26 – 29 July 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will present a poster at the 2026 American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Title: Chemical Characterization of Botanicals to Develop Dermal Toxicity Assessments Presented by: Dr. Josh Kellogg, Pennsylvania State University Go to Event Page

      16 June 2026 HESI Global will be attending the Birth Defects Research & Prevention 66th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Botanical Safety Consortium Session: Platform Session 2 Title: Evaluation of Development and Reproductive Toxicity New Approach Methodologies for Botanicals HESI DART Committee Details will be added closer to the event Go to Event Page

      11 June 2026 @10am ET HESI Global invites you to attend an upcoming webinar hosted by the Botanical Safety Consortium featuring Dr. Yitong Liu of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Liu will present “Translating in vitro mechanistic findings to in vivo toxicity outcomes: A case study of Usnic acid hepatotoxicity.” Registration: Free and open to all,…

      20 May 2026 HESI Global Senior Scientific Program Manager Connie Mitchell will present at the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) webinar, Use of New Approach Methodologies in the Safety Assessment of Dietary Supplements – Part Two. The webinar will explore how established non-animal methods and emerging NAMs are being applied to dietary…

      18 May 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will present at the 2026 Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (MARM) during the session titled “Applications of New Approach Methods in Chemical Toxicology.“ Go to Meeting Website

      6 – 9 May 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will present a poster at the Genetic Toxicology Association 2026 Annual Meeting. Poster P19: Insights from an in Silico Evaluation of Phytoconstituents from 13 Botanical Extracts Investigated by the HESI Botanical Safety Consortium. Presented by Dr. Stefan Pfuhler (Procter & Gamble). Go to Meeting…

      19 April 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC) is offering a special training course titled “Cultivating Safety: Toxicology 101 for Botanicals and Natural Products” on Sunday, April 19, 2026, from 12:00-4:00 PM CT in Oxford, Mississippi, as part of the International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB). This interactive short course will offer…

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…

17 – 20 March 2026 The Botanical Safety Consortium will have a poster presentation on Thursday, March 19th at the 11th German Pharm-Tox Summit. Poster Number: P265Title: The Botanical Safety Consortium – advancing botanical safety through collaborative innovationsPresenter: Olaf Kelber (Bayer)   Go to Meeting Website