Impressions from #EARA2025's "Session 6: Transparency and openness in animal research." Take a look! 👇👇 Our panelists come from various backgrounds, including patient engagement, institutional and industry communicators, and advocacy groups. #mdcBerlin | @eara.eu | @tvvde.bsky.social

#EARA2025 has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who was part of these two wonderful days of enriching discussion. We can’t wait to meet you at #EARA2027, in Lisbon.

In the last session of #EARA2025, Michael Fitzpatrick is talking about vaccine hesitancy and public health.

#EARA2025 On the Transparency and Openness in Animal Research session, Hannah Hobson, from UAR, told the story of the #Concordat, the 1st ever #openness agreement on animal research, which was launched in May 2024 in the UK and how it changed the availability of information for the public.

#EARA2025 Day 2 has just begun! Our opening keynote, by Susanna Louhimies, from the European Commission, started with an overview of 15 years of transparency about animal research in Europe! #AnimalStats #NTS #AnimalResearch

It's a wrap – day 1️⃣ of #EARA2025 is in the books! We've enjoyed another set of flash talks, a round table on communicating legal frameworks and ethics, a poster session, and the evening keynote by Lucie Côté from RI-MUHC, the first non-European @eara.eu#EARA2025member. Take a look! 👇👇 #mdcBerlin

#EARA2025 day 1 is coming to an end, but not before our evening keynote Lucie Côté, from the Research Institute @mcgill.ca, tells us about the road to #transparency on animal research in Canada, highlighting recent efforts to establish a national transparency agreement. #AnimalResearch

(1/4) On #EARA2025 Communicating Ethics and Legal Frameworks Athanassia Sotiropoulos @francecentre3r.bsky.social talked about the importance of reducing harm to animals through 3Rs and highlighted the role of #OpenScience in improving science.

#EARA2025 is lucky to have a full room of sponsors with a lot to tell you! Don't miss your chance to visit during refreshments. 📸 @mdc-berlin.bsky.social

Lively discussions at the @eara.eu conference 2025 continued with Session 1: "Effective Science Communication and Media." Great energy inside and outside #mdcBerlin's conference center on #CampusBuch – from engaging panels and flash talks to exhibition and lunch break moments. 👇👇 #EARA2025

The @eara.eu Conference 2025: “Shaping the Future of Animal Research Communication” is underway at #mdcBerlin! Our Scientific Director, Maike Sander, welcomed participants to #CampusBuch, and Fiona Fox, Chief Executive of the UK Science Media Centre, just finished today's first keynote. #EARA2025

(1/5) The first session of the day at #EARA2025, on Effective Science Communication and Media, closed with an interesting discussion. Follow the 🧵 for each talk's highlights.

Die @eara.eu Konferenz startet! Die europäische Dachorganisation für Kommunikation zum Thema Tierversuche hat @mdc-berlin.bsky.social als Venue ausgesucht und bringt damit die internationale Community nach #Berlin. Spannender Austausch!

(1/2) Fiona Fox, from the Science Media Centre, talked about the risks of not talking about animal research, highlighting how #openness from UK researchers, supported by the SMC, changed the tone of media #press. #EARA2025 #keynote

The EARA Conference is starting now. Follow #EARA2025 for live updates. #communication #AnimalResearch #transparency

EARA Conference starts tomorrow. For two days, we will explore the next steps in improving animal research public communication and understanding.🗣️🔬 We look forward to welcoming all attendees in #Berlin and invite you to follow #EARA2025 for updates and to share your own highlights from the event.

Our Patient Discovery initiative held the first Discovery Day in #Belgium, hosted by EARA member KU Leuven, Leuven Brain Institute and Mission Lucidity, bringing the Community Advisory Board of EFNA closer to the use of animals in brain disease research. Full recap: www.eara.eu/post/eara-an...

Researchers at VIB, an EARA member, have discovered, in a mouse study, that a gene mutation long linked to psoriasis also affects gut function. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/psorias... #research #AnimalResearch #mice #gut #microbiota #psoriasis #immunity

A petition to halt primate imports for biomedical research was launched in #Canada, based on a conflation of unproven allegations that could cost lives.🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/in-defence-of-life-saving-science-why-canada-s-primate-research-must-continue #NHP #research #SciencePolicy #monkey

Berlin Science Week starts today and EARA, together with @tvvde.bsky.social, Charite Berlin and @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, invite everyone in the city to register for an important discussion about #AnimalResearch. #BerlinScienceWeek #Berlin

Researchers @colorado.edu have identified a previously unknown #brain circuit that controls how #mice respond to sudden threats and recover from #fear. 🔗https://shorturl.at/b7S3Z #AnimalResearch #braincircuits #neuroscience #Research #ScienceNews #scicomm #jumpscare

Today is World Stroke Day! Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. #research #AnimalResearch #stroke #WorldStrokeDay #PreciousTime #GreaterThanStroke #brain #vascular

Read our new feature article exploring the vital role of #animals in basic research and the advances in #NAMs in this field.🔗EARA feature: www.eara.eu/why-are-anim... #AnimalResearch #BasicResearch #fundamental #drosophila #zebrafish #mice #monkeys #development #neuroscience #immunology

Kirk Leech, EARA's Executive Director, is @cnrs.fr for the EU-Simia Japan NHP meeting, organised by EU-SIMIA. The meeting brought together experts from #Europe and #Japan to exchange insights on #NHP research and explore collaborations in biomedical science. #SciencePolicy #AnimalResearch

Researchers at EPFL have developed a #pill that could be guided inside the #gut of #rabbits and deposit a biocompatible gel, opening the door to a new type of non-invasive medical interventions. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/pill-can-print-healing-gel-in-rabbits-gut #AnimalResearch #medical #surgery

Two #comment articles with opposite perspectives about the role of #animals in #biomedical #research have been featured in the scientific journal #Nature, fueling a polarised discourse that can confuse and misinform the public and decision-makers. #NAM #SciencePolicy www.eara.eu/post/eara-co...

