Be Open About Animal Research Day 2025: Partners and Statements

What happened for #BOARD25?

The fifth edition of Be Open About Animal Research Day (#BOARD25), EARA’s global, 24-hour social media campaign, that celebrates examples of openness in animal research with the public, took place during the FELASA Congress 2025, on 3 June. 

• The campaign was supported by more than 260 partners from six continents - the highest participation to date.​

Below is a list of the #BOARD25 partners (by region/country and institution) and their statements.

All partners

Oceania

ANZCCART Australia

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Europe

EARA X Ambassador, Greece

HSBLAS, Greece

Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Greece

University of Helsinki, Finland

Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S, Denmark

EARA X Ambassador, Sweden

EARA X Ambassador, Czech Republic

EARA X Ambassador, Slovenia

EARA X Ambassador, Belgium

KU Leuven, Belgium

Infopountl Proefdieronderzoek, Belgium

VIB, Belgium

ULB, Belgium

Ghent University, Belgium

BCLAS, Belgium

Pranav Joshi, Germany

German Life Sciences Association, Germany

German Primate Center, Germany

MPI for Brain Research, Germany

Ernst Strüngmann Institute of Neuroscience, Germany

TVV, Germany

Nuremberg Zoo, Germany

European Academy of Laboratory Animal Surgery (EALAS), Germany

ConScienceTrain, Germany

EPFL, Switzerland

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

EARA X Ambassador, The Netherlands

Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands

SID, The Netherlands

Donders Centre for Neuroscience, The Netherlands

EARA X Ambassador, Poland

University of Wroclaw, Poland

EARA X Ambassador, Italy

IBBC, Italy

TransCure bioServices, France

aRukon, Spain

EARA X Ambassador, Portugal

VectorB2B, Portugal

SPCAL, Portugal

Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal

Fala-me Neuro, Portugal

Sea4Us, Portugal

Datesand, United Kingdom

LASA, United Kingdom

FESSACAL, South America

SBCAL, Brazil

Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil

CALAM, Canada

Charles River, USA

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