Workshop on Laboratory Animal Handling and Ethics
A two-day workshop at UCSI University in Kuala Lumpur on 1 and 2 April 2015, where researchers learnt the care, ethics and hands-on handling of laboratory mice and rats. Prima Nexus supported it.
· Workshop · Supported by Prima Nexus
Who organised it
The workshop was organised by the Research and Scholarly Activity Committee of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University, and held at the university's South Wing in Cheras. The committee's welcome note said it was the second workshop of its kind at UCSI. Its aim was to prepare academics and students to use and care for animals in research, following the 3Rs: replace, reduce and refine.
Lectures and practical sessions
Mr Low Kiat Cheong, secretary of the UKM Animal Ethics Committee, from the Laboratory Animal Resource Unit at the UKM Faculty of Medicine, led the course. Day one covered the care and management of laboratory animals, animal ethics in research, biosafety, and the proper ways to handle, restrain and anaesthetise mice and rats, including intravenous injection and bleeding, followed by a first practical session in the pharmacology and physiology laboratory. Day one also had a talk by an invited guest, Dr Chae Ji Soo of PerkinElmer, on tools for whole-animal optical imaging.
Day two opened with a talk by the second invited guest, Mr Terrence Hoe Chin Yew of Interscience Sdn Bhd (ITS), on zebrafish as an animal model in research. The rest of the day was hands-on: demonstrations of oral gavage and bleeding, and practical sessions on anaesthesia, intravenous injection and bleeding in mice and rats.
Prima Nexus's part
Prima Nexus was one of several supporters and worked with the organisers to support the workshop and its participants. Work with laboratory animals is still part of what Prima Nexus supports for researchers today, through its animal studies service.
More of our work with UCSI, UKM.
Read the story: Prima Nexus supported laboratory animal workshops, LASAM's 20th AGM and the 7th MAVP conference in 2015.
About Prima Nexus
Founded in 2014, Prima Nexus Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian research, scientific consulting and integrated research support company advancing scientific discovery and healthcare innovation. We provide end-to-end research solutions, from early-stage discovery and experimental design to cell-based studies, preclinical animal testing, clinical trials and commercialization. Our multidisciplinary expertise spans genomics, genetic applications, proteomics, molecular biology, stem cell research, bioinformatics and clinical research. Through strategic collaborations with universities, research institutions, industry and global technology partners, we connect scientific expertise and advanced technologies to accelerate research into real-world applications. We also run hands-on training for researchers across Malaysia. More about Prima Nexus.
