EARA #TransparencyThursday, which features regularly on our Instagram feed (and also on YouTube), is an initiative that gives the public the chance to hear scientists explain about why they use animals in their research.

During Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), scientists and communicators from different organisations and institutions answered questions on how and why there is a need for openness and transparency on animal research.

Watch the video Q&As below:

Global | European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN) | Professor Yoland Smith and Professor Antoine Adamantidis

​Global | Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) | Dr Anna Mitchell

Germany | Merck Healthcare KGaA | Dr Michael Schmitt

Germany | Translational Animal Research Center (TARC) Mainz | Sandra Reichel

Germany/Italy | Ernst Strüngmann Institute, Frankfurt, Germany and the University of Parma, Italy | Dr Francesca Lanzarini

Portugal | NOVA Medical School, Lisbon | Professor Ana Isabela Moura Santos

Philippines | Philippine Association for Laboratory Animal Science (PALAS) | Professor Roxanne P. Gapasin, Professor Melissa Marie Rondina and Professor Rohani Navarro

Spain | CIEMAT | Dr Fernando Larcher

UK | Understanding Animal Research (UAR) | John Meredith