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Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home-cage
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Our members from different ITC countries have published a paper in Slovenian Veterinary Research on the advantages home-cage systems offer for animal welfare and data reproducibility. A pipeline for choosing the right system also added!

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#behavior #homecage #welfare
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🗣️ How did participants describe this year’s TEATIME Training School in just 3 words?

Thank you to everyone who joined us — we loved learning and growing with you! 🌟

#TrainingSchool #HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #LabAnimalScience #ScientificTraining #NetworkingExcellence @costprogramme.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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We’re proud to have held 4 popular TEATIME Training Schools—thanks to all organizers, speakers, and @costprogramme.bsky.social for the support; manuals are open access on our website, and more training opportunities are coming soon!

#animalresearch #homecage #behavior #neuroscience #AnimalWelfare
August 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Nastasia Mirofle (France) completed a TEATIME STSM at the Donders Institute (NL), exploring how the serotonin transporter influences environmental sensitivity and a-sociality.

#animalresearch #behavior #grant @costprogramme.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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See you soon in beautiful Helsinki for our final event!

#animalresearch #homecage #conference @costprogramme.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Join us on September 3rd for Day 2 of the TEATIME Final Conference, featuring expert talks on home-cage monitoring technologies, case studies, a roundtable on the future of automated monitoring, a closing keynote, and a farewell networking reception.

#animalresearch #homecage
June 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Wondering what the program of our TEATIME Final Conference looks like? Take a look at the exciting talks we have lined up for Day 1!

More info and registration link for online attendance can be found here:
www.cost-teatime.org/events/the-teatime-journery-shaping-the-future-of-lab-animal-monitoring/
June 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Registration for in-person attendance at the TEATIME Final Conference is closed — but you can still join us online by registering here: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Thank you to all the participants and experts who joined us last week in Bratislava for our training school on animal behavioural research and home-cage monitoring — it was a fantastic event full of learning, sharing, and collaboration!
June 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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At the TEATIME Beginners Training School, Veronika Borbelyova present how testing social behavior of mice in home-cage systems like PhenoTyper can offer more natural insights compared to traditional sociability tests in unfamiliar environments.

#Neuroscience #BehavioralResearch #HomeCage
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Day 3 of our Training School brought inspiring insights on developing home-cage systems, scaling behavioural data, and using tools like EthoVision and ANY-maze.

#HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #AnimalWelfare #BigData #ScientificTraining #Neuroscience #ScienceCommunication #OpenScience
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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This week at our training school, participants explored how to optimize behavioral experiments using ANY-maze — from automated procedures to advanced analysis and integration with lab equipment.

#behavioralanalysis #ANYmaze #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #animalresearch #training
June 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Day 2 of our training school focused on motor and cognitive behavioral assays, home-cage monitoring, and best practices in experimental design and data quality control.

#animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #experimentaldesign #qualitycontrol #homecage #neuroscience #training #labautomation
June 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Participants at our training school discovered how EthoVision XT enables precise automated tracking, zone configuration, and advanced behavioral analysis to enhance reproducibility in animal research.

#EthoVisionXT #animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #training
June 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Day 1 of the TEATIME Training School kicked off with inspiring talks on experimental design, home-cage monitoring, and DeepLabCut, alongside expert meetups and student presentations—highlighting the power of science, networking, and collaboration.

#animalresearch #training #homecage #welfare
June 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Everything set for our 4th training school!

#animalresearch #homecage #mouse #experimentaldesign #training #Bratislava
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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At our training school, @okalliokoski.bsky.social will lead an interactive session exploring how our experimental choices shape the outcomes of the "game of science"—can you uncover the truth?

#ScienceCommunication #ExperimentalDesign #ScientificIntegrity #TrainingSchool #Research
June 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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At our upcoming training school, Giorgio Rosati will present the scalable Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) system—enabling continuous, non-invasive home-cage monitoring with minimal data footprint and high scientific impact.

#HomeCage #DVCsystem #LabAnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #PreclinicalResearch
June 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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The TEATIME Training School has officially kicked off with a warm welcome from Veronika Borbélyová at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava.

#TrainingSchool #Bratislava #LabAnimalScience #HomeCageMonitoring #Networking #ScienceCommunity @costprogramme.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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This week at the TEATIME Training School, Oren Forkosh will explore how curiosity-driven engineering turns empty racks into fully automated home-cage behavioural observatories.

#HomeCageMonitoring #BehaviouralScience #Neuroscience #LabAutomation #AnimalResearch @costprogramme.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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This week at the TEATIME Training School, Alice Melloni and @nunohfranco.bsky.social will lead a session on experimental design and data quality control.

#AnimalResearch #ExperimentalDesign #DataQuality #LabAnimalScience @costprogramme.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Join us on June 18th (Training school) for Michael Tsoory lectures exploring traditional vs. home-cage-based behavioral assays in mouse models of mental disorders—through the lens of validity, reliability, and animal welfare.

#animalresearch #homecage #InMice @costprogramme.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Next week at the Training School, Silvia Mandillo will lecture on assessing motor function in mouse models—covering standard tests, home-cage monitoring, case studies, and the impact of sex and welfare on results.

#MouseModels #BehavioralNeuroscience @costprogramme.bsky.social #homecage
June 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Also in Bratislava, @neurodaniela.bsky.social will teach how to use DeepLabCut’s deep learning tools for accurate, automated animal pose estimation and behavioral analysis through its user-friendly GUI.

#DeepLabCut #BehavioralResearch #MachineLearning #Neuroscience #OpenScience
June 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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At the Bratislava Training School, @nunohfranco.bsky.social will teach key principles of #experimentaldesign—such as randomization, blinding, sample size, and bias control—to help ensure that #animalresearch is reliable, #reproducible, and aligned with the #3Rs.

@costprogramme.bsky.social #training
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM