PLANETS 3rd SSbD Training on Tier 2 Assessment-QSAR (08.04.2025, Gdansk, PL, & online)

On 8 April 2025 and aligned with the M6 General Assembly of the project in Gdansk (Poland), PLANETS organized a hybrid internal training for all project partners on SSbD assessment.

The aim of this workshop was the harmonisation of understanding for entire consortium, focusing on intermediate and full assessment (Tier 2-3), including hazard identification, QSAR modelling, and toxicity prediction. Participants explored existing tools for predicting physicochemical properties and biological activities of chemical substances, key elements in the Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) approach.

Highlights of the workshop

The session started with a brief overview of Martin Himly (PLUS), who leads the training work package within PLANETS, about the previous internal SSbD trainings. He introduced the session, outlining the objectives and structure of the training. Thomas Hennequin (TNO) and Ayse Ay (BASF) continued with a summary of ideas for the collection of harmonised data. Afterwards, Anita Sosnowska (QSAR Lab) gave an overview on QSAR and Szymon Zdybel (QSAR Lab) performed a hands-on exercise on QSAR with all participants.

Training Materials

Building on the insights from this internal training, PLANETS has developed external training materials for conducting a SSbD Tier 2 assessment by QSAR modeling. These materials include:

• A QSAR step-by-step guide, the presentation slides, and four VEGA reports to conduct a practical exercise. Materials available here.
• Recording of the workshop [YouTube]

All training materials are available in the PLANETS community on Zenodo under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, allowing for redistribution and reuse with proper credit to the creators. You can access them here.

Additionally, all recorded sessions can be viewed on the PLANETS YouTube channel.