On-line short course
On-line openGUTS short course. Roman
Ashauer and Tjalling Jager have provided an on-line half-day
short course on the openGUTS software at the virtual SETAC in May 2020.
Since SETAC was virtual this year, we also had the course
on-line, with a mixture of on-demand lectures, homework
exercises, and plenary video sessions. Tjalling has now
turned this material into a publicly-available on-line short
course at Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/c/openguts.
This version does not include interaction with the
instructors (so it is completely DIY), but we have added
some quizzes to test your skills with openGUTS. Note that
this course is not free, though you can simply obtain a
refund from Leanpub if you think the course was not worth
its price. At this moment, several people are testing this
on-line course as they may still be errors or glitches in
it.
Dedicated openGUTS course
Regular GUTS courses. Starting
in 2020, we intend to provide a regular 2-day course in
Wageningen (The Netherlands) on using GUTS in risk
assessment of plant protection products. This course will
apply the openGUTS standalone software (and the Matlab
version as well, if there is a specific interest). However,
we do not have a date planned to run this course; in view of
the corona crisis, it will likely not be earlier than 2021.
Target audience. This
course aims at professionals interested in applying GUTS for
the authorisation of plant protection products (PPPs):
- Consultants and business representatives working for
industry and/or consulting agencies who apply GUTS for
dossiers (evaluation, preparation and submission).
- Scientists performing research on TKTD modelling with
interest in GUTS applications in risk assessment.
- Regulators working for admission authorities who
evaluate dossiers containing GUTS applications or are in
general interested in an improved link between exposure
and effects.
Content & Result. The
course focuses on the application of GUTS models for
assessing the risk of plant-protection products (PPP) under
time-variable exposure in aquatic systems. GUTS is the
accepted toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic approach for the
endpoint survival. The theory behind GUTS models will be
introduced and course participants will learn how to use the
latest implementation of the GUTS models in openGUTS; a
user-friendly standalone software. Furthermore, they will
practice assessing the results and learn how to interpret
them. Hands-on exercises include model calibration and
validation, and model predictions in consideration of the recommendations
given by EFSA. Participants should at least hold a
Bachelor degree or similar in natural sciences, and have
some experience with the use of models, preferably in risk
assessment.
Practical information.
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands (we will
arrange a shuttle service from the train station
Ede-Wageningen)
Dates: to be determined
Course leader: Dr
Andreas Focks (Wageningen Environmental Research)
Lecturers: Dr
Roman Ashauer (Syngenta) and Dr Tjalling Jager
(DEBtox research)
Maximum number of participants: 30
Course fee: € to be determined (no charge of VAT);
covers tuition, course materials, coffee/tea, lunches, 2
dinners.
Employees of an admission authority/university can apply for
a reduced course fee.
Traveling and accommodation costs are not included.
A few places at a strongly reduced fee are available for PhD
students, please contact the course leader for more
information.
Registration: to be announced. Registration and
payment is handled by Wageningen UR.
On-site GUTS courses. Apart
from the 2-day open course in Wageningen, we also intend to
offer the course on-site at your offices. This may be an
interesting option for authorities or industries that have
more employees that need to be familiarised with the model
and the software. We are still thinking about the format and
the pricing for this option, but you may contact Tjalling
Jager (see email at the bottom of this page) to discuss
this.
Other interesting courses and events
- We will organise the Summerschool on TKTD modelling
again in August 2021, likely in a similar format to the
previous runs. Information
on the previous runs of this course. (note that
there will not be a course in 2020 due to the corona
situation)
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