Congress office

Congress venue

JKU MED Campus
Lehrgebäude
Krankenhausstraße 7a
4020 Linz/Austria

Instructions for posters:

  • Authors of posters are totally free in the design of their posters.
  • The size of the poster should not exeed the format A0 tall (width 84,1 cm x height 118,9 cm).
  • The posters will be presented throughout the congress.
  • This will allow participants to read the posters during coffee breaks.
  • There will be two special poster sessions – one on Tuesday (27.9.2022) and one on Wednesday (28.9.2022).
  • The posters will be divided into two groups.
  • During the poster sessions the poster authors must be present directly at the poster.

Poster session 1: Tuesday, 27.9.2022, 14:00 – 15:30, first floor

Poster numberTitle Authors
1Investigation of ADHD-associated alterations of the neurovascular unit by aid of hiPSC-derived in vitro modelsMarkus Glaser, Zora Schickardt, Sabrina Oerter, Rhiannon McNeill, Carolin Koreny, Christian Lotz, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Antje Appelt-Menzel
2Identifying skin sensitizers with an innervated 3D-skin modelWiebke Bergforth (YSTA), Maren Schenke, Bettina Seeger
3Rational design and evaluation of electrospun scaffolds as cell culture substrates for the cultivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells Felix Rohde (YSTA), Karin Danz, Nathalie Jung, Sylvia Wagner, Maike Windbergs
4Penetration of topical aminophosphonates through the dermal barrier – “skin-on-a-chip” development with an emphasis on animal number reduction Dorottya Kocsis (YSTA), Rusul Keshwan, Franciska Erdő
5Dry powder aerosols crossing the pulmonary barrier in vitro – Powder Atomizer aims for predicting human pharmacokinetic profilesMarius Hittinger, Janina Osti, Annika Dehne, Sarah Wengschick, Thorsten Preisegger, Daniel Primavessy, Marielle Fink, Marc Mamier, Tobias Krebs
6Characterization of human brain endothelial cells for the development of in vitro blood-brain barrier models.Natascha Santacroce, Floriana Burgio, Laura Suter-Dick
7Immunocompetent 3D model of human airways as predictive tool for clinical outcomesMartina Di Fede, Giulia Realini, Bruna Clemente, Serena Tondi, Marianna Taccone, Sonia Budroni, Martina Canè, Andrea Ariolli, Kevin Pete Buno, Francesca Schiavetti, Michela Brazzoli, Daniela Rinaudo, Isabel Delany, Raffaella Cecchi, Tommaso Pasquali, Shahjahan Shaid, Silvia Rossi Paccani, Alfredo Pezzicoli
8Using an innovative in vitro platform to investigate the early effects of oxidative stress and increased pressure on human trabecular meshwork cells.Sara Tirendi, Anna Maria Bassi, Vanessa Almonti, Sonia Scarfì, Mario Passalacqua, Stefania Vernazza
9Interaction and transport of small extracellular vesicles across human biological barrier in vitro modelsAdrián Klepe, Ana Špilak, Sophia Theresa Kriwanek (YSTA), Andreas Brachner, Christa Nöhammer, Winfried Neuhaus
10Animal-Free Plant-Derived Nanofibrillar Cellulose Hydrogels for Cell-Based Assays with Stem Cell and Organoid CulturesLauri Paasonen, Essi M. Niemi, Jonathan Sheard, Tony Kiuru
11Humanized 3D cell culture materials – the next generation of in vitro testingCatarina Custódio, Inês Deus, Cátia Monteiro, Sara Santos, João Mano
