Our Communications Officer, Laura McGuinness, spoke to Iratxe Puebla, Deputy Editor at PLOS ONE, about how journals can support the 3Rs. Listen to the podcast below.
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As I am now in the throes of completing my PhD thesis, it is a good time to reflect back upon the journey: the training and opportunities, the connections I have made, and the impact of my research.
The eTOX project is part of IMI, a collaborative effort between the European Union and the pharmaceutical industry association EFPIA aiming to speed up the development of better and safer medicines for patients.
Martina Klaric, Project Manager at Cosmetics Europe, tells the NC3Rs how the industry is moving forwards following the changes to EU cosmetic testing regulations.
The winners of our Public Engagement Small Awards have taken their 3Rs-related work to ‘Meet the Expert’ sessions at science museums, into schools and extracurricular activity groups for children, as well as to university departmental open days.
Continuing our focus on future technologies, we asked Professor Paul Matthews, from Imperial College London, how he thinks the advancement of preclinical imaging is likely to impact on the 3Rs.
We caught up with one of the speakers at our Ten Year Vision launch event, Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Director of the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform Hub for Acellular Technologies, who gives us an insight into his hopes for the future of stem
The NC3Rs vision was presented by Dr Vicky Robinson and was followed by talks highlighting key elements of the NC3Rs vision. Speakers included:
This week we travelled to Birmingham to take part in this year's British Science Festival. The topic of our session: Keeping a watchful eye on animal behaviour.
Today the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills released the results of a poll it commissioned to gauge public attitudes towards animal research. Dr Vicky Robinson, Chief Executive at the NC3Rs, takes a look at the findings.
Most of us will have been immunised against whooping cough (also called pertussis); a respiratory disease caused by the gram negative micro-organism Bordetella pertussis
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The four-day meeting brought together an international group of speakers to discuss a wide range of topics regarding the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research.
Dr Marilyn Brown, Corporate Vice President of Global Animal Welfare at the contract research organisation Charles River, has many years of experience managing experimental facilities and animal care programmes.
The aim was to improve animal welfare and to make sure that the tests carried out were more accurate. Allen Pearson, from Origin Product Design, tells the NC3Rs more about the carefully designed plastic device that promises to improve ocular research
Lead author, Sam Maynard, from Syngenta, tells the NC3Rs more about the findings.
Dr Martin Turner, Senior Policy Advisor at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), explains how the AMRC are working together with the NC3Rs to make the 3Rs a priority in charity-funded research.
The location was fitting as it was a House of Lord's Select Committee which published a report on the use of animals in scientific procedures, ultimately leading to the establishment of the NC3Rs.
Well attended and ultimately successful as an informative workshop that engaged delegates and met its overarching objective of widespread promotion of the 3Rs to academics and support staff alike.
Dr Eric Karran, Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, tells the NC3Rs why the charity is excited to be involved with the Challenge.
The three day residential event, held at Madingley Hall in Cambridge, combined a series of talks and workshops with networking opportunities, and also gave the students chance to explore the hall’s grounds and spend some time getting to know one
