The 3Rs refer to “Reduction, Refinement, and Replacement” for the use of animals in scientific research. The Pawlowic lab takes our efforts to incorporate the 3Rs very seriously. Animal welfare is key to us as a group, and also at an individual level.
Recently, our team worked in collaboration with the staff technicians at the University of Dundee and were recognised for our efforts to refine our work. Specifically the group was awarded 2025 Refinement Prize awarded by the European Partnership for Alternatives Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA).
Specifically, the prize recognises a team that has demonstrated outstanding achievements in new, novel approaches to advance the implementation and/or awareness raising of refinement of animal testing.
You can read the University Press Release HERE.
A member of our group was invited to present our project and accept the award at the 20th Anniversary Conference of the EPAA in Brussels, Belgium. The lab watched live from Dundee! It was clear that the work was very well received by the members of the EPAA. Since, we have been asked to give additional presentations about our work on the 3Rs to another academic group.
Mattie Christine Pawlowic Lab 