New R&D Projects
The Bank had start up meetings for two new EC FP7 projects which
will help to develop its activity in alternative testing for
toxicology.
The Bank had start up meetings for two new EC FP7 projects which
will help to develop its activity in alternative testing for
toxicology. The first project, ScreenTox, will develop
differentiation protocols and scale up procedures for high
throughput screening using pluripotent stem cell lines. UKSCBs role
will be to bank and supply selected stem cell lines. The second
project called Toxbank will provide a toxicology bank of compounds
and a ‘data warehouse’ that will collate data from partners
in the alternative testing cluster of projects including ScreenTox.
The role of UKSCB in Toxbank will be to set up the cell
lines/protocols elements of the database and compile a qualified
registry of cell suppliers.