Khia Dobbinson
@khiaemily.bsky.social
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Adriana Buskin has fully replaced the use of rats in her lab at @newcastleuni.bsky.social using an animal-free prostate organoid developed with NC3Rs funding.
Read her new publication in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Watch Adriana's video to learn more 👇
Read her new publication in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Watch Adriana's video to learn more 👇
August 18, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Adriana Buskin has fully replaced the use of rats in her lab at @newcastleuni.bsky.social using an animal-free prostate organoid developed with NC3Rs funding.
Read her new publication in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Watch Adriana's video to learn more 👇
Read her new publication in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Watch Adriana's video to learn more 👇
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Register now for our upcoming welfare webinar on fish skin swabbing for refined DNA sampling.
📅 24 September, 12.00 – 13.00
🧑🔬 For researchers, animal technicians and veterinarians
📜 Certificates of attendance available
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
📅 24 September, 12.00 – 13.00
🧑🔬 For researchers, animal technicians and veterinarians
📜 Certificates of attendance available
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
August 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Register now for our upcoming welfare webinar on fish skin swabbing for refined DNA sampling.
📅 24 September, 12.00 – 13.00
🧑🔬 For researchers, animal technicians and veterinarians
📜 Certificates of attendance available
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
📅 24 September, 12.00 – 13.00
🧑🔬 For researchers, animal technicians and veterinarians
📜 Certificates of attendance available
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
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Funded through the NC3Rs Rodent Shelter CRACK IT Challenge, NestLab have developed an in-cage shelter to support rodent welfare from post-operative recovery through to routine housing, which provides controlled warmth and non-invasive welfare monitoring.
Learn more: nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/rode...
Learn more: nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/rode...
August 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Funded through the NC3Rs Rodent Shelter CRACK IT Challenge, NestLab have developed an in-cage shelter to support rodent welfare from post-operative recovery through to routine housing, which provides controlled warmth and non-invasive welfare monitoring.
Learn more: nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/rode...
Learn more: nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/rode...
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Do you work with Xenopus? Want to know the latest best practices in housing and husbandry? Want tips for implementing reduction and refinement?
Check out the new Xenopus protocols book 👇
Check out the new Xenopus protocols book 👇
In the latest edition of 'Xenopus protocols' Esther Pearl (NC3Rs Experimental Design Programme Manager) has contributed to two chapters alongside experts from the European Xenopus Resource Centre, covering key refinements alongside breeding and colony management to reduce the number of frogs used.
September 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Do you work with Xenopus? Want to know the latest best practices in housing and husbandry? Want tips for implementing reduction and refinement?
Check out the new Xenopus protocols book 👇
Check out the new Xenopus protocols book 👇
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🔍 NEW ARTICLE: Stakeholder perspectives on farriery regulation and equine welfare in Northern Ireland: A mixed methods COM-B analysis
Authors: Ashley Haskett, Grace A. Carroll, Gareth Arnott, and Esther Skelly-Smith
🔗 Read the full paper: https://ow.ly/lOBV50ZN8PV
#AnimalWelfare #EquineWelfare
Authors: Ashley Haskett, Grace A. Carroll, Gareth Arnott, and Esther Skelly-Smith
🔗 Read the full paper: https://ow.ly/lOBV50ZN8PV
#AnimalWelfare #EquineWelfare
September 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🔍 NEW ARTICLE: Stakeholder perspectives on farriery regulation and equine welfare in Northern Ireland: A mixed methods COM-B analysis
Authors: Ashley Haskett, Grace A. Carroll, Gareth Arnott, and Esther Skelly-Smith
🔗 Read the full paper: https://ow.ly/lOBV50ZN8PV
#AnimalWelfare #EquineWelfare
Authors: Ashley Haskett, Grace A. Carroll, Gareth Arnott, and Esther Skelly-Smith
🔗 Read the full paper: https://ow.ly/lOBV50ZN8PV
#AnimalWelfare #EquineWelfare
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🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2026! ✨🌍
The annual Animal Behaviour Live online conference returns on 12 November 2026, in just 2️⃣ months !
