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Do you have an animal protocol? Are you applying for IACUC approval? What are the chances of your success rate? Do you plan to submit a research proposal for an animal study?  Here is an opportunity for you to join our upcoming seminar to learn about what the committee wants from you. This is an online seminar and the first edition in the year 2024. We will be discussing the TOPIC "What does the IACUC/AEC want from my protocol? A matter of high handedness?” DATE: 7th February 2024 TIME: 16:00 Hrs. SPEAKER: Francis-Adelade Fakoya Principal and Member, Board of Trustees, ACURET.ORG. Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo. Senior Bioscience Faculty, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford. Register for FREE using the link bit.ly/acuret-seminars After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. It is going to be an educative and interactive seminar. See you there! For more information; please feel free to send a message or an email to [email protected] #IACUC #ACURET

Check out this article from my former MS, now PhD student Justin Lowery.

The deadline to apply for a 2024-2025 IFER Graduate Fellowship is quickly approaching! If you are pursuing graduate studies using #NAMs to replace and reduce the use of animals in research, don’t miss out on applying for IFER’s $15,000 grants, which are renewable for up to 3 years. IFER fellows are also eligible to receive an additional $1,000 travel award to support their participation at scientific conferences. The deadline to apply is April 30! #NAMs #EthicalResearch #GraduateFellowships #AnimalAlternatives #ScienceInnovation #grants www.ifer.org

The idea of incorporating practices that promote more open, reproducible science is well-recognized among the research community, yet there's much work to be done to help implement these practices. A new preprint outlines 11 strategies for making reproducible research and open science training the norm. https://lnkd.in/dGjkbT_n #openscience #research

Interested in the fascinating case of a female Jamaican boa snake in USI's Biology Department producing offspring despite seven years without contact with a male snake? 🐍 Join Dr. Kyle Mara, Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Kim Delaney, Interim Assistant Dean of the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education and Associate Professor of Biology, along with undergraduate biology student David Graber '24, as they explore this intriguing investigation. Learn more about their research below! #illumeUSI

New study on microbiome and cats. I'm not sure to agree with the assertion "While mostly undetectable to human noses" :-), but the most interesting part is that the chemical compounds in scents that are used to communicate have profiles that correlate with microbiome composition (look at fig 3 from original paper https://lnkd.in/egAW3nVu ). In short: cat communication is related to their intestinal microbiome (which happens to vary a lot between subjects).

A new study from UC Davis shows how domestic #cats send signals to each other using odors derived from families of bacteria living in their anal glands. #catbutts #felinemedicine #microbiome #veterinarymedicine

Q: Which of our professors was named as one of the University of Kentucky 2024-25 University Research Professors? A: David L. Harmon! Read this Q & A with Dr. Harmon to learn more >> https://bit.ly/4bvIM6j

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