Webinars

These two webinars are a pair: Bioimaging Parts I and II.

In Bioimaging Part I: Imaging Scientific Strategy, on May 22, 2019, the speaker identified:

• How to build and use an imaging program
• The advantages, and disadvantages of the common modalities
• Criteria for selecting equipment

The recording of this webinar is available for purchase in the Store.

In Bioimaging Part II: Equipment, Facilities, and Workflows, on June 19, 2019 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT, the speaker will discuss how to:

• Design and operate a successful imaging program:
  • Key stake holders
  • Workflow requirements
• Assemble a team with the expertise needed for a successful program
• Use computing resources to support data structures and data storage in a bioimaging facility

The next webinar, Abnormal Repetitive Behaviours: Animal Welfare Significance, will be on July 16, 2019 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT.

This webinar will prepare attendees to use “abnormal repetitive behaviours” (ARBs), sometimes called stereotypies, in the welfare assessment of laboratory primates, rats, and mice.

The speaker will discuss:

• Whether ARBs are increased by exposing animals to aversive stimuli and stimuli that are ancestrally bad for fitness
• How the prevalence and/or frequency of ARBs typically reflects suboptimal husbandry and uncomfortable clinical conditions
• How ARBs are specific to negative states as experienced over an animal's lifetime

The following webinar, Agricultural Animals: Enrichment Strategies, will be on August 20, 2019 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm CT.

This webinar will focus on meeting the needs and enriching the environment of agricultural animals by creatively using readily available resources to:

• Encourage normal species behaviors
• Decrease the occurrence of stereotypies
• Facilitate animal training
• Increase cooperation of animals in study procedures
• Promote workplace safety

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.