Model invertebrates offer many advantages over vertebrates, including their short life cycle, simple anatomy and cost-effectiveness due to the ease with which large numbers of individuals may be studied.
| From: | 12/02/2016 |
| To: | 12/02/2016 |
| Location: | CHUV: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois |
| Duration: | 1 day |
| Registration fee: | Free of charge: RESAL community - 200CHF: academic institution -300CHF: private companies |
| Registration includes: | The Registration Fee includes participation in the scientific programme, lunch, coffee breaks. All seminar participants must register at the following web address to be admitted: http://www.unil.ch/resal/home.html |
| CPD Credits: | 21 CPD credits by the Royal Society of Biology. 7 CPD points by IAT 1 day continuing education for person carrying out procedures on animals and person designing procedures and projects by Swiss Veterinarian Associations
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| Recipients: | Scientists, researchers, veterinarians, animal welfare bodies, and others interested in alternatives to vertebrate animals |
| Contents: | This international seminar, organized in collaboration with RESAL, will illustrate the potential of some species of invertebrates to contribute to biomedical research as model organisms to reveal fundamental biological processes including those involved in disease. Also concepts relevant to ethics and potential for suffering will be covered. |
| Language: | English |
| Materials: | programme |
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