12Human platelet lysate as a replacement for fetal bovine serum in biological barrier in vitro modelsAndreas Brachner, Christina Gruber, Malgorzata Burek, Anja Neuhoff, Claudia Bernecker, Peter Schlenke, Winfried Neuhaus
13Using perinatal tissues as a sustainable source of xeno-free platforms for cell cultureInês Araújo Deus (YSTA), Catarina Almeida Custódio, João Filipe Mano
14Fostering Awareness, Accessibility, and Acceptance of Animal-Free AntibodiesNiamh Haslett, Michael Cook, Jesus Calvo-Castro, Stewart Kirton, Jarrod Bailey
15Lysosomal trapping measurement in multiple cell types using High Content Screening SystemJohanna Pacsuta, Katalin Jemnitz, Gábor Nagy, Zsuzsanna Gáborik
16Risk assessment of medical devices for the oral cavity using a human oral mucosa epithelium modelAna Špilak, Peter Pôbiš, Lada Svobodová, Alena Moulisová, Andreas Brachner, Markéta Dvořáková, Helena Kandarova, Dagmar Jirová, Kristina Kejlová, Winfried Neuhaus
17Landscape New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for safety assessment of chemical substancesVictoria C. de Leeuw, Jelle Vriend, Lianne de Wit-Bos, Jacqueline van Engelen, Anne Kienhuis
18Effects of nanoplastics on cells of the neurovascular unitAleksandra Chmielewska, Marie-Therese Leiningen-Westerburg, Lukas Wimmer, Lea Ann Dailey, Malavika Manju Sudheer, Despina Fragouli, Ana Špilak, Andreas Brachner, Winfried Neuhaus
19Generation of reporter models for rapid oxidative stress induction measurement in vitro and application to 3D bronchial tissue culturesMarion Alriquet, Giulia Fonti, Karsta Luettich, Marco van der Toorn, Stefan Frentzel, Joanne Chua
20Use of organotypic gingival cultures for the assessment of nicotine pouchesFilippo Zanetti, Marion Alriquet, Laura Ortega Torres, Laurent Neau, Fabio Maranzano, Claudius Pak, Amandine Schmutz, Carole Mathis, Nazan Gunduz, Joanne Chua
21Reducing the number of controls in fish early life stage toxicity tests when solvents are usedChristopher Faßbender, John W Green, John Handley, Thomas H Hutchinson, Lennart Weltje, Daniel Faber, Gilly Stoddart
22Evaluation of the cytotoxic and inflammatory effect of two size-separated fractions of Russian chrysotile asbestos fibreSerena Mirata, Vanessa Almonti, Stefania Vernazza, Dario Di Giuseppe, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Anna Maria Bassi, Sonia Scarfì
23Evaluating the toxicity of sea-dumped conventional and chemical munitions to fish and human cells using a combination of cell viability assaysJoão Barbosa, Colin R Janssen, Jana Asselman
24Optimization of skin sensitization testing strategy in vitro for medical device extractsLada Svobodová, Marian Rucki, Alena Vlkova, Kristina Kejlova, Dagmar Jirova, Hana Kolarova
25Prediction of human toxicology with alternative experimental models – zebrafish embryo (EU project PrecisionTox)Stefan Scholz, Riccardo Massei
26Risk assessment of microplastic by in vitro genotoxicity assaysClemens Rausch, Elisabeth Simböck
27Hormonal influence on the primordial germ cell proliferation and distribution in the early development of the MedakaLeonie Hobohm, Lukas Strobel, Annika Pätzold, Alexander Froschauer
