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Assistant/Associate professor position in toxicology are avaliable at the:

 

NERI, Denmark 

 

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INRA, France

 

ENS de Lyon, France

 

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Welcome to CASCADE!

Everyone wants to know what their food contains. So does CASCADE. Therefore, we are dedicated to identify and study chemicals in our food.

 

The CASCADE Network of Excellence therefore focus on human health, in particular hormone disrupting effects (so called endocrine disruption). Read more...

CASCADE Open Forum in Brussels - Register here!

The 2nd of October CASCADE organises an Open Forum in Brussels, Belgium with the theme:



 

CASCADE arrange this forum jointly with other EU projects related to research on endocrine disruption. Together with representatives from the European Commission, regulatory authorities and industry we aim to find a European agenda on how tackle the increasing health threats caused by endocrine disruption. The purpose is to hereby outline identified research needs and opportunities. Read more... 

 

CASCADE Open Forum will take place at Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Brussels, 2nd of October 09.30-16.00. The meeting is for free, but registration is compulsory. Please register here:

 

Online registration to CASCADE Open Forum 2008

 
Deadline for registration is September 11. However, due to large interest reservation requests will be satisfied subject to availability.
 
Here you find the programme for the event:
 
 
 

ESOF2008 with CommNet and tapas theme

 

What is in our food and how should we think to eat healthy and safe? That was the theme for the session CASCADE arranged together with CommNet during Euro Science Open Forum (ESOF) in Barcelona in July.

 

CASCADE partner Prof Nicolás Olea, gave a presentation about the necessity of an overall picture of food. Read more...

Statement in EDC research

To draw the attention to the obligation of European consensus in how to tackle the future threats of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, CASCADE has published two position papers. Read more...
 

4th Annual Meeting - a success!

In May, CASCADE Network of Excellence held our 4th Annual Meeting. During three days, close to hundred researchers, Post docs and PhD students have been gathered in Brussels to discuss last years research and future challenges for the network. Read more...
 

CASCADE in appreciated evaluation 

DG Research has initiated a evaluation process, and CASCADE is one of the Networks of Excellence (NoEs) to be reviewed. CASCADE will also participate in another interetsing evaluation. Read more...
 

Chemicals may  increase breast cancer risk

CASCADE Coordinator Jan-Åke Gustafsson, points out the connection between breast cancer and chemicals with estrogen effect in a newly published report. The report was partly based on earlier CASCADE research on breast cancer risk and the effect of environmental estrogens. Read more...