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Inventory of the Spanish Institutions and Scientists Involved in Alternatives to the use of Laboratory Animals (Refinement, Reduction or Replacement)+Inventory: 11. Spanish Activities Related to Alternatives
To review the increasing interest and activities developed in Spain in relation to alternatives in the last decade, we have included information, taken and completed from (REMA, 1998), on some of the most relevant examples.
Table 6. Some scientific activities organized in Spain during last decade
| DENOMINATION | PLACE, DATE | ORGANIZED BY |
| Course on culture of animal cells | Valencia, annual from 1974 | Dr Javier Cervera, Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas |
| Intensive Course on General Toxicology | Sevilla, annual
1980-1992 |
Dr Manuel Repetto, Instituto Nacional de Toxicología |
| Course Molecular basis of Clinical Toxicology | Valencia, 1992, 1994 and 1996 | Dr J Vicente Castell, Faculty of Medicine |
| 1st Working Days on the Validation of in vitro alternative models | Valencia, 1992 | Drs Alberto Giráldez, J Vicente Castell and Mª Carmen Fernández Criado |
| Course Cellular Models for the study in vitro of the toxicity of pharmaceuticals | Barcelona, 1992 | Faculty of Medicine UAB and CID (CSIC) |
| Course on Cellular Biology and Environmental Toxicology | Bilbao, 1994 and 1996 | Department of Cellular Biology, University of the Basque Country |
| 2nd Working Days on the Validation of in vitro Alternative models in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry | Peñíscola, 1994 | Drs Bort, Castell, Donato, Fernández Criado, Gomez Lechón, Guillén, Herrero, Ponsoda and Testar, for the Hospital Universitari la Fe, SECAL and GEFTIV |
| Workshop on Ecotoxicity tests | Valdeolmos, 1994 | Drs J V Tarazona and E de la Peña , for AET |
| 1 Working days about Alternative Toxicological Methods in the Evaluation of Industrial Products | Parque Industrial de Zamudio, Bilbao, 1994 | Gaiker |
| Theoretical and Practical Course on Cell culture, Master in R&D of Pharmaceuticals | Pamplona, 1994-1998 | Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Navarra |
| ICLAS/CSIC Working Group on Complementary Methods | Talavera de la Reina, 1995 | Dr Eduardo de la Peña for the ICLAS/CSIC-WGCM |
| 1st Meeting and formal constitution of GTEMA | Tenerife, 1995 | Dr Guillermo Repetto for the GTEMA |
| Course In vitro Pharmaco-Toxicology: the use of cellular models on the evaluation of xenobiotics | Barcelona, Valencia, 1995 | Dr Xavier Testar for the University of Barcelona |
| Session on Alternative Methods, 3rd Latin American Congress of Toxicology | Tenerife, 1995 | Dr Guillermo Repetto for the GTEMA |
| 2nd Working day on Alternative Toxicological Methods in the Evaluation of industrial chemicals | Parque Industrial de Zamudio, Bilbao, 1996 | Gaiker |
| Course on Cellular and genetic toxicology | 1996, 7, 9 Valencia | Drs Manuel Blanco and Consuelo Guerri, Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas |
| Workshop on the use of in vitro cellular models for the investigation of molecular mechanisms of toxicity action, EUROTOX-96, chaired by Drs MJ Gómez Lechón and G Repetto | Alicante, 1996 | Dr Eugenio Vilanova for the AET, with the collaboration of GTEMA |
| Seminar Advances in the Application of in vitro Alternative Methods to the Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Chemicals | SmithKline Beecham,
Tres Cantos, 1997 |
Drs Eduardo de la Peña and Guillermo Repetto for the GTEMA |
| Theoretical and Practical Course on Tissue Culture. Application on Pharmacotoxicological, Diagnostical and Therapeutical studies | Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, 1997 | Drs Adela Mazo and Anna M Gómez Foix for the Spanish Branch of ETCS |
| International Seminar "The use of animals in Research: Ethical implications" | University Complutense of Madrid, 1997 | Dr Juán Carlos Illera, with the collaboration of ICLAS-WGC and GTEMA |
| 1st Meeting of European Representatives from the National Centres on Alternatives | ECVAM, Ispra, Italy, July 1997, | Dr Julia Fentem, ECVAM. Participation of G Repetto as representant of GTEMA |
| Round Table "Alternative methods in Basic and Applied Research" XII Spanish Congress of Toxicology | Zaragoza, 1997 | Dr Guillermo Repetto for the GTEMA |
| 2nd Meeting of GTEMA | Zaragoza, 1997 | Dr Guillermo Repetto for the GTEMA |
| Meeting for the Development and Coordination with ECVAM of the Spanish groups interested in Alternative Methods | Glaxo Wellcome, Madrid, 1997 | Drs de la Peña, Repetto and Gómez Lechón, for the ICLAS/CSIC-WGCM and GTEMA. |
| 7th International Congress of the European Association for veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology | Madrid, 1997 | Dr Arturo Anadón for the AET |
| Workshop Alternative Methods for the evaluation of ecotoxicity. II Iberian Congress of Contamination and Environmental Toxicology | Leioa, Vizcaya, 1998 | Dr de la Peña for the ICLAS-WGCM |
| Course on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology | Internat. University Andalucia, Baeza, 1998 | Dr Manuel Repetto, Instituto Nacional de Toxicología |
| 1st International Meeting on Alternative Techniques to Animal Experimentation | Barcelona, 1999 | Asociación Defensa Derechos del Animal, EuroNICHE, Col. Vet. and GTEMA |
Please, see recent information at GTEMA web site (Documentos).
Fuente / Source: Guillermo Repetto, Ana del Peso, Manuel Salguero, Manuel Repetto (1999) Inventory of the Spanish Institutions and Scientists Involved in Alternatives to the use of Laboratory Animals (Refinement, Reduction or Replacement) Revista de Toxicología 16: 50-127.