28Effects of Plastic on the reproductive behaviour of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria Glabrata: an invertebrate in vivo studyLinda Prähauser, Robin Friedrich, Nevena Lakic, Karoline Schweitzer, Christoph Olscher, Xavier Monforte, Barbara Gepp, Elisabeth Simböck
29Use of Assay Ready KeratinoSens® Cells to test for Skin SensitizationLukas Focke, Valerie de Boor, Andreas Natsch, Oliver Wehmeier
30Refinement of an in vitro testing battery for developmental neurotoxicity assessment by integration of radial glia- and astrocyte-specific endpointsEtta Zühr, Katharina Koch, Ellen Fritsche
31Cross-species-relevance of in vitro bioassay battery for the assessment of thyroid hormone disruptionJiri Novak, Puja Kumari, Runze Liu, Klara Hilscherova
32Proteomics reveals mechanisms of metabolic disruptive effects of emerging di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate substitutesAlexandra Schaffert, Isabel Karkossa, Elke Ueberham, Rita Schlichting, Katharina Walter, Josi Arnold, Matthias Blüher, John T. Heiker, Jörg Lehmann, Martin Wabitsch, Beate I. Escher, Martin von Bergen, Kristin Schubert
33Cell type and developmental time-dependent effects of genotoxins on neural stem-/progenitor cell functions in vitroMelanie Pahl, Jördis Klose, Ellen Fritsche
34Retrofitting in vitro test systems for high throughput screening of thyroid disrupting chemicals with external biotransformation systems – a critical review and tiered in vitro/in silico approachSebastian Lungu-Mitea, Andreas Schiwy, Felipe Vidal, Inska Reichstein, Puja Kumari, Miriam N. Jacobs, Klara Hilscherova  
35Development of the NPC1ab_RAR_GR assay, an in vitro test method to identify putative endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) perturbing glucocorticoid receptor (GR) or retinoic acid receptor (RAR) signalingKevin Schlüppmann (YSTA), Saskia Hüsken, Louisa Stark, Arif Dönmez, Eike Keßel, Nils Förster, Katharina Koch, Ellen Fritsche
36Mitochondrial toxicity;
AOP-driven extrapolation from in vitro/in silico data to regulation
Wanda van der Stel, Giada Carta, Julie Eakins, Johannes Delp, Ilinca Suciu, Anna Forsby, Andrea Cediel-Ulloa, Kristina Attoff, Florentina Troger, Hennicke Kamp, Iain Gardner, Barbara Zdrazil, Martijn J.Moné, Gerhard F. Ecker, Manuel Pastor, Jose Carlos Gómez-Tamayo, Andrew White, Erik H. J. Danen, Marcel Leist, Paul Walker, Paul Jennings, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Bob van de Water
37A xeno-free in vitro 3D synovial membrane model mimicking the pathogenesis of arthritisJulia Beißel, Christina Lubahn, Duc Ha Do Nguyen, Moritz Pfeiffenberger, Frank Buttgereit, Timo Gaber, Alexandra Damerau
38Fluidic shear stress reduces TNFα-mediated cartilage damage in a 3D model of degenerative joint diseaseChristina Lubahn, Julia Beißel, Duc Ha Do Nguyen, Moritz Pfeiffenberger, Thomas Leeuw, Frank Buttgereit, Timo Gaber, Alexandra Damerau
39VHP4Safety: Assessing the safety of chemicals and pharmaceuticals without using laboratory animalsAnne S. Kienhuis, Cyrille A.M. Krul, Juliette Legler and the VHP4Safety consortium
40Twinning towards excellence in alternative methods for toxicity assessment – TWINALT projectZuzanna Sobańska, Joanna Roszak, Tamara Vanhaecke, Maria Dusinska, Elise Rundén-Pran, Marina Marinovich, Edyta Reszka

