About us

Wageningen UR is a University and Research Centre for Life Sciences in The Netherlands. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world. Wageningen therefore has a large international community. This is clearly reflected in our PhDs whose come from almost every continent. 

In the Division of Toxicology we are around 20 PhD students working in different aspects of toxicology.

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We invite you to visit the sections of our main research topics:

• Food safety and risk assessment

• Alternatives to animal testing

• Environmental toxicology

• The role of the gut microbiota in the toxicity of food-borne chemicals