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Prof. Dr. med. Horst Spielmann Awarded the 2012 Björn Ekwall Memorial Award
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- Published: 2012-10-12
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Congratulations to Dr. Horst Spielmann for receiving this year's Björn Ekwall Memorial Award. Dr. Spielmann has significantly contributed to the field of in vitro toxicology by developing non-animal tests aimed at reducing the number of animals used in experimentation such as the 3T3 phototoxicity assay and the embryonic stem cell test (EST) for determining embryotoxicity. Dr. Spielmann collaborated with Dr. Björn Ekwall over the course of several years. The Björn Ekwall Memorial Award will be awarded at the ESTIV 2012 meeting where Dr. Spielmann will deliver the Björn Ekwall Memorial Lecture titled Today Björn Ekwall would endorse the concept "Toxicology in the 21st Century".