The 2025 Animal Protection Research Prize of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) was awarded on April 22, 2025. The Bf3R congratulates the award winners, Prof. Dr. Hans Clevers and the Norwegian 3R platform Norecopa, represented by Prof. Dr. Adrian Smith.
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Scientists of the Bf3R have published their work "Cell Painting PLUS: expanding the multiplexing capacity of Cell Painting-based phenotypic profiling using iterative staining-elution cycles" in the journal Nature Communications.
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Every two years, the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) awards funds for scientific research projects addressing the 3R principle (Replace, Reduce, Refine). Projects are funded that serve to replace and reduce the use of laboratory animals in areas of medical research or basic biological research, or that aim to identify, classify, and reduce pain, suffering, or harm in laboratory animals and improve husbandry conditions.
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The EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL-ECVAM) has issued a new recommendation on non-animal-derived antibodies..
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SAMFIRA (SMArt Feature based Interactive RAnking) is a virtual search engine that allows scientists to find suitable suggestions for alternative methods to an experiment.
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