Lynne U. Sneddon
@lynneusneddon.bsky.social
Professor specialising in aquatic animal biology and fish welfare. Views and opinions are entirely my own and have nothing to do with my employer.
Interested in hearing about the science of sentience in fishes and how this has important implications for the treatment of these animals. Please join me in the Aquatic Animal Alliance webinar on 13 November 2025. #fishwelfare #fishsci Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Interested in hearing about the science of sentience in fishes and how this has important implications for the treatment of these animals. Please join me in the Aquatic Animal Alliance webinar on 13 November 2025. #fishwelfare #fishsci Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Delighted to be giving this webinar on 4 Nov along with with my colleague Ana Valentim organised by Zebrafish Husbandry Association on "𝗔𝗻a𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵". #zebrafish #fishsci
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Delighted to be giving this webinar on 4 Nov along with with my colleague Ana Valentim organised by Zebrafish Husbandry Association on "𝗔𝗻a𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵". #zebrafish #fishsci
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
Register here: www.zhaonline.org/reporting-re...
Heading to Manchester to give the keynote speech at the UK Zebrafish meeting on how to refine experiments. Big thanks to Joanna Stanley and Vicky Taylor at the University of Manchester and especially Mollie Millington of the Francis Crick Institute for organising a wonderful meeting. #zebrafish #3Rs
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Heading to Manchester to give the keynote speech at the UK Zebrafish meeting on how to refine experiments. Big thanks to Joanna Stanley and Vicky Taylor at the University of Manchester and especially Mollie Millington of the Francis Crick Institute for organising a wonderful meeting. #zebrafish #3Rs
The Nordic Zebrafish Meeting organised by Zebrafish Core Facility KI has some wonderful speakers dedicated to improving science and the welfare of zebrafish.
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Nordic Zebrafish Meeting organised by Zebrafish Core Facility KI has some wonderful speakers dedicated to improving science and the welfare of zebrafish.
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Information here: ki.se/en/research/... #zebrafish #3Rs #fishwelfare
Celebrate World Animal Day by attending this free webinar with the theme "Save animals, Save the planet!". My talk is on "The Importance of Fish Welfare for Aquaculture, Fisheries and Safeguarding the Environment". Register here: sciforum.net/event/WAD202... #fishwelfare #savetheplanet
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Celebrate World Animal Day by attending this free webinar with the theme "Save animals, Save the planet!". My talk is on "The Importance of Fish Welfare for Aquaculture, Fisheries and Safeguarding the Environment". Register here: sciforum.net/event/WAD202... #fishwelfare #savetheplanet
Heading to the Asia for Animals conference. Honoured to be a keynote speaker discussing the science of sentience in fishes and how we can improve their welfare in aquaculture, fisheries, the pet fish industry and in the laboratory. Also chairing a session on welfare in aquatics #fishwelfare #fishsci
August 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Heading to the Asia for Animals conference. Honoured to be a keynote speaker discussing the science of sentience in fishes and how we can improve their welfare in aquaculture, fisheries, the pet fish industry and in the laboratory. Also chairing a session on welfare in aquatics #fishwelfare #fishsci
Save the date if you are interested in zebrafish welfare. Meeting at University of Manchester, UK, on 22nd October 2025 with a very small registration fee. Ethics, 3Rs, and welfare will be discussed by some excellent speakers. Hope to see you there! #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci #3Rs
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Save the date if you are interested in zebrafish welfare. Meeting at University of Manchester, UK, on 22nd October 2025 with a very small registration fee. Ethics, 3Rs, and welfare will be discussed by some excellent speakers. Hope to see you there! #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci #3Rs
More lovely surprises from my kind Masters student. It was a joy to supervise her project so she did not need to but I adore shortbread and flowers! She knows me so well. Grateful to have someone as kind and talented in the lab as Sofia Kemperin #animalwelfare #supervisor #students
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
More lovely surprises from my kind Masters student. It was a joy to supervise her project so she did not need to but I adore shortbread and flowers! She knows me so well. Grateful to have someone as kind and talented in the lab as Sofia Kemperin #animalwelfare #supervisor #students
Always a good idea to celebrate success and tonight we toasted my Masters student Sofia Kemperin on completing her thesis on determining humane methods of killing crustaceans. Sofia is a super talented researcher and it has been a great pleasure to supervise their project #animalwelfare #crustacean
June 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Always a good idea to celebrate success and tonight we toasted my Masters student Sofia Kemperin on completing her thesis on determining humane methods of killing crustaceans. Sofia is a super talented researcher and it has been a great pleasure to supervise their project #animalwelfare #crustacean
Congratulations to Enya Van Poucke for an amazing Ph.D thesis defense. Enya showed that enrichment and access to play areas can enhance the welfare of chicks #animalwelfare #chicken #eggs
June 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations to Enya Van Poucke for an amazing Ph.D thesis defense. Enya showed that enrichment and access to play areas can enhance the welfare of chicks #animalwelfare #chicken #eggs
Enjoying the RSPCA (UK) meeting Focus on Fish with great speakers on fish welfare. I will be discussing how to refine zebrafish experiments to improve their welfare #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci
February 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Enjoying the RSPCA (UK) meeting Focus on Fish with great speakers on fish welfare. I will be discussing how to refine zebrafish experiments to improve their welfare #zebrafish #fishwelfare #fishsci
Delighted to be giving a keynote speech at the Asia for Animals conference in Taipei in August 2025. Early bird registration is open #animalwelfare #fishwelfare
www.asiaforanimals.com/conference-2...
