Notices

For all LASA Members – Are you interested in applying to be a council member to help further LASA’s aims? The term of office of several members of LASA Council comes to an end in December 2023. Therefore, three new Ordinary Council positions will be subject to...

Today (13 July 2023) the UK Home Office has published 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2022'. There has been a 10% decrease in the total number of procedures carried out in 2022, compared to 2021. 97% of all procedures were...

LASA is pleased to see the helpful advice from the Animals in Science Committee (ASC) on the use of the forced swim test (FST), which has been published recently. In their view, the use of the FST is justifiable in two specific circumstances: the screening of...

Abstracts for Posters to be presented at the Annual Conference are requested. Submissions are invited particularly, but not exclusively, on topics related to the meeting. Posters that have been presented elsewhere will still be considered and will be eligible for the...

In celebration of 60 years of LASA, the LASA 3Rs section conveners are inviting submissions for spoken presentations on any aspect of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) to be given at the 2023 LASA Annual Conference, which will be held in person on 21st...

The Preliminary Scientific Programme for the upcoming 60th Anniversary Conference which is to be held in Cambridge, 21st-23rd November 2023 is now available. We look forward to seeing you there.

An animal-free organoid model has won the 3Rs Prize, awarded by the NC3Rs and sponsored by GSK. Dr Lisa Wagar from the California Irvine University, USA, has been awarded the 3Rs Prize for her entirely animal-free tonsil ‘organoid’ model of respiratory infection and...

A huge congratulations to Caroline Chadwich who has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Humane Animal Research in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List. Throughout Caroline's scientific career, including her role as Director of the Biomedical...

Tuesday 19th September 2023 The LASA 3Rs section will be hosting our annual event in person again this year, the theme is evidence based refinements which have led to improvements in animal welfare. The programme will include speakers from all sectors across the...

LASA’s 60th Anniversary Conference will take place between Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd November in Cambridge, and all exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities can be found online via the LASA website: https://www.lasa.co.uk/lasa-annual-conference-2023/