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Dr Marilyn Brown, Corporate Vice President of Global Animal Welfare at the contract research organisation Charles River, has many years of experience managing experimental facilities and animal care programmes.

A lister hooded rat (black head white body) being held by a technician. The technician wears a green gown and purple gloves.

The aim was to improve animal welfare and to make sure that the tests carried out were more accurate. Allen Pearson, from Origin Product Design, tells the NC3Rs more about the carefully designed plastic device that promises to improve ocular research

A carefully designed plastic device that promises to improve ocular research

Professor Ian Jackson, Professor Stefan Przyborski and Mr Terence Priest will each begin their three-year term at the next Board meeting in the autumn.

Dr Martin Turner, Senior Policy Advisor at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), explains how the AMRC are working together with the NC3Rs to make the 3Rs a priority in charity-funded research.

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The location was fitting as it was a House of Lord's Select Committee which published a report on the use of animals in scientific procedures, ultimately leading to the establishment of the NC3Rs.

2004 - 2014 NC3Rs booklets

Well attended and ultimately successful as an informative workshop that engaged delegates and met its overarching objective of widespread promotion of the 3Rs to academics and support staff alike.

An audience at the institutional workshop on the 3Rs

Dr Eric Karran, Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, tells the NC3Rs why the charity is excited to be involved with the Challenge.

A graphic of a tau protein

The three day residential event, held at Madingley Hall in Cambridge, combined a series of talks and workshops with networking opportunities, and also gave the students chance to explore the hall’s grounds and spend some time getting to know one

A group of students