Society of Toxicology 2023 Meeting

19-23 March 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will be attending SOT2023 in person in Nashville. You can connect at the following events below: Symposium: New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety, Monday 20 March, 1:45 pm – 4:30 pm Poster: Predicted Pharmacokinetic Properties of Botanical Constituents, Tuesday 21 March, 2:30 – 4:15 am Poster:…

Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting

23 January 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host an event titled “Advancement of Botanical Safety Using New Approach Methodologies” at the Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting on January 23, 2023 from 1pm – 3pm EST. Link to the full program here: https://toxforum.site-ym.com/page/2023WinterMeetingProgram

BSC Webinar: An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances

29 November 2022 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host a webinar on Tuesday November 29 at 11 am ET from Dr. Jeremy Billson (InoCardia) entitled “An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances”. This work is a pilot project, using a predictive model for cardiovascular liabilities with botanical constituents. On the webinar Jeremy…

BSC at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM)

6 October 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium is hosting a session at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM). When: October 6th, 2022 4:15 – 5:45pm CET Session 5 iGUM & GUM – The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium’s genotoxicity testing framework – Various perspectives 4:15 – 4:40 Authorities: Kristine Witt (NIEHS, Washington, USA)…

BSC Annual Meeting

27 September 2022 Due to continued uncertainties with COVID-19, feedback from our stakeholders and the goals of the meeting, we have decided to make this year’s Botanical Safety Consortium’s Annual Meeting FULLY Virtual. The meeting will take place on 27 September. The full agenda can be viewed below and downloaded HERE. The meeting is free…

BSC at ICT2022

18 – 21 September 2022 International Congress of Toxicology in Maastricht, the Netherlands 18 September to 21 September “New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety” – poster by Dr. Michelle Embry, HESI

BSC at the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

August 28-31, 2022 The BSC is planning a workshop during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), which will take place on August 28-31, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The workshop will take place on Sunday August 28thentitle “Development of a Toolkit to Evaluate Botanical…

BSC at the International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Ottawa

27 August – 1 September 2022 International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Ottawa, Canada 27 August to 1 September 2022 – “A Strategy for Developing a Framework of Genotoxicity Assays for Safety Assessment of Botanicals” – oral platform by Dr. Stefan Pfuhler, Procter and Gamble.

BSC at ICSB 2022

March 28-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium will have a session at the International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB 2022) entitled “Botanical Safety Assessment: Updates from the BSC”. The meeting is taking place March 28th-31st, 2022. A description of the session and talks are below. The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened…

BSC at SOT 2022

March 27-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium presented at the 2022 Society of Toxicology meeting, which was held virtually and in person in San Diego, CA March 27-31, 2022. The presented posters highlighted the work of some of the technical working groups. Click poster titles to view each poster. Application of In Silico and In…

Society of Toxicology 2023 Meeting

19-23 March 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will be attending SOT2023 in person in Nashville. You can connect at the following events below: Symposium: New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety, Monday 20 March, 1:45 pm – 4:30 pm Poster: Predicted Pharmacokinetic Properties of Botanical Constituents, Tuesday 21 March, 2:30 – 4:15 am Poster:…

Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting

23 January 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host an event titled “Advancement of Botanical Safety Using New Approach Methodologies” at the Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting on January 23, 2023 from 1pm – 3pm EST. Link to the full program here: https://toxforum.site-ym.com/page/2023WinterMeetingProgram

BSC Webinar: An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances

29 November 2022 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host a webinar on Tuesday November 29 at 11 am ET from Dr. Jeremy Billson (InoCardia) entitled “An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances”. This work is a pilot project, using a predictive model for cardiovascular liabilities with botanical constituents. On the webinar Jeremy…

BSC at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM)

6 October 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium is hosting a session at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM). When: October 6th, 2022 4:15 – 5:45pm CET Session 5 iGUM & GUM – The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium’s genotoxicity testing framework – Various perspectives 4:15 – 4:40 Authorities: Kristine Witt (NIEHS, Washington, USA)…

