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  3R Community  

One of our main tasks is networking. This means international networking between different 3R organizations or national networking of the scientific community (e.g. MUI animal free cluster) in Austria. Our members play a major role in this, our private members and above all our supporting members. Are you also interested in joining our 3R community and becoming a member? We would be delighted to have your support.

  3R Organizations  

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CAAT is the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. An additional CAAT headquarters is located at the University of Konstanz (CAAT-Europe). The "About us" section of their website provides information on their history, accomplishments, and vision. Furthermore, contributions to their programs and activities as well as the awards they have received are listed. 3R-specific informational materials are offered in the form of publications and other resources, such as videos.

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The Centro 3R is Italy's 3R center. Members are faculties of various Italian universities. Under the item "Resources", reference is made to other 3R institutions. Otherwise, newsletters are published on the homepage and upcoming events are announced.

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The Danish 3R Center was founded in 2013. It is the result of a collaboration between animal welfare organizations and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. Its homepage provides general facts about laboratory animals, such as information on the historical development of animal experiments or the annual animal experiment statistics of Denmark. Under the heading "Research" all projects supported by the center can be found. Furthermore, the Danish 3R-Center offers a variety of presentations of their past symposia for free download.

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The European Research Association is an organization with members from private and public research groups, breeders, industry and representatives from the animal testing sector. It is represented in 23 European countries and in 5 countries outside Europe. Its platform serves to forward information about animal experimentation and its advantages and disadvantages. On the website, it is possible to filter between the different member countries to be informed about their latest findings. The organization regularly publishes newsletters and is even present on other media such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube.

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Ecopa is a European consensus platform with the aim of promoting the 3Rs. To achieve their goal they want to create consensus among stakeholders from politics, science, industry and animal welfare. Their website offers some information material on the 3Rs as well as reports on past events of the community.

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EURL ECVAM, the EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing, is part of the JRS (Joint Research Centre), a Directorate General of the European Commission. Under the item "Our activities" the main activities are listed. Information on alternative methods and 3Rs and related publications from various biomedical research areas are provided. The latest news can be found under "News".

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The European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing is a European network of the 3Rs principles. EUSAAT was founded in 1993 as the Central European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (MEGAT) and changed its name to EUSAAT in 2008. EUSAAT regularly organizes a congress to communicate relevant topics and news from the 3Rs field.

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Fincopa is the Finnish national consensus platform for alternative methods. It is a member of Ecopa. In cooperation with research, industry and animal welfare organizations, it ensures the implementation of the 3Rs in animal experimentation. To achieve its goals, Fincopa regularly organizes meetings or participates in initiatives of other organizations.

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NC3Rs is the UK's 3Rs organization. They provide financial support for projects in the 3Rs and offer an annual PhD Studentship to support young researchers. Their "3R resource library" contains a lot of information material on the 3Rs.

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Norecopa is Norway's 3R platform. On approx. 9000 pages, the Norecopa website offers a large amount of information material in the form of various resources around the 3Rs and a Refinement Wiki.

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Rema is the Spanish network for the development of alternative methods to animal testing. The website provides information about the organization and its goals. Rema also offers courses and training on the 3Rs in cooperation with other universities. Under the heading "Activities", past courses, trips and awards are noted on the website.

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The R2N, standing for Replace and Reduce, is an association of five research institutions from the field of biomedical or ethical medical science from Lower Saxony. Their goal is the implementation of Replace and Reduce on all levels of research. On the R2N homepage the publications of their research groups are published and different information material like posters are offered. Under "Events" you can find reports about past events. Under "Information" there are interesting facts about animal welfare, alternative methods and stress assessment.

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"Severity assessment in animal based research" is a collaboration of German and Swiss research groups founded by the German Research Foundation. Their task is to establish an objective and uniform severity assessment for five different animal species. The projects they have funded are listed under the heading "Projects".

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The Swedish 3R Center works on behalf of the Swedish National Committee. They promote 3R research and advocate for animal welfare. The website provides various material such as the 3R Focus Letters and publications as well as information for research groups and schools.

