Preliminary Scientific Programme
TUESDAY 2 JUNE 2026 – PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS
WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 2026 THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2026 FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2026
3Rs IN ACTION: FROM ETHICS TO IMPLEMENTATION
Chair: to be announced later Co-Chair: to be announced later
08:30–08:45
Refine to Reduce: Anaesthesia and Technique
Eva Drazanova
08:45–09:00
Sex Differences in the Pharmacokinetics of Bupivacaine Should be Considered When Treating Pigs
Sigal Meilin
09:00–09:15
FELASA WG on Benchmarking Technical Staff Ratios for Laboratory Mouse Care:
Preliminary Findings
Magda Castelhano Carlos
FELASA WG on Benchmarking Technical Staff Ratios for Laboratory Mouse Care:
Preliminary Findings
Magda Castelhano Carlos
09:15–09:30
NAMs in Action: Reducing Animal Testing Through Integrated In Silico Strategies
Karen Mulkijanyan
NAMs in Action: Reducing Animal Testing Through Integrated In Silico Strategies
Karen Mulkijanyan
09:30–09:45
Refining in Action : A Comparison of Hypobaric and Normobaric Experimental Hypoxia Models in Perinatal Rats
Sara Trnski Levak
09:45–10:00
Sex as a Biological Variable in Laboratory Research: Observations from Collaborative Research Environments
Aleksandra Bartelik
10:00–10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
ONE WELFARE
Chair: to be announced later Co-Chair: to be announced later
10:30–10:45
Culture of Care : Realistic implementation in the european framework
Delphine Denais-Lalieve
10:45–11:00
What Have Sea-Kayaking and Working in Animal Research in Common?
Anja Petrie
11:00–11:15
Examination of Mental Well-Being Among Laboratory Animal Research Workers
Györgyi Szabó
11:15–11:30
Challenges in using aged animal models for neurodegenerative disease research
Malan Štrbenc
11:30–11:45
Handling method of laboratory mice has effect on their exploratory behaviour
Tatjana Pirman
11:45–12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Are fraudulent studies in preclinical medicine leading us astray?
Otto Kalliokoski
12:30–13:30
Lunch ⎸ LAL Workshop – Publishing Together: Fostering Openness and Participation in LAS Scientific Communication
Lunch ⎸ LAL Workshop – Publishing Together: Fostering Openness and Participation in LAS Scientific Communication
DESIGNING FOR WELFARE: FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY
Chair: to be announced later Co-Chair: to be announced later
13:30–13:45
Refining Humane Endpoint Identification through Time-Series Forecasting
Sara Lutscher
13:45 - 14:00
Preclinical Imaging at the IPHYS Bioimaging Facility: The Czech-BioImaging and Euro-BioImaging Node member
Barbora Radochová
Preclinical Imaging at the IPHYS Bioimaging Facility: The Czech-BioImaging and Euro-BioImaging Node member
Barbora Radochová
14:00–14:15
The iMouse System – visual inspection meets AI-based longitudinal analysis of standardized behaviours
Nadine Suendermann
14:15–14:30
Fixing What Slows Us Down: Simple Digital Solutions for Smarter Animal Care Programs
Diego Celdran-Bonafonte
14:30–14:45
From procedure to production: Creating the BIOEMTECH Vein Access Injection Platform
Argyro Zacharioudaki
From procedure to production: Creating the BIOEMTECH Vein Access Injection Platform
Argyro Zacharioudaki
14:45–15:00
Relocation without disruption: do’s, don’ts and lessons learned
Viola Galligioni
15:00–15:15
Ultrasonic Noise in the Housing Colony Alters the Behaviour and Physiology of Rodents – Implications for Animal Welfare and Experimental Reproducibility
Paul Bernard
Ultrasonic Noise in the Housing Colony Alters the Behaviour and Physiology of Rodents – Implications for Animal Welfare and Experimental Reproducibility
Paul Bernard
15:15–15:30
The Impact of Pre-Experimental Housing Conditions on Song Production in Canaries
Avishag Tuval
The Impact of Pre-Experimental Housing Conditions on Song Production in Canaries
Avishag Tuval
15:30–15:45
The power of starting small – a win win situation of refinement and sustainability
Inga Bruesch
The power of starting small – a win win situation of refinement and sustainability
Inga Bruesch
CLOSING THE CONGRESS
