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Ana Barros
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
#BOARD21 in science magazine
EARA’s global campaign to encourage openness about animal research Get on #BOARD21 has been featured this month in Laboratory Animal...
Ana Barros
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Open call – 3Rs & Communications
Two grants to support young scientists in communicating about animal research and the development of alternative methods have been...
Ana Barros
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Organoid fish eyes
Scientists at Heidelberg University, Germany, have created fish eye models at the lab, paving the way to better understand retinal...
Ana Barros
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Organoids at global event
The 11th World Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing concluded last week, under the theme of 3Rs in Transition: From development to...
Ana Barros
- Aug 23
- 1 min
WC11 online
The postponed World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11) begins this week in its online format. The event...
Ana Barros
- Aug 16
- 1 min
3R event in Austria
EARA member the RepRefRed Society, Austria, is holding an online event on animal welfare and 3Rs approaches next month. The “Austrian...
Ana Barros
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Animal-free skin test
The first complete skin sensitisation test, without using animals, has been approved for international use. The Organisation for Economic...
Ana Barros
- Jul 26
- 1 min
New EU database on animal research
The EU Commission has published its first database including information on projects using animals for scientific purposes. The...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Stem cells & Covid and Zika infections
Scientists at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, have discovered a process in mammalian stem cells that can protect against viral...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19
- 1 min
EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...
Ana Barros
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Refinement prize
A European 3Rs body is seeking applications for an award to recognise new methods to refine animal testing. The European Partnership for...
Ana Barros
- Jul 12
- 1 min
3Rs grant for Belgian university
EARA member Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been awarded a €250,000 grant to promote alternative methods to animal testing. The...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UK’s major prize for non-animal methods in...
Ana Barros
- May 16
- 1 min
3Rs podcast
A podcast looking at the work of 3Rs centres across Europe has been launched. The podcast by the Altertox Academy, based in Belgium,...
Becky Jones
- May 10
- 1 min
Non-animal models in neurodegenerative disease
The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a knowledge base of more than 550 non-animal models used for research into...
Ana Barros
- May 9
- 1 min
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around Europe have been answering your questions about their studies using animals....
Ana Barros
- May 8
- 1 min
Scientists in the Netherlands talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
- May 8
- 1 min
Scientists in Germany talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
- May 8
- 1 min
Scientists in Greece talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...