EUSAAT was very happy to grant following three excellent scientists with a best poster award (500€ each) presenting her/his work at the WC13 3Rs World congress 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 31 August – 4 September 2025. The awards were announced by EUSAAT Board member Dipl.-Biol. Kristina Wagner.
o) Joaquin Montilla Rojo, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, “Developing a hPSC-derived teratoma in vitro model for hPSC malignancy assessment”
o) Renata Norbert Costa Nundes, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, “A cytotoxicity assay as an alternative to the murine model for the potency testing of Bothrops jararaca venom and antivenom: An intralaboratory pre-validation study”
o) Donghyeon Kim, University of Seoul, South Korea, “Neurotoxicity assessment of consumer product chemicals using machine learning and C. elegans models”
Responses:
“Thank you very much for the award, I feel very honored!” – Joaquin Montilla Rojo
“Thank you so much for the wonderful news and congratulations! I am truly honored to receive the EUSAAT Best Poster Award. Thank you again for this incredible recognition. I will strive to complete the final stage of validating this method so I can present these results at the next EUSAAT congress.”– Renata Norbert Costa Nundes
“Thank you for selecting my work as the best poster!” – Donghyeon Kim
