1. COURSE ON LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE (GDIA-AMSTERDAM)

Aim
The course aims at careful and sound use of animals in biomedical research.

Contents
Topics of the course: legal, ethical and social aspects of animal experimentation, comparative biology and zootechniques of the most commonly used animals, lodging and care, pathology, genetics, anaesthesiology, experimental techniques, design of experiments and statistics, aspects of stress and immunological research, alternatives for animal experimentation, examination.
The course is legally mandatory for every scientist using animals for experimentation. The scientist should be graduated in one of the biomedical studies mentioned in the Law on Laboratory Animal Science or to have fulfilled a specific training program.

Difference between PhD- and master-course
Not applicable

Duration of the course / ECTS
2 weeks (100 hours)

Format
Lectures, followed by examination.

Maximum number of participants
26

Organizers
Karin van der Oever ( cursuspdk@amc.uva.nl ), ARIA-AMC, Meibergdreef 31, 1105 AZ Amsterdam-ZO, tel. 020 - 566 6479

Costs
€ 1.150.

Year / dates next course
12-23 March 2012, examination on 30 March 2012
4-15 June 2012, examination on 22 June 2012
See also: http://www.amc.nl/web/Onderwijs/PhD/PhD-Course-Program/Laboratory-Animals.htm

Registration through
Karin van der Oever ( cursuspdk@amc.uva.nl ), ARIA-AMC, cursus/DEC-secretariat AMC, Meibergdreef 31, 1105 AZ Amsterdam-ZO, tel. 020 - 566 6479

Remarks
If Dutch is not your native language, you can take the international course in Utrecht; for details, contact the Department of Animals, Science and Society at Utrecht University, las@uu.nl / tel. +31 (0)30 253 2033.