[OpenTox] OpenTox Interest Group, Digest and Mailing List

[Barry Hardy]

Dear All:

I would like to welcome you with a first post to the OpenTox Interest 
Group.

We setup up this group and list with the purpose of providing a 
mechanism for the sharing of news on developments in the field of 
predictive toxicology.  This will include OpenTox developments, but we 
encourage news on other related projects and developments to be 
contributed for inclusion.

We will run the list as follows:
a) Any list member may post an item of potential interest to the group 
members
b) Posts should be on a predictive toxicology subject: e.g., alternative 
testing method, in silico, in vitro, integrated testing strategy, 
mechanisms, REACH etc.
c) Posts should aim to be more of a general interest nature: e.g., new 
application, regulation, scientific result, project, workshop 
announcement etc.
d) Posts will be subject to moderation
e) Posts will be collated into a digest format which will be circulated 
monthly
f) An indexed searchable web archive will be available at 
http://www.opentox.org/home/mailinglist

OpenTox Collaboration Pool
We have recently setup an OpenTox Collaboration Pool from which members 
could participate in a collaborative predictive toxicology project, 
develop a funding proposal or response to a call opportunity together, 
or develop an innovation or best practice. Partners can bring diverse 
expertise combining /in vitro/ assays, /in silico/, QSAR, systems 
biology, kinetics, human epidemiology, adverse effects data etc.  
Collaborations will take a virtual organisation (VO) approach, i.e., 
partners can bring contributing knowledge, computational or experimental 
capabilities to a partnership for the duration of a project or other 
endeavour.
Consider joining the OpenTox Collaboration Pool to take part in new 
proposals and projects, including a collaborative pilot project this 
year. More information at:
http://www.opentox.org/data/blogentries/public/opentoxcollaborationpool

OpenTox Reports and Presentations
You can download OpenTox reports and presentations from the Reading Room 
located at:
http://www.opentox.org/home/documents

Initial reports document the early design and specification work for the 
OpenTox framework:
OpenTox D1.1 Report on Initial Requirements, Standards and APIs 
(February 2009)
OpenTox D1.2 Report on Graphical User Interface Design (August 2009)
OpenTox D2.1 Report on Project Repository and Website (February 2009)
OpenTox D3.1 Report on Initial Ontologies for Toxicology Data (February 
2009)
OpenTox D4.1 Report on Algorithm Evaluation and Selection (February 2009)

Four reports on subsequent implementation work including the API, 
initial web services and prototype applications should be added in 
coming weeks.

OpenTox API
For those of you interested in involvement in technical development 
work, the recently updated OpenTox API is available at:
http://www.opentox.org/dev/apis/api-1.1


best regards
Barry

Barry Hardy PhD
Director, Community of Practice & Research Activities
and OpenTox Project Coordinator (_www.opentox.org_)
Douglas Connect
Switzerland

Tel: +41 61 851 0170
Email: barry.hardy -(at)- douglasconnect.com