FYI

The Animal Welfare Body of Laboratory Animal Centre, together with the Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme, University of Oulu Graduate School, arranges a 3R-seminar on the topic “Microbes in humans and laboratory animals”. (Tentative programme attached)

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, 12 December 2023, at 8:30 – 15:00 (Finnish time, EET).

The seminar will also be shared through a video link. Registration information for both on-site and remote participation will be announced later.

The seminar is directed primarily to researchers using laboratory animals in experiments, the scientific fields therefore including basic biomedical research and preclinical medical research. Microbe-host interactions in both human disease and laboratory animal research will be discussed, as well as the effects of microbiome on the translatability of preclinical research results. The seminar topic is therefore of interest also to medical researchers who do not use laboratory animals themselves.

The event can be considered part of the statutory maintenance of the professional competence for people working with laboratory animals. Certificates of attendance will be given also for attending through the video link.

Best regards,

Sakari Laaksonen

Designated veterinarian

Oulu Laboratory Animal Centre (OULAC)

University of Oulu, Finland

Postal address: PO Box 5000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland

Tel: +358 294 48 5097