In these webinars you will find current scientific breakthroughs in biology, botany and zoology and the part plants and animals play in evolution and ecology along with research devoted to the environmental impact related to these species.
Concerns about the quality of published animal research include inefficient or flawed study design, inappropriate statistical analysis and incomplete reporting. The ARRIVE guidelines were de...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 6:00am PT, 9:00am ETThere is no professional area in which CPD is more necessary than in the field of laboratory animals. The continuous advancement of scien...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 7:30am PT, 10:30am ETMany of us who believe in the importance of aseptic rodent surgery have lived through the frustration of trying to implement rodent asep...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ETThere are many factors involved in rabbit breeding that impact performance. In this evaluation of a Dutch Belted rabbit breeding c...
In the course of the so-called reproducibility crisis, various sources of poor reproducibility of animal research have been identified, including a lack of scientific rigor, low statistical...
Inherent in research, is the simplification of a complex world into a testing space to explore cause and effect. Across preclinical research, questions are being raised on the testing space...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 6:00am PT, 9:00am ETDevelopment of assisted reproductive technologies in the dog has lagged behind many other domestic and laboratory animal species, due in...
Conspecific aggression is a common problem amongst laboratory housed male mice. While C57BL/6 are not the most aggressive strain we house, they are exceedingly common, and dealing with...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 6:00am PT, 9:00 ETSeveral regulatory bodies require that animals used in biomedical and behavioral research exposed to procedures that may cause more th...
Pharmaceutical research and development efforts are often both inefficient and suffer from a high attrition rate of drug candidates within the clinical phase of development. Most drug t...
The ability to rapidly and accurately identify pain in mice is critical for providing them optimal care and welfare. To meet this need, we developed and validated the Grooming Transfer Test (...
Compassion fatigue, or the state of chronic stress for those caring for people or animals in distress, can affect anyone working in the lab animal sciences. This can even affect employe...
This session will explore the interpretation of multi-species scattergrams in normal and pathologic conditions. Numerous case studies will be reviewed....
Animal welfare is the most important issue in any in vivo laboratory. The ability to detect and intervene in cases where the conditions of animals may be deteriorating as well as the ability...
Preclinical drug discovery is at the edge of a major transformation that promises to improve translation to the clinic through enhanced acquisition and advanced analysis of data. While an imp...
There is a growing debate about the usefulness of animal studies in biomedical research and drug development. Some of the challenges in translation from animals to human patients may be from...
Introduction:The cannulation of the cisterna magna in the rat is a valuable model for in-vivo sampling of cerebrospinal fluid for studying delivery of new drugs into the central nervous sys...
Welfare First, a programme developed to recognise the importance of welfare within the life sciences sector and to meet the aims of its position statement. Animal welfare is a priority,...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 1:30pm PT, 4:30pm ETThe animal research field has gotten more sophisticated with the use of genetically engineered animals, biohazardous agents, and advanced...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 3:00pm PT, 6:00pm ETThe presentation will very briefly cover the regulatory system for lab animals in China, as well as the regulations and guidelines a...
Preclinical translational imaging, and specifically molecular imaging methods such as positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as well as magne...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 12:00pm PT, 3:00pm ETThe presentation will develop the FELASA (Federation of the European Laboratory Animal Science Association) views on education and train...
Compassion Fatigue can affect all those that care for and work with laboratory animals, including husbandry staff, veterinary staff, researchers, and other support staff. It is known as the...
This presentation will discuss and review the promise and potential of 3D Microtissues, and the challenges of using these Microtissues as Hazard ID tools. Lastly, we will discuss the potentia...
Experimental models that promise to replace animal tests that are currently required for drugs and chemicals are rapidly proliferating. This includes a number of novel solutions offered by b...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 3:00pm PT, 6:00pm ETMeloxicam is an analgesic NSAID commonly used in mice. Anecdotal evidence supports the use of alternative delivery methods for analgesics...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 10:30am PT, 1:30pm ETDuring the last 50 years the claims for continuous development and training of laboratory animal staff has been progressively devel...
Concerns about the quality of published animal research include inefficient or flawed study design, inappropriate statistical analysis and incomplete reporting. The ARRIVE guidelines were de...
