Workshop on Behavior Testing in Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease, IBRO-APRC Associate School of Neuroscience 2016
A half-day workshop at UiTM Sungai Buloh on 9 August 2016 showed young neuroscientists how rodent models of Alzheimer's disease are prepared and tested. Prima Nexus sponsored it.
· Workshop · Sponsored by Prima Nexus
A week-long neuroscience school at UiTM
The IBRO-APRC Associate School of Neuroscience 2016 ran from 8 to 14 August 2016 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), in Puncak Alam. It was a week of lectures and hands-on training on neurodegenerative diseases for young researchers from the Asia Pacific region, at MBBS, MSc and PhD level. This half-day workshop was one of the school's four concurrent workshops. Participants travelled to the Centre for Neuroscience Research at UiTM's Faculty of Medicine in Sungai Buloh for the afternoon.
What the afternoon covered
After a welcome and an introduction to the centre, Assoc. Prof. Dr Igor Iezhitsa gave an overview of rodent models of Alzheimer's disease that do not use genetically modified animals. Mohd Aizuddin Mohd Lazaldin then demonstrated the stereotaxic technique for injecting beta-amyloid 1-40 into the hippocampus. The last two hours went to the behavioural tasks used to test hippocampus-dependent learning and memory in rats: passive avoidance (step-down), active avoidance and learned helplessness, followed by a demonstration of a multiple activity meter.
Prima Nexus's part
Prima Nexus sponsored the workshop. It provided folders, notepads and bags for participants, two banners for the venue, and the refreshments. Prima Nexus was also invited to provide technical support, alongside Interscience Sdn Bhd, which supported the behavioural demonstrations. Researchers planning rodent work today can read how Prima Nexus supports it on the animal studies page.
More of our work with UiTM, Monash, USM, UKM.
About Prima Nexus
Prima Nexus Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian research coordination group founded in 2014. It runs hands-on training for researchers across Malaysia and eight scientific platforms under one roof: proteomics (including ELISA and Luminex multiplex immunoassays), genomics, flow cytometry, stem cell research, animal research, clinical trials, bioinformatics, and regulatory and grant support. More about Prima Nexus.
