Reminder

A seminar for researchers using experimental animals and for the students of the Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme

Dear all,

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 study design. (Programme attached)

The seminar takes place on Thursday, 31^st January 2019, at 8:30 – 15:45, in lecture hall 101A of the medical faculty main building, Leena Palotie -sali.

Registration for attending the seminar on the spot: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/120EC695C2556024.par

NB! The registration closes on Wednesday, 23.1.2019.

The seminar is directed primarily to researchers using laboratory animals in experiments, the scientific fields therefore including basic biomedical research and preclinical medical research. However, part of the presentations are addressed to human health sciences researchers as well. Presentations that are more specific to animal studies will also include many aspects that are useful and important even for researchers of other scientific disciplines.

Presentation topics and speakers:

- PREPARE before you ARRIVE: planning and reporting animal experiments. Adrian Smith, Norecopa, Norway

- Embracing variation to improve replicability of in-vivo research. Natasha Karp, AstraZeneca, UK

- Unstable p values are causing lack of repeatability in animal experiments. Lewis Halsey, University of Roehampton, UK

- Sleep and Circadian rhythms in research: Why should we care? Henna-Kaisa Wigren, University of Helsinki, Finland

- Unconscious bias in scientific research - Cautionary tales from psychology’s replication crisis. Stuart Ritchie, King’s College, UK

- Sex bias in pre-clinical research. Natasha Karp, AstraZeneca, UK

The event can be considered part of the statutory maintenance of the professional competence for people working with laboratory animals.

Attending the seminar gives 0,3 ECTS credits.

Best regards,

Sakari

Sakari Laaksonen

Veterinarian

University of Oulu, Laboratory Animal Centre

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

Tel: +358 29 448 5097