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Embryonic Stem cell-based Novel Alternative Testing Strategies

Objective

"ESNATS aims at developing a novel toxicity test platform based on embryonic stem cells (ESC), especially human ESC (hESC), to accelerate drug development, reduce R&D costs and propose a powerful alternative to animal tests (3 Rs). ESNATS will address current drug-testing shortcomings: - testing takes place late in the development cycle - animal test systems bear the risk of non-prediction due to inter-species variation - non-ESC assays rely on primary cells or cells of malignant origin that are hard-to-standardise and limited in regard to quantity, homogeneity and genetic diversity - existing assay systems based on primary animal cell lines do not reliably represent the physiological situation ESNATS will develop a battery of toxicity tests using hESC lines subjected to different standardised culture protocols. Tests will cover embryoid bodies in different developmental stages and differentiated derivatives including gamete and neuronal lineages, complemented with test systems for hepatic metabolism. Predictive toxicogenomics and proteomics markers will be identified. The individual tests will be integrated into an ""all-in-one"" test system. To enable future industrial use ESNATS will prepare automating and scaling up of hESC culture. The predictivity, quality and reproducibility of ESNATS will be evaluated in a proof of concept study. ESNATS benefits are to increase safety due to better predictivity of human test systems, to reduce, refine and replace animal tests, to lower testing cost, and to support medium/high throughput testing. ESNATS objectives will be achieved in a 5 year multi-disciplinary collaboration of leading European researchers in alternative testing, toxicology, ESC research, genomics, modelling, and automation. The consortium will also include representatives from regulatory bodies, the pharmaceutical industry and ethical advisors to provide guidance to ensure rapid applicability of the developed tests systems."

Call for proposal

FP7-HEALTH-2007-A
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KLINIKUM DER UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN
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Kerpener Strasse 62
50937 Koeln
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Jutta Landvogt (Ms.)
EU contribution
€ 2 825 955,59

Participants (32)

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Belgium
EU contribution
€ 604 973
Address
Rue De La Loi 200
1049 Brussels

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Raymond Crandon (Dr.)
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

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United Kingdom
EU contribution
€ 261 783,16
Address
Kings Gate
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Administrative Contact
Amanda Gregory (Dr.)
UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Switzerland
EU contribution
€ 1 162 283
Address
Rue Du General Dufour 24
1211 Geneve

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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Pierre Spierer (Prof.)
FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FUR ARBEITSPHYSIOLOGIE UND ARBEITSSCHUTZ EV
Germany
EU contribution
€ 1 056 023,75
Address
Ardeystrasse 67
44139 Dortmund

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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Michael Paul (Mr.)
EUROPEAN CONSENSUS PLATFORM ON 3R-ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION
Belgium
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€ 22 760
Address
Paul Deschanel Laan 36-38
1030 Brussel

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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Bernward Garthoff (Dr.)
THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED
United Kingdom
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€ 172 800
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York Way
SG8 5WY Royston

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Alex Knell (Mr.)
OU QURETEC
Estonia
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€ 501 400
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Ulikooli 6a
51003 Tartu

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Jaak Vilo (Dr.)
PROTEOSYS AG
Germany
EU contribution
€ 83 757
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Carl Zeissstrasse 51
55129 Mainz

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Bernd Matuschek (Mr.)
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE

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Belgium
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€ 50 455,70
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Place Du 20 Aout 7
4000 Liege
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Isabelle Halleux (Dr.)
CONSORZIO PER L'INCREMENTO ZOOTECNICO SRL

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Italy
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€ 69 920
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Via Maremmana 17 A/c
56024 San Miniato
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Gerardo Marigliano (Dr.)
Takara Bio Europe AB
Sweden
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€ 485 595
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Arvid Wallgrens Backe
413 46 Göteborg

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Jenny Goodwin (Ms.)
CELL CURE NEUROSCIENCES LTD
Israel
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€ 176 400
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Kiryat Hadassah Main Building Sixth
91121 Jerusalem

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Charles Irving (Dr.)
UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ
Germany
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€ 892 173
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Universitatsstrasse 10
78464 Konstanz

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Margit Mosbacher (Ms.)
HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY HPA
United Kingdom
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€ 41 483,67
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Buckingham Palace Road 151
SW1W 9SZ London

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Victor Knight (Mr.)
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Netherlands
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€ 330 075
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Anna Van Buerenplein 1
2595 DA Den Haag

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John Hoebe (Dr.)
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
United Kingdom
EU contribution
€ 743 670
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Old College, South Bridge
EH8 9YL Edinburgh

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Angela Noble (Ms.)
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
Belgium
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€ 636 294
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Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussel

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Martina Follet (Ms.)
KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN

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Germany
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€ 103 439,25
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Ismaninger Strasse 22
81675 Muenchen
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Inge Linder (Ms.)
ARTTIC
France
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€ 712 035
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39 Rue Des Mathurins
75008 Paris

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Eric Papon (Dr.)
THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

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United Kingdom
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€ 1 974,54
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Brunswick Square 29-39
WC1N 1AX London
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Maureen Boylan (Ms.)
N.V. ORGANON

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Netherlands
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Kloosterstraat 6
5349 AB Oss
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Thuijs De Boer (Dr.)
LAKEMEDELSVERKET
Sweden
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Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 42
75103 Uppsala

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Ira Palminger Hallén (Dr.)
H. LUNDBECK AS
Denmark
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Ottiliavej 7-9
2500 Valby

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Nina Ostenfeldt (Dr.)
IN VITRO TESTING INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM
Spain
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Avenida De La Industria 52
28760 Tres Cantos Madrid

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Joan-Albert Vericat (Dr.)
BUNDESINSTITUT FUER RISIKOBEWERTUNG
Germany
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Max Dohrn Strasse 8-10
10589 Berlin

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Karin Schlesier (Dr.)
EDINETHICS LIMITED
United Kingdom
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€ 36 000
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1 Peinsoraig, Uig View Hill
IV51 9YD Isle Of Skye

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Donald Malcolm Bruce (Dr.)
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER
Germany
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€ 222 695
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Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover

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Ludwig Hothorn (Prof.)
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
Switzerland
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Grenzacherstrasse 124
4070 Basel

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Nicole Clemann (Dr.)
AVANTEA srl
Italy
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€ 397 328,80
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Via Cabrini 12
26100 Cremona

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Cesare Galli (Prof.)
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
United Kingdom
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€ 148 025,46
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Kingston Lane
UB8 3PH Uxbridge

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Teresa Waller (Ms.)
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN
Germany
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€ 46 560,75
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Geschwister-scholl-platz
72074 Tuebingen

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Andreas Nuessler (Prof.)
Department of Health
United Kingdom
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€ 109 716,33
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Quarry House, Quarry Hill
LS2 7UE Leeds

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Administrative Contact
Amanda King (Ms.)