www.asiaforanimals.com/conference-2...
February 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Delighted to be giving a keynote speech at the Asia for Animals conference in Taipei in August 2025. Early bird registration is open #animalwelfare #fishwelfare
www.asiaforanimals.com/conference-2...
www.asiaforanimals.com/conference-2...
Super proud of my Ph.D student @ekasiouras.bsky.social for getting his second front cover for our paper on heart rate monitoring in rainbow trout - no effect of boldness but magnitude of change linked to the type of stress test #fishsci #fishwelfare
January 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Super proud of my Ph.D student @ekasiouras.bsky.social for getting his second front cover for our paper on heart rate monitoring in rainbow trout - no effect of boldness but magnitude of change linked to the type of stress test #fishsci #fishwelfare
Delighted to be the supervisor of another successful Ph.D student, Dr Tzu-Hsin Kuo (Crystalle), who successfully defended her thesis today. Hooray! Crystalle worked on recognising and alleviating pain in cuttlefish #animalwelfare
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Delighted to be the supervisor of another successful Ph.D student, Dr Tzu-Hsin Kuo (Crystalle), who successfully defended her thesis today. Hooray! Crystalle worked on recognising and alleviating pain in cuttlefish #animalwelfare
So lucky to get to spend time with wonderful people. Some of my lab group out celebrating how much we appreciate each other #animalwelfare
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
So lucky to get to spend time with wonderful people. Some of my lab group out celebrating how much we appreciate each other #animalwelfare
Just gave a talk to 500 people at the Max Planck Laboratory Animal Welfare Seminar Series. Great to see so many people interested in improving the welfare of fishes #fishwelfare #fishsci
November 27, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Just gave a talk to 500 people at the Max Planck Laboratory Animal Welfare Seminar Series. Great to see so many people interested in improving the welfare of fishes #fishwelfare #fishsci
Another proud moment for me as my Ph.D student @ekasiouras.bsky.social is interviewed on Swedish radio about his work on investigating nociception and pain in crabs - in Swedish #animalwelfare #crustacean sverigesradio.se/artikel/kan-...
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Another proud moment for me as my Ph.D student @ekasiouras.bsky.social is interviewed on Swedish radio about his work on investigating nociception and pain in crabs - in Swedish #animalwelfare #crustacean sverigesradio.se/artikel/kan-...
So amazed by how good talks are when given by young scientists - so much effort and care is taken. Just saw excellent presentation by Ph.D student Martina Bellio on neurogenesis in fishes
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
So amazed by how good talks are when given by young scientists - so much effort and care is taken. Just saw excellent presentation by Ph.D student Martina Bellio on neurogenesis in fishes
Proud of my Ph.D student Eleftherios Kasiouras @ekasiouras.bsky.social publishing his first paper from his Ph.D and getting the front cover - a noxious stimulus applied to the soft tissues of crabs is conveyed to the central nervous system www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13...
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Proud of my Ph.D student Eleftherios Kasiouras @ekasiouras.bsky.social publishing his first paper from his Ph.D and getting the front cover - a noxious stimulus applied to the soft tissues of crabs is conveyed to the central nervous system www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13...
Great to be here on this platform. Also great to spend last weekend visiting wonderful former colleagues in Liverpool who are the most dedicated, kind and supportive people and more importantly they are my dear friends who make my life better
November 15, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Great to be here on this platform. Also great to spend last weekend visiting wonderful former colleagues in Liverpool who are the most dedicated, kind and supportive people and more importantly they are my dear friends who make my life better