Poster session 2: Wednesday, 28.9.2022, 14:00 – 15:30, first floor

Poster numberTitle Authors
41A mouse pup model for learning the Phalanx Distalis Amputation and pup handlingMaximilian Nuber, Miriam Priester, Nadine Baumgart, Jan Baumgart
42The role of the Animal Welfare Body in ensuring compliance with the 3Rs: a case study of the forced swim testKimberley Jayne, Julia Baines, Emily R Trunnell
43Target group specific efforts to facilitate replacement of animal experimentationLisa Andersson, Kaisa Askevik, Elvira Hukasova, Emma Svensk
44Transforming Culture: Culture of Care in Animal ResearchKatharina Ameli,, Stephanie Krämer
45Antibodies: Resistances to overcome on the way to a cruelty-free futureJohanna Walter, Tamara Zietek, Corina Gericke
46Modernizing Medical Research to Benefit People and AnimalsIsobel Hutchinson, Carla Owen, Jarrod Bailey
47Knowledge, skills, attitudes and beyondNick D. Jukes
48How to address animal methods bias in scientific publishingCatharine E. Krebs, Helder Constantino, Lilas Courtot, Kathrin Herrmann, Ann Lam, Sofia Batista Leite, Janine McCarthy, Brinda Poojary, Kristie Sullivan
49Attitudes towards animal dissection and animal-free alternatives among high school biology teachers in SwitzerlandMiriam A. Zemanova, Silvia Frey
50TPI.tv: A visual platform for animal-free innovationsVictoria C. de Leeuw, Harm J. Heusinkveld, Anne S. Kienhuis
51ReThink3R 2.0 Summer School – Educating the next generation of scientistsAnnemarie Lang, Lisa Grohmann,Katharina Hohlbaum, Philipp Burt, Alexandra Damerau, Marcel Bermudez, Moritz Pfeiffenberger, Laura Behm
52Animal and Tissue Exchange platform (ATEX)Jan van der Valk, Daan Weustenraad, Wim de Leeuw
53Knowledge and Attitude Towards laboratory animals use and 3Rs: A cross-Sectional Study in SudanAhmed Algali, Abednego N. Masai, Fadlalbaseer A. E. Alnoor, Saeed S. A. Ahmed, Ragda A. A. Mohammed, Ali A. Saeed, Banu C. Tel
54Combining antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of drugs in fighting COVID-19 diseaseJana Viskupičová, Petronela Rezbárikova, Marta Šoltesová Prnová, Helena Kandarova, Magdalena Májeková1
55Establishment of a human Synovium-on-a-chip for osteoarthritis disease-modeling using animal-free technologiesEva I. Reihs (YSTA), Reinhard Windhager, Stefan Toegel, Hans P. Kiener, Peter Ertl, Mario Rothbauer
56Single Cell Sequencing To Study IL-1β Induced Changes In Chondrocyte Pellet CulturesSebastian Kurmies (YSTA), Antje Vester, Marta Ferreira-Gomes, Gabriela M. Guerra, Frederik R. Heinrich, Carl C. Götzke, Vikram Sunkara, Pawel Durek, Joel D. Boerckel, Mir-Farzin Mashreghi, Annemarie Lang
57A human in vitro model for airway epithelial injury and regenerationAshesh Chakraborty (EPAA student grantee), Michal Mastalerz, Hannah Marchi, Raphael Meixner, Rudolf A. Hatz, Jürgen Behr, Michael Lindner, Anne Hilgendorff, Claudia A. Staab-Weijnitz
58Human-derived in vitro test systems of inflammatory bowel diseases as an alternative to laboratory animal modelsSpyridon Damigos, Christina Fey, Nicolas Schlegel, Marco Metzger, Daniela Zdzieblo
59Advanced in vitro models to study molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s diseaseZahra Motamed, Carine Gaiser, Laura Suter-Dick
60Cultivation of Human Skin Biopsies for Preclinical Testing on human trabecular meshwork cells.Astrid Wurbs, Katrin S. Wallner, Clemens Kittinger, Georg Singer, Beate Rinner
61Enhanced drug metabolisms of hepatocytes with physiological aerobic respiration enabled by a new oxygen-permeable plate as an alternative culture formatYasuyuki Sakai, Masaki Nishikawa, Hiroyasu Ito, Fumiya Tokito, Mathieu Danoy,
Takumi Kawanishi, Hiroshi Arakawa, Yukio Kato, Tomoaki Matsugi, Jingjing Yang, Katsuhiro Esashika, Toru Sumita
62Vitamins’ B6 and C enhance the huIFN-αn3 induction by the NDV ZG1999HDS or Sendai virusBratko Filipič, Lidija Gradišnik, Adriana Pereyra, Hrvoje Mazija
