxicological Concern<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Cheminformatic approaches to employ \u2018big data\u2019 including data curation<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Development, Evaluation and Application of QSARs to fill data gaps including complex toxicological endpoints such as reproductive toxicity<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Progress and barriers in the 3 Rs e.g. Replacement of 6 pack acute tests<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Case studies of how QSARs have been used for ICH-M7<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Adverse Outcome Pathways, Integrated Testing and Assessment Approaches (IATA) and Defined Approaches<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Complex substances (UVCBs, PFAS) and emerging issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Quantifying uncertainty in model development and the underlying data<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Biological activity profiling using high throughput screening data and high content data (e.g. high throughput transcriptomics, high throughput phenotypic profiling)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Read-across approaches -transitioning from expert driven assessments to algorithmic approaches for regulatory purposes<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Green Chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Non-targeted and suspect screening approaches to characterise exposure<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submit abstracts online at www.qsar2020.org paying special attention to the instructions provided. Presenters can indicate preference for an oral or poster presentation and up to two theme categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presenters will have the opportunity to contribute a manuscript to a special issue of Computational Toxicology. Instructions will be sent to presenters in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Important Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline for abstract submission: 15th December 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notification of abstract acceptance: February 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early bird registration deadline: 1st April 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline for manuscript submission: 20th June 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n For general enquiries regarding QSAR2020, please contact QSAR2020@icf.com For sponsorship enquiries regarding QSAR2020, please contact ginah@piscltd.org.uk <\/a>with the subject heading QSAR2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hosts: Grace Patlewicz, US EPA, Kristie Sullivan, ASCCT, Richard A. Becker, ICCA-LRI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 19th International Workshop on (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationships in Environmental and Health Sciences (QSAR2020) will take place on June 8-11,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conference"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t