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Presentations in Boston on OpenTox, eCheminfo, ToxBank, eNanoMapper

I look forward to the interactions in Boston in coming days dedicated to innovation and particularly to our honouring JC Bradley and open science (which drives and accelerates our progress)!

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2015/08/innovation-from-discovery-to-application.html

OpenTox Association founding

The OpenTox Association has been founding and is initiating its initial working group and meeting activities.

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2015/07/opentox-association-activities.html

OpenTox USA 2015 program open

The OpenTox USA 2015 program and site is open.

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2014/10/opentox-usa-2015.html

OpenTox Euro 2014 to highlight industrial and regulatory advances

The OpenTox Euro 2014 meeting takes place 22 - 24 September in Athens, Greece. The meeting will be co-sponsored by ToxBank and eNanoMapper.

The theme of this year's meeting is industrial and regulatory application of predictive toxicology and includes sessions on read across, integrated testing strategies, systems biology, metabolism, nano safety, data resource management, visualisation and analysis.

The meeting program will include reviewed abstracts for talks and posters and interactive workshop activities and knowledge café discussions.

Information on the meeting including registration, abstract submission, and program and location information can be found at:
http://www.douglasconnect.com/event/opentox-euro-2014

and on the meeting brochure:
https://www.douglasconnect.com/opentoxeuro14_flyer.pdf

Abstracts for consideration for the program should be submitted through the submission form found at:
http://events.douglasconnect.com/?q=abstract-submission-opentox-europe-2014

Please NOTE: Early registration and a reduced rate is open through 31 May.
http://events.douglasconnect.com/?q=content/registration-opentox-euro-2014

On behalf of the OpenTox Euro 2014 Organising Committee,
we look forward to seeing you in Athens,

Dr. Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect) and Assoc. Prof. Haralambos Sarimveis
(National Technical University of Athens)

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On the importance of Toxicology Ontology and Application Development supporting Evidence-based Approaches in Predictive Toxicology

I will discuss the topic of

Toxicology Ontology and Application Development supporting Evidence-based Approaches in Predictive Toxicology, Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect)

14.15 Monday, Room 101c

NIEHS sponsored session on

Advancing Environmental Health Data Sharing and Analysis

Monday 24 March 2014

SOT 2014, Phoenix, USA

Come joind us at the session or afterwards for demos at Douglas Connect Stand 1770 #opentox #sot2014 #opentox #toxbank #toxexpo

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On the Ferryman the approach and experience on the building of a data and analysis architecture based on Open Standards is discussed.

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2013/10/building-a-data-and-analysis-architecture-based-on-open-standards.html

OpenTox USA 2013 program

The OpenTox USA 2013 community meeting on innovative developments and
applications in predictive toxicology will take place in RTP, North Carolina 29 - 30 October. The meeting is being organised as a collaboration between OpenTox and ToxBank.

The preliminary program is available at:
http://www.opentox.org/meet/opentoxusa2013

The meeting provides an opportunity for researchers to learn about best
practices and new applications in data management, modelling and analysis applied for predictive toxicology and risk assessment purposes.

Abstracts for the poster session are being accepted through 31 August.

On behalf of the OpenTox USA 2013 Organising Committee,
we look forward to seeing you in Raleigh-Durham.

Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect)
Scott Auerbach (NIEHS)
Rusty Thomas (Hamner Institutes)
Asish Mohapatra (Health Canada)


OpenTox USA 2013

Hamner Conference Center, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

29 - 30 October

Topics: data management, in silico modelling and application development, integrated data analysis, biokinetics, cheminformatics, bioinformatics, weight of evidence, risk assessment.

Abstract Submission:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opentoxusa2013

Registration:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OpenToxUSA2013

The Ferryman and Spela

Barry is now a lucky, happy and just married man to Spela

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2012/11/a-shared-moment-of-great-happiness.html

Innovation in Predictive Toxicology

We are holding an OpenTox InterAction Meeting, in Munich, Germany (10-12 August 2011 on Innovation in Predictive Toxicology.

Further information including a preliminary list of speakers and topics, and links to abstract submission and registration forms is located at:
http://www.opentox.org/meet/opentox2011

Abstract submissions should be completed by 30 April for consideration for the conference program and bursary awards. Poster abstracts will continue to be accepted through 30 June, to be eligible for meeting-based review and innovation merit awards.

Registration should be completed using the form located at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/opentox2011

Registration involves no fee, but please note that places are limited to 100 participants, and we will have to close registration once our confirmed invitation and acceptance list is full.

A pre-conference OpenTox workshop on new developments in methods, REACH-relevant models and applications will be held 9 August.

Collaborative development of predictive toxicology applications

The following initial paper on OpenTox has now been published and is available in preliminary form:

Collaborative development of predictive toxicology applications
Barry Hardy, Nicki Douglas, Christoph Helma, Micha Rautenberg, Nina Jeliazkova, Vedrin Jeliazkov, Ivelina Nikolova, Romualdo Benigni, Olga Tcheremenskaia, Stefan Kramer, Tobias Girschick, Fabian Buchwald, Joerg Wicker, Andreas Karwath, Martin Gutlein, Andreas Maunz, Haralambos Sarimveis, Georgia Melagraki, Antreas Afantitis, Pantelis Sopasakis, David Gallagher, Vladimir Poroikov, Dmitry Filimonov, Alexey Zakharov, Alexey Lagunin, Tatyana Gloriozova, Sergey Novikov, Natalia Skvortsova, Dmitry Druzhilovsky, Sunil Chawla, Indira Ghosh, Surajit Ray, Hitesh Patel and Sylvia Escher
Journal of Cheminformatics 2010, 2:7 (31 August 2010)
http://www.jcheminf.com/content/2/1/7

Please feel free to circulate in the community and to your contacts who might be interested. Thanks!

And a special thanks to all who have contributed to advancing this work, including our advisors, and growing community of friends, interactions and partners!

Barry