Genetic Toxicology in Chemical Safety Assessment

Gain essential knowledge of genetic toxicology across sectors including chemicals, plant protection products, biocides, cosmetics, food and feed. This virtual intensive session covers assay conduct, data generation and evaluation, regulatory genotoxicity tests, DNA damage, repair and in vivo approaches.

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Overview

This training is aiming to give you the basic knowledge on genetic toxicology across different sectors – including industrial chemicals, plant protection products, biocides, cosmetics, and food and feed, with an overview of assay conduct, data generation and evaluation. This will be delivered virtually in a compact format of an intensive morning and afternoon session with the opportunity to ask questions.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn all about regulatory approved genotoxicity tests and their interpretation across sectors
  • Learn the relevance of historical control data
  • Learn different types of DNA damage and get an overview on DNA repair
  • Learn about gene mutation and chromosomal damage, data generation and evaluation
  • Learn how to use in vivo mammalian genotoxicity follow-on approaches

Who should attend this training?

Professionals in the fields of:

  • Toxicology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Exposure assessment
  • Risk assessment
  • Registration
  • Regulatory & government affairs
  • Monitoring & computer modelling

Sectors that should take part:

  • Agrochemical industry
  • Biocide industry
  • Chemical industry
  • Cosmetic industry
  • Food and feed industry
  • Consultancies
  • Professional associations

Programme

PLEASE NOTE: The indicated times refer to Central European Summer Time CEST.

For further time zones, please view here.



Friday, 8 May 2026


Morning Session | 09:30 – 11:45 | CEST
Welcome address and introduction
Overview of genotoxic damage and data generation
  • Types of DNA damage and an overview of DNA repair
  • Overview of the regulatory approved genotoxicity tests available across regulatory frameworks (REACH, BPR, PPP, Cosmetics, Food/Feed)
  • Relevance of historical control data to aid assay acceptability and data interpretation
Relevance of historical control data to aid assay acceptability and data interpretation
  • Bacterial (reverse) gene mutation assay overview and data interpretation
  • Mammalian (forward [tk / hprt]) gene mutation assay overview and data interpretation


Afternoon Session | 12:45 – 14:45 | CEST
In vitro mammalian structural and numerical chromosomal damage, data generation and evaluation
  • Mammalian micronucleus assay overview and data interpretation
  • Why the mammalian chromosomal aberration assay does not address aneugenicity
In vivo mammalian genotoxicity follow-on approaches
  • Rodent bone marrow micronucleus assay overview and data interpretation
  • Rodent comet and transgenic assay overview and data interpretation, and which one to use
Questions and answers
End of the training

Speakers

Name

Company

Bowen

Damian Bowen

ERM, UK

Damian Bowen, is the Technical Director of Toxicology at ERM in Harrogate, United Kingdom, within the ERM Crop Protection/Product Stewardship Team with more than 25 year experience in the field of mammalian toxicology. This includes time spent study directing a wide variety of genetic toxicology assay endpoints. He has numerous conference posters and written about refinement, reduction and replacement of existing genotoxic animals models. Since 2010 he joined the regulatory affairs arena, covering Crop Protection, Biocides and REACH, sitting across projects to provide genotoxicological expertise, testing strategies and advice.

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Venue

Online Training
This training is going to be held online.
You can reach us directly at:
Phone : +49 231 75896-50
Email: info@akademie-fresenius.de
www.akademie-fresenius.de

Prices & Services

Participation Fee: € 645.00 plus VAT.

The registration fee includes the following benefits:

  • Participation in the Online Event
  • Certificate of participation
  • Training documentation (available after the training via download from our website)

Representatives of an authority or a public university are therefore eligible for a reduced fee of € 495.00 plus VAT per person (please provide evidence). The reduced fee cannot be combined with other rebates.

Group Reductions
For joint bookings received from one company we grant a 15% discount from the third participant onwards.

Terms of Cancellation / Book without Risk
You can cancel your participation in our online events free of charge and without giving reasons in writing up to 1 week before the start of the event. In the case of later cancellations and non-login to the online event, no participation fees can be refunded.
In this case, however, you will receive access to the documentation after the event.
You can name a substitute participant free of charge at any time.

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Alexandra Schardt

Your Contact

Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de

Alexandra Schardt

Your Contact

Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de

Display / Supplement

Present your Company at the Event.

You can personally present your products and services directly to your specified target group. We are happy to provide you with further information on our range of available options – from displaying company information at the reception counter to presenting your company with an exhibition stand.

We would be pleased to assist you personally:

Monika Stratmann

Monika Stratmann
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de

Press Contact

We offer journalists and editors a platform where they can get in touch with the experts.

If you are the editor of a specialist publication and interested in a press pass or media partnership, please contact us well in advance. We are happy to advise you.


Please contact us:

Katharina Geraridis

Katharina Geraridis
Phone: +49 231 75896-67
presse@akademie-fresenius.de

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