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The Swiss 3R Competence Centre promotes the use of the 3R principles in science and industry. Its members include various Swiss universities as well as the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), the Association of the Swiss Pharmaceutical Industry (Interpharma) and Swiss Animal Protection (SAP). The center is divided into two 3R-specific working groups, one dealing with Culture of Care and the other with Biostatistics. Under "What we do" you will find a list of projects and publications as well as funded research projects. Furthermore, information on funding, event sponsoring and research awards, as well as all information material and resources on the 3Rs are provided.

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The Swiss 3R Competence Centre promotes the use of the 3R principles in science and industry. Its members include various Swiss universities as well as the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), the Association of the Swiss Pharmaceutical Industry (Interpharma) and Swiss Animal Protection (SAP). The center is divided into two 3R-specific working groups, one dealing with Culture of Care and the other with Biostatistics. Under "What we do" you will find a list of projects and publications as well as funded research projects. Furthermore, information on funding, event sponsoring and research awards, as well as all information material and resources on the 3Rs are provided.

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"Understanding Animal Experimentation" is an information initiative of the Alliance of Science Organizations, an association of the most important science and research organizations in Germany. It provides a wide range of information material for researchers, students and journali

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In spring 2022, the 8 faculties of medicine of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia joined forces to form the 3R Competence Network NRW. The aim of the network is to bring biomedical research and medical progress in line with the best possible animal welfare. At the focus of the network is the 3R principle: replace, reduce and refine. By creating a platform for scientific exchange as well as expanding the offer of training and further education, the 3Rs competence network creates new synergies in NRW.

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3R-SMART is a BMBF-funded information and training platform on alternative and complementary methods to animal testing, which is aimed at interested laypersons as well as scientists and technical staff. The acronym 3R-SMART stands for "3R training platform for methodological approaches to the reduction of animal experiments". In addition to various content on 3R topics, 3R-SMART also offers researchers the opportunity to present their own 3R projects. "3R-SMART" is linked to the "LAS interactive" platform and thus offers an interface between animal research and alternative methods.

  Supporting Members  

  MUI animalFree research cluster  

MUIanimalFree

What we do
 

"[R]efinement is never enough, and we should always seek further for [R]eduction and if possible [R]eplacement."

- W. Russell and R. Burch: The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique, 1959, Chapter 4

The MUI animalFree Research Cluster aims to further develop alternative, animal-free models (organoids, stem cells, 3D cultures) and replacement reagents using state-of-the-art technologies (high content/high throughput screening, single cell analysis, 3D bioprinting, NGS), thus forming the basis for pioneering animal-free research.

 

To this end, numerous researchers at the Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI) have joined forces to teach alternatives to animal testing in the medical and molecular medicine curriculum in lectures and practical courses, to strengthen animal-free research through high-quality publications and public relations work and to initiate a paradigm shift towards optimized, humane models..

Research
 

"Animal experimentation has been one of the most controversial areas of animal use, mainly due to the intentional harms inflicted upon animals for the sake of hoped-for benefits in humans."

- Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change, 2019

Within our cluster and based on our different expertise, we work closely on the design of optimized human barriers (skin, lung, intestine, mucosa) and neurological models (BBB). These can additionally contain vascularization and immune components and can be interconnected via microfluidic devices. Using these models, we can advance current topics - e.g. viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 and its consequences - in cell cultures that recapitulate the microarchitecture and functions of living organs.

The application of epidemiological and in-silico tools provides additional insight into the strength of non-animal testing methods. Specific disease-related questions as well as a holistic insight through the combination of different organs developed within the MUI animalFree research cluster via a disease-on-a-chip platform can be addressed.

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Contact MUI animalFree Research Cluster

Prof.in Dr.in Doris Wilflingseder

 

E-mail: mui-animalfree@i-med.ac.at

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Who can become a member?
All natural persons who are scientifically active in the relevant field of biomedical research can become members.

Rights and duties of members
Members are entitled to participate in all events of the association and to use facilities of the associations. In return, an annual membership fee (currently 40 Euro or 20 Euro for full members or 300 Euro for supporting members) is to be paid. All rights and obligations are set out in the statutes.

How do I become a member?

Members are accepted by application by the executive committee of the association. There is no right of acceptance (see statutes). Please press the button below, fill out the membership form and send it to office@reprefred.eu.

 

 
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