NC3Rs/LASA Small Awards 2008

The following eleven small awards were made in 2008:

Dr L Asher, Royal Veterinary College
Workshop: Making the most of behavioural data: Rules, Relations and Robotics

Miss P Browne, Cambridge University
Cage change interval: The mouse perspective

Ms J Cruden, Imperial College London
Environmental enrichment for the laboratory ferret at Category 2-4 containment

Dr A Cunningham, Institute of Zoology
Validating non-invasive collection methods in African bat populations

Dr C Davidson, Leicester University
Development of drug abuse models in planaria

Professor W Holt, Institute of Zoology
Non-invasive gender determination in amphibians via urinary steroid analysis

Miss S Johnson, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
A non-surgical method of embryo transfer

Dr D Moss, Liverpool University
Chick embryo replacement of mouse models to study the regulation of gene expression

Dr K Smith, Imperial College London
The effect of environmental enrichment on food intake and body weight in male Wistar rats used to study energy balance 

Dr O Sparagano, Newcastle University
Using Dermanyssus gallinae as a model for synthetic membrane alternatives in haematophagous small ectoparasite research 

Dr P Taylor, Topcat Metrology Ltd
Improvements to a thermal threshold probe to prevent burns