Workshops will be held in the Tallinn song festival site.
Session 1 (9:00-10:30) | |
WS1: Designing and running a zebrafish facility | Lars Bräutigam, Karolinska Institutet |
WS2: Assessment of practical skills to carry out procedures on laboratory rodents | Rafael Frias, Karolinska Institutet |
WS3-I: How can we prevent or alleviate pain effectively in laboratory animals?, part I | Paul Flecknell, Newcastle University |
Session 2 (11:00-12.30) | |
WS4: Practical refinement in animal handling and procedures | Anna Meller, University of Helsinki |
WS5: Are you PREPAREd? How to design animal experiments | Adrian Smith, Norecopa |
WS3-II: How can we prevent or alleviate pain effectively in laboratory animals?, part II | Paul Flecknell, Newcastle University |
Session 1: Plenary (12:00-18:00) | |
Registration and welcome coffee | |
Opening Ceremony | |
KJÖ Memorial Lecture Jaanus Harro, University of Tartu |
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50 years anniversary plenary Klas Abelson, president of Scand-LAS |
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Coffee and refreshment break | |
Welfare and LAS Robert Hubrecht, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare |
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Reduction revisited Timo Nevalainen, Univesity of Eastern Finland |
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Lars Wass Award. Axel Kornerup Hansen,University of Copenhagen |
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17.00-18.00: Scand-LAS Annual General Meeting | |
Welcome reception in the Energy Discovery Centre. Brought to you by Tapvei (19:00-23:00) |
Satellite sessions will be held in parallel to sessions 2-5.
Session 2: Animal Stress in LAS (9:30-12:30) | Session 3: Facility Management (9:30-12:30) |
Animal Stress in LAS Donald Broom, University of Cambridge |
Achieving a good 'culture of care' Barney Reed, RSPCA, UK |
Animal Stress in LAS, TBA | Culture of care' in practice - an industry perspective Lotte Martoft, Astrazeneca, Sweden |
Coffee break | Coffee break |
Animal Stress in LAS, TBA | Using data to identify indicators of animal mortality and improve animal welfare Chris Lelliot, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK |
Animal Stress in LAS, TBA | Understanding and reducing neonatal mortality in laboratory mice Anna Olsson,University of Porto, Portugal |
Luncheon | Luncheon |
Session 4: Addressing the Three Rs (13:30-16:30) | Session 5: Education and training in LAS (13:30-16:30) |
Addressing the three Rs Tom Bengtsen, Danish 3R-Center |
Education and training in LAS Rafael Frias, Karolinska Institutet |
Addressing the three Rs Tom Bengtsen, Danish 3R-Center |
Education and training in LAS |
Addressing the three Rs Adrian Smith, Norecopa |
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Tea break | Tea break |
Addressing the three Rs Jelméra (Merel) Ritskes- Hoitinga,Radboud Univesity Medical Center |
Panel discussion (QA session) |
Addressing the three Rs | |
Exhibitors’ evening in the Creative Hub (18:00-22:00) |
Session 6: Analgesia and Anaesthesia (9:30-12:30) | Session 7: Research Ethics Committees (9:30-12:30) |
Analgesia and Anaesthesia Paul Flecknell, Newcastle University |
Research Ethics Committees, TBA Siri Knudsen, University of Tromsø |
Analgesia and Anaesthesia, TBA | Presentations by state representatives |
Coffee break | Coffee break |
Analgesia and Anaesthesia, TBA | Discussion of commonality and differences TBA |
Analgesia and Anaesthesia, TBA | How best to harmonize TBA |
Luncheon | Luncheon |
Session 8 (13:30-16:00) | Session 9: Evidence-based Assessment of Laboratory Animal Welfare – How Behavioral Neuroscience Can Help? (13:30-16:00) |
Open session, TBA |
Assessing Affective States in Laboratory Rodents to Promote Animal Welfare |
TBA |
Can we use infrared thermography to infer emotional states in mice? Nuno Franco, University of Porto |
Brussels view about new legistation Jelméra (Merel) Ritskes- Hoitinga,Radboud Univesity Medical Center |
Steps to improve animal welfare and scientific validity in behavioral neuroscience based on the interaction of emotion and cognition Oliver Stiedl, University of Amsterdam |
Tea break | Tea break |
Open session, TBA | Where the lab mice are living and how does it matter for their behaviour. Vootele Võikar, Helsinki University |
Session 10: Closing (16:00-17:00) | |
Wild animals, theme: birds |
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Closing ceremony | |
Gala Dinner - a Medieval Feast in the Olde Hansa Restaurant. Brought to you by Tapvei (18:30-22:00) |