BSC Annual Meeting

27 September 2022 Due to continued uncertainties with COVID-19, feedback from our stakeholders and the goals of the meeting, we have decided to make this year’s Botanical Safety Consortium’s Annual Meeting FULLY Virtual. The meeting will take place on 27 September. The full agenda can be viewed below and downloaded HERE. The meeting is free…

BSC at ICT2022

18 – 21 September 2022 International Congress of Toxicology in Maastricht, the Netherlands 18 September to 21 September “New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety” – poster by Dr. Michelle Embry, HESI

BSC at the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

August 28-31, 2022 The BSC is planning a workshop during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), which will take place on August 28-31, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The workshop will take place on Sunday August 28thentitle “Development of a Toolkit to Evaluate Botanical…

BSC at the International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Ottawa

27 August – 1 September 2022 International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Ottawa, Canada 27 August to 1 September 2022 – “A Strategy for Developing a Framework of Genotoxicity Assays for Safety Assessment of Botanicals” – oral platform by Dr. Stefan Pfuhler, Procter and Gamble.

BSC at ICSB 2022

March 28-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium will have a session at the International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB 2022) entitled “Botanical Safety Assessment: Updates from the BSC”. The meeting is taking place March 28th-31st, 2022. A description of the session and talks are below. The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened…

BSC at SOT 2022

March 27-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium presented at the 2022 Society of Toxicology meeting, which was held virtually and in person in San Diego, CA March 27-31, 2022. The presented posters highlighted the work of some of the technical working groups. Click poster titles to view each poster. Application of In Silico and In…

BOTANICAL SAFETY CONSORTIUM

A public-private partnership to improve botanical safety

The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) was officially convened in November 2019, as the result of a Memorandum of Understanding between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the non-profit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI).

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Our current charge is to evaluate the suitability of assays for botanicals as complex mixtures.

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Society of Toxicology 2023 Meeting

19-23 March 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will be attending SOT2023 in person in Nashville. You can connect at the following events below: Symposium: New Approach Methodologies…

Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting

23 January 2023 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host an event titled “Advancement of Botanical Safety Using New Approach Methodologies” at the Toxicology Forum 2023 Winter Meeting…

BSC Webinar: An In-Silico Method To Predict Cardiotoxicity In Botanical Substances

29 November 2022 The HESI Botanical Safety Consortium will host a webinar on Tuesday November 29 at 11 am ET from Dr. Jeremy Billson (InoCardia) entitled “An In-Silico…

BSC at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM)

6 October 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium is hosting a session at the 33rd German Society for Environmental Mutation Research Meeting (GUM). When: October 6th, 2022 4:15 – 5:45pm…

BSC Annual Meeting

27 September 2022 Due to continued uncertainties with COVID-19, feedback from our stakeholders and the goals of the meeting, we have decided to make this year’s Botanical Safety…

BSC at ICT2022

18 – 21 September 2022 International Congress of Toxicology in Maastricht, the Netherlands 18 September to 21 September “New Approach Methodologies to Evaluate Botanical Safety” – poster by Dr. Michelle Embry,…

BSC at the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

August 28-31, 2022 The BSC is planning a workshop during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA),…

BSC at the International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Ottawa

27 August – 1 September 2022 International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Ottawa, Canada 27 August to 1 September 2022 – “A Strategy for Developing a Framework of Genotoxicity Assays for…

BSC at ICSB 2022

March 28-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium will have a session at the International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB 2022) entitled “Botanical Safety Assessment: Updates from…

BSC at SOT 2022

March 27-31st, 2022 The Botanical Safety Consortium presented at the 2022 Society of Toxicology meeting, which was held virtually and in person in San Diego, CA March 27-31,…

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This multi-partite, multi-stakeholder international effort will bring together key scientific experts to enhance the botanical safety toolkit and bring clarity to botanical dietary ingredient assessments.

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