The course on Chemical Exposure & Modelling, part of PARC training plan 2024-2025, was successfully held from June 10-12 in Brno, Czech Republic.
With 25 trainees from 13 countries (Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Chile, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain), the course offered participants a combination of theoretical lectures and practical exercises, including modelling of internal exposure to chemicals, sources and pathways of chemicals entering the human body, and their possible effects as single chemicals and mixtures. The training included also visits to laboratories and biobank, and hand-on exercised on PBPK models and spatial analysis.
The course was organised under the scientific coordination of RECETOX, and counted with 6 external trainers (Beate Escher, Joost Westerhout, Aude Ratier, Jasper Engel, Johannes Kruisselbrink, Rok Novak) from 4 different countries (DE, NL, FR, SI), and 4 local trainers (Martin Scheringer, Lisa Melymuk, Klára Komprdová, Ondrej Mikes, Daniel Szabó).
PARC Task 9.4 (Training) co-leaders are grateful to all RECETOX colleagues, trainers and trainees who played a vital role in the success of this course. Their involvement and interest were truly instrumental. Soon, some session recordings and support materials will be made available on PARC website, for all those interested in the topic.
The next PARC course organized by RECETOX will be dedicated to New Approach Methodologies, and will be held in June 2025.
From November 11-13, 2024, the “Air Quality in Time” conference took place in the beautiful setting of Vysočina, at the 9skal hotel. This event was the result of merging two traditional events – the Air Quality conference organized by the RECETOX center and the annual conference of the Czech Aerosol Society (ČAS).
Professor Jana Klánová received a prestigious award from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR). The award recognizes her long-term contribution to TAČR and applied research, as well as her role as a member of the TAČR research council.
