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XtalPi and Edelweiss Connect Join Forces for AI-Enhanced Safety Evaluation of Skincare Products

Today, XtalPi, a pioneering technology platform powered by (AI) and robotics; and Edelweiss Connect (EwC), focusing on next-generation product design and risk assessment solutions, announced a strategic partnership. 

ACCORDS Projects arranged its Kickoff Meeting in Ljubljana

On January 31st and February 1st members from the whole consortium had the first meeting of the project at the University of Ljubljana.

Data analysis and visualization

Reliable analysis and consumption of data should be based on a foundation of sound data preparation, well-prepared metadata, data processing protocols, and reliable exposure of data through interfaces to end-user applications for data analysis, risk, and safety assessment.

Case Studies in Skin Sensitization Assessment using OECD Guidance

Skin sensitization assessments for chemicals, cosmetics, and many pharmaceuticals are required by regulatory bodies for hazard assessment and approval.

Edelweiss Connect awarded as key innovator by the EU Innovation Radar

We are proud to announce Edelweiss Connect has been selected as one of the key innovators for the ACEnano projec

Provision of HepaRG™ on SaferWorldbyDesign

Christophe Chesné, CEO, Wepredic and Barry Hardy, CEO, Edelweiss Connect

Working as a Community on Data Integrity from Research through to Practice

An important commitment we are making is to ensure data integrity across the journey from research to practice, from case study work to service execution, from study planning through data generation to downstream consumption.

HepaRG™ goes digital

For many years HepaRG™ has provided a valuable liver cell line for research applications.

SaferWorldbyDesign COVID-19 Data Initiative

Data is the gold of scientific prospecting, whether supporting research publications in academia or product development in industry. 

Launch of the EU-ToxRisk Commercial Platform

The EU-ToxRisk Commercialisation Platform was launched at the EU-ToxRisk Stakeholder meeting in Egmond, Netherlands on 12 February.

SaferSkin Case Study Corner

SaferSkin™ three well-adopted defined approaches to perform an integrated analysis of the OECD-approved in vitro tests

Integrated Approaches to solving Skin Safety Assessment problems

Skin safety is one of the most important goals of the consumer products industry.

SBX’s Taxila™ adds more power to SaferWorldbyDesign

Taxila™ is a platform that aggregates the tons of data produced every day in natural text and converts it to actionable insights. 

Biopredic & Edelweiss Connect provide In Vitro training with HepaRG™

Theoretical knowledge & hands-on experience was the double-offer of a workshop held by Biopredic International & Edelweiss Connect. 

Trust in cloud-based safety assessment

Data integrity is ever more important with the growing use of AI/Machine Learning in data retrieval and analysis. 

Improved skin sensitisation safety assessment

Swiss firm TEMAS believes that progress only happens when people work together in networks, crossing the boundaries of specialist fields.

Why Biopredic and Eurosafe join SaferWorldbyDesign

Dr. Christophe Chesné, the founder and CEO of Biopredic International and Eurosafe, explains why his two companies are founding partners of SaferWorldbyDesign.

Making AI available to companies, large and small

Co-founder and CEO Tom Bell explains why Vertex Laboratories is a founding member of SaferWorldbyDesign. 

EdelweissData™ in the Lab: Organising laboratory data workflows

The typical modern laboratory is crammed with electronic equipment of various ages and complexity, all using different software and reporting formats. 

Can blockchain and in silico solve the reproducibility crisis?

One of the cornerstones of science is the principle that claims and conclusions must be verifiable

AOP analysis workflow

Risk assessors face increasing demands to assess more chemicals, with greater speed and accuracy, and at the same time use fewer resources ...

Rich metadata for richer results

Edelweiss Connect was at Bio-IT World in Boston (USA) in April to launch our new EdelweissData™ platform...

New Edelweiss DataExplorer

We are pleased to announce the new release of EdelweissData™ DataExplorer 

EdelweissData™ insight

Johan Nyström-Persson offers his unique insider/outsider view of what the new EdelweissData platform offers scientific research.

Spin-off for chemical safety

When chemicals injure cells, that injury initiates response pathways that signal stress in the cells. The strong activation of these pathways signals the onset of toxicity.

SaferSkin™ Launched at SOT

SaferSkin™ is a cloud-based software application and collaboration platform, supporting Integrated Testing Strategies to predict the skin sensitization potential of chemical entities.

EdelweissData™

Our new platform, EdelweissData™, makes data management, integration and sharing easy. Simply upload your files - in any form - directly onto our secure, cloud-based platform.

SaferSkin™ for animal-free tests

SaferSkin™ combines three of the top methods for ITS: the Bayesian Network approach, Multiple Regression Analysis and ‘2 out of 3‘ Weight of Evidence.

Scientific data sharing tools

Paul Jennings, Head of Molecular and Computational Toxicology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, on research data management.

Prof. Bob van de Water

What is the best way to manage, integrate and share data coming in from many different sources? Professor Bob van de Water answers.

New era for natural products

Some of our most powerful modern pharmaceuticals come from nature. Yet, less than 10% of the 250,000 known plant species have been studied ...

App brings data together

The safety assessment of chemicals is a complicated process. To reach meaningful conclusions, risk assessors must have access to all relevant knowledge and data ...

A more powerful way to test skin sensitisation

More accurate, reproducible risk assessment to determine whether a substance is a skin sensitiser

eChemInfo Oxford 2018

After the successful Milano workshop last week, the next Training and Innovation Course in Drug Design is taking place in Oxford.

Nature Nanotechnology - July issue

Managing Director of Douglas Connect, Barry Hardy, and Scientific Project Manager Lucian Farcal are among the international authors.

DC & Kirkstall: Quasi-Vivo training

Edelweiss Connect is launching a series of workshops on bringing next-generation toxicology closer to the lab.

InnovationWell sparks discussion on Systematic Review

Get the right people talking together about a problem and you might come up with a new approach, if not a solution.

App pulls 3Rs knowledge together

Edelweiss Connect has released the 3Rs application, a user-friendly online tool that allows both scientists and the general public to consult knowledge sources relevant to the 3Rs principles (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal testing).

InnovationWell relaunches

On May 7-11, Douglas Connect relaunches its own InnovationWell Knowledge Cafés, with three events. The three events are designed to draw scientists from industry, academia and government agencies and the general public to the same table. 

About Edelweiss Connect

Edelweiss Connect has developed computer software that helps combine data from many different sources and formats into a useable form for evaluation and re-use. In addition, we have developed other software programs that can use the collected data and data from in vitro tests to predict the safety of chemical compounds in the human body.

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    CH-4057 Basel / Basel-Stadt
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    Research Triangle Park NC
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