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Personality changes in zebrafish
German scientists have shown, that by selective breeding of zebrafish, distinct personality traits occur both in behaviour and also brain...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Sex & fruit flies
Scientists in Portugal have found key behaviours that trigger the transition from courtship to mating in fruit flies (see video). The...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Mice & immune cell development
Researchers from EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, have found key details about how our immune system develops....
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Flatfish skin diseases
Belgian researchers have developed a lab model of flatfish skin to understand a recent unexplained increase in skin ulcers. Flatfish,...
Ana Barros
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Dogs & Covid-19
Researchers at EARA member the University of Helsinki, Finland, have successfully trained dogs to detect Covid-19 in human samples using...
Ana Barros
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Visit us at FENS
EARA will be among the exhibitors at the online FENS Forum 2020, starting this Saturday. Visit us at the Consortium for Public Outreach...
Ana Barros
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Virtual lab tours
With in-person laboratory tours impossible at present, virtual tours to engage with the public are showing their value. An article in The...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Swiss advocacy group rebrands
EARA Member, the Basel Declaration Society, based in Switzerland, has rebranded as Animal Research Tomorrow. The organisation now has a...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Animal research comms in Belgium & Netherlands
EARA member Infopoint Animal Testing (IPPO), based in Belgium, has launched an informative booklet (only available in Dutch) on...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Sweden & France events
A free webinar, focusing on the activities of EARA, and hosted by the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (ESLAV) and the...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Covid-19 virus reveals the need for animal testing
This article is reprinted from Yleisradio Oy, Finland's national public broadcasting company, featuring an interview with Emrah Yatkin,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20203 min read
EARA at FENS
EARA will be hosting a live-streamed Special Interest Event at the first ever online conference of the Federation of European...
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Zebrafish & regenerative medicine
Two separate studies, using zebrafish, are helping to give greater insights into how cells regrow in different parts of the body. At...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
Research dog welfare
EARA member Covance Laboratories, along with Novo Nordisk, have collaborated to enhance the design of cages to house dogs used in drug...
Ana Barros
May 18, 20201 min read
Responses needed for survey on rodent surgery
Swiss researchers are looking for responses to a survey looking at the challenges and pitfalls of experimental surgery in rodents. The...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
Llama antibodies could help combat Covid-19
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, have found that antibodies taken from a llama are some of the first to...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
Online efforts in times of pandemic
An alliance of six life science research institutes, in Portugal, has launched a website to centralise and share scientific content and...
Ana Barros
May 4, 20201 min read
Fighting coronavirus using computer modelling
The Human Brain Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its partner Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, are now using their knowledge...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
World’s largest vaccine companies work together on Covid-19
EARA members Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have announced a vaccine collaboration to fight Covid-19. The vaccine is based on the...
Ana Barros
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Insights into food disorders with mice study
Portuguese research, has found a new link between the digestive and nervous systems which could lead to a better understanding on...
Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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