Excited to share our new paper: despite 61% of #HCM studies still using only male rodents, we show that including both sexes reveals critical differences in behaviour and disease progression that would otherwise remain hidden. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #animalresearch #sexdifferences

How the integration of #technology, #welfare, and good experimental design can refine research practices and enhance translational relevance? Check out our new book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #animalresearch #communication #3Rs @costprogramme.bsky.social

Check out our new publication: Critical uncertainties in preclinical research: Navigating trust, technology, and ethics. doi.org/10.1016/j.ns... #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social #ethics #NAMs #preclinical

We have published a new Current Protocols paper providing practical instructions for using the RFID-based #IntelliCage to study learning #behavior in group-housed mice. currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #animalresearch #HomeCageMonitoring @costprogramme.bsky.social #mouse

Our members from different ITC countries have published a paper in Slovenian Veterinary Research on the advantages home-cage systems offer for animal welfare and data reproducibility. A pipeline for choosing the right system also added! slovetres.si/index.php/SV... #behavior #homecage #welfare

At the end of our Action, we have compiled a short movie emphasizing major advantages HCM systems offer for animal research and its translatability, and showing some actual videos from the labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOB8pYeDI4U @costprogramme.bsky.social

@cost-teatime.bsky.social has been working to raise awareness on how we monitor lab animals, advancing welfare & research reproducibility with home-cage monitoring. Read the story of an Action that has excelled at building an open knowledge base & empowering ECRs: www.cost.eu/long-read-te...

🗣️ How did participants describe this year’s TEATIME Training School in just 3 words? Thank you to everyone who joined us — we loved learning and growing with you! 🌟 #TrainingSchool #HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #LabAnimalScience #ScientificTraining #NetworkingExcellence @costprogramme.bsky.social

We’re proud to have held 4 popular TEATIME Training Schools—thanks to all organizers, speakers, and @costprogramme.bsky.social for the support; manuals are open access on our website, and more training opportunities are coming soon! #animalresearch #homecage #behavior #neuroscience #AnimalWelfare

Nastasia Mirofle (France) completed a TEATIME STSM at the Donders Institute (NL), exploring how the serotonin transporter influences environmental sensitivity and a-sociality. #animalresearch #behavior #grant @costprogramme.bsky.social

See you soon in beautiful Helsinki for our final event! #animalresearch #homecage #conference @costprogramme.bsky.social

Join us on September 3rd for Day 2 of the TEATIME Final Conference, featuring expert talks on home-cage monitoring technologies, case studies, a roundtable on the future of automated monitoring, a closing keynote, and a farewell networking reception. #animalresearch #homecage

Calopy, a new open-source, browser-based tool for intuitive and comprehensive indirect calorimetry data analysis, is now published in Nature Metabolism — try it at www.calopy.app! www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01316-8

Wondering what the program of our TEATIME Final Conference looks like? Take a look at the exciting talks we have lined up for Day 1! More info and registration link for online attendance can be found here: www.cost-teatime.org/events/the-teatime-journery-shaping-the-future-of-lab-animal-monitoring/

Registration for in-person attendance at the TEATIME Final Conference is closed — but you can still join us online by registering here: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you to all the participants and experts who joined us last week in Bratislava for our training school on animal behavioural research and home-cage monitoring — it was a fantastic event full of learning, sharing, and collaboration!

At the TEATIME Beginners Training School, Veronika Borbelyova present how testing social behavior of mice in home-cage systems like PhenoTyper can offer more natural insights compared to traditional sociability tests in unfamiliar environments. #Neuroscience #BehavioralResearch #HomeCage

Day 3 of our Training School brought inspiring insights on developing home-cage systems, scaling behavioural data, and using tools like EthoVision and ANY-maze. #HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #AnimalWelfare #BigData #ScientificTraining #Neuroscience #ScienceCommunication #OpenScience

This week at our training school, participants explored how to optimize behavioral experiments using ANY-maze — from automated procedures to advanced analysis and integration with lab equipment. #behavioralanalysis #ANYmaze #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #animalresearch #training

