Chronological Age vs Biological Age: Can Aging be Reversed?
What can biological age tell us about our health? Is it a fixed number, or can it be reduced? A recent study from Poganik et al. investigates the fluctuations in biological age in response to physiological stress.
Discussing Industry Trends in Home Cage Monitoring with UiD
InsideScientific recently interviewed Jose Gadea, VP of Sales and Marketing from Unified Information Devices, where he explained the company's approach to innovation and highlighted their RFID-enabled, Mouse Matrix system.
Simple Tips to Significantly Improve Rodent Surgical Outcomes
Marcel Perret-Gentil, DVM, MS, answers questions from a recent webinar on simple-to-implement techniques to significantly improve surgical outcomes, positively impacting your animal’s recovery and data.
#ExpertAnswers: Marcel Perret-Gentil on Improving Surgical Outcomes
Marcel Perret-Gentil presents six simple-to-implement techniques to significantly improve surgical outcomes, to lessen post-op mortality and improve data yield after surgery.
A Breath of Not-So-Fresh Air: the Combined Effects of Air and Noise Pollution
While air and noise pollution have been well documented independently, their combined effects are insufficiently discussed, until recently. In this blog post, we discuss a recent publication from Kuntic et al. on the combined and individual effects of these pollutants in mice.
Simple Tips to Significantly Improve Rodent Surgical Outcomes
Dr. Marcel Perret-Gentil presents six simple-to-implement techniques to significantly improve surgical outcomes.
Talking Real Science with Yelena Akelina
This episode of #ShareScience features Yelena Akelina, DVM, MS, a Research Scientist and the Co-Director/Instructor in Clinical Microsurgery at the Microsurgery Research and Training Lab at Columbia University.
Talking Real Science with Yelena Akelina
This episode of Share Science features Yelena Akelina, DVM, MS, a Research Scientist and a Co-Director/Instructor in Clinical Microsurgery at the Microsurgery Research and Training lab at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University.
Experimental Design Considerations to Optimize Chronic Cardiovascular Telemetry Studies
Phil Griffiths, PhD, answers top questions from a recent webinar on chronic cardiovascular telemetry studies and considerations for experimental design.
Meet Rajesh Chaudhary, Cardiovascular Transplant Researcher and Rodent Microvascular Surgery Scholarship Recipient
Rajesh Chaudhary, PhD, recently won a Kent Scientific scholarship for the Comprehensive Training Program for Rodent Microvascular Surgery at Columbia University! We interviewed Rajesh to learn why he applied to this scholarship and what he skills he gained from this course.
Meet Saran Lotfollahzadeh, Vascular Surgeon and Rodent Microvascular Surgery Scholarship Recipient
Saran Lotfollahzadeh, MD, recently won a Kent Scientific scholarship for the Comprehensive Training Program for Rodent Microvascular Surgery at Columbia University! We sat down with Saran to learn why she applied to this scholarship, what skills she gained from the course, and more.
#ExpertAnswers: Phil Griffiths on Telemetry Studies
Phil Griffiths draws from his experience as a telemetry user to discuss some important considerations for designing telemetry studies.
Meet Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda, Vascular Physiologist and Rodent Microvascular Surgery Scholarship Recipient
Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda, PhD, recently won a Kent Scientific scholarship for the Comprehensive Training Program for Rodent Microvascular Surgery at Columbia University! We sat down with Alicia to learn why she applied to this scholarship, what skills she gained from the course, and more.
#ExpertAnswers: Dennis Turner on the Metabolics of Dementia
Dennis Turner delves into dementia syndrome, the metabolic changes that occur, and the importance of proper physiological monitoring of animal models.
Strategic Approaches to Age-Related Metabolic Insufficiency and Transition into Dementia Syndrome
Dr. Dennis Turner answers top questions from a recent webinar, "Strategic Approaches to Age-Related Metabolic Insufficiency and Transition into Dementia Syndrome".
Protocol Preview: a Ferret Model of Respiratory Inflammation
While rodents have long been used to model many human diseases, their anatomical, physiological, and immunological differences from humans cannot be ignored when modeling respiratory inflammation. Recently, Khoury et al. demonstrated how ferrets can be used to model inflammatory respiratory disease and injury, which we review in this blog post.
Are They Born This Way? Beat Synchronization in Rats in Response to Lady Gaga, Mozart, and More
Recently, Ito et al. sought to understand beat synchronization in rats and how it compares to humans, which has not been reported to date. In this blog post, we review their findings and how they contribute to our understanding of cross-species beat synchronization.
Industry Insights with Chris Rand from Aurora Scientific
Chris Rand delves into the start and evolution of Aurora Scientific, and their journey within the preclinical research world.
The Future of Muscle Physiology: Student Research at the MHRC
The Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) is home to many researchers who push the boundaries of muscle physiology. In this blog post, we summarize an interview with three students from the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) at York University.
Talking Real Science with Brent Sinclair
This episode of Share Science features Brent Sinclair, PhD, a biology professor at Western University who researches insect thermal biology and organizes career events for graduate students. In this interview, Brent shares why these opportunities are so important for students as they get close to finishing their degrees, as well as his career path and passions in and out of the lab.
Protocol Preview: Creating an Artificial Human Thymus in Mice
The majority of treatments for immunodeficiencies are temporary fixes, in part due to a lack of preclinical models that can accurately predict immune responses in humans. However, a novel model recently published in Nature Methods has potential to greatly improve future immune response studies, which we review in this blog post.
Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC)
The Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) provides a centralized and focused research emphasis on the importance of skeletal muscle to [...]
Passive Avoidance Response in Rats: Effects of Handling and Novel Object Recognition
Storing aversive memories is important to survival, but learned avoidance responses decrease over time without reinforcement. Since little is known about the mechanisms behind this process, Bengoetxea de Tena et al. evaluated how naive rats respond to a learning and memory task under fear conditions in a recently published study, which we review in this blog post.
Strategic Approaches to Age-Related Metabolic Insufficiency and Transition into Dementia Syndrome
In this webinar, Dr. Dennis Turner delves into dementia syndrome, the metabolic changes that occur, and the importance of proper physiological monitoring of animal models.
USDA Under Fire for Relaxing Animal Welfare Inspection Standards
Originally posted on Scientist.com, this article references a lawsuit filed by the Harvard Law School Animal Law and Policy Clinic against the United States Department of Agriculture for failing to conduct full annual inspections and highlights the need for an independent, transparent assessment program.