Research and Innovation

Reducing animal use in behavioural research through video stimuli and multi-trait assays

Developing new behavioural phenotyping methods that offer opportunities for Reduction and Refinement   Read more >>

 
Reducing the number of animals needed for research

Research looking at enrichment laboratory zebrafish tanks is aiming to reduce the number of fish needed in research and refine animal welfare processes.
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The effects of chemicals discharged into the environment

Coral reef and fish

What effects are chemicals and drugs discharged into the environment having on fish health and what is the potential effect for human-health?

 

 


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Investigating avian malaria infection rates

Credit Steve Garvie

Research identifying how avian malaria's infection rates change aims to identify malaria species and determine malaria infection rates. 
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How vaccines affect the immune system

Research into vaccinations for flu and dengue fever is helping us understand how vaccines work and how to improve them.
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Informing basking shark conservation efforts

A research project to tag basking sharks is informing efforts to help UK basking shark populations recover after they became endangered.
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