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A little bit about WORC.Community
We are passionate about advancing medical science, reducing and replacing the animals used in research and supporting the innovative researchers and technologies that enable this. In such a rapidly advancing and transformative area of science we believe communication and a strong network is essential to make informed decisions and discoveries.
- June 2022:
Launched OrganoidSpheroid.com to share the latest Innovative 3D biology, Organoid, Spheroid, Organ-on-a-chip, NAM research news, papers, technologies and content.
- First WORD+ event March 2023:
Founded and hosted the first World Organoid Research Day, twelve hours of talks online (yes twelve hours from 8am to 8pm GMT!) with live questions and answers from key organoid, organ-on-a-chip and NAM researchers from all around the globe. Over 3,000 registered and joined us throughout the day. Look out for our special events here
- June 2024:
Launched the WORC.Community: To bring Organoid, Organ-on-a-chip and NAM researchers together! Easily connect, share ideas and experiences. The idea for this community came after speaking with many of you expressing the need for joined up thinking and making long lasting connections. We hope you enjoy and always welcome feedback and innovation.
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A note on user and data security statement for WORC.Community.
The WORC.Community platform prioritises the protection of our customers’ data with the highest levels of security, privacy and compliance. Caterpillar Hill Limited is registered with ICO in the UK and we require our web platforms (including WORC.Community) to meet the same ICO standards and recommendations such as the GDPR protection act 2018 and is ISO 27001 certified. The WORC.Community platform also maintains full compliance with EU and US regulations on the processing of personal data. The WORC.Community platform follows leading encryption safeguards, highest quality assurance processes and maintain cloud infrastructure best practices to protect both our customers and their customers too. The WORC.Community platform servers as required by applicable law, ensure that your privacy rights are adequately protected with sufficient legal, technical, and organisational security controls.
Authentication & Access: WORC.Community members benefit from SSO (Single sign-on), and two Factor Authentication with password strengths of at least 8 characters, containing at least one uppercase letter and one number. Data integrity: The WORC.Community platform protects all member data with leading encryption safeguards to maintain continuous defence and uses HTTPS to prevent XSS attacks and has SSL certification, ongoing penetration testing, security & audit logs. The WORC.Community platform provides members with different access and functionality levels to enable the provision of private access groups such as those for societies for invite only discussion and the sharing of content. The content can be displayed within these private groups or accessed by external links to a member owned secure servers elsewhere.