Animal models
Lectures
XVI. Congress of the ESS - 2015, Cologne, Germany
Roos Vandenbroucke, Inflammation Research Center (IRC), VIB - Ghent University, Belgium:
"Fifty shades of mouse inflammation: usefulness and caveats of the existing model systems"
ESS 2015 Mouse - Vandenbroucke.pdf (3.68 MB)
Peter Radermacher, Institut APV, Universitätsklinikum, Ulm, Germany:
"Pros and cons of manâs closest non-primate relative: The pig"
ESS 2015 Pig - Radermacher.pdf (4.54 MB)
Marcin F. Osuchowski, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna Austria:
Navigating the post-PNAS matrix with the mouse research ship: A suicide or viable mission?
ESS 2015 PNAS Matrix - Osuchowski.pdf (4.54 MB)
Links to protocols/guidelines
In order to improve the quality and ethical standards in animal models research in the field of trauma and sepsis, particular protocols and guidelines have been released. Some useful resources can be obtained using the following links:
General information
The Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE 2.0) guidelines
https://arriveguidelines.org/arrive-guidelines
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000410
The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse
Website: The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse
Abandon the Mouse Research Ship? Not Just Yet!
Website: SHOCK Journal
The Economics of Reproducibility in Preclinical Research
Website: PLoS Biol
Experimental sepsis: Cecal ligation and puncture
Website: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Website: National Center for Biotechnology Information