ECRN Cookie Catch Up

This is a monthly 30-minute online event dedicated to the Early Career Researchers Network (ECRN) happening every third Thursday of the month, in which we will have a short-form presentation, discussion about that presentation and then some open space for general 3Rs chat.

In the next session, we have the pleasure of welcoming Katerina Stoykova & Nicole Lüthi who will talk about how the law currently regulates animal experimentation in Switzerland.

Register for the session here.

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Previous sessions:

• March: Benjamin Ineichen spoke to us about his recent research on translational aspects of drug development in neuroscience, AI/automation in evidence synthesis, meta-science, and reproducibility aspects of science.

• February: Noémie Mazaré, a scientist and open science advocate, who worked closely with leading Swiss and international institutions to reshape how science is conducted and shared with the world.

In 2024 we welcomed nine wonderful presenters who covered a range of interesting topics! Thank you to all who presented and all who attended.

• November: Julika Fitzi-Rathgen from Schweizer Tierschutz STS (Swiss Animal Protection) spoke about the rehoming of small laboratory species in cooperation with animal protection organisations.

• October: Marta Zaragoza Navarro spoke about the science-policy interface in Switzerland and how scientists can be more involved in the Swiss policy making process.

• September: Christian Rodriguez Perez joined us from the University of Basel. He is working on the ethics of animal research as part of the NRP79 on the 3Rs.

• August: we were joined by Dr. Jessica Lampe from the 3RCC. Jessica spoke about the Culture of Care.

• July: we heard from Elsa Giobellina who spoke about the role and responsibilities of an Animal Welfare Officer (AWO) in the animal experimentation licencing process and in the application of the 3R principles.

• June: we heard from Dr. Antoine Champetier, who spoke about the process of establishing quantitative indicators for 3R that balance policy relevance, data availability and technical feasibility.

• May: we learned about the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and how we can better achieve successful interdisciplinary projects with Dr. Anna Claus.

• April: we heard about the experience of Pauline Zamprogno, brilliant 3Rs awardee, and how her achievements enabled to advance the 3Rs principles.

• March: we provided an overview of the 3RCC structure and actions, followed by short presentations from Aude Rapet and Robbie I'Anson Price, Scientific Officers co-managing the network, about their professional journey and how they ended up working in the 3Rs.