'In Vitro Toxicity Assay Design and Hit Profiling' Instructional Live Webcast to Be Held December 8, 2004.LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- A virtual seminar on "In Vitro in vitro /in vi·tro/ (in ve´tro) [L.] within a glass; observable in a test tube; in an artificial environment. in vi·tro adj. In an artificial environment outside a living organism. Toxicity Assay Design and Hit Profiling," presented by Genetic Engineering News (www.GENseminars.com) will take place on December 8, 2004, at 12 pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . This live webcast will provide instructional guidance on the design of effective toxicology programs for large-scale screening and compound development, to best capitalize on in vitro toxicology In vitro toxicology is the scientific analysis of the effects of toxic chemical substances on cultured bacteria or mammalian cells. In vitro (literally 'in glass') testing methods are employed primarily to identify potentially hazardous chemicals and/or to confirm biodata. Presenting will be Jeffrey R. Haskins, Ph.D., vice president of technology and product development at Cellomics. David Monteith mon·teith n. A large punch bowl having a notched rim on which cups can be hung. [Possibly after Monteith (Monteigh), an eccentric 17th-century Scotsman who wore a cloak scalloped at the hem.] , Ph.D., principal research scientist for toxicology and drug disposition at Eli Lilly & Co., will moderate the event. This 90-minute virtual seminar will cover: key physiological postmortem postmortem /post·mor·tem/ (post-mort´im) performed or occurring after death. post·mor·tem adj. Relating to or occurring during the period after death. n. See autopsy. cytotoxicity indicators for toxicity assay design, live-cell detection techniques to elucidate cell-death events, design of fixed-end-point assays for large-scale screening, kinetic profiling of toxicity-assay hits, and automated assay platforms for monitoring micronucleus micronucleus /mi·cro·nu·cle·us/ (-noo´kle-us) 1. in ciliate protozoa, the smaller of two types of nucleus in each cell, which functions in sexual reproduction; cf. macronucleus. 2. a small nucleus. formation (a hallmark of genetic toxicity). "Toxicity assays are crucial in the path to successful drug discovery and development," says John Sterling, editor-in-chief of Genetic Engineering News. "This seminar will discuss techniques that demonstrate how researchers can obtain useful and accurate toxicological data from in vitro assays." Registrations for "In Vitro Toxicity Assay Design and Hit Profiling" are limited to ensure interactive participation. Ample time is allotted for extensive Q&A, with worldwide participation. To register online and for further information, visit www.GENseminars.com. Genetic Engineering News (www.genengnews.com), the most widely read publication in the biotechnology industry is published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a privately held, integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in cutting-edge areas of bioscience, medicine, law, and business. |
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