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Number of animal experiments at UU and UMC Utrecht decreased

2 months ago

The number of animal experiments at Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht has decreased in the past year. There is a decrease from 20,436 in 2022 to 14,192 in 2023. This is evident from the joint Annual Report Animal Experiments 2023.

Culture of Care Award 2025

2 months ago

Who will you nominate for this year's Culture of Care Award? This is an incentive prize for animal technicians and animal caretakers, established by the Animal Welfare Body (AWB) Utrecht.

Pascalle van Loo new chair Willy van Heumen Fund

6 months ago

Head of the Animal Welfare Body Utrecht Pascalle van Loo is the new chair of the board of the Willy van Heumen Fund from 14 May.

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6 months ago Heart disease research in Dobermann patient replaces animal experiments
6 months ago World Laboratory Animal Day: make an ex-lab rat happy
8 months ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: Urethra on a chip
9 months ago Meet our new colleagues
9 months ago Kim van der Waaij winner Culture of Care Prize
1 year ago Pascalle van Loo becomes new head of the Animal Welfare Body
1 year ago Culture of Care Award 2024
1 year ago Meet our new student assistants
1 year ago New employee IvD Utrecht
1 year ago Number of animal experiments unchanged
1 year ago How to give your ex-lab rat a good start
1 year ago 3Rs Centre Utrecht: Ready, Set, GO
1 year ago Seminar ‘The new 3Rs Centre Utrecht’
1 year ago Lifelong Learning to take effect 15 March
1 year ago Culture of Care Prize awarded
1 year ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: using a peptide as a virus detector
1 year ago Research with animals complements non-animal methods
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: an organoid mimicking the prematurely born brain
2 years ago Culture of Care Award 2023
2 years ago Researchers call for better reporting of animal experiments
2 years ago Number of animal experiments virtually unchanged
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: Solitary mice, what can we do better?
2 years ago Jeffrey Bajramovic is the new head of the 3Rs Centre
2 years ago Lecture on better research by Malcolm Macleod, 29 August
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: saving horses’ lives
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: computer models predict risk
2 years ago Symposium 'Lab animals in the picture'
2 years ago Help accelerate animal-free science
2 years ago 2022 Culture of Care Prize awarded
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: multi-organs-on-chips replace laboratory animals
2 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: Plastinates reduce use of laboratory animals
2 years ago Jan van der Valk’s ‘Replacement’
3 years ago Round Tables on the Transition to Animal-free Innovations
3 years ago Better animal research through Open Science
3 years ago "We show that you can train laboratory animals"
3 years ago How we are working towards a culture of care
3 years ago European Parliament wants to end animal experimentation
3 years ago Symposium: Better animal research through Open Science
3 years ago Better animal testing with the Experimental Design course
3 years ago Interview José Borghans: Using wildling mice to improve immunology
3 years ago Non-Technical summaries now on ALURES
3 years ago Slight increase in animal experiments at Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht
3 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: Micro-environment of the bone
3 years ago IRAS subsidy for animal-free research
3 years ago Talking about animal experiments
3 years ago Journal of Trial and Error
3 years ago ARRIVE 2.0 now available in six languages
3 years ago New application forms
3 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: An animal-free neurobiological model system
3 years ago Million dollar grant for virtual test platform
4 years ago Lush Prize awarded to Edoardo Carnesecchi
4 years ago Course on systematic reviews of animal studies
4 years ago Hugo van Poelgeest Award 2020
4 years ago 3Rs Stimulus fund projects highlighted
4 years ago Not rats, but mats
4 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: Computer model simulates concentrations in cells
4 years ago Slight decrease in animal experiments
4 years ago Blood collection: practice makes perfect
4 years ago Points of attention when using fetal calf serum
4 years ago Monitoring laboratory-animal breeding
4 years ago Researching the new corona virus and companion animals
4 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: More nanoparticles with fewer mice
4 years ago The added value of pathology in animal experiments
4 years ago Laboratory rodents given a second chance
4 years ago Animal-free innovation: how to move forward?
4 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund announces new funding round
4 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: no mouse suffering for growth gel
4 years ago Remco Westerink receives prize for animal-free innovation
5 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: studying pain in a dish
5 years ago Tips for a proper NTS
5 years ago Annual report on Animal Experiments 2018
5 years ago Wim de Leeuw in 'De Buitendienst'
5 years ago Deceased pets can now be donated nationally
5 years ago Ethical dilemmas surrounding animal experiments
5 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: studying traffic-derived particulates
5 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: new ways to study cancer
6 years ago Focus: Mouse saves lives
6 years ago In vitro model of the bovine udder
6 years ago Codes of practice, guidelines and tools
6 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: stress-free stress measurement with camera
6 years ago Help promote transparency in preclinical research
6 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: pepared chickens for education
6 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: stem cells from brains
6 years ago Licences for animal experiments now online
7 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: more realistic toxicology research
7 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: breast cancer research from the 3D printer
7 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: refining anesthesia
7 years ago Animal experiments made public
7 years ago Annual Report on Animal Experiments 2016
7 years ago Universities and umbrella organizations promote ARRIVE guideline
7 years ago 3Rs Stimulus Fund: improving welfare for experimental chickens
7 years ago Why Animal-Free Toxicity Testing Needs Exposure Science
7 years ago Video: this is how things work in Utrecht
7 years ago Smarter division into groups means fewer animals
7 years ago Transition to non-animal research
7 years ago Free E-learning on euthanasia
8 years ago Butterfly needle technique refines drawing blood
8 years ago Free E-learning anaesthesia
8 years ago All species-specific courses on one web page
8 years ago Students practice on Haptic Horse
8 years ago Annual Report Animal Experiments 2015
8 years ago Tested: www.3Rs-reduction.co.uk
8 years ago Cultured heart-muscle cells as an alternative
8 years ago Identifying pain in animals' faces
8 years ago Succesful symposium on sex and gender
8 years ago E-learning for distress prevention
8 years ago New approach psychopharmacology research
8 years ago Hotline for students and employees
8 years ago Refinement in veterinary education: the Sensa Cow
8 years ago Liver cells instead of cats
8 years ago Alternative methods for determining neurotoxicity
9 years ago Animal Experiments Year Report 2014
9 years ago 3Rs websites renewed
9 years ago European Citizens' Initiative against experiments on animals
9 years ago Animal Donor Codicil now available in eastern Netherlands
9 years ago Alternative for Draize test accepted
9 years ago Stem cells instead of laboratory animals
9 years ago Arend Schot's plastinates
9 years ago A humane method for malaria research
9 years ago Towards an effective treatment for chronic pain