Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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We are the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the leading veterinary knowledge centre in the Netherlands. We build bridges between science and society, and provide specialist care in the largest academic veterinary hospital in Europe. We believe in multidisciplinary collaboration with our partners, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Learn what Veterinary Medicine is all about in this 'One-Minute Film'!

• News

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    Debbie Jaarsma appointed Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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    23 March 2021

    The Executive Board of Utrecht University has appointed Professor Debbie Jaarsma to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine as of August 1st , 2021.
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    Organ-on-chip project receives huge grant to make the leap from lab to fab

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    10 March 2021

    NWO Perspective grant of 4.8 million euros for multidisciplinary consortium to develop much-needed universal standard for the pharmaceutical industry.
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    Paw hygiene no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals

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    8 March 2021

    Research by Utrecht University shows that the paws of assistance dogs are cleaner than the shoe soles of their users, and thus, paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals.

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• Events

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  • 21 Apr

    PhD Day 2021 - When Creativity meets Science (Online)

    21 April 2021 from 12:15 to 17:00

    The Graduate School of Life Sciences and the PhD Council present this interactive day of lectures and workshops for all GSLS PhD Candidates.
    
  • 29 - 30 Apr

    Altertox PBPK Modeling and Quantitative In Vitro-In Vivo Extrapolations

    29 April 2021 09:00 to 30 April 2021 18:00

    Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling plays a crucial role in next generation (non-animal) risk evaluations to inform the design of in vitro studies and to convert the data obtained with in vitro models into human dose−response or potency information.
  • 6 - 7 May

    Altertox Skin Sensitization

    6 May 2021 09:00 to 7 May 2021 17:00

    Skin sensitization is a complex systemic process and since several years, methods to replace animal tests have been validated and adopted by the OECD in this regard. These tests can be used as part of a weight-of-evidence or integrated using a Defined Approach (DA) to assess Skin Sensitization.

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