Workshop on the Care & Use of Rodents in Research 2017
A two-day workshop at the Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, on 5 and 6 December 2017, with talks and hands-on sessions on handling mice and taking blood samples.
· Workshop · Supported by Prima Nexus
About the workshop
The Comparative Medicine and Technology Unit (COMeT) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) jointly organised this workshop. It ran in the Tongkat Ali's Room, on Level 4 of the Institute of Bioscience in Serdang. The programme covered the rules, animal welfare and practical skills that apply when rodents are used in research. Participants could register for the theory sessions only or for the full days.
What the programme covered
On the first day, Assoc Prof Dr Chen Hui Cheng spoke on the requirements of the IACUC UPM forms, the legal and ethical rules for using animals in research, pain and anaesthesia management for rodents, and animal welfare and humane end points. In the afternoon, Dr Mohd Hafidz Mohd Izhar of the Institute of Bioscience and the COMeT staff led a group demonstration and hands-on session on handling mice and taking blood samples.
On the second day, Assoc Prof Dr Goh Yong Meng covered rodent strains and how they are named, sample size and statistics in laboratory animal experiments, nutrition for laboratory rodents, and rodent anatomy and physiology. The afternoon was a second hands-on session on handling and blood sampling.
Prima Nexus's part
Prima Nexus supported the workshop, and worked with COMeT again in 2025, on animal anaesthesia training. Today Prima Nexus runs animal studies in rats and mice for research groups, including blood collection, and no animal work starts before the study has IACUC approval.
More of our work with UPM.
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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.
