This month's webinar:

April 22, 2026, 1:00 PM, Baxter I Auditorium

Minimizing animal suffering with refined humane endpoints and
early interventions

Clearly defined, refined humane endpoints can significantly improve animal welfare without compromising the scientific aims of a study. Humane endpoints and early interventions should be tailored to specific animal models, rather than what is legally permitted across multiple studies.

In this webinar, we were joined by speakers from across sectors to explore how refined, study-specific humane endpoints and early intervention strategies can be implemented in different research scenarios to minimize animal suffering.

• Refining bone marrow ablation and reconstitution in mice.
  Penny Hawkins, RSPCA.
• Snakebite envenoming studies.
  Stuart Ainsworth, University of Liverpool.
• Humane endpoints, focusing on body weight change as an objective measure of toxicity.
  Mark Blee, Toxicology and Regulatory Sciences team, NC3Rs.
• Minimizing potential suffering in rodent models for pain research.
  Klas Abelson, University of Copenhagen.
• Severity heat maps: Developing consensus in severity assessment.
  Helen Murphy, GSK.

This webinar was originally hosted by NC3Rs, a UK-based scientific organization dedicated to helping the research community worldwide to identify, develop, and use 3Rs technologies and approaches.

A full list of webinar presentations for the year can be found HERE.