🎓 This year’s theme is “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World”.
✅ Registration is open to everyone!
🔗 Register for FREE here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
The annual Animal Behaviour Live online conference returns on 12 November 2026, in just 2️⃣ months !
🎓 This year’s theme is “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World”.
✅ Registration is open to everyone!
🔗 Register for FREE here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
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September 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2026! ✨🌍
The annual Animal Behaviour Live online conference returns on 12 November 2026, in just 2️⃣ months !
🎓 This year’s theme is “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World”.
✅ Registration is open to everyone!
🔗 Register for FREE here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
The annual Animal Behaviour Live online conference returns on 12 November 2026, in just 2️⃣ months !
🎓 This year’s theme is “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World”.
✅ Registration is open to everyone!
🔗 Register for FREE here: ablaoc.sciencesconf.org
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Don't forget that grant applications (attendance, accessibility, childcare) for the joint #ASABWinter2026 meeting with PSGB 🐒 @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social are due in 2 weeks (⏰ October 1!)
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More info:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
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More info:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Conference Attendance Grants — ASAB
Conference Attendance Grants help PhD students and others with limited funds to attend ASAB conferences and workshops
www.asab.org
September 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Don't forget that grant applications (attendance, accessibility, childcare) for the joint #ASABWinter2026 meeting with PSGB 🐒 @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social are due in 2 weeks (⏰ October 1!)
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More info:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
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More info:
www.asab.org/conference-g...
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Three months on from launching SIRF-UP, an @eu-sabv.bsky.social initiative to support ethical review bodies assess sex inclusivity in animal research, a new publication renews our call to get involved, share your experiences and use the Sex Inclusive Research Framework.
👉 doi.org/10.1177/0023...
👉 doi.org/10.1177/0023...
July 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Three months on from launching SIRF-UP, an @eu-sabv.bsky.social initiative to support ethical review bodies assess sex inclusivity in animal research, a new publication renews our call to get involved, share your experiences and use the Sex Inclusive Research Framework.
👉 doi.org/10.1177/0023...
👉 doi.org/10.1177/0023...
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Using female and male animals should be expected by default to reduce the total number of animals and ensure studies produce generalisable results.
Involved in ethical review? Explore SIRF-UP, a practical pathway to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals: sabv.eu/article/sirf...
Involved in ethical review? Explore SIRF-UP, a practical pathway to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals: sabv.eu/article/sirf...
July 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Using female and male animals should be expected by default to reduce the total number of animals and ensure studies produce generalisable results.
Involved in ethical review? Explore SIRF-UP, a practical pathway to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals: sabv.eu/article/sirf...
Involved in ethical review? Explore SIRF-UP, a practical pathway to address sex bias in preclinical research proposals: sabv.eu/article/sirf...
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Recordings available – Best practice in research animal anaesthesia: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
Veterinary anaesthetists from the Research Animal Anaesthesia Network (RAAN) shared their expertise and advice with over 300 attendees from 26 countries, to improve welfare and experimental outcomes.
Veterinary anaesthetists from the Research Animal Anaesthesia Network (RAAN) shared their expertise and advice with over 300 attendees from 26 countries, to improve welfare and experimental outcomes.
July 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Recordings available – Best practice in research animal anaesthesia: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
Veterinary anaesthetists from the Research Animal Anaesthesia Network (RAAN) shared their expertise and advice with over 300 attendees from 26 countries, to improve welfare and experimental outcomes.
Veterinary anaesthetists from the Research Animal Anaesthesia Network (RAAN) shared their expertise and advice with over 300 attendees from 26 countries, to improve welfare and experimental outcomes.
Great to see continued momentum behind making refined methods the 'new normal' for picking up mice. #tunnelsnottails #3Rs
We are supporting technical staff at Newcastle University to drive the uptake of refined mouse pick up methods across the UK. Discover how their workshops have supported staff at the University of Leeds to implement cup and tunnel handling as standard.
Read the blog: nc3rs.org.uk/news/making-...
Read the blog: nc3rs.org.uk/news/making-...
