PETA Regulatory Testing , PETA

A Conversation with Amy Clippinger

T he relationship between animal rights organizations and the scientific community is often framed in adversarial terms. But over the past few years, organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have sought a place in the scientific dialogue, by promoting the scientific merits of devising alternatives to animal testing. With both the U.S. and Europe modernizing chemi...

A campaign to end animal testing: introducing the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd.

The successful development and validation of non-animal techniques, or the analysis of existing data to satisfy regulatory requirements, provide no guarantee that this information will be used in place of animal experiments. In order to advocate for the replacement of animal-based testing requirements, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd (PISC) liaises with industry, regulatory and re...

Open-architecture Implementation of Fragment Molecular Orbital Method for Peta-scale Computing

We present our perspective and goals on highperformance computing for nanoscience in accordance with the global trend toward “peta-scale computing.” After reviewing our results obtained through the grid-enabled version of the fragment molecular orbital method (FMO) on the grid testbed by the Japanese Grid Project, National Research Grid Initiative (NAREGI), we show that FMO is one of the best c...

Reliable High Performance Peta- and Exa-Scale Computing

Phenotypic and Functional Characterization