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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!

Team News

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.

Hot Papers

We congratulate Elena Hommel for the ACS Environmental Au cover page in July and for her great paper on „Following the Mixtures of Organic Micropollutants with In Vitro Bioassays in a Large Lowland River from Source to Sea."

July Cover ACS Environmental AU

Hot Papers

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.