Webinars
The upcoming webinar, Construction Noise and Vibration: Best Practices for Minimizing Impacts on Animals, Ongoing Research Studies, and Relationships with Scientists, will be on October 17, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT.
The speaker will discuss "best practices" that will:
- Minimize the impacts of noise and vibration on animals and ongoing studies
- Set a standard for better communication with researchers
A detailed list of the best practices will be available to those in attendance.
The next webinar, Humane Endpoints for Mice, will be on November 13, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT.
The speaker will discuss:
- The need to identify specific behavioral and physiological humane endpoints that:
- Accurately indicate suffering
- Predict mortality prior to reaching a moribund state
- Can drive the decision for humane euthanasia
- Observation-based scoring systems for objectively assessing animal pain and distress
The following webinar, The Role of Incident Reporting in Responsible Science, will be on December 11, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT.
This webinar will:
- Describe the organizational structure of occupational, environmental and research safety programs at the University of Chicago
- Introduce a data management system that promotes collaboration in occupational, environmental and research safety
- Discuss and demonstrate capabilities of an incident reporting tool under development at the University
- Provide examples of formal “Lessons Learned” documents derived from incident investigations and root-causes analyses of incidents
AALAS Educational Opportunities
AALAS offers a host of educational opportunities and resources.
- Visit our Educational Resources page to learn about materials available through the AALAS Bookstore.
- The AALAS Learning Library contains a variety of courses designed for laboratory animal professionals at any career level.
- The pinnacle of the AALAS year is the National Meeting. This event is designed to provide attendees with educational opportunities throughout the five day meeting.
- Finally, the GLAS program (Grants for Laboratory Animal Science) offers competitive short-term research grants in the LAS field.
