2012 Lush Prize Short List

Short list of projects making outstanding contributions to replacing animal testing.

Our Judges will meet in London to pick the winners on October 15th.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in London on November 15th

 

Science Prize

 

SC1: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, USA
For work on the Human Toxome project and other 21st Century toxicology research
http://caat.jhsph.edu

 

SC2: Antidote Europe, France
For work on pesticide mixtures and human cell lines
http://www.antidote-europe.org

 

SC3: Givaudan: Andreas Natsch and Roger Ernter UK
For development of the KeratinoSens skin sensitisation test
http://www.givaudan.com

 

SC4: Anna Maria Bassi, Italy
For her team’s work on toxicity pathways using mammalian cell lines
http://unige.it

 

SC5: Monica Suarez Korsnes, Norway
For her work on variability in cellular response within cell lines
http://www.nvh.no

 

SC6: B. Zimmer et al, University of Konstanz , Germany
For the international team involved in Human Neural Crest Cell toxicity pathway research
http://www.uni-konstanz.de

 

SC7: M. Lindstedt et al, University of Lund, Sweden
For their work on biomarker analysis for skin sensitivities
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se

 

SC8: Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Italy
For their work on toxicity pathways in heptatoxicology and developmental toxicology
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu

 

SC9: Naoaki Ishi et al, Tokai University, Japan
For their work on an alternative test for anti-ageing substances
http://www.u-tokai.ac.jp

 

 

Lobbying Prize

 

L1: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, USA
For their work in Washington on informing regulators about 21st Century Toxicology
http://caat.jhsph.edu

 

L2: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India
For their work with Indian regulators on a cosmetics testing ban
http://www.petaindia.com

 

L3: Humane Society International, USA
For their work on removing animal tests from the EU’s non-food pesticide regulations

http://www.hsi.org

 

L4: Stop Vivisection (European Citizens’ Initiative), Italy
For their project to attract 1,000,000 signatures on a stop vivisection petition in Europe
http://www.stopvivisection.eu

 

L5: Doctors Against Animal Experiments , Germany
For their lobbying against primate experiments and botox animal testing
http://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de 

 

L7: Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), India
For their research and lobbying on animal testing in India
http://www.fiapo.org 

 

L8: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, USA
For their lobbying around changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act
http://www.pcrm.org

 

L9: The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments, Sweden
For their lobbying to enforce to the European 2013 cosmetics testing ban
http://www.forskautandjurforsok.se

 

 

Training Prize

 

T1: Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, UK
For its Summer Studentship Scheme to give students practical lab experience
http://www.drhadwentrust.org

 

T2:  Portuguese Society for Humane Education
For their proposed conference on Alternatives in Portugal
http://www.icaae.com

 

T3: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), USA
For their work on arranging and funding training on non-animal tests for Chinese officials
http://www.peta.org

 

T4:  Institute for In Vitro Sciences, USA
For their vital work on training researchers in non-animal methods from Brazil to Japan
http://www.iivs.org

 

T5: Norecopa, Norway
For their work on the NORINA database of non-animal testing products and teaching aids
http://www.norecopa.no

 

T6: The Alexandra Association, Monaco
For their work on the open source models for cell culture technologies
http://alexandra-project.org

 

T7: InterNICHE, UK
For their work in training in former Soviet states, South America and Africa
http://www.interniche.org

 

T8: The International QSAR Foundation, USA
For their international database on chemicals and toxicity
http://www.qsari.org

 

 

Public Awareness Prize

 

PA1: Pro Anima, France
For their work on raising awareness of REACH and animal testing in France
http://www.proanima.fr

 

PA2:  Decipher Films, Canada
For their feature film ‘Maximum Tolerated Dose’ on animal testing
http://maximumtolerateddose.org

 

PA3:  Humane Society International
For their Cruelty Free 2013 campaign to enforce the European 2013 cosmetics testing ban
http://www.hsi.org

 

PA4: Japan Anti-Vivisection Association, Japan
For their successful campaign to persuade Shiseido to abandon animal testing
http://www.java-animal.org

 

PA5: EQUIVITA Scientific Anti-vivisection Committee, Italy
For their work bringing the attention of animal testing to the wider global justice community
http://www.equivita.it

 

PA6: NOAH, Menschen für Tiere e.V., Germany
For the quality of their creative adverts and interventions on animal testing
http://www.noah.de/wp

 

PA8: Beagle Freedom Project, USA
For the high profile rescue of 40 beagles from a laboratory in Spain
http://www.beaglefreedomproject.org

 

PA7: Andrew Knight, UK
For producing the book ‘The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments’
http://www.andrewknight.info

 

PA9: Animal Friends Croatia
For their work on awareness raising in Croatia
http://www.animal-friends-croatia.org

 

PA10: VITA Animal Rights Centre, Russia
For their work on awareness raising with the Russian media
http://www.vita.org.ru

 

Young Researcher Prize

 

YR1: Elizabeth Woehrling, UK
For her work on the development of a new in vitro test for neurotoxicity
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-woehrling/35/823/56a

 

YR2: Felix Rivera-Mariani, USA
For work on expanding an existing non animal test into new areas
http://www.linkedin.com/in/felixeriveramariani

 

YR3: Susana Paço, Portugal
For her proposed work on computer modelling tissue regeneration
http://www.iscte-iul.pt

 

YR4, Chiara Scanarotti, Italy
For her work on skin sensitisation and chemical mixtures
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chiara_Scanarotti

 

YR5: Tariq Mahmood, Pakistan
For his work on skin irritation and safety testing
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tariq_Mahmood14

 

YR6: Line Mathiesen, Norway
For her work on studying the impact of toxics on placental tissue
http://publichealth.ku.dk

 
Prize Partner: Ethical Consumer Research Association
 

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