Making refined mouse handling the UK standard
The NC3Rs is supporting technical staff at Newcastle University to drive the uptake of refined mouse pick up methods across UK institutions.
nc3rs.org.uk
May 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Great to see continued momentum behind making refined methods the 'new normal' for picking up mice. #tunnelsnottails #3Rs
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Earlier this year I ran an EDA train-the-trainers course for a group of enthusiastic trainers from CAMARADES Turkiye. They have gone on to train a further 178 researchers from 57 different institutions 🎉. This week? I am training a group from Argentina!
May 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Earlier this year I ran an EDA train-the-trainers course for a group of enthusiastic trainers from CAMARADES Turkiye. They have gone on to train a further 178 researchers from 57 different institutions 🎉. This week? I am training a group from Argentina!
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Thanks to the 320 attendees from 30 countries who joined us over two webinar sessions that explored model-specific refinements and practical tools to minimise laboratory animal suffering. If you missed the session the recording is now available.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thanks to the 320 attendees from 30 countries who joined us over two webinar sessions that explored model-specific refinements and practical tools to minimise laboratory animal suffering. If you missed the session the recording is now available.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
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New publication: Home-cage monitoring to refine and reduce animal use in drug safety testing
A cross-sector collaboration demonstrates that non-invasive, continuous monitoring of rodent behaviour improves detection of central nervous system side effects for new drugs.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/news/home-ca...
A cross-sector collaboration demonstrates that non-invasive, continuous monitoring of rodent behaviour improves detection of central nervous system side effects for new drugs.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/news/home-ca...
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New publication: Home-cage monitoring to refine and reduce animal use in drug safety testing
A cross-sector collaboration demonstrates that non-invasive, continuous monitoring of rodent behaviour improves detection of central nervous system side effects for new drugs.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/news/home-ca...
A cross-sector collaboration demonstrates that non-invasive, continuous monitoring of rodent behaviour improves detection of central nervous system side effects for new drugs.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/news/home-ca...
Very intelligent animals with a great capacity for learning when given the opportunity, really looking forward to this one.
Our next welfare webinar will focus on using positive reinforcement techniques to improve the welfare of pigs and dogs in research by encouraging voluntary cooperation with procedures and reducing stress.
📅 Thursday 27 November, 12.30 – 13.30 (GMT)
👉 Register: nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
📅 Thursday 27 November, 12.30 – 13.30 (GMT)
👉 Register: nc3rs.org.uk/events/welfa...
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Very intelligent animals with a great capacity for learning when given the opportunity, really looking forward to this one.
In our two-part @nc3rs.bsky.social Welfare Webinar: Minimising animal suffering through refined humane endpoints and early interventions experts shared refinements to pain models, snakebite envenoming, bone marrow ablation & more. 250+ watched live & recordings for both sessions are coming soon.
Welfare webinar: Minimising animal suffering with refined humane endpoints and early interventions
Exploring how refined, study-specific humane endpoints and early intervention strategies can be implemented in different research scenarios to minimise animal suffering. It will be of interest to researchers, animal technicians and ethics committee members.
nc3rs.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In our two-part @nc3rs.bsky.social Welfare Webinar: Minimising animal suffering through refined humane endpoints and early interventions experts shared refinements to pain models, snakebite envenoming, bone marrow ablation & more. 250+ watched live & recordings for both sessions are coming soon.
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New report from the NC3Rs, in collaboration with @abpi.bsky.social and MHRA, explores how New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) can transform the way new medicines are developed, harnessing cutting edge human relevant technologies and reducing reliance on animal testing.
nc3rs.org.uk/news/incorpo...
nc3rs.org.uk/news/incorpo...
September 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New report from the NC3Rs, in collaboration with @abpi.bsky.social and MHRA, explores how New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) can transform the way new medicines are developed, harnessing cutting edge human relevant technologies and reducing reliance on animal testing.
nc3rs.org.uk/news/incorpo...
nc3rs.org.uk/news/incorpo...
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The next webinar in our welfare series will focus on refined humane endpoints and early interventions. Join us next month, across two lunchtime sessions, with expert speakers from academia and industry.
