Universities and research institutes at ACT 2026

Nov 15–18, 2026 San Antonio, TX ~1.4k attendees Website

26 universities and research institutes are at ACT 2026 — 32 presentations on the program. Most represented: Texas Tech University (3 on the program), Mississippi State University (2 on the program), Rutgers University (2 on the program). 5 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 8, 2026.

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Organization	ACT 2026 Attendance
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
ttu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Lubbock, Texas, presenting graduate research on environmental contaminants, plasticizers and e-cigarette exposure.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Comparative Evaluation of In Vitro and Soil-Based Seed Germination Assays for Assessing Residual Toxicity of Treated Produced Water (P122) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P122 Chemical risk assessment Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Parent vs. Metabolite: Transcriptional Responses to the Phthalate DEHP and its Alternative Plasticizers in Danio Rerio (P105) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P105 Chemical risk assessment Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Prolonged Zero-Nicotine E-Cigarette Exposure Primes the Blood–Brain Barrier for Exacerbated Ischemic Injury (P135) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P135 Neurotoxicology · Chemical risk assessment
Mississippi State University Starkville, MS
msstate.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Starkville, Mississippi, presenting research on oxime treatments for organophosphate poisoning.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Evaluating CYP-450 Mediated Drug-Drug Interaction Potential of Novel Oxime-20: A Promising Compound for Organophosphate Poisoning Treatment (P402) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P402 Bioanalysis and biomarkers Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Organophosphate-Induced Neurotoxicity and Oxime 20’s Intervention on Neurodegeneration Markers in Rats (P133) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P133 Neurotoxicology · Chemical risk assessment
Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
rutgers.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in New Jersey; presents work on prenatal cadmium exposure and placental toxicology.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Prenatal Cadmium Exposure and an Inflammatory Challenge in Late Gestation Cause Preterm Delivery in Mice (P106) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P106 Chemical risk assessment · DART Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Profiling Membrane Transporters in Human Trophoblast Stem Cells for Placental Toxicology Applications (P435) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P435 DART · New approach methods
Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge, LA
subr.edu Universities and research institutes Historically Black public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; presents work on chlorpyrifos toxicogenomics and PFOA-driven lung inflammation.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Computational Toxicogenomics of Chlorpyrifos and Its Major Metabolite 3,5,6-Trichloropyridin-2-ol (P103) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P103 Chemical risk assessment · In silico and AI Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Dual Exposure to PFOA and Carbon Nanotubes Rewires Lipid Rafts to Drive STAT3-Hippo Lung Inflammation (P108) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P108 Chemical risk assessment · Inhalation toxicology
Texas A&M University College Station, TX
tamu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in College Station, Texas, with veterinary physiology and pharmacology research on toxicology and new approach methods.	Talk Mon Nov 16 8:00am–8:55am From Mice to Cells: My Journey Navigating the Promise and Reality of NAMs in Toxicology (Plenary 1) New approach methods Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Targeted Disruption of the NR4A1-2-Gas6/AXL Axis by DIM-3,5 Analogs Suppresses Glioblastoma Progression (P138) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P138
Federal University Oye-Ekiti Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
fuoye.edu.ng Universities and research institutes Public university in Ekiti State, Nigeria; presents a biomonitoring study of hydrocarbon exposure in pregnant women.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Biomonitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pregnant Women from Ishaka Adventist Hospital, Uganda: Predictors of Exposure, Risk Assessment and Health Implications (P111) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P111 Chemical risk assessment
GH Greenwich High School
Universities and research institutes Secondary school; its student poster designs a zein nanoparticle to capture and remove microplastics from nerve tissue.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Design of a Zein Nanoparticle for the Noninvasive Capture and Removal of Neural Microplastics (P124) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P124 Chemical risk assessment · Neurotoxicology
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
jhu.edu Universities and research institutes Private research university in Baltimore; its public health school hosts a center for alternatives to animal testing.	Talk Wed Nov 18 11:10am–11:35am Part of Modernizing Drug Development: Advanced Translational Methodologies for CNS and PNS Risk Assessment (S13) CNS NAMs for modeling of neural plasticity and learning in neural organoids (S13-5) Neurotoxicology · New approach methods
Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands
universiteitleiden.nl Universities and research institutes Public research university in the Netherlands, presenting microfluidic microvascular tissue models developed with an organ-on-chip company.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Unidirectional, Reproducible, Scalable: Long-Term Perfusable Microvascular Networks for Acute and Chronic Compound-Specific Response Profiling in a Microfluidic System (P501) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P501 New approach methods
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
luc.edu Universities and research institutes Private Jesuit research university in Chicago, presenting graduate research on ocular safety and tissue exposure.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Safety, Tolerability, and Ocular Tissue Exposure Following Subconjunctival Injection of Pooled Human Immune Globulins (P438) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P438 Biologics and new modalities
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
msu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in East Lansing, Michigan; presents work on inflammation pathways in HIV-associated monocytes.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Differential Caspase Utilization Reveals Alternative IL-1β Maturation Pathways in HIV-Associated Monocyte Inflammation (P125) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P125 Immunotoxicology
NI National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Universities and research institutes Indian national institute for pharmaceutical education and research; presents a mouse study of arsenic and skeletal muscle wasting.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Evaluation of Arsenic Toxicity on Estrogen Deficiency–Induced Skeletal Muscle Wasting in an Ovariectomized Mouse Model (P112) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P112 Chemical risk assessment
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
ncsu.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Raleigh, presenting toxicology research on early-life cadmium exposure and liver cancer.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Early Life Cadmium Exposure and Mechanisms of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (P104) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P104 Chemical risk assessment · Genetic toxicology
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
purdue.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, presenting graduate research on pesticide-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Chlorpyrifos-Induced Motor Impairment and Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity Are Exacerbated by Pon1(-/-) Deficiency (P201) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P201 Chemical risk assessment · Neurotoxicology
Texas Southern University Houston, TX
tsu.edu Universities and research institutes Public historically Black university in Houston, presenting student research on plant extracts against colorectal cancer cells.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Piper Betel Leaf Ethanolic Extract as Promising Natural Therapeutic Candidate against Human Colorectal Cancer Cells (P134) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P134
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
arizona.edu Universities and research institutes Medical school of the University of Arizona in Phoenix, presenting on poison center call volume and patient outcomes.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Review of Call Volume at a Regional Poison Center and Correlation with Patient Outcomes: Implications for Staffing and Resource Allocation (P210) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P210
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR
uams.edu Universities and research institutes Public academic health sciences university in Little Rock with medical, pharmacy, nursing and graduate schools.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm Paradoxical Role of Suramin in Acetaminophen Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice (P109) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P109
University of Florida Gainesville, FL
ufl.edu Universities and research institutes Public research university in Gainesville, Florida; presents toxicology work on a CAR-T cell platform for canine mammary cancer.	Poster Mon Nov 16 5:00pm–6:30pm A Modular, Activation-Dependent CAR-T Cell Platform for Canine Mammary Carcinoma: Toxicological Assessment and Translational Implications (P401) Nelson Exhibit Ballroom · Poster P401 Biologics and new modalities

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