Publications

Designing a data-based dashboard for decision making in animal farming: Traffic lights vs. Sequential colours

Angela Bearth, Luis Pedro Carmo, Victor Henrique Silva de Oliveira, Carla Correia-Gomes, Annette Boerlage

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture,  1 Jan 2026


Urinary concentrations of di-butyl phthalate isomers and reproductive hormonal parameters in adult men: A systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis

Tiberiu M. Nita, David Vernez, Pascal Wild, Nelly Pitteloud, Nancy B. Hopf

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology,  1 Jan 2026


Proposed key characteristics of neurotoxic chemicals

Lein PJ, Bowman AB, Cao Z, Carson M, Eskenazi B, Fritsche E, Harry GJ, Hartung T, Pessah IN, Slikker W Jr, Zeise L, Smith MT

NeuroToxicology Elsevier,  1 Jan 2026


Developmental neurotoxicity evaluation of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and three alternative plasticizers in human neurospheres

Kühne BA, Klose J, Seeger B, Illa M, Muñoz-Torrero D, Koch K, Fritsche E, Barenys M

Environment International Elsevier,  1 Jan 2026


Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination

Arianna Capucetti, Juliana Falivene, Chiara Pizzichetti, Irene Latino, Luca Mazzucchelli, Vivien Schacht, Urs Hauri , Andrea Raimond, Tommaso Virgilio , Alain Pulfer, Simone Mosole, Llorenç Grau- Roma, Wolfgang Bäumlr, Martin Palus, Louis Renner, Daniel Ruzek, Gabrielle Goldman Levy , Milena Foerster, Kamil Chahine, and Santiago F. Gonzalez

PNAS,  25 Nov 2025


Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms in support of the risk assessment of products used in the food chain

EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson, Ron Hoogenboom, Pikka Jokelainen, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Claude Lambré, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Holger Zorn, Margarita Aguilera Gómez, Stéphane Brétagne, Henrik Christensen, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Lieve Herman, Miguel Prieto-Maradona, Baltasar Mayo, Carmen Peláez, Maria Saarela, José Sánchez Serrano, Laurence Vernis, Andrey Yurkov, Jaime Aguilera, Montserrat Anguita, Nicole Bozzi Cionci, Rosella Brozzi, Sandra Correia, Yolanda García-Cazorla, Frédérique Istace, Elisa Pettenati, Joana Revez, Reinhilde Schoonjans, Piera Valeri, Boet Glandorf

EFSA Journal,  4 Nov 2025


Perfusable 3D human urothelial model for real-time analysis of bacterial infection dynamics and therapeutic interventions

Amanzhol Kurmashev, Isabel Sorg, Julia Boos, Lara Grassi, Benjamin Sellner, Cinzia Fino, Mehmet Ugur Girgin, Antonia Müller, Steffi Klimke, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Andreas Hierlemann, Christoph Dehio

bioRxiv,  1 Nov 2025


Neurotoxicity of propylene glycol butyl ether: Multiomic evidence from human brainspheres

David Lopez-Rodriguez, David Pamies, Julien Boccard, Isabel Meister, Mathieu Galmiche, Tatjana Sajic, Estelle Maret, Noéline Héritier, Massimo Frangiamone, Aurélien Thomas, Nancy B. Hopf, Serge Rudaz, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich

Environment International,  22 Oct 2025


Report on the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) “New Approach Methodology (NAMs) User Forum”, 30 – 31 October 2024, Helsinki, Finland

Mark T.D. Cronin, Sophie Cable, Christian Desaintes, Sylvia E. Escher, Ellen Hessel, Ellen Fritsche, Petra Kern, Gavin Maxwell, Gladys Ouedraogo, Tomasz Sobanski, Matthias Wehr, Andrew White

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology,  1 Oct 2025


Exploring experiences of the regulatory toxicology system: system-level promoters and inhibitors of new approach methodologies

Angela Bearth, Birgit Kopainsky, Lowenna B. Jones, Gunn E. Vist, Trine Husøy, Camilla Svendsen, Paul Whaley, Sebastian Hoffmann, Heather M. Ames, Gisle Solstad, Denise Bloch, Aleksandra Čavoški, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Miles Davenport, Holly G. Davies, Arianna Giusti, Thomas Hartung, Seok Kwon, Olivia J. Osborne, Andrew A. Rooney, Christophe Rousselle, Jennifer B. Sass, Fred A. Wright & Gro H. Mathisen

Archives of Toxicology,  9 Sep 2025