North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR) will host its first-ever Rigor and Reproducibility in Animal Studies conference on March 10-11, 2025, at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in the Research Triangle Park.
The goal of this periodic conference series is to promote the important concepts of translational value, rigor and reproducibility in animal research. This conference will fulfill an important current gap in educating scientists and students about the “welfare of the animal experiment” in contrast to the already strong emphasis in the care and welfare of research animals.
Scientists, graduate students, research and technical staff who conduct animal-based research are invited to attend.
About the Conference
NCABR’s Rigor and Reproducibility in Animal Studies conference will review investigator and institutional responsibilities in animal research and the issues that impact the public as a stakeholder. NIH responsibilities and expectations also will be reviewed, and the program will address the following two separate but important concepts:
- The challenges of animal models