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🚀 New Online Course Alert!
Our HO Accredited training for L/E1 PIL AB Rodent & Rabbit is now ONLINE!
✅ Start anytime
✅ Learn at your own pace
✅ Lower cost, same quality
Your future in biomedical research starts here info@learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk www.learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk/courses/
Great to take part in the @lasa-uk.bsky.social New PELH Workshop, bringing together 19+ delegates to reflect on leadership, responsibility and good research practice.
Thanks to everyone involved — valuable discussions & great reminder of our shared responsibility as licence holders and animal carers
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@rspcalabanimal.bsky.social have produced a new resource for AWERB members on the task of providing ethical advice, including an online thought starter to help identify ethical issues arising from the use of animals in science #3Rs #AWERB tinyurl.com/38tks932
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Autumn Workshops - spaces available! 20% Time-limited deal - book now! Discount promo offer 📅 Book before 31st October 2025 🎟️ Use promo code: CPDSEPT More details in our newsletter mailchi.mp/ccb11d86ddf8...
September 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Spaces still available for this excellent scientific webinar later this week - register via link below 👇
Join us next week to learn more about misconceptions around sex-inclusive research and how the Sex Inclusive Research Framework can be used by scientists, ethical review bodies and funders: nc3rs.org.uk/events/tackl...

📅 18 September, 15.00 – 16.00

📜 One hour of continuing professional development
September 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"We need to talk about sexes"

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We Need to Talk about Sexes - Addressing the Prevalence of Single-Sex Animal Studies
YouTube video by Nuno Henrique Franco
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August 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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📢 The UFAW & AWRN seminar series: Influencing for Impact – Translating #AnimalWelfare Research into Law & Policy, returns on 18 September.

Dr Benjamin Lecorps and Dr Eugénie Duval will discuss: “Trials and Errors in Bridging Animal Welfare Science and Policy.”

🔗Sign up here ➡️ lnkd.in/eS8cK3PQ
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Do take time to sign up for this excellent webinar from @nc3rs.bsky.social Our MD, Angela is really proud to be one of the co authors of this article The Sex Inclusive Research Framework to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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📢 Must-have tool for researchers, grant reviewers, & IACUC members:

💡 @replanimalres.bsky.social "Replacement Checklist" helps evaluate whether all possible alternatives to animal use in research have been properly considered.

replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/resources/re...

Why it works 🧵 🧪
June 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Claus Nerlov, from the @imm.ox.ac.uk and Haem Cluster member, was awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award to map the regulatory networks in blood cell production. This will provide invaluable insight for the development of better therapies for patients
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/news/wellcom...
Wellcome Discovery Award for Claus Nerlov of the Heam Cluster | National Mouse Genetics Network
Claus Nerlov, Professor of Stem Cell Biology and member of our Haem Cluster, has been awarded funding from Wellcome to map the gene regulatory networks in blood cell production and […]
nmgn.mrc.ukri.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Still time to register for this exciting Large Animal Research Network event - meet up with like minded researchers and animal care staff
📅 Save the date! The LASA Large Animal Rsearch Network (LARN) annual meeting will be held 24 - 25 September 🐑 🐄 🐖

Did you know that LARN is one of the LASA Sections? Find out more on the LASA website: lasa.co.uk/sections

#LargeAnimals #AnimalScience #Research #3Rs
August 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Do you need a Home Office PIL? Is your busy diary making it difficult to attend scheduled face-to-face or live webinar training? Our online, on-demand webinars might be the solution you need! Contact info@learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk Visit www.learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk/courses/
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Ferret studies at @jhu.edu show past seasonal flu infections may offer short-lived, limited protection against bird flu (H5N1), echoing findings in humans.
www.eara.eu/post/seasona...
#Influenza #H5N1 #AnimalResearch #ferrets
Seasonal flu may offer some protection against bird flu, in ferrets and humans
Research from the US in ferrets shows that previous infections with seasonal flu viruses or vaccinations might offer some limited protection against the bird flu strain.Bird flu (H5N1) poses a…
www.eara.eu
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An excellent resource for a variety of animal welfare reports and articles
🐱 This #InternationalCatDay, we’re highlighting Cats, a curated Collection from Animal Welfare featuring free to access research on #catwelfare.