The International Brain Tumour Awareness Week starts today. How do studies using animals contribute to brain tumour research? #BrainTumour #BrainTumourAwareness #BrainCancer #BrainTumourResearch #BrainTumourSupport #BrainTumor #WorldBrainTumorDay #AnimalResearch #Brain #Neuroscience

Researchers @usc.edu have developed lab-grown kidneys (#organoids) that, for the first time, could produce urine – a key function of the #kidney – when transplanted into #mice. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/organoids-mimic-key-kidney-functions #NAM #AnimalResearch #research

We are pleased to welcome Bio-Ritm Medical Service to EARA! Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: eara.eu/our-members

EARA member @bprc-eu.bsky.social hosted around 100 visitors during the Dutch Weekend of Science to give visitors a closer look at the work of researchers, how #monkeys are cared for and the role they play in #biomedical studies. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/familie... #WeekendvandeWetenschap #Netherlands

Researchers at University of Milan have discovered that feeding young rats a high-fat, low-carbohydrate #diet protected them from behavioural effects of #prenatal #stress, suggesting that changing #nutrition could prevent #mood disorders. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/keto-di... #ketogenic #MentalHealth

🔬 Researchers @dkfz.bsky.social and @impvienna.bsky.social have discovered that the acidic environment inside tumours plays a key role in promoting #cancer survival and growth in #mice. www.eara.eu/post/sour-en... #AnimalResearch #pancreas #research #oncology #mitochondria

Today is World Menopause Day. Did you know that several whale species undergo menopause? #WorldMenopauseDay #WorldMenopauseDay2025 #Menopause #LifestyleMedicine #InternationalMenopauseSocitety #MenopauseInfo #WomenHealth #AnimalResearch #rodent #whale #research

💥Researchers @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and EARA member @ki.se have discovered what changes in the brain of mice that unlock the so-called maternal aggression. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/pregnan... #mice #rodent #AnimalResearch #brain #aggression #behaviour #Sweden #science #research #scicomm

EARA is in #Leuven today for the first Patient Discovery Day in #Belgium, hosted by KU Leuven. The event is part of EARA's Patient Discovery Project, one of our key initiatives to promote transparency and understanding of biomedical research involving animals.

On World #Anaesthesia Day, we highlight the role of anaesthesia in animal research. Did you know that the use of appropriate anaesthesia is mandatory by law in the #EU? #WorldAnaesthesiaDay #refinement #3Rs #AnimalResearch #Anaesthesiology

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that amyloid beta, a hallmark in Alzheimer’s, can strengthen immune responses and reduce tumour growth in mice. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/alzheim... #mice #rodent #AnimalResearch #cancer #Alzheimer #brain #neuroscience #immune #dementia

We are pleased to welcome the Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) to EARA! Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: eara.eu/our-members

Don't miss out – today is your LAST CHANCE to register for the @eara.eu 2025 conference in Berlin! Sign up now and join us at the #mdcBerlin in early November to explore the future of transparent #AnimalResearch communication. More information and registration below 👇👇 #EARA2025

Did you know that #animals contribute to mental health research? #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthAwareness #AnimalResearch #research #science #dogs #rodents #mice #rats #scicomm

Every October, on the second Thursday, the world's attention focus on blindness and vision impairment. Today, we highlight the animals that contribute to vision research. #AnimalResearch #Awareness #WorldSightDay #WSD #LoveYourEyes #EyeHealth #Vision #EyeCare #Blindness

Scientists at the Rockefeller University, using #gerbils, have kept tissue from the inner ear alive outside the body, creating a system that could allow researchers to understand how hearing works & test treatments for #hearing loss. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/gerbils-reveal-how-hearing-works

Researchers from the University of Strathclyde and the Italian Institute of Technology have developed a method to monitor a key #brain alteration found in #Alzheimer’s disease in living, freely moving #mice. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/tracking-alzheimer-s-brain-alterations-in-living-mice

We are pleased to welcome the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) to EARA! Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: eara.eu/our-members

Researchers at the CHEO Research Institute were able to mimic children’s response to cancer therapies in #zebrafish larvae, which could provide a platform to inform #clinical decisions in real-time. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/zebrafi... #Cancer #PaediatricCancer #PersonalisedMedicine #AnimalResearch

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to three researchers for discovering how the immune system is kept in check, based on studies in mice. #NobelPrize #NobelPrizelaureates #NobelPrize2025 #medicine #science #AnimalReseach #mice Read more: www.eara.eu/post/mice-st...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: register by 10 October & join us in Berlin (6-7 Nov, 2025) to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch! 🗣️🔬 #EARA2025 🚀 wheldonevents.co.uk/EARA-reg/?mc... ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking with top professionals ✅ Key discussions on science communication

We are pleased to welcome the Eötvös Loránd University to EARA! Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: eara.eu/our-members

Thank you #WesternU for joining @eara.eu to promote the ethical use of animals in research