Animal care Basic animal care includes tasks such as watering and feeding, changing bedding or weaning the animals. In addition, services are also provided such as breeding management, mating, sampling

the Institute for Laboratory Animals with histopathologic skills from organ experts in human pathology. In order to enable optimal patho-anatomical interpretation of animal models for human disease and [...] RNA analysis), training (microscopical analysis) and histopathological diagnoses on laboratory animals. The philosophy behind xPa is to involve pathology specialists who have profound experience and skills [...] skills in particular human organs, e.g. lung or kidney, in the analysis of the corresponding organ in animals also, in order to guarantee optimal interpretation. Therefore, a number of physicians from the department

) Funding: MWK, ZN3440 P01 FOR 2591:Evaluation of multimodal stress assessment and refinement in animal models of stress, inflammation and surgical interventions, TP01/Bleich Project leader: Bleich, André [...] PhD Funding: DFG, BL953-10-2 FOR 2591:Evaluation of multimodal stress assessment and refinement in animal models of stress, inflammation and surgery, TP01/Häger Project leader: Häger Christine (Dr. rer. [...] André (Prof., PhD ) DFG research unit 2591 - Defining a Severity Assessment framework for laboratory animals www.severity-assessment.de Project management: Bleich, André (Prof., PhD), Tolba, Réné (Prof. Dr

Biobanking animated film for children and guardians A new biobanking animated film for children and guardians is now online. March 16, 2026 The GBN, in collaboration with the Carl Gustav Carus University [...] German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) at the Leipzig/Dresden site, has released an animated informational film on the topic of biobanking for children and their guardians. The short film explains

2022 , Science & Engineering Ethics 2022 Retreat week "Animal experimentation ethics as an interplay of research ethics, animal ethics and (animal welfare) law. International perspectives on theoretical [...] Therapeutics 2023 Alternatives to animal testing: basics, examples and ethical considerations / human-animal relationship from a regulatory and ethical perspective - focus: farm animal husbandry with special c [...] Challenges & Solutions) , Poster (Page 2: References & Affiliations) , Meeting Report (ALTEX) , Animals 2025 SRR-HCS: Systematic review on ethical reasons for or against conducting human challenge studies

to analysis of animal studies address her. The support ranges from advice how to collect and to store tissue samples to training in macroscopic diagnoses of autopsy of laboratory animals. PD Dr. med. Guntram [...] pathology-xpa-staff Since experimental animal models try to reflect diseases and modes of therapy in human beings it should be human and not veterinarian pathologists who perform the histologic analysis [...] of fresh frozen tissues is done by her also. Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Kreipe : Microscopical analysis of animal tissues

three-dimensional cell cultures that mimic human tissue and are considered a promising alternative to animal testing. However, their use in research and teaching has so far been limited due to the high costs [...] e-learning courses. The "EasyOrganoid - Bio" sub-project is working on four objectives at the central animal laboratory of Hannover Medical School. The first central objective is to standardize and optimize [...] in handling organoids, but also increase their awareness and knowledge of alternative methods to animal experiments. The fourth aim of the sub-project is to transfer the EasyOrganoid device into practice

MHH) Funding: Hausmittel 01/2022-08/2023 Retreat week "Animal experimentation ethics as an interplay of research ethics, animal ethics and (animal welfare) law. International perspectives on theoretical [...] Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) 2021 Retreat week "Animal experimentation ethics as an interplay of research ethics, animal ethics and (animal welfare) law. International perspectives on theoretical [...] Hospital Münster Funding: Hausmittel 05/2022-01/2024 Human-animal relationship from a regulatory and ethical perspective: Focus: farm animal husbandry with special consideration of the One Health concept

with light of a suitable wavelength. In the small animal model, questions can be linked to luminescence in a variety of ways: Bacteria, cells and animals can be genetically engineered to express luciferases [...] Limitations: Low tissue penetration of light, low resolution Back to the homepage of the Central Animal Laboratory

influence on the pathophysiology of the respective disease, are not yet fully understood. We use animal models to better understand the complex interaction of DBS with the neuronal functional loops of [...] and thus further improve this treatment method. It is crucial for the experimental studies that the animal model used reflects the Clinical Department and pathophysiology of the human disease and that the [...] correspond to those of humans in critical aspects. In a translational approach, we are investigating animal models for movement disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases the functional effects of DBS at the