🔗 Explore the Cats Collection here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🔗 View all Collections here: bit.ly/AWJCollections

#AnimalWelfareScience
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Autumn Workshops plan your training & CPD See our latest newsletter for dates & book online Email info@learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk #CPD #Education&Training #Research #Animaltechnology Newsletter link here 👉
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August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The 3R Online Seminar Series “Alternatives to Animal Use in Research and Education: Refine, Reduce & Replace” will take place again this year 🤩

📅 Every Thursday from 16/10 to 11/22 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM

Check the program and find more information via www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/einrichtunge...
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www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de
July 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Excited to send biological models trump cards from the NC3Rs office for the first time! 🎉

Created by @comeflywithjo.bsky.social via our public engagement awards, the game sparks discussion on choosing research models and replacing animal use.

📦 Get your free pack: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
July 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Are you attending the 20th International Xenopus Conference in August? 🐸

Esther Pearl (@drejpearl.bsky.social) will be sharing our work and resources relevant to research involving Xenopus, including improving experimental design and refining husbandry practices: nc3rs.org.uk/events/20th-...
July 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We are recommending that our learners studying for their
@InstAnimalTech
Level 2 and 3 Diplomas watch this great webinar focusing on Optimising Enrichment For Larger Species youtu.be/1kel8sjIgwE?... via
@YouTube #3Rs
Optimising Enrichment For Larger Species
YouTube video by datesand
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July 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We've signed up to attend this #3Rs award ceremony online. Have you? ❓
🏆 Online 3Rs Prize ceremony, 23 July: nc3rs.org.uk/events/3rs-p...

Join us, Prize sponsors GSK and NC3Rs Board Chair Professor Dame Julia Buckingham to hear about the outstanding 3Rs impacts recognised by this years’ Prize, including non-animal derived antibodies and in vitro antivenom testing.
July 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🐟😖 Fish suffer intense pain for 10+ mins after catch

New research shows rainbow trout endure up to 22 mins of severe pain when left to suffocate in air. Effective stunning could prevent up to 20 hours of suffering per $1 invested.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#AnimalWelfare #SciComm #Fish 🧪
Quantifying the welfare impact of air asphyxia in rainbow trout slaughter for policy and practice - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Quantifying the welfare impact of air asphyxia in rainbow trout slaughter for policy and practice
doi.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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A parting gift to stay connected ❤️ 🧪

Starter Packs for #zebrafish Community:

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June 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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🔬 Transparent animal research is ethical, reproducible, and credible.

Want to improve your lab's practices?

Follow this 🧵 on the 10 essentials from the 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

#AnimalResearch #Transparency #ARRIVEguidelines #aRukon
May 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Join us for Organoids Are Us 2025, a symposium featuring organoids, stem cells, cancer, inflammatory disorders and infectious disease.

📆23 - 26 September 2025

📍Glasgow, Scotland

Early bird registration extended to 18th July. Register below! 👇
Organoids Are Us 2025
Further information about this event including our invited speakers and conference programme are available in the tabs below. If you have any questions, please contact organoids-are-us@crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚀 New Online Course Alert!
Our HO Accredited training for L/E1 PIL AB Rodent & Rabbit is now ONLINE!
✅ Start anytime
✅ Learn at your own pace
✅ Lower cost, same quality
Your future in biomedical research starts here info@learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk www.learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk/courses/
June 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Do you need training for a Home Office PIL C Licence? Come and learn with us today! Have fun learning about aseptic technique and basic suturing with your practical assessment. Further details from info@learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk www.learningcurvedevelopment.co.uk/courses/
June 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM