This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA congress (16 June), and to celebrate the day, a global cohort of institutions produced videos and live stream Instagram interviews, to talk about their openness and transparency on animal research.

Here are the Instagram Live Sessions in different national languages:

​Greece | EARA Twitter Ambassador, Georgios Petrellis, speaks to Christina Kolla, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, about her work on breast cancer using mice (Greek)

​Slovenia | EARA Twitter Ambassador, Maša Čater, speaks to Professor Tatjana Pirman, University of Ljubljana, about her work on digestion & nutrition using animals (Slovenian)

Here are the videos published on social media (listed by country/institution). Click the links or watch the videos directly below.

Portugal | CCMAR-Algarve | Researcher Maria João Xavier describes the importance of nutrition for aquaculture (Portuguese)

Portugal | CIIMAR | Rui Magalhães discusses the need for experimental trials using live fish (Portuguese)

Portugal | CIIMAR | Rita Azeredo explains how the Animal Health and Aquaculture group works under the 3Rs (Portuguese)

Portugal | CIIMAR | Pedro Rodrigues refers to the importance of animal testing for toxicity (Portuguese)

Portugal | CIIMAR | Nicole Martins describes how experimental trials with live fish are essential to aquafeeds (Portuguese)

Portugal | CIIMAR | Cláudia Teixeira talks about using animal testing to support aquaculture diets (Portuguese)

Portugal | Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) | Researchers show the animal facility and explain their work on animal research (Portuguese)

Portugal | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) | Transparency Day: Model Organisms Facility and the need for model organisms

Spain | BINAEX | Example of techniques that require animals

Spain | SEBBM | How researchers develop innovative strategies to apply the 3Rs in their research projects (Spanish)

UK | Babraham Institute | Explore the Animal Facility at the Babraham Institute

UK | British Pharmacological Society | The importance of experimental units

UK | University of Manchester | A day in the life of an animal technologist

USA | University of Wisconsin | Jordana Lenon at the STEM cell learning lab