NC3Rs 2012 Annual Report

Launch of the CRACK IT 2012 Challenges 12 September Formal launch of the 2012 competition, including networking opportunities for potential applicants with industry sponsors Symposium on models of experimental pain: opportunities and challenges 11 October Joint event with the British Pharmacological Society and the Physiological Society to discuss opportunities for developing new models of experimental pain, with reduced reliance on animal models Non-human primate training workshop: meet the trainers 19 November Co-organised with Huntingdon Life Sciences to share information on solving common problems encountered when training nonhuman primates for co-operation with husbandry and scientific procedures Non-human primates chronic implants workshop: let’s share what works 21 November Co-organised with the University of Oxford to share information on the challenges of working with chronic implants used in neuroscience studies with non-human primates and the opportunities for refinement