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Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20204 min read
Portugal - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in Portugal, assessing how they discuss research using animals, just published by...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20201 min read
Sharing research on social media
Scientists around the world, working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, are documenting their work on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram using...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
EU antibody proposal concerns
Two associations, representing 37 of Europe’s most prestigious research institutes, are the latest to express their concern over the...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 8, 20201 min read
EARA media training workshops
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) will hold four online media training sessions in November, with the support of the...
Ana Barros
Sep 14, 20201 min read
#TransparencyThursday on Instagram
A leading scientist will answer questions on EARA’s Instagram account this Thursday about their research using animals, in a new video...
Ana Barros
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Discovery of ageing protein
An international collaboration co-ordinated by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has identified a protein associated with ageing in...
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 10, 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
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 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
May 18, 20201 min read
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, 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
Apr 23, 20203 min read
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, 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
Mar 13, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
Mixed picture on unannounced inspections in EU countries
A report in Research Professional News (RPN) has highlighted that some EU Member States (Czechia, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Portugal)...
Ana Barros
Mar 2, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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...
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