Publications

Prioritizing chemicals for developmental neurotoxicity by integrating data from a new approach methods (NAMs) battery covering key cellular events in neurodevelopment.

Hall LA, Hsieh JH, Marvel SW, Behl M, Fritsche E, Koch K, Kreutz A, Leist M, Muriana A, Shafer TJ, Stanko JP, Sills RC, Hogberg HT, McPherson CA.

Neurotoxicology,  5 Jun 2026


Roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

European Commission,  1 Jun 2026


Bridging AI Advancements with Risk Assessment Needs: A Journey Towards Effective Use and Regulatory Acceptance

Kolesnyk S. , De Paula Souza J., Bearth A., Aicher L., Wilks M.F., Mosig A., Fritsche E.

Toxicology,  1 Jun 2026


ToxCastLite: A portable semantic evidence graph linking in vitro bioactivity, in vivo toxicity, and exposure-use context

Arif Dönmez, Oleksiy Nosov, Kristina Heck, Axel Mosig, Ellen Fritsche, Katharina Koch

bioRxiv,  19 May 2026


Oversmoothing as Representation Degeneracy in Neural Sheaf Diffusion

Arif Dönmez, Axel Mosig, Ellen Fritsche, Katharina Koch

arXiv preprint,  11 May 2026


Cannabis consumption is associated with altered steroid metabolism in young men

Mathieu, Galmiche M.; Meister, I.; Zufferey F., Rossier, M.F.; Rahban, R.; Senn, A.; Nef, S.; Boccard, J.; Rudaz, S.

A Nature Portfolio journal,  16 Apr 2026


Report on the 5th and 6th Mystery of Reactive Oxygen Species Conferences

Shihori Tanabe, Danielle Beaton, Richard A. Becker, Vinita Chauhan, Judy Choi, Eugene Choi, Alexander Cole, Marcus S. Cooke, Lucia Coppola, Maranda Esterhuizen, Julija Filipovska, Rex FitzGerald, Ellen Fritsche, Timothy W. Gant, Kalyan Gayen, Negin Hajizadeh, Nobuyuki Hamada, Virginia K. Hench, Osama Huzain, Travis Karschnik, Ioanna Katsiadaki, Young-Jun Kim, Cinzia La Rocca, Angela Mally, Elma Omeragic, Gladys Ouédraogo, Natalia Reyero, Alexandra Schaffert, You Song, Iva Sovadinova, Reyna Tao, Masaaki Tsukano, Dan Villeneuve, Ulla Vogel, Carole L. Yauk

Altex,  14 Apr 2026


Functional Mapping of Neurodevelopmental Disease Pathways to Key Neurodevelopmental Processes Represented in the Developmental Neurotoxicity In Vitro Testing Battery

Eliska Kuchovska, Kristina Bartmann, Georgea Raad, Mats Schade, Luiz Ladeira, Arif Dönmez, Jördis Klose, Nicolai Görts, Denis Polozij, Lynn-Christin Saborowski, Farina Bendt, Bernard Staumont, Liesbet Geris, Katharina Koch, Ellen Fritsche

Advanced Science Wiley,  14 Apr 2026


Early-Stage Quality – Late-Stage Confidence: Neural Induction Quality Control as a Key to Reproducible MEA-based Neurotoxicity Assays

Ilka Scharkin, Jochen Dobner, Nadine Pierchala, Kristina Bartmann, Ulrike Hübenthal, Farina Bendt, Gabriele Brockerhoff, Andrea Rossi, Ellen Fritsche, Julia Tigges, Katharina Koch

NeuroToxicology,  20 Mar 2026


Risk communication on avian flu biosecurity: social research, audience segmentation, and communication strategy for an EU awareness‐raising campaign

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anthony I. M. Smith, Angela Bearth, Mario Mazzocchi, Tom Jansen, Wim Verbeke, Francesca Avanzini, Alessandro Broglia, Joana Isabel Sousa Lourenco, Giorgia Zamariola, James Ramsay

EFSA Supporting Publications,  10 Mar 2026