The intent of the Code is to outline, to researchers and institutions, responsible research practices. Community expectations and research integrity are key points addressed by the Code. The Code shows how to manage breaches of the Code and allegations of research misconduct, how to manage research data and materials, how to publish and disseminate research findings, including proper attribution of authorship, how to conduct effective peer review and how to manage conflicts of interest.
The Code is available at http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/r39syn.htm

Draft National Code for the Humane Control of Vertebrate Pests in Australia is open for public comment until 30 November 2007 at
http://www.invasiveanimals.com/index.php?id=164

‘Guidelines for the generation, breeding, care and use of genetically modified and cloned animals for scientific purposes’ – NHMRC, 2007 are available at
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ea17syn.htm

Conference to be held on Monday 17 September 2007

Conference to be held in Hobart from 3-6 July 2007

Aquaculture practitioners or researchers in the field of marine/aquatic science are invited to submit an Expression of Interest seeking membership of the UTAS Animal Ethics Committee. View the selection criteria or for further information please contact the Secretary at animal.ethics@utas.edu.au

An ethics and welfare seminar will be presented in Launceston on Thurs March 15th. The seminar is primarily aimed at Aquaculture students but will commence with general welfare/ethics briefings presented by AEC members and may therefore be of use to the wider UTAS/AMC community. If you or your students would like to attend part or all of the seminar, please contact me or Mark.Powell@utas.edu.au

seminar flyer (164KB doc)

ANZCCART Conference 2007 (pdf 176K) - This year's Conference will be held from 10 - 12 July in Melbourne, Australia. Watch this space for more information.

The aim of this web site is to help you to reduce the numbers of animals used in research by better choice of animals and better experimental design.

Michael FW Festing has over 200 scientific papers on laboratory animal genetics and related topics to his name and has a particular interest in improving the design and statistical analysis of animal experiments in order to reduce the number of animals which are used. He has served on a number of regulatory bodies including the UK Animal Procedures Committee (a statutory committee which advises the Government on matters relating to the use of laboratory animals), the Council of the Institute of Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) in Washington DC, and the Board of the NC3Rs (National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction) in the UK where he chairs the working party on experimental design. For more information see http://www.isogenic.info/index.html

The Humane Society of the United States is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Russell and Burch Award, to be presented at the 6th World Congress in Tokyo, Japan. Nominations will be accepted until March 31, 2007. For details on the award, please see the attached (pdf 164K).

May
13 - 18 May 2007, AVA Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

18 May 2007, Australian Animal Welfare Science (AAWS) Summit: Pain & Pain Management, Melbourne, Australia. Further information can be found at www.daff.gov.au/aaws

July
10 - 12 July 2007, ANZCCART Conference (pdf 176K), Melbourne, Australia. Watch this space for more information.

August
21 - 25 August 2007, 6th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.

September
4 - 6 September 2007, ANZLAA Inaugural Conference, Adelaide, Australia. An optional advanced training day is proposed for Friday 7 September. Further details will be available from the ANZLAA web site soon.