Who Do You Follow? Twitter Feeds for Human Research Compliance
As an addition to the successful “Who do you follow? Twitter Feeds for Animal Research Compliance”, here is a list of well known Twitter feeds to follow for those interested…
Tags: Lab Animals
ABSA Annual Meeting News
Howdy all! Just got back from the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) Annual Biological Safety Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. While I now devote my time to managing the compliance…
Revenge of the Mice!
This month’s InfoEdge article topic deals with a story widely reported in the national media. Within a few months, the US government, through the USDA, will drop an unknown number…
Animal Facility Disaster Planning and Response
With recent storm related destruction from Superstorm Sandy, here are some helpful suggestions for creating and implementing a disaster recovery plan for your animal facility. As we have seen from…
Reviewer Guide
How do you make sure that your scientific/assigned reviewers are really reviewing their assigned protocols? Do you ask that your assigned reviewers answer questions or think about certain regulations for…
Reminder: New requirements for Semi-Annual Inspections based on the 8th Guide
OLAW requires Assured Institutions to complete a Semi-Annual Inspection based on criteria set forth in the 8th Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by December…
Deficiency reporting case study, What would you do?
The March issue of Lab Animal contains a “Commentary on Lab Animal Protocol Review” column, and this month’s thought-provoking case study is entitled, “Disagreement between IO and IACUC“. The case…
To Censor or not to Censor– Is that a valid scientific question?
Modern molecular biology enables researchers to create DNAs, RNAs, proteins, cells, organ systems, and organisms that have never existed before. Thanks to decades of recombinant DNA technology, the acts of…
Guidance on Publication of Animal Research
A recent publication entitled, “Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications” from the National Academies Press (Sept, 2011), authored by the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)…
The Rise of Animal Law
In a recent article published this April in the Journal Science entitled “The Rise of Animal Law” by Greg Miller, the author discusses the notable advances in animal rights over…