Society of Toxicology 2026 Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

22 - 25 March 2026

The Botanical Safety Consortium will be attending SOT 2026 in San Diego, CA, USA.

Presentations

  • Tuesday 24 March 9:15 am PT
    • Evaluating the hepatotoxic potential of Green Tea and Kava Root Extract in primary human hepatocytes – presented by Kirsten Eckstrum, FDA
  • Tuesday 24 March 1:00 - 1:15 pm PT - Session: Sowing the Seeds of Safety: Building the Toolbox for Botanical Safety Assessment
    • Advancing Dermal Toxicity Assessment for Botanicals: in silico approaches – presented by Argel Islas-Robles, IIVS
    • Integration of computational models to predict botanical phytochemical constituent clearance routes by the Extended Clearance Classification System (ECCS) – presented by Yitong Liu, FDA

Posters

  • Monday 23 March 1:45 pm PT
    • Assessing Human Hepatotoxicity from Botanicals: A Multi-Tiered In Silico Screening Approach – presented by Chao Ji, CDC
  • Tuesday 24 March 1:45 pm PT
    • From neat compounds to complex mixtures: Microphysiological systems for cardiotoxicity safety testing of botanical extracts – presented by Matthias Gossmann, innoVitro
    • Assessing the neurotoxic and cardiotoxic potential of botanical extracts using microelectrode array (MEA) recordings – presented by Remco Westerink, Utrecht University