LASA FORUM

Contents of Recent Issues

Spring 2010

LASA Home Office Liaison Forum; Bursary Report, Charles River 5th European Short Course; FOI and Lessons for Records Management; Society of Biology - The First Months; LASA 2009; RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group Meeting 2010; NC3RS Annual Report for 2009; Report on an Animal Research Debate; Understanding Animal Research Update; And it’s Goodbye from her... ; Frame News; Science Funding; Society of Biology News; A Reminder of Forthcoming LASA Meetings; The use of Telemetry in Laboratory Animals Contributes Significantly to the 3RS; Guiding Principles on Good Practice for Ethical Review Processes

Winter 2009/10

Presidents’ report; Bursary report 5th Animal Sonar Symposium; Altweb - newly redesigned site; Bursary report AALAS 60th national meeting; Bursary Reports from WC7; LASA joins the Foundation for Science and Technology; Science communication awards; Frame call for data sharing; Frame drug discovery and development in the 21st century; Indian international conference on laboratory animal science; LASA poster presentations winter meeting 25th to 27th November 2009; RSPCA update; NC3RS/LASA small award report; Society of Biology update; UFAW animal welfare student scholarship FELASA Award; LASA winter meeting 2009; Awards for service to LASA; European scientist receives prestigious US ‘Green Vivarium” award.

Autumn 2009

What Really Bugs You?; 2008 Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals; NC3RS News; NC3RS / LASA Small Awards Scheme - Reminder; Frame Press Release; ERP News for Lay Members; Can You Contribute?; Home Office Consultation; Fondazione Guido Bernardini New European Centre for Training in Laboratory Animal Science; New Websites Launched; Biosciences Federation; Bursary Report VII World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences; Update on ERP Guidance; Zoonotic Diseases in Laboratory Mice; Bursary Report International Ethological Conference.

Summer 2009

EBRA Bulletin - Parliament Adopts Parish Report; Biosciences Federation June E-Bulletin for Members; Biochemical Society Receives Funds for Free Science Resources for Schools; Bursaries Reports from the LASA Winter Meeting; Physiology Society Benevolent Fund; LASA Winter Meeting 2009; Training in Animal Welfare and the 3Rs; Transgenics and the 3Rs; Refinements in Husbandry, care and Common Procedures for Non-Human Primates; Pro-Test Welcomes Results of European Parliament Vote On Animal Research; Science Communications Award 2009; Society of Biology Update; Unification of the Institute of Biology and The Biosciences Federation.

Spring 2009
Education, Training and Ethics Section Winter Meeting Report; Frame - Press Release for WWAIL; Free Alerts; The Tree Rs and the Humanity Criterion; Home Office Liaison Forum; RSPCA/LASA/IAT Seminar Series; Understanding Animal Research; UFAW/RSPCA Resource; LASA Website Re-launched; Towards a single voice for UK biology; 3Rs Anniversary; Sharing and Archiving of Genetically Altered Mice; LASA Record Keeping for Personal Licence Holders.

Winter 2008/09
President's Report 2008; A Lay Member on Tour; New Practical Biology Website for Schools; Introducing Understanding Animal Research; EC’s Proposed Text for New Directive Published; Israel Animal Forum Firmly on Map - 2nd East Mediterranean ICLAS Regional Meeting; LASA Officers for 2009; New Organisation to Represent the Biosciences; News from Laboratory Animals Limited; NC3Rs/LASA Small Awards 2008; Marmoset Behaviour and Welfare Workshop & Primate Training Workshop; Replacing Primates in Medical Research; Winter Meeting 2008.

Autumn 2008
LASA/APC Working Group Proposal for a method of publishing data on Laboratory Animal Suffering; CMP & RDS:Towards a Single Organisation; BSF Report - Learned Societies and Publishing; 42nd Congress of the ISAE; Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE); UFAW Award; LASA Meetings; 2008 RSPCA Lay Members’ Forum; Primate Welfare Meeting 2008; International Primatological Society XXII Congress; Volunteers wanted for new school speaker programme; Institute of Biology; Transgenics and the 3Rs - What's it all about?; Refining Rabbit Care; NC3Rs/LASA Small Awards Scheme; NC3Rs 3Rs Prize 2008 Call for Nominations.

Summer 2008
FELASA President's Report; RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group Meeting 2008; In Memory of a Night in Lyon; Biosciences Federation; BSF Council; Institute of Biology and Biosciences Federation; Honorary Membership Presentation; Winter Meeting; New Animal Research Information Website; Guiding Principles on Good Practice for ERPs; Coalition for Medical Progress Education Strategy 2008/09; Home Office - data encryption; RDS Suite of Publications; New NC3Rs Board Chair Announced; NC3Rs/LASA Small Awards Scheme; Changes to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations; RDS and CMP Review Outcome; EU Statistics.

Spring 2008
Revision of Directive EU 86/609 - update; New Chairman of RDS; The Piglet as a Model for Clinical Nutrition of the Human Neonate; Highlighting 3Rs Research to the Biosciences Community; New Home Office Licensee Training Course (Modules 1 - 3) in Wild Mammals and Birds; Animal Science Section; Mouse Locator; Appointment of Senior Director for AAALAC; Certificate Holders Forum becomes Specialist Section within LASA; Home Office Better Regulation Newsletter; Communications Update.

Winter 2007/08
President's Report 2007; Winter Meeting Report; Education Training and Ethics Section; LASA Awards; DEFRA publishes Animal Welfare Delivery Strategy for England; Poster Competition Winner; Cambridge Visit; LASA/NC3Rs Small Awards; UFAW Chronicles 80 years of Animal Welfare Work; 3Rs and Veterinary Medicine Testing Workshop; ALN Europe Magazine; Guiding Principles for the Supervision of PIL holders; Biosciences Federation; Welfare of Animals during Transport; From the Home Office.

Regulars

Each issue contains regulars including a list of LASA Officers, bursaries and membership information, news items and details of forthcoming meetings and courses.