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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...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Belgium - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The Belgian biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics from across the EU, including Belgium, on...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Llama antibodies Covid-19
Researchers at EARA member Ghent University, Belgium, have found that antibodies taken from just one llama (pictured) could help to...
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
- May 24
- 1 min
Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...
Ana Barros
- May 17
- 1 min
EARA YouTube release & Pint of Science
To mark this week’s global science communication festival, Pint of Science, EARA’s latest #LetsTalkSciComm video on YouTube has an...
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,...
Ana Barros
- Apr 23
- 5 min
Feature: Biomedical breakthroughs in 2020 - how research with animals contributed
While Covid-19 research has dominated the headlines, day-to-day research into many other conditions to improve our understanding of the...
Ana Barros
- Mar 8
- 1 min
EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18
- 1 min
EU animal alternatives event
The European Commission will provide an update on its work to replace animals in science at a free conference next month. The virtual...
Ana Barros
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
EARA event in Belgium
At an EARA free online event, this month, in association with KU Leuven, Belgium, more than 70 attendees heard from expert speakers about...
Ana Barros
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
The second study of websites of biomedical research bodies across the EU, published by the European Animal Research Association (EARA),...
Ana Barros
- Nov 16, 2020
- 4 min
Belgium - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in Belgium, assessing how they discuss research using animals, just published by...
Ana Barros
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
EARA free events
EARA will hold a series of free online science communication events across Europe, over the next month, to discuss openness and...
Ana Barros
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
EU antibody proposal concerns
Two associations, representing 37 of Europe’s most prestigious research institutes, are the latest to express their concern over the...
Ana Barros
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
EARA media training
For the first time, EARA is launching a series of interactive online media training workshops designed for audiences in four different...
Becky Jones
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
EARA openness event - Belgium
Improving Openness and Animal Research in Belgium – Free event, Friday 20 November, 2-4:30 pm CET The European Animal Research...
Ana Barros
- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
Feature: The vital role of antibodies in biomedical research
Antibodies, the small proteins which form a critical part of our immune response to disease, are the unsung heroes of much biomedical...