Day 2 of our training school focused on motor and cognitive behavioral assays, home-cage monitoring, and best practices in experimental design and data quality control. #animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #experimentaldesign #qualitycontrol #homecage #neuroscience #training #labautomation

Participants at our training school discovered how EthoVision XT enables precise automated tracking, zone configuration, and advanced behavioral analysis to enhance reproducibility in animal research. #EthoVisionXT #animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #training

Day 1 of the TEATIME Training School kicked off with inspiring talks on experimental design, home-cage monitoring, and DeepLabCut, alongside expert meetups and student presentations—highlighting the power of science, networking, and collaboration. #animalresearch #training #homecage #welfare

Everything set for our 4th training school! #animalresearch #homecage #mouse #experimentaldesign #training #Bratislava

At our training school, @okalliokoski.bsky.social will lead an interactive session exploring how our experimental choices shape the outcomes of the "game of science"—can you uncover the truth? #ScienceCommunication #ExperimentalDesign #ScientificIntegrity #TrainingSchool #Research

At our upcoming training school, Giorgio Rosati will present the scalable Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) system—enabling continuous, non-invasive home-cage monitoring with minimal data footprint and high scientific impact. #HomeCage #DVCsystem #LabAnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #PreclinicalResearch

The TEATIME Training School has officially kicked off with a warm welcome from Veronika Borbélyová at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. #TrainingSchool #Bratislava #LabAnimalScience #HomeCageMonitoring #Networking #ScienceCommunity @costprogramme.bsky.social

This week at the TEATIME Training School, Oren Forkosh will explore how curiosity-driven engineering turns empty racks into fully automated home-cage behavioural observatories. #HomeCageMonitoring #BehaviouralScience #Neuroscience #LabAutomation #AnimalResearch @costprogramme.bsky.social

This week at the TEATIME Training School, Alice Melloni and @nunohfranco.bsky.social will lead a session on experimental design and data quality control. #AnimalResearch #ExperimentalDesign #DataQuality #LabAnimalScience @costprogramme.bsky.social

Join us on June 18th (Training school) for Michael Tsoory lectures exploring traditional vs. home-cage-based behavioral assays in mouse models of mental disorders—through the lens of validity, reliability, and animal welfare. #animalresearch #homecage #InMice @costprogramme.bsky.social

Next week at the Training School, Silvia Mandillo will lecture on assessing motor function in mouse models—covering standard tests, home-cage monitoring, case studies, and the impact of sex and welfare on results. #MouseModels #BehavioralNeuroscience @costprogramme.bsky.social #homecage

Also in Bratislava, @neurodaniela.bsky.social will teach how to use DeepLabCut’s deep learning tools for accurate, automated animal pose estimation and behavioral analysis through its user-friendly GUI. #DeepLabCut #BehavioralResearch #MachineLearning #Neuroscience #OpenScience

At the Bratislava Training School, @nunohfranco.bsky.social will teach key principles of #experimentaldesign—such as randomization, blinding, sample size, and bias control—to help ensure that #animalresearch is reliable, #reproducible, and aligned with the #3Rs. @costprogramme.bsky.social #training

Meet our expert speakers at the Second TEATIME Beginners Training School, where they will share insights on using home-cage technologies to monitor rodent behavior and physiology. #animalresearch #behavior #training

📢 Just 10 days to go! Join us in Bratislava for the Second TEATIME Beginners Training School on 🐭 home cage monitoring! 📅 17–20 June 2025 🎓 Hands-on sessions, DeepLabCut, EthoVision, ANY-maze & more! #LabAnimal #Behaviour @costprogramme.bsky.social #animalresearch

One of our talented young researcher grant recipients, Barbara Bastos also received the Best Poster Award at #FELASA2025 — voted by the delegates themselves! 🏆🧪 #conference #poster #award #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social

