BTS Skills Gap Initiative: 2025 training modules

Event Date: March 1st 2025 - January 1st 2026

Following the success of the first training module ‘An Introduction to the principles of regulatory toxicology: present and future’ which attracted more than 150 registrations, the BTS Skills Gap Initiative (supported by the Advisory Board and Steering Committee) is pleased to announce the following training modules planned for 2025.

 

Core Module 1 (repeat) Introduction to the principles of regulatory toxicology: present and future
Webinars: 26th June to mid-July 2025

  • Introduction to regulatory toxicology
  • Acute toxicity
  • ADME
  • Genotoxicity
  • Repeated dose toxicity and carcinogenicity
  • Developmental and reproductive toxicity, endocrine disruption

In-person Workshop:  September 2025
Core Module 2 PBPK Modelling
Webinars: March/April 2025

  • Introduction to PBPK modelling
  • Hands-on training session
  • Population variability, transporters, in vitro biokinetics
  • Hands-on training session
  • Agrochemical, pharmaceutical and consumer products industry case studies
  • Regulatory perspectives; open-source and commercial tools

The BTS Skills Gap Initiative Advisory Board and Steering Committee thank Certara for supporting this module.
Core Module 3 Genotoxicity
Webinars including interactive elements (w/c 14th July 2025)

  • Introduction to genotoxicity; modes of action, in vitro methods and new developments
  • In vivo methods and the 3Rs
  • Quantitative and qualitative assessment of genotoxicity data
  • New Approach Methodologies in genotoxicity, including in silico and organ on a chip models
  • The regulatory perspective (1); case studies covering CLP classification, agrochemicals and REACH
  • The regulatory perspective (2); case studies pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Core Module 4 (Q)SAR
Webinars

  • What are (Q)SAR models and how do they work? 25th September 2025
  • Considerations when building useful (Q)SAR models: 29th October 2025
  • Applying (Q)SAR models in decision-making workflows: 19th November 2025
  • What next for (Q)SAR modelling? 12th December 2025

In-person workshop: 21st January, 2026 (Leeds)
Core Module 5 Developmental & Reproductive Toxicology
Webinars:  November / December 2025

  • Introduction to DART and its regulatory assessment
  • DART testing for pharmaceuticals
  • DART testing for chemicals
  • Practicalities of DART assessment
  • Regulatory requirements for chemicals and pharmaceuticals
  • The current and future application of NAMs in DART assessment
  • Paediatrics
Supplementary Module 1 Ecotoxicology & Environmental Toxicology
Webinars:

  • General principles and regulatory context, ecotoxicology studies (aquatic and sediment organisms): w/c 21st April 2025
  • Ecotoxicology studies (avian, wild mammals, non-target arthropods, soil organisms, pollinators, endocrine disruption: w/c 28th April 2025
  • Use of NAMs in ecotoxicology: w/c 5th May 2025
  • Overview of environmental fate and behaviour studies, environmental fate assessment: w/c 19th May 2025
  • Regulatory perspective: environmental risk assessment of pesticides, REACH chemicals, pharmaceuticals: w/c 2nd June 2025

In-person Workshop: Next Generation Risk Environmental Risk Assessment:  w/c 9th June 2025 (Central London)
Supplementary Module 2 Regulatory Risk Assessment
Webinars:  May/June 2025

  • Regulatory risk assessment (human and veterinary pharmaceuticals)
  • Regulatory risk assessment (REACH)
  • Regulatory risk assessment (cosmetics)
  • Virtual Workshop: comparison of risk assessment approaches under different regulatory regimes

 

 

The 2025 training modules will be presented by experts from industry, academia and regulatory authorities, and are intended provide more in-depth training in areas of interest.  The first training module will also be repeated this year.

Registration for each module is open, with a registration cost of £250 per module.  A certificate of attendance will be provided on completion of a module.

Please note that timings and content detail may be subject to change.   Modules have a registration limit, and also require a minimum number of participants to go ahead.