📅 Part 1: Thursday 11 September.
📅 Part 2: Tuesday 16 September.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/welfare-webi...
📅 Part 1: Thursday 11 September.
📅 Part 2: Tuesday 16 September.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/welfare-webi...
August 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The next webinar in our welfare series will focus on refined humane endpoints and early interventions. Join us next month, across two lunchtime sessions, with expert speakers from academia and industry.
📅 Part 1: Thursday 11 September.
📅 Part 2: Tuesday 16 September.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/welfare-webi...
📅 Part 1: Thursday 11 September.
📅 Part 2: Tuesday 16 September.
👉 nc3rs.org.uk/welfare-webi...
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Are you looking for something to help you teach experimental design? Also at a @ukrepro.bsky.social Open Research partner institution (www.ukrn.org/partner-inst...)? Join us and learn how to the EDA can help!
August 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Are you looking for something to help you teach experimental design? Also at a @ukrepro.bsky.social Open Research partner institution (www.ukrn.org/partner-inst...)? Join us and learn how to the EDA can help!
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A recent study showed more than half of publications using animal models of neurological disorders involved pseudoreplication (doi.org/10.1186/s132...). Avoid pseudoreplication - use the EDA to help you identify your experimental unit accurately: eda.nc3rs.org.uk/experimental...
Experimental unit | NC3Rs EDA
How to identify the experimental unit in an in vivo experiment
eda.nc3rs.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A recent study showed more than half of publications using animal models of neurological disorders involved pseudoreplication (doi.org/10.1186/s132...). Avoid pseudoreplication - use the EDA to help you identify your experimental unit accurately: eda.nc3rs.org.uk/experimental...
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We developed a simple mouse glucose tolerance test protocol for diabetes research with voluntary oral glucose dosing instead of gavage. More physiological/aligned to the human test & better for animal welfare 👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
Validation of a refined protocol for mouse oral glucose tolerance testing without gavage
A glucose tolerance test (GTT) is routinely used to assess glucose homeostasis in clinical settings and in preclinical research studies using rodent models. The procedure assesses the ability of the b...
www.biorxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
We developed a simple mouse glucose tolerance test protocol for diabetes research with voluntary oral glucose dosing instead of gavage. More physiological/aligned to the human test & better for animal welfare 👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
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It was great to find our mouse handling posters on some of the stands and we were very impressed to discover that the Explanation and Elaboration resource for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 has been translated and republished in Chinese: www.slarc.org.cn/dwyx/article...
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It was great to find our mouse handling posters on some of the stands and we were very impressed to discover that the Explanation and Elaboration resource for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 has been translated and republished in Chinese: www.slarc.org.cn/dwyx/article...
Reposted by Khia Dobbinson
We presented on evaluating environmental enrichment, our resources to help improve animal welfare and the role of animal technicians in helping to produce reliable results: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We presented on evaluating environmental enrichment, our resources to help improve animal welfare and the role of animal technicians in helping to produce reliable results: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
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Last week, Esther Pearl and Nathalie Percie du Sert travelled to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Laboratory Animal Sciences Society (HKLASS) symposium hklass.org. HKLASS is relatively new and it was amazing to see so much enthusiasm for the 3Rs.
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last week, Esther Pearl and Nathalie Percie du Sert travelled to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Laboratory Animal Sciences Society (HKLASS) symposium hklass.org. HKLASS is relatively new and it was amazing to see so much enthusiasm for the 3Rs.
Reposted by Khia Dobbinson
We have been collaborating with HESI to advance the 3Rs in endocrine disruptor assessment since 2020. Other ongoing projects include optimising concentration setting and improving the design and data interpretation of in vivo tests using historical data.
💡Find out more: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
💡Find out more: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
July 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We have been collaborating with HESI to advance the 3Rs in endocrine disruptor assessment since 2020. Other ongoing projects include optimising concentration setting and improving the design and data interpretation of in vivo tests using historical data.
💡Find out more: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...
💡Find out more: nc3rs.org.uk/3rs-resource...