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Dr. Georg Brown presented his work on effect-based biomonitoring at the “Global Exposome Summit” in Sitges, Spain. He demonstrated that exposome work shown go beyond merely identifying chemicals by including consideration of their effect and how they act together in mixtures.

Global Exposome Summit Georg 2026 Global Exposome Summit

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Elena Hommel receives award for best master's thesis at SETAC GLB
At this year's SETAC GLB annual conference, Elena Hommel was awarded the prize for best master's thesis.
The title of her thesis is:
‘How polluted is the Elbe? – Tracking mixtures of organic micropollutants with bioassays from source to the North Sea’

The prize is sponsored by the Chemical Industry Fund (FCI) of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).
Congratulations, Elena!

Prize SETAC GLB Elena Hommel

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Since 18 August 2025 Luise Henneberger has joined the Inaugural Early Career Board for "Chemical Research
in Toxicology” to work alongside the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal.

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Congratulations to Georg Braun for defending his PhD thesis with a publication in SCIENCE on the additive effects on chemicals in human blood (link)

Final Theses

We are now offering experimental theses again.
If you are interested in writing your Bachelor or Master Thesis at the department of Cell Toxicology you can contact Beate Escher or you can express your interest by clicking here.

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