CoMO Seminars

CoMO organizes annual seminars from the current topics for researchers who use animals in their studies.
Recordings of Finnish 3R Center webinars

Webinars on Three Rs
Hosted by Vootele Voikar

Stuart Peirson (University of Oxford, UK) 
 (date 13.1.2026)

Juliet Dukes (Replacing Animal Research, UK) 
 (date 4.11.2025)

Barney Reed (RSPCA, UK)
 (date 14.10.2025)

Adrian Smith (Norecopa, Norway)
 (date 4.2.2025)

Angela Kerton (Learning Curve (Development) Ltd, UK)
 (date 14.1.2025)

Jessica Cait (University of Guelph and Canadian Council on Animal Care, Canada):
 (date 22.10.2024)

Athanassia Sotiropoulos (FC3R, France):
 (date 08.10.2024)

Paulin Jirkof (University of Zurich, Switzerland):
 (date 10.9.2024)

Anne Mallien (Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany) 
(date 7.5.2024)

Adrian Smith (Norecopa)
(date 2.4.2024)

Julia Menon (Preclinicaltrials.eu):
 (date 12.3.2024)

Steve Niemi (Boston University, USA):
(date 27.2.2024)

Esther Pearl (NC3Rs, UK):
(date 15.1.2024)

Natasha Karp (AstraZeneca, UK):
(date 14.11.2023)

Megan Jackson (University of Bristol, UK):
(date 11.10.2023)

Kim Wever (Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands):
(date 22.8.2023)

Elin Törnqvist (Karolinska Institutet and National Veterinary Institute, Sweden) and Julia Swan (University of Oulu, Finland):
(date 9.5.2023)

Nuno Franco (University of Porto, Portugal):
(date 31.3.2023)

CoMO Seminar 2022

Tim Errington (Center for Open Science): 

Recording:

Brian Nosek (University of Virginia, Center for Open Science): 

Recording:

Achieving a good "Culture of Care" 2.3.2022

Barney Reed (RSPCA, UK)

CoMO & FIRN webinar 10.11.2021

"Best practice in pre-clinical animal research: Navigating the guidelines and principles “

Preclinical studies using animal models are an integral part of biomedical research. However, their value is dependent on their scientific validity and reproducibility, which are, in turn, dependent on rigorous study design and reporting. This symposium aims to update on the guidelines developed and recommended for achieving robust research output.

When: November 10, 2021; 12:30 – 17:00 EET (Finland)

Organizers: and infrastructure platform

Further information:



Hanno Würbel (University of Bern, Switzerland):



Uli Dirnagl (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany):



Adrian Smith (Norecopa, Norway):



Matthew Brooke (NC3Rs, London, UK):

Thomas Steckler (Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Belgium):



Jan Rozman (Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Czech Republic):



 

Links to the relevant literature / web-sites:



Hanno Wurbel - what are the 3Rs and 3Vs

Uli Dirnagl – what are the 3Rs missing

Adrian Smith – PREPARE

 

Matthew Brooke – ARRIVE

Thomas Steckler  - EQIPD Quality System

Jan Rozman  – Infrafrontier quality principles

The Dark Side of Science 26.5.2021

Webinar by Elisabeth Bik, on 26.5.2021 for University of Helsinki, hosted by Vootele Voikar.

Link to the webinar:

EQIPD workshop 21.4.2021

Rigor, reproducibility and data management in nonclinical research

  Malcolm Macleod (University of Edinburgh) - Why changes in research practice are needed now and one cannot wait until tomorrow?  

  Thomas Steckler (Janssen Pharmaceutica NV) - The need to recognize "research conducted with sufficient rigor"  

  Vootele Voikar & Andreas Scherer (HiLIFE) - Do we need a reproducibility network in Finland?  

  Valentina Vengeliene (Vilnius University) - Rigor in collaborative research

CoMO Seminar 2019

Ethics, transparency and rigor in research with animal models

 

Ulrich Dirnagl (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany):

“Your lab is closer to the patient bed than you think”



Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga (Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands):

“How can preclinical systematic reviews improve ethics, transparency and rigor in research?”



Lluis Montoliu (Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain):

“Transparency agreement on animal research - 3 years of experience in Spain”

  Satu Kuure (University of Helsinki):

“Ethics and assurity of genome editing in CRISPR era”  

  Hanna-Marja Voipio (University of Oulu):

“Severity classification – nuisance or beneficial tool in experiments?”  

  Kirk Leech (The European Animal Research Association):

“Animal Research: Time to Talk!”  

   

CoMO Seminar 2018

Reproducibility and reliability of animal experiments

  Timo Nevalainen (Prof. emeritus, Laboratory Animal Center, University of Eastern Finland):

"Why and how laboratory animals are being used?"  



Emily Sena (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK): "Navigating preclinical research: directions from meta-research"  

  Adrian Smith (Norecopa and Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway): "PREPARE before you ARRIVE: how to plan animal experiments from day one"  

  Natasha Karp (Quantitative Biology, Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK): "Standardization - a cause of poor replicability?"  

  Ville Hietakangas (Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology, Head of Drosophila Lab, University of Helsinki): "Controlled genetic experiments with Drosophila"  

  Peter Hohenstein (Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands):

"Use of GM-models in biomedical studies: 3R rule in scientifically sound research"