Mieke Van Mulders
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Mieke Van Mulders
@miekevanmulders.bsky.social
💻 Project management at Sciensano 👩‍🔬 Scientist for the RE-Place Platform 📢 Promoting the use and development of NAMs - New Approach Methodologies ✔ Non-animal testing methods 🔬 3Rs 🐭

www.RE-Place.be
New from #BelTox: A behind-the-scenes look at Umicore’s recycling plant! 🚌🧪

📍 Umicore, Hoboken
🗓️ 5 March, 13:00
✅ Bus tour, #toxicological insights & networking
👥 Limited to 50 spots
⏳ Deadline: 19 Feb

Sign up here: beltox.be/beltox-netwo...
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Call for #NAMs experts in #Belgium! 🇧🇪🔬

We are looking for local #scientists to present their #innovative work in our upcoming #educational #webinars!

Make sure your method is in the RE-Place database and get in touch before the Jan 31st deadline! ⏳

📧 Contact [email protected]

#Science #3Rs
Call for Expertise: Present your work during our #Educational #Webinars

👉 Eligibility: Open to all scientists
✔️working on NAMs
✔️in Belgium
✔️having their method(s) included in the RE-Place database

👉 How to apply?
➡️Submit your method to the database now and contact us
📅 Deadline: 31 January 2026
January 22, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Mieke Van Mulders
Upcoming Webinar Series on Advancing Human-Relevant Research from the Global Education Hub for animal-free innovation 🤩

▶️ 09/03: Successful Transition to NAMs: What, Why, How
▶️ 23/03: Student Journeys
▶️ 20/04: Designing an Animal-Free Solution
▶️ 05/05: Networking with Companies and Supervisors
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Reposted by Mieke Van Mulders
@gmrc.bsky.social has published its rearing manual online: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...

Reviewed by the NC3Rs and other external experts, this resource supports consistent, reliable and reproducible insect husbandry and empowers institutions to adopt wax moth larvae as a partial replacement model.
Galleria mellonella rearing manual
Developed by the Galleria Mellonella Research Centre at the University of Exeter, to support consistent, reliable and reproducible insect husbandry.
nc3rs.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Looking to grow in #Toxicology? 🧪

Join #BelTox for exclusive networking, scientific discounts, and job alerts. From PhDs to industry leaders, we are shaping the field together 🤝

🎁 Master students join for FREE!

Details: beltox.be/home/become-...
January 19, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Happy 2026 from BelTox! 🎉

Join the Belgian #Toxicology & #Ecotoxicology community! 🧪

✅ Expert networking ✅ Meeting discounts ✅ Masters students join FREE! 🎁

Advance your career and help shape the field. 🚀

🔗 Join us: lnkd.in/eZJexs6A #BelTox #Science
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Looking to grow in #Toxicology? 🧪

A #BelTox membership offers:
✅ Reduced fees for meetings/workshops
✅ Automatic @EUROTOX membership
✅ Access to job alerts & member portal

Fees: €70 EU / €90 non-EU
Masters students join for FREE! 🎓✨

Join us now: beltox.be/home/become-...
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🤩 What an incredible #BelTox & #BEMS Annual Meeting we had last week! Focusing on "Unmasking #Microplastics" we broke records with 140 participants & 52 abstracts 🤩

A huge thanks to all attendees, our 8 insightful speakers, the Organizing Committee, Sciensano RHIA team & our #Sponsors 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 LAST CHANCE! The #NAMii #WebinarSeries - Session 3 is TOMORROW, Dec 11th! 🗓️

Don't miss the deep dive into #NAMNavigator and #RE-Place

Time is running out to secure your spot!

Register now:
🔗 bit.ly/46DgHd9

@re-placedatabase.bsky.social #NAMs #3Rs
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Reposted by Mieke Van Mulders
Last talks of our online seminar on Dec. 11th:

Julia Dietrich: "Ethical Justification of Animal Experimentation"

Robert Landsiedel: "Advancing toxicological testing in chemical industry: What works, what hinders, and what’s next"

bit.ly/48bBmEJ
#Replace #Reduce #Refine #AnimalResearch #Ethics
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Last week, Sciensano hosted the 1st BE #PARERE Workshop!

