Application of computational methods in replacement – An IPAM webinar

The IPAM webinar 2020 on the “Application of computational methods in Replacement” was organized by the Italian Platform on Alternative Methods (IPAM1) in November 2020 with the aim to inform on computational methods as replacement tools within the 3Rs (reduction, refinement and replacement) principle. On behalf of the IPAM board, the webinar was chaired by Isabella De Angelis and Stefano Lorenzetti, from the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, Rome, Italy), IPAM president and secretary, respectively. The webinar was targeted mainly at young scientists (De Angelis et al., 2019). Both ways to use computational methods as new approach methodologies (NAMs) and the management, organization and exchange of toxicological information and data were discussed. More than 60 participants from universities, research centers, and industry joined the webinar.