Discovery of ageing protein
An international collaboration co-ordinated by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has identified a protein associated with ageing in...
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Ana Barros
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
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 10, 2020
- 1 min
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
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
EARA communications event at FENS
The EARA Special Interest Event at the Virtual FENS Forum, last week, highlighted the importance of a proactive approach on communicating...
Ana Barros
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Error as learning strategy in rats
Research on rodents suggests that making different decisions faced with equal challenges could confirm that error is an in-built part of...
Ana Barros
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
Booklets for children
SECAL, the Spanish Society for Laboratory Animal Sciences, has developed a series of teaching booklets, aimed at children, on research...
Ana Barros
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
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
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Alzheimer's new treatment target
Scientists in Portugal have found a genetic sequence in mice that could be a new treatment target for Alzheimer’s disease. The team from...
Ana Barros
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
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
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
A look back at medical advances in 2019 and the role played by animal research
While biomedical research is being asked to find solutions to the world’s current health emergency, it is worth remembering the wide...
Ana Barros
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
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
- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
Why it’s important to be open about animal research in Portugal – video of EARA Lisbon event
Following its successful season of events on openness and transparency, EARA has released a series of videos from its Lisbon event....
Ana Barros
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Mixed picture on unannounced inspections in EU countries
A report in Research Professional News (RPN) has highlighted that some EU Member States (Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and...
Ana Barros
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Animal study wins Science Magazine dance contest
An annual global contest that challenges researchers to explain their PhD through dance, has been won by a researcher in Portugal...
Ana Barros
- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
Improving openness in animal research within the European neuroscience community
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) invites you to attend a panel discussion at the FENS Forum of Neuroscience on openness in...
Ana Barros
- Feb 5, 2020
- 5 min
Research sector in Portugal welcomes EU-wide figures on the number of animals used in science
The Portuguese biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of the first comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all...
Ana Barros
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Fighting skin cancer with a vaccine
Scientists in Portugal have created a vaccine based on nanotechnology which can prevent the development of skin cancer in mice. The...
Ana Barros
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Electronic modulation used in rats to treat diabetes
Scientists at the CEDOC-NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal, have found a therapy that could provide a way for patients to manage type...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2019
- 3 min
‘By hiding we are not helping public understanding’, Portuguese audience hears at EARA event
EARA’s latest event in Lisbon, this week, highlighted the importance of the new Portuguese Transparency Agreement and the need to be...
Ana Barros
- Oct 17, 2019
- 3 min
Free EARA event on openness in animal research in Portugal, this November
The latest in the series of EARA science communications events, supported by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and...