#Regulators and #industry experts tackled challenges and opportunities for adopting #NAMs in #Chemicals, #Cosmetics & #Pharmaceuticals 💊

Key message: #Collaboration is critical to accelerate NAM uptake! 🤝

#3Rs
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🚨 #Abstract Deadline Extended!

Submit your abstract for the #BelTox & #BEMS Annual Meeting 2025

Early Career: Compete in the YSC Oral Session
All Welcome: Submit for the Poster Session

Topic: ANY #Toxicology / #Ecotoxicology research

🔗 Details & Submission: beltox.be/beltox-bems-...
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
📢Call for abstracts in #toxicology and #ecotoxicology

Join the #BelTox #BEMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 on 'Unmasking #Microplastics: Impacts, Challenges, & Implications' 🧪

🗓️ Join us Dec 4th in Brussels

Submit & Register: beltox.be/beltox-bems-...
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Last chance to join our #Webinar on #MPS 😍

🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip #cancer under radiotherapy 👩‍🔬

16 October, 4-5 PM CEST 🗓️

sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Last days to register for the joint #BelTox #Ecotox Course at #LIST

Learn how to assess and interpret #environmental #risks with a practical course that covers essential #lab #techniques with #Daphnia magna👨‍🔬

📅 27–30/10/2025
📍LIST, Belvaux, Luxembourg

beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
You can still join our next #Webinar on #MPS😍

🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip

👩‍🔬Tumoroid to model rectal #cancer under radiotherapy

🗓️16 October, 4-5 PM CEST

sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
October 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Reposted by Mieke Van Mulders
Join our next Webinar on #MPS Systems 😍

🦠Unraveling #hepatitis E virus replication in the gut using human intestinal #enteroids and a #gut-on-chip

🔬 Patient derived #tumoroid to model rectal #cancer under radiotherapy

📅 16 October, 4-5 PM CEST

sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Representing @sciensano.be at #Eurotox2025 in Greece!

🔬Seppe Segers and I presented our posters on the Belgian #RE-Place platform and an #invitro study on cell phones and cancer📱

A fantastic conference for learning about emerging technologies in #toxicology💡

#Research #3Rs
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The first day of #EUROTOX2025 in #Athens has officially kicked off✨

We started with the #EUROTOX #Strategy Meeting, where national #Toxicology societies had discussions on how to improve communication and engagement with our (local) target audiences 💡

Looking forward to the next days!
September 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Want to dive into the world of #ecotoxicology ?🧪

Register for the #BelTox #LIST hands-on training from October 27-30 in Luxembourg, limited spots available ✨

You will learn:
Environmental risks 🌳
Lab work with Daphnia magna 🔬
Environmental chemistry & risk assessment ⚖️

beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Join our next Educational #Webinar on #MPS in October 👇
Happy to announce our new Educational #Webinar on "Modeling Human Diseases In #Vitro using Advanced #Microphysiological Systems" 🤩

📅 16 October, 4 to 5 pm
🔗 Online via Webex: sciensano.webex.com/weblink/regi...
September 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Reposted by Mieke Van Mulders
We're at the #WC13 on #Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Rio! 🤩

Come chat with us about #RE-Place and how it can help you find alternatives to animal testing at poster #300 ✨

You can also find us at poster #299 to talk about how #AOP-based #IATAs can stimulate the use of #NAMs 🧪
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 Register now for the #Ecotox hands-on training by #BelTox & #LIST from October 27-30 in Luxembourg 👩‍🔬

✔ Assess and interpret #environmental risks
✔ Lab techniques with #Daphnia magna
✔ Environmental #chemistry
#risk #assessment

beltox.be/ecotoxicolog...
September 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Calling all experts in #NAMs

🔬Join the #EU #COST Action #IMPROVE consortium and help us advance the #3Rs across Europe

Become part of our private expert pool for collaboration and consultation opportunities 🤝

Ready to make an impact? Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Survey - NAM expert pool Database
The EU COST Action IMPROVE consortium aims to promote the development, validation, and uptake of 3Rs (Replace, Reduce and Refine) methods in Europe. IMPROVE represents a network of stakeholders, among...
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August 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
On the last day of the #MPS Summit in #Brussels, our chair Prof. Steven Van Cruchten presented the #BelTox Best Poster #Award to Elia Pennati, a PhD student from Politecnico di Milano for his work 'A mechanically active biomimetic bone marrow-on-chip as in vitro model of the bone marrow niches' 🏆
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM