3rd Congress of the SLAS and 1st joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting

Dear colleague

On behalf of the Organising Committee we are very pleased to invite you to the 3rd Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 1st joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting entitled: Ethical use of laboratory rodents in research.

The event will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15th - 16th June, 2017.

Preliminary programme: Ethical use of laboratory rodents in biomedical research

 

Thursday, June 15, 2017
8:00 - 8:45

CONGRESS REGISTRATION
8:50 - 9:10

CONGRESS OPENING
9:10 - 9:50

From in vivo to in vitro: a long and winding road.
Coenraad Hendriksen (The Netherlands)
9:50 - 10:15

Reproducibility issues in animal research
Martina Perše (Slovenia)
10:15 - 10:40

Know your FELASA
Hanna-Marja Voipio (Finland)
10:40 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:45

Biomarkers for the recognition and assessment of pain and stress in laboratory rats and mice
Klas Abelson (Denmark)
11:45 - 12:10

Animal welfare bodies: their role and mission
Birgit Ledermann (Switzerland)
12:10 - 12:35

Basic and continuing education – FELASA perspective
Ana Isabel Santos (Portugal)
12:35 - 12:45

Live animal imaging: preclinical imaging solutions by Bruker
(commercial presentation)
12:45 - 13:35 LUNCH
13:35 - 14:20

Mouse genetic modification: state of the art and interferences
Boris Jerchow (Germany)
14:20 - 14:45

How to assess the welfare of genetically altered rodents?
Anne Zintzsch (Germany)
14:45 - 15:10

Cryopreservation of laboratory rodents: possibilities, advantages and limitations
Martina Dorsch (Germany)
15:10 - 16:00 POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND COFFE BREAK
   
16:00 - 17:10

SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS
16:00 - 16:10

The human tumor spheroids as a model for gene electrotransfer
Simona Kranjc (Slovenia)
16:10 - 16:20

Color matters: they would choose if they could (see)!
Stephanie Krämer (Germany)
16:20 - 16:30

Stereotypies in FVB/NJ mice and their impact on metabolism
Tina Nitezki (Germany)
16:30 - 16:40

Gene modification and therapeutic genome editing via extracellular vesicles delivery of CRISPR/Cas system
Duško Lainšček (Slovenia)
16:40 - 16:50

Mouse genotypes drive the liver and adrenal gland clocks
Uršula Prosenc Zmrzljak (Slovenia)
16:50 - 17:00

Effect of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation after immune preconditioning of the recipient suffering from acute kidney injury
Željka Večerić-Haler (Slovenia)
17:00 - 17:10

Revisited: bone marrow chimerism after bone marrow transplantation in nonconditioned mice
Katerina Jazbec (Slovenia)
17:10

WELCOME RECEPTION
(elections for SLAS members: 5 - 10 min)
18:00 BEST POSTER AWARD
(announcement of the elections)

Friday, June 16, 2017

Because of the interactive nature of the workshop, pre-registration is required. The number of participants is limited to 30 on the »first come, first serve« basis.
8:30 - 8:45

CONGRESS REGISTRATION
8:45 - 10:45

The FELASA severity assessment / Classification workshop
David Smith, David Anderson (United Kingdom)
(max 30 participant) – 2 hours
10:45 - 11:05

COFFEE BREAK
11:05 - 12:00

New developments in anaesthesia and analgesia for laboratory animals
Paul Flecknell (UK)
12:00 - 14:00

The FELASA severity assessment / Classification workshop
David Smith, David Anderson (United Kingdom)
(max 30 participant) – 2 hours

5th Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting.

The event will take place in Grand Hotel Union, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15th June, 2023.

Congress Venue: Grand Hotel Union, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Official language: English

CONGRESS PROGRAM:

You can download Congress program here.

ABSTRACT BOOK:

5th Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting - Abstract Book

INVITATION LETTER:

5th Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting - Invitation

Congress program

5th Congress of the Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting

Location: Grand Hotel Union

June 15, 2023

Preliminary program
7:30 - 8:30

Registration
8:30 - 8:40

Opening
8:40 - 8:50 FELASA President: A brief introduction to FELASA
8:50 - 9:20 Klas Abelson: Refinement of painful procedures – are we good enough?
9:20 - 9:50 Delphine Bouard: Improving aseptic conditions in laboratory animals: a major refinement tool
9:50 - 10:20 Belen Pintado: Genetically altered animals through the lens of Directive 2010/63/EU
10:20 - 10:40 Simon Koren: Reducing animal usage and revealing new insights: the power of in vivo imaging technologies in preclinical research
10:40 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 11:45 Adrian Smith: PREPARE for Better Science: Guidelines for animal research and testing
11:45 - 12:10 Aleš Belič: Animal models: RNA expression analyses as an important source of irreproducibility and low translatability
12:10 - 12:25 Anemari Horvat: Stress promotes lipid droplet accumulation in astrocytes
12:25 - 12:40 Sara Orehek: Antitumor immunity boosted by gasdermin D induced necrosis
12:40 - 12:55 Polona Kovačič: Extent of necrosis as a measure of acute pancreatitis severity in studies employing live cell imaging
12:55 - 13:05 Carlo Demalde: Tecniplast – your partner for animal facility
13:05 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 14:40 Chris Van Ginneken: Pigs in research, what about the piglet?
14:40 - 15:05 Alenka Seliškar: Anaesthesia and analgesia in calves, goats, sheep and pigs used for biomedical research
15:05 - 15:30 Amir Rosner: Equine species in research and education
15:30 - 15:45 Malan Štrbenc: Successful rehoming as ultimate refinement for golden hamsters in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research
15:45 - 16:00 Maša Čater: Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home cage (COST TEATIME)
16:00 - 16:10 Monika Savarin: Labena - Complete solutions in Laboratory and Process Analyitics
16:10 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 17:15 JP Mocho: FELASA recommendations for health monitoring and euthanasia of laboratory
17:15 - 17:50 180s
17:50 - 18:00 Kristijan Jurkovac: Animalab - your trusted partner in life-science research
18:00 - 18:30 Cheese and wine reception
18:30 SLAS awards (the best 180s presentations)
Workshop program

Workshop 1:

8:00 - 10:45


David Anderson

FELASA workshop on classification and reporting of severity of procedures


Farm Animal Models

Workshop 2:

11:00 - 13:30


Belen Pintado

Workshop on specific provisions of Directive 2010/63/EU on the use of genetically altered animals in scientific

Workshop 3:

13:45 - 16:45


David Anderson
Dolores Bonaparte

FELASA workshop on classification and reporting of severity of procedures

Rodent & Rabbit Models