Workshop on the Care & Use of Rodents in Research 2019
Prima Nexus, the Comparative Medicine and Technology Unit (COMeT) and the animal care and use committee of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) jointly organised a Workshop on the Care & Use of Rodents in Research on 25 and 26 September 2019.
· Workshop · Co-organised by Prima Nexus
About the workshop
This was the second run of the workshop in 2019, held at UPM’s Institute of Bioscience and at COMeT. Lectures covered the forms of the institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC), nutrition, statistics, rodent anatomy, ethics, pain management and humane end points, including a Prima Nexus session on molecular work after an animal study. Hands-on sessions followed on handling mice and rats and taking blood samples.
Prima Nexus’s part
Prima Nexus co-organised the workshop, and a Prima Nexus representative was invited to speak. For Prima Nexus’s laboratory animal services today, see the animal studies page.
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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.
