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Track 1

Animal Welfare

Animals have contributed to nearly every major medical breakthrough including for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, and AIDS. Gain insights into best practices around the 3Rs, including latest technologies and approaches to refine humane animal caring.
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Track 2

Emergency Preparedness and Biosecurity

Lab animal researchers face a number of risks related to biosecurity, loss of crucial animals strains and phenotypes, and much more. With the ongoing global pandemic, it’s even more important that you stay up to date on new techniques and guidance to make best use of your precious scientific resources to mitigate risk.
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Track 3

The Microbiome

Learn more about microbiome compositions and the applications of technologies, such as NGS, for microbiome profiling.
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Track 4

Health and Environmental Monitoring

Learn more about the implementation of modern health monitoring strategies for screening infectious agents.
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Track 5

Monitoring the Digital Vivarium

Learn about how to take the next steps in managing and monitoring animals through the latest digital technologies for effective research outcomes. This digital management approach is even more critical during the global pandemic with limited physical access.
CRISPR gene editing

Track 6

Emerging Hot Topics

This track offers a compilation of various topics related to laboratory animal science including the impacts of emerging technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9* genome editing on clinical research and reproducibility.
*CRISPR/CAS9 used under licenses to granted and pending US and international patents from The Broad Institute and ERS Genomics Limited.