CLIVE ROPER
BSc, PhD, CBiol, CSci, ERT, FRSB
Director, Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited
EXPERIENCE
April 2021 - Present
Director, Owner and Founder, Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited
March 2021 - Present
January 2021 - Present
August 2010 - February 2020
UK NC3Rs
Charles River Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK
People management
Multimillion dollar budget
Business and department growth
BD
NAMs development
In vitro skin absorption
In vitro respiratory toxicology
In vitro safety pharmacology
Genetic toxicology
In vitro metabolism
Speaker
Leader
3Rs working group (corporate)
Technology evaluation (corporate)
March 2020 - February 2021
Charles River Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK
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People management
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Multimillion dollar budget
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Business and department growth
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BD
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NAMs development
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In vitro skin absorption
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In vitro respiratory toxicology
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In vitro safety pharmacology
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Advanced in vitro tissue models
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Speaker
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Leader
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3Rs working group (corporate)
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Technology evaluation (corporate)
June 1996 - August 2010
Charles River Laboratories Edinburgh Limited
Scientific Manager (January 2003 - August 2010)
Study Director (July 1997 - December 2002)
Research Officer (June 1996 - June 1997).
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Founding member and board member of the 3Rs Collaborative
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Vice President and board member of ESTIV
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Board chairperson of PeptiMatrix
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Member of the UK NC3Rs board
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European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
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Active member of leading societies like ASCCT, SOT, ACT, and ACTC
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
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Founding member and board member of the 3Rs Collaborative
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Vice President and board member of ESTIV
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Board chairperson of PeptiMatrix
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Member of the UK NC3Rs board
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European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
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Active member of leading societies like ASCCT, SOT, ACT, and ACTC
EDUCATION
October 1990 - April 1994
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Newcastle University & Unilever Research, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, UK.
In vitro skin absorption and toxicology
PhD thesis: In vitro approaches to the prediction of percutaneous absorption and metabolism: a study of ethoxylates.
September 1987 - June 1990
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, Newcastle University.
Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, BSc (Hons) 2:1.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Developing a NAM for respiratory toxicology, representing this to the US EPA Special Advisory Panel, receiving a personal invitation to attend the EPA NAM conferences, being acknowledged as an EPA stakeholder for their animal free 2035 plans and writing the NAM as a Case Study now accepted for publication by the OECD
• I am an active Member of the Board of both the North American 3Rs Collaborative (NA3RsC) and UK NC3Rs developing North American and UK 3Rs strategy
• 4 of my peer review papers are quoted in OECD test guidelines (OECD 428 and OECD 492)
