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All Toxicology Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful: Reliability, Relevance, and the Path Toward Rational Application in Decision-Making

Date: October 27, 2026

Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Russell Thomas, Ph.D., is vice president and executive director of the Chemical Insights Research Institute at UL Research Institutes. He has managed research teams in public, private, and non-profit sectors advancing the science of toxicology and environmental health.

Lessons from Mining High-Throughput Transcriptomic Data Covering Multiple Cell Lines and Hundreds of Chemicals

Date: October 27, 2026

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Presenter:

Logan J. Everett, Ph.D., is a principal bioinformatics research scientist at UL Research Institutes’ Chemical Insights, focusing on developing novel methods that integrate transcriptomics and cell painting technologies for toxicological assessments. He has contributed to New Approach Methodologies for high-throughput chemical screening and implemented transcriptomics in traditional rodent models, combining expertise in genomics, data science, and toxicology.

Applying NAMs In Decision-Making Contexts: Targeted Insights That Improve Weight-of-Evidence Conclusions

Date: October 29, 2026

Time: 8:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Presenter:

Chad Deisenroth, Ph.D., is the principal laboratory toxicology research scientist in the Center for Chemical Informatics and Screening at UL Research Institutes’ Chemical Insights. His work focuses on the development and application of human-relevant, cell-based and biochemical methods to evaluate the potential health effects of environmental chemicals.

The American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology is a scientific society that’s dedicated to promoting toxicology, testing, and research that reduces and replaces the use of animals.