63Direct Replacement of Secondary Antibodies by AffimersIsobel Gibson
64Neutralising effects of different antibodies on Clostridioides difficile toxins TcdA and TcdB in a translational approachGeorg Csukovich (YSTA), Nina Kramer, Barbara Pratscher, Ivana Gotic, Patricia Freund, Rainer Hahn, Gottfried Himmler, Sabine Brandt, Iwan A Burgener
65High throughput intestinal tissues and on newly fabricated 96-well culture platesZachary Stevens, Paul Kearny, Mitch Klausner, Alex Armento, Marek Puskar, Seyoum Ayehunie
66Human placental villous tissue explants as basis for 14-day toxicity studiesAndré Schmidt, Enora Flache, Astrid Schmidt, Nora Schulz, Maren Klett, Merle-Johanna Küstner, Frank Weise, Jörg Hampl, Gregor Schlingloff, Andreas Schober, Udo R. Markert
67Expression dynamics of pregnane X receptor-controlled genes in 3D primary human hepatocyte spheroidsTomas Smutny, Veronika Bernhauerova, Lucie Smutna, Jurjen Duintjer Tebbens, Petr Pavek
68Implementing microfluidic systems into the 2D and 3D cultures: challenges and benefits of the flowPeter Pôbiš, Helena Kandarova
693D lung-organoid platform for the identification of pharmaceutical compounds targeting senescence and inflammationMichelle Brand, Felix Ritzmann, Deivydas Milasius, Yiwen Yao, Rolf Müller, Robert Bals, Daniela Yildiz, Christoph Beisswenger
70Differentiation of specialized epithelial cells in porcine intestinal organoidsJudith Lehmann, Maren Schenke, Bettina Seeger
71Antibiotics free nanoformulations for treatment of non–healing woundsDavid O. Oluwole, Lucy Coleman, William Buchanan, Tao Chen, James Adams, Roberto M. La Ragione, Lian X. Liu
72Development, efficacy and safeyt of a novel therapeutic protocol against an eperimental models of human malignant melanomaAnestopoulos Ioannis, Paraskevaidis Ioannis, Tragkola Venetia, Kyriakou Sotiris, Panayiotidis Mihalis
73Anti-hyperglycemic, anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of Amachol®, an aqueous amaranth seed extract, using a human small intestinal organotypic culture modelSonia Scarfì, Stefania Vernazza, Serena Mirata, Jan Markus, Silvia Letasiova, Alessia Mattiello, Roberto Premoli, Anna Maria Bassi, Mirko Magnone
74Use of Assay Ready THP-1 derived macrophages to test for pyrogen contaminationAdrian Dittberner, Lukas Focke, Mirta Jacobs, Karen Hinsch
75Evaluation of ocular side effects of systemically adminstered medications using the in vitro reconstructed human corneal epithelial tissue modelYulia Kaluzhny, Mitchell Klausner, Viktor Karetsky, Alex Armento, Marek Puskar
76International Project Train-SafeMDs: Towards the development of an in vitro testing strategy for local tolerance testing of medical devices used in the oral cavityHelena Kandarova, Dagmar Jírová, Winfried Neuhaus, Kristína Kejlová, Markéta Dvořáková, Lada Svobodová, Alena Moulisová, Marian Rucki, Ana Špilak, Peter Pôbiš1
77Evaluation of phototoxic potential and ability to form ROS of selected compounds by using EpiDermTM Phototoxicity testMartina Nalezinkova, Lenka Hudecova, Jan Markus, Silvia Letasiova
78Ex vivo platform for feeding of ticksMatěj Kučera, Tereza Hatalová, David Hartmann, Jan Perner
79A Promising Method for the Determination of Cell Viability: The Membrane Potential Cell Viability AssayEneko Madorran, Andraž Stožer, Zoran Arsov, Uroš Maver, Jan Rožanc

Deadlines for your submissions

  • Submission of oral presentations: June 20th, 2022
  • Submission of posters: June 20th, 2022
  • Delivery of powerpoint presentations of the talks: September 20th, 2022

If you have any questions, please contact the congress office.

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  • Abstracts for oral presentations and posters can be submitted for all topics.
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