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Roundtable on Science and Welfare of Animals Involved in Research

Established by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, the RoundtableonScienceandWelfare of Animals Involved in Researchprovides a neutral forum to stimulate dialogue, catalyze movement around an issue, and collaborate among those interested in promoting more effective, efficient, and humane use of animals in research, testing, and education.

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Future Directions for Laboratory Animal Law in the United States: A Workshop

  • January 26, 2018
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

In the United States, two major federal laws apply to vertebrate animals used in laboratory research. The first of these two statutes, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA, under the US Department of Agricultu...

Advancing Disease Modeling in Animal-Based Research in Support of Precision Medicine: A Workshop

  • October 5 - 6, 2017
  • Workshop
  • Past

Precision medicine is focused on the individual and will require the rapid and accurate identification and prioritization of causative factors of disease. To move forward and accelerate the delivery o...

A Workshop on the Impact of the Microbiome on Animals and Animal Models: Improving Translational Research in Health and Disease

  • December 19 - 20, 2016
  • Workshop
  • Past

The surface of the human body and its mucous membranes are heavily colonized by microorganisms. Our understanding of the contributions that complex microbial communities make to health and disease is...

Gene Editing To Modify Animal Genomes for Research – Scientific and Ethical Considerations: A Workshop

  • December 7 - 8, 2015
  • Workshop
  • Past

This meeting will be held on December 7-8, 2015 at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Keck Center at 500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC. An ad hoc committee will plan and cond...

Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Sharing of Performance Standards for Laboratory Animal Use: A Workshop

  • April 20 - 21, 2015
  • Workshop
  • Past

In order to better understand the critical issues pertaining to the concept of performance standards for laboratory animal use, the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Roundtable on Science and W...

Transportation of Laboratory Animals: A Workshop

  • September 3 - 4, 2014
  • Workshop
  • Past

The obligation to treat animals used in research ethically and humanely extends beyond their lives in the laboratory to include their transportation from place to place. Yet transporting animals is a...

Reproducibility Issues in Research with Animals and Animal Models: A Workshop

  • June 4 - 5, 2014
  • Workshop
  • Past

In June 2014, the Roundtable on Science and Welfare in Laboratory Animal Use organized a public workshop to discuss fundamental aspects of experimental design of research using animals and animal mode...
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