What an incredible #FELASA2025 conference packed with scientific energy and innovation! Outstanding variety of presentations—from thought-provoking lectures to creative and data-rich posters—contributing to the advancement of #animalresearch. @nunohfranco.bsky.social @stefanogaburro.bsky.social

We opened #FELASA2025 conference with an insightful session on home-cage monitoring, expertly chaired by @vvoikar.bsky.social. The session featured presentations by Sara Wells @mrcharwell.bsky.social, @phenotyping.bsky.social, @stefanogaburro.bsky.social and others... #behavior #homecage #research

Our new preprint on OSF: a call to build FAIR repositories for home-cage monitoring data, unlocking the full potential of continuous rodent behavior insights! osf.io/preprints/osf/fsg83_v1 #homecage #animalresearch #behavior #data #OpenScience @costprogramme.bsky.social

TEATIME Communication Webinar Stats! 280 attendees from 30 countries worldwide🌍 Highest participation from Europe Thanks for joining us—stay tuned for more insights!📊 @costprogramme.bsky.social #SciComm #animalresearch @eara.eu @mrcharwell.bsky.social

Another successful TEATIME webinar led by Masa Cater drew 280 attendees to explore #AI tools in #AnimalResearch #communication! Inspiring talks by @stefanogaburro.bsky.social @dhuzard.bsky.social, @eara.eu members & more. Recordings now live on YouTube! Check in comments below.

By May 30 you can apply to attend our final conference in Helsinki: The TEATIME journey – shaping the future of lab animal monitoring. 🕑Sept 2–3, 2025 ➡️Free registration | Abstracts welcome www.cost-teatime.org/events/the-teatime-journery-shaping-the-future-of-lab-animal-monitoring/ #animalresearch

Tomorrow we meet at noon CET! 🧐 Register quickly if you haven't yet: har-mrc-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... @costprogramme.bsky.social #communication #science #SciComm #AItools #transparency @eara.eu

Only One Week to Go! Our #animalresearch #communication webinar is just around the corner — and there’s still time to register! Sign up now to receive the link to the event: www.cost-teatime.org/events/the-art-of-communicating-animal-research-in-the-21st-century-part-2/ @costprogramme.bsky.social

We’re proud to share that two of our members @olabk.bsky.social and Veronika Borbélyová are attending the 26th Conference of the Czech and Slovak Laboratory Animal Science Association (ČSLASA) in Tábor, Czech Republic (April 23–25, 2025)! #LaboratoryAnimalScience #3Rs #AnimalWelfare #CSLASA2025

Discover how tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, DALL·E & NotebookLM are changing the way we share science—faster, clearer, more creative. Hands-on demo included! Part of our #AnimalResearch communication webinar series. #SciComm #animalresearch #Midjourney #DALLE #AItools @costprogramme.bsky.social

Want to make your science content stand out? In our webinar, we’ll dive into tools like BioRender, Canva, SciDraw & BioArt to help you create clear, engaging visuals + automate your outreach. 💡 Turn data into impact. #SciComm #AnimalResearch @costprogramme.bsky.social

Science faces growing scrutiny, and misinformation spreads fast—on social media, in media, and even in politics. How should we respond? Should we at all? Register for our webinar to learn more, use QR code below! #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social @eara.eu

After 4 years, TEATIME is wrapping up! Join our final #conference to explore lab animal monitoring with experts in biomedicine, #behavior & #data. 🔗 Program & registration: cost-teatime.org/events/the-teatime-journey-shaping-the-future-of-lab-animal-monitoring/ @costprogramme.bsky.social

Can #AI help communicate #animalresearch? Yes—but responsibly! AI can boost outreach, streamline content, and engage audiences, but ethical use is key: ✅ Transparency & openness ✅ Respect for audiences & animals ✅ Integrity in science communication @costprogramme.bsky.social #SciComm

Social media plays a key role in science #communication! At our webinar, an EARA ambassador Masa Cater (Uni. of Ljubljana) will share how they use X to highlight Slovenian & global animal research, craft impactful posts, and engage the public. 📢 @eara.eu @costprogramme.bsky.social #AnimalResearch