Dr Daniel Adams (pictured below), University of California San Francisco, describes the latest resource from the NC3Rs aimed at refining neuroscience experiments using non-human primates – the Chronic Implants Wiki – and why a wiki format was chosen.
With the deadline for this year’s 3Rs Prize nominations approaching, we got in touch with 2014 winner, Dr Oliver Britton from University of Oxford, to discuss his experience of the process, winning and his year since.
Today sees the publication of a roadmap on non-animal technologies (NATs) which has been jointly developed by six organisations – Innovate UK, the NC3Rs, BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC and Dstl. Here Dr Vicky Robinson the NC3Rs Chief Executive describes the
In 2014 the NC3Rs launched a programme of work to support the wide-scale development and application of pathways-based approaches, with the aim of improving the science of human and environmental safety assessment and ultimately reducing the reliance
Scientists using animals in research have a responsibility to ensure that the studies are appropriately designed, conducted, analysed and reported so that they impartially and robustly answer the question they are intended to and truly add to the
Together with the Institute of Animal Technology (IAT), we recently held a symposium for animal technicians, an event bringing together technicians from various backgrounds and speakers from both academia and industry.
The ‘Procedures with Care’ website contains HD video tutorials offering step-by-step practical guidance for carrying out the administration of substances to mice and rats, emphasising the need to handle the animals with care to reduce any distress
Last week, NC3Rs made a trip to Bradford to join the British Science Festival for our session “Dish and chips: new alternatives to animal testing”, chaired by Professor Jamie Davies from the University of Edinburgh, former Deputy Chair of the NC3Rs
We have recently funded six new projects for a total of £1.65 million, as part of our 2015 project grant competition.
To many people, the 3Rs are all about minimising harm to animals. But one of the successes of the NC3Rs has been to demonstrate that they are about so much more. A 3Rs approach fosters more robust, reproducible and translational science, bringing
Last month saw the launch of our online resource on microsampling featuring a range of tools for researchers including example study designs, videos showing microsampling techniques and a decision tree to help determine what type of sampling to use
The third annual NC3Rs Summer School was held in late June at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford.
This week (Tuesday 9 June) saw the first meeting of the newly formed London In Vitro Models Club.
Dr Sally Robinson, Head of Laboratory Animal Science (UK) at AstraZeneca, describes how the company is incorporating and championing the 3Rs by recognising innovative developments and ensuring good practice is shared globally within their company.
Dr Mark Prescott, primatologist and Head of Research Management and Policy at the NC3Rs, launches our latest online resource – The Macaque Website.
An NC3Rs funded project has helped pave the way towards a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). NC3Rs Science Manager Katie Lidster reviews the impacts the grant has had since being awarded in 2010.
Last week saw the publication of updated guidance on funding applications involving the use of animals, by the UK’s Research Councils. The announcement was picked up by the specialist and general press, with Nature and the Observer both covering the
In February we held a two day workshop on publication bias, encouraging delegates to share their thoughts online using the hashtag #publicationbias. Below is a Wakelet feed of what they shared.
For decades, regulations for the toxicity testing of agrochemicals have required the use of dogs as well a rodent species, usually the rat.
The University of Oxford is one of the world’s leading centres for biomedical research, with outstanding strengths in both basic science and its clinical application.
