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📢 Call for Nominations: Aarhus University Health 3R Prize! 🏆 Do you know a PhD or Research Year Student at the Faculty of Health who has planned the use of animal experiments in a research project and actively championed one or more of the 3Rs? 🌱🐭 ✨ Nominate them now for the 2025 3R Prize! This award celebrates those who elevate Excellence in Science by prioritizing animal welfare. 🧪💡 The 3Rs stand for: - Replacement 🔄 — Using alternative methods to avoid or replace animal testing. - Refinement 💙 — Reducing animal suffering and improving welfare. - Reduction 📉 — Minimizing the number of animals used per experiment. Help us highlight the importance of humane, innovative research methods!  links: Find more information here : - https://lnkd.in/dBQSCVeC - https://en.3rcenter.dk/ - https://lnkd.in/dUPvGb4Z

Measuring paw preferences in dogs, cats and rats: Design requirements and innovations in methodology This from Egas Moniz School of Health & Science aimed to provide a solution to the challenges of researching behavioural lateralization, which yields crucial insights into animal welfare, laterality research, and clinical neuroscience, by presenting design requirements and innovations in methodology across species. This article was cited 1 time.

Great short video from Understanding Animal Research. So far, for ethical, economical, and practical reasons, rodents (mice and rats) 🐭🐀 are currently the most used animals in preclinical studies. However, it's essential to acknowledge the significant role that experiments involving larger animals, like sheep and swine 🐑🐷, play in advancing our understanding of neurological disorders. Unlike rodents with their lissencephalic brains, larger species possess gyrencephalic brains, akin to humans 🧠, and exhibit a higher white-to-gray matter ratio closer to our own. These factors are pivotal in comprehending the development of neurodegenerative diseases and underscore the importance of exploring diverse animal models. By leveraging insights from both rodent and larger animal models, we can bridge the gap between preclinical studies and clinical applications more effectively, ultimately driving advancements in Neuroscience. #AnimalResearch #Neuroscience #BrainHealth

🚨 Breaking News for Researchers! 🚨 Our Special Issue on "Animal Models for Disease Mechanisms" has a NEW submission deadline! 📅 Submit your groundbreaking research by 31 May 2025 for a chance to shape the future of disease research. By choosing the right model to ensure ethical practices, your contributions are key to advancing both science and societal understanding of animal research. Don't miss out on this chance to make an impact! 📚 Guest Editor: Dr. Isabel R. Dias 🔗 Submit Your Manuscript: https://bit.ly/48uk2ui #ResearchOpportunity #animalmodels #diseasemechanisms #EthicalScience

Today, April 24th, is the world day for Laboratory animals. This day was instituted in 1979 to draw attention to animal research. At the Swedish 3Rs Center we work to replace, reduce and refine animal research. Here are a few recent things we have done within our mission: 📌 Webpage listing components for animal-free cell culture https://lnkd.in/dfuKceXX 📌 Supporting material in acclimatization of mice and rats (in Swedish) https://lnkd.in/dB5BC6uw 📌 Supporting material in choosing method of euthanasia for mice https://lnkd.in/dES5zjhV 📌 Webpage of online resources for development, evaluation and formal validation of in vitro methods https://lnkd.in/dZ3MJakr 📌 Statement and supportive material on tail free mouse handling https://lnkd.in/dDNUEFPC 📌 Films about replacing animal models https://lnkd.in/dxHY-inS 📌 Discussion material to work with Culture of Care (in Swedish) https://lnkd.in/d2wyj-RZ 📌 Document of good examples of refinement in Sweden (in Swedish) https://lnkd.in/d6QSbQXi

Enhance the Precision of Your Animal Behavior Studies Even experienced researchers encounter variability in animal behavior that impacts experimental outcomes. Our guide outlines 5 critical factors that significantly influence behavioral experiments and offers strategies to maintain optimal control. 📥 Download our FREE Application Note for actionable insights: https://lnkd.in/gpmRnTs2 #AnimalStudies #BreakThroughWithAmuza #BehavioralNeuroScience #ScientificInnovation

Unlock the future of lab animal monitoring with Allentown Discovery™ IVC powered by JAX Envision™! 🔍 Continuous, non-intrusive video monitoring in real-time.  ⚙️ AI-driven insights to automatically track key behaviors from the home cage.  📊 Get objective, reproducible data on behavior & physiology to boost your research.  💡 Remote monitoring reduces animal stress and improves operational efficiency.  🔬 Drive more relevant and translatable research.  Want to learn more? 📥 Download the data sheet today! https://bit.ly/4h4sWSy #AllentownDiscoveryIVC #JAXEnvision #LabAnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #PreclinicalResearch #InnovationInScience

The #mdcBerlin is getting on #BOARD24! "𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗" stands for 𝗕e 𝗢pen about 𝗔nimal 𝗥esearch 𝗗ay. This global social media campaign is organized by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and supported by the wider biomedical community, both public and private. Below, you will find several #research findings from some of our labs that would not have been possible without animals. Transparency about #AnimalResearch is a fundamental value for us, as it is for #EARA, all of its members, and participants of today's campaign. Get on #BOARD24!   Learn more about the Max Delbrück Center's open and transparent communication regarding animal research: https://lnkd.in/eci5ijT3 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 | Every hug requires touch perception. To understand its molecular basis, a team led by MDC-Berlin scientist Gary Lewin used mice – and discovered an ion channel associated with touch that is also a possible target for #PainTherapy. More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVWtHu9i 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 | Imagine you could help infants with a rare #ImmuneDisease by repairing a faulty gene in their T cells. The gene scissors #CRISPR-Cas9 would need to be precise –and MDC-Berlin's Klaus Rajewsky has shown that it’s possible in mice. More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQ9--zDD 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 | A new way of thinking about how genomes evolve: Instead of looking at variations in the #DNA sequence, former MDC-Berlin scientist Darío Lupiáñez focuses on the 3D structures the DNA is folding into. He discovered how skates learned to fly through water. More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/erEAMuGq 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 | Unlike humans, #zebrafish can regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to crosstalk between their autonomous nervous and immune systems, a team of MDC-Berlin group leader Suphansa Sawamiphak discovered studying zebrafish larvae. More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5dbe-H7

📢 GeroScience #CallForPapers focusing on the challenges of studying animal models for translational geroscience research and the interventions that target fundamental aging processes. Read more in the comments and submit at the link ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gHju4FMS #translationalgeroscience #mice #rats #domesticatedanimals #nonhumanprimates #comparativebiology #animalresearch #AgeRelatedDiseases

🚨 In case you missed it, the latest Animals in Science statistics were released by the UK government recently. Of the 1.47 million animal experiments conducted, over 1.28 million were for tackling human diseases or testing treatments for human use. That's more than 87%! What's more, progress has slowed, despite huge public support for an end to animal experimentation. The number of experiments only decreased by 3% in 2023 - this is compared to a 10% drop the year before that. We want to change this and drive forward a focus on replacement in science. Read our full update on these new statistics: https://lnkd.in/gU8qvtmy #AnimalResearch #EndAnimalExperiments #Vivisection