In these webinars you will find current scientific breakthroughs in biology, botany and zoology and the part plants and animals play in evolution and ecology along with research devoted to the environmental impact related to these species.
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 6:00am PT, 9:00 ETSeveral regulatory bodies require that animals used in biomedical and behavioral research exposed to procedures that may cause more th...
The ability to rapidly and accurately identify pain in mice is critical for providing them optimal care and welfare. To meet this need, we developed and validated the Grooming Transfer Test (...
Pharmaceutical research and development efforts are often both inefficient and suffer from a high attrition rate of drug candidates within the clinical phase of development. Most drug t...
Preclinical drug discovery is at the edge of a major transformation that promises to improve translation to the clinic through enhanced acquisition and advanced analysis of data. While an imp...
Animal welfare is the most important issue in any in vivo laboratory. The ability to detect and intervene in cases where the conditions of animals may be deteriorating as well as the ability...
There is a growing debate about the usefulness of animal studies in biomedical research and drug development. Some of the challenges in translation from animals to human patients may be from...
Compassion fatigue, or the state of chronic stress for those caring for people or animals in distress, can affect anyone working in the lab animal sciences. This can even affect employe...
This session will explore the interpretation of multi-species scattergrams in normal and pathologic conditions. Numerous case studies will be reviewed....
Welfare First, a programme developed to recognise the importance of welfare within the life sciences sector and to meet the aims of its position statement. Animal welfare is a priority,...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 3:00pm PT, 6:00pm ETThe presentation will very briefly cover the regulatory system for lab animals in China, as well as the regulations and guidelines a...
Preclinical translational imaging, and specifically molecular imaging methods such as positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as well as magne...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 1:30pm PT, 4:30pm ETThe animal research field has gotten more sophisticated with the use of genetically engineered animals, biohazardous agents, and advanced...
Introduction:The cannulation of the cisterna magna in the rat is a valuable model for in-vivo sampling of cerebrospinal fluid for studying delivery of new drugs into the central nervous sys...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 12:00pm PT, 3:00pm ETThe presentation will develop the FELASA (Federation of the European Laboratory Animal Science Association) views on education and train...
This presentation will discuss and review the promise and potential of 3D Microtissues, and the challenges of using these Microtissues as Hazard ID tools. Lastly, we will discuss the potentia...
Experimental models that promise to replace animal tests that are currently required for drugs and chemicals are rapidly proliferating. This includes a number of novel solutions offered by b...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 3:00pm PT, 6:00pm ETMeloxicam is an analgesic NSAID commonly used in mice. Anecdotal evidence supports the use of alternative delivery methods for analgesics...
Compassion Fatigue can affect all those that care for and work with laboratory animals, including husbandry staff, veterinary staff, researchers, and other support staff. It is known as the...
Comparative oncology is the study of naturally-occurring cancers in pet animals (mainly dogs) to broaden and deepen our collective understanding of cancers in both companion species and human...
DATE: February 9, 2017TIME: 10:30am PT, 1:30pm ETDuring the last 50 years the claims for continuous development and training of laboratory animal staff has been progressively devel...
The printing press, the automobile & the Internet are just a few technological achievements that have advanced our world. All were driven by human ingenuity: our innate creativity that in...
The justification of sample size is one of the hardest sections of a proposal an IACUC (ethical review board) has to assess, yet is arguably one of the most important (1). This is a key oppo...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the No.1 cause of death due to a single infectious agent in the world today. According to the global report from World Health Organization, one third of world population...
The translation gap in biomedical research can be attributed in part to differences in how outcomes are assessed in preclinical research and in the clinic. Reasons for these mismatches includ...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 12:00pm PT, 3:00pm ETIn-vivo surgical models are becoming more prevalent and more critical to the drug development process. As the vast majority of ind...
DATE: February 8, 2017TIME: 10:30am PT, 1:30pm ETThe cat remains an important comparative species for studying the long-term safety and efficacy of emergent medical modalities, such as...
Nucleic acid extraction is a fundamental step in unlocking the genetic information contained within biological samples. Isolated nucleic acids are the basis for a multitude of analyses and a...