@costprogramme action working on refining, harmonizing and promoting 3Rs concepts, data and documents, in order to improve the quality of biomedical science
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Our website of the @cost_programme Action IMPROVE is here!!!
👉cost-improve.eu/
✅You can check our events and resources, including other #3Rs relevant ones
✅Will collect information for the basic research fields related to #neuroscience, #cardiovascular, and #oncology
CA IMPROVE final events!
Pisa - Italy, Sept 30th - Oct 2nd, 2026.
Training School: “A Multidisciplinary approach to human-relevant modelling”
📅 September 30th, October 1st, 2026
Final meeting and networking
📅 October 2nd, 2026
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Curiosity. Adventure. Discovery.
On #IDWGS, Giulia Giordano, Eleonora Macchia & Géraldine Laloux share what inspired their path into science.
#WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #STEM
@UniTrento @AboAkademi @uclouvain
📢 IMPROVE @COSTprogramme Action | Split, Croatia 🇭🇷 (May 13–15, 2026)
Two workshops at the Medical School of Split:
🔹 Practices of Care: Integrity & Open Communication
🔹 Establishment of a Joint Regional #3R Center
👉 Apply to one or both events:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
📢 Upcoming IMPROVE COST Action events (2026) 🧵
We are pleased to share key dates for the coming months ⬇️
🗓️ Management Committee Meeting
📍 Online
📆 14 April 2026
🎤 Final Conference: 2 Oct 2026
#NAMs #3Rs #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience
🇭🇷 Split, Croatia | Medical School
📆 13–15 May 2026
🔹 Practices of Care: A Path to Enable Integrity and Open Communication (13–14 May)
🔹 Meeting on establishment of a joint regional 3R Center (14–15 May)
🎥What is @COSTprogramme Action IMPROVE all about?
Our Chair explains how #IMPROVE works to improve the quality of biomedical #science by advancing the implementation of the #3Rs: Replacement, Reduction & Refinement
#EUResearch
▶️ Watch the video: youtube.com/shorts/fy0dw9Lct…
🐾 Did you miss it?
Our Webinar Series on Animal Welfare in Research is available online!
✅ Learn about the #3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) and best practices from leading experts
🎥 Watch the recordings: cost-improve.eu/outcomes/
@LIFTCostAction
🚨 UK unveils Replacing Animals in Science Strategy!
Goal: phase out animal testing using alternatives like:
🔬 Organoids & organ-on-chip
🤖 AI predictive models
🧬 3D bioprinted tissues
Read more 👉 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
#3Rs #ScienceInnovation #EthicalResearch #UKScience
🚨 Applications open!
🧪 New In Vitro Models: Alternatives to Animal Models in Research
📅 17–28 Nov 2025 | 💻 Online | 🎓 3 ECTS
🇵🇹 Hosted by @nova_medschool
Explore organoids, organ-on-chip, bioprinting & more!
Apply by 11 Nov 👉 nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/ensino/curs…
🎓 The IMPROVE COST Action Training School in Porto (Oct 8–10) was a success!
💡 Outcomes:
✅Innovative #3Rs teaching strategies
✅Emotional & ethical insights in lab animal science
📎 More 👉cost-improve.eu/outcome/trai…
#3Rs #IMPROVE #COSTAction #AnimalWelfare #ScienceEducation
🐾 What makes animals happy?
Join our #Webinar with Laura Webb (#WageningenUniversity) to explore behaviour, cognition & physiology in animal happiness!
📅 15 Oct | 🕓 16:00 CEST
🔗 Register: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9jWSK7
🎙️ Hosted by @caimprove and AFFECT-EVO
#AnimalWelfare #Research
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The #JRC is launching a #review to promote innovative non-animal #models (in silico, #OrganOnChip) in #cardiovascular research👩🔬
They need:
🔬 EXPERTS for the ESAC sub-group by Nov 14, 2025.
📚 EVIDENCE: Submit your research/case studies by Dec 31, 2025
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🎉 The IMPROVE #EU3Rnet Workshop in Genova 🇮🇹 was a success!
Experts from across #Europe came together to advance the #3Rs
💬 New working groups formed
🔗 Stronger collaborations built
📣 Fresh ideas for communication & sustainability shared
👉cost-improve.eu/improve-eu3r…
🚀 We’ve kicked off the @caimprove #EU3Rnet Workshop in Genova!
📍 Università degli Studi di Genova – DAD
🗓️ 17–18 Sept 2025
Excited to welcome colleagues from across #Europe to dive into the #3Rs & multimorbidity care
More info: cost-improve.eu/events/
🎓 Join the 3R Online Seminar Series – Winter Semester 2025/26
Explore ethical & innovative alternatives to animal use in research 🐭🧪
🗓️ Thursdays | Oct 16–Dec 11
🕒 15:00–16:30 CET | 💻 WebEx
🌍 Seminar in English
🔗 Program & access: vetmed.fu-berlin.de/einricht…
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Are you training others in the 3Rs?
📆 Join Teaching the 3Rs: Train the Trainers
🧠 Bimodal course (online or in-person)
📍 @i3S_UPorto | Oct 8–10, 2025
🎓 Part of COST Action IMPROVE
👉 i3s.up.pt/training-detail.ph…
#3Rs #AnimalResearch #aRukon #IMPROVE_CA21139
