Elsevier Lecture of the Year 2025
The public lecture by Prof. Dr. Ariane Vettorazzi-Armental from the University of Navarra in Spain: “From regulated nephrotoxin to neurotoxicity: potential role of ochratoxin A in Parkinson Disease” was held on 10 November 2025 at the University of Vienna.
The Austrian Society of Toxicology is awarding PhD students or young PostDocs (completed PhD not longer than 24 months ago), working at an Austrian university or research institution, a travel grant of up to EUR 1.000,- for the visit of a toxicological conference. The applicant has to provide an abstract for a presentation and a recent academic CV together with this application form. Submissions should be compiled to a single pdf-file and sent to contact@astox.at until January 31, 2026. Applicants are invited to present their contributions in a 5-minute presentation at a young toxicologist symposium session. This will be part of the evaluation process.
Former recipients of the „ASTOX Young Investigator Educational Enhancement Travel Award“:
- Maximilian Jobst (University of Vienna, poster presentation EUROTOX Congress 2023, Ljubljana, SVN)
- Magdalena Pöchhacker (University of Vienna, poster presentation GRC on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins 2023, Easton, USA)
- Helene-Christine Prause (University of Vienna, talk ICHA 2023, Hiroshima, JPN)
- Janice Bergen (University of Vienna, poster presentation ESTIV Congress 2024, Prague, CZ)
- Lucia Parrakova (Medical University of Innsbruck, poster presentation EUROTOX Congress 2024, Copenhagen, DK)
- Judith Gufler (University of Vienna, poster presentation EUROTOX Congress 2025, Athens, GR)
- Vanessa Partsch (University of Vienna, poster presentation GRC on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins 2025, Easton, USA)
- Eszter Borsos (University of Vienna, poster presentation GRC on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins 2025, Easton, USA)
- Ajouan Mazoudji (University of Vienna & AGES, poster presentation EUROTOX Congress 2025, Athens, GR)
