From 15th-19th July, the Unit hosted the annual ITTP Summer School.

Each year, four studentships are awarded as part of the MRC Integrative Toxicology Training Partnership (ITTP) to train the next generation of toxicologists. These students study at organisations across the UK from Norwich, to Newcastle, to Reading and beyond, but once a year are brought together at the ITTP Summer School.

Students at all stages of their studentship join the residential course to present their own work to their peers, but also to gain additional training from a broad range of experts inside and outside of academia, as well as lectures covering the latest cutting-edge science to serve as inspiration for their future careers.

This year, topics ranged from immunotoxicology to ecotoxicology and more. The students also benefitted from an excellent workshop on AL and ML for predictive toxicology.

Speakers were Andy Smith (MRC Toxicology Unit), Layla Hosseini-Gerami (Ignota Labs), Julianna Berrie and Giselle McKenzie (MHRA), Kelly Evans (AstraZeneca), Leon Barron (Imperial College London), Richard Currie (Syngenta), Nathalie Burden (NC3Rs), Mark Miller (University of Edinburgh) and Ciarán Fisher (GSK).

Beyond the presentations, students presented posters covering their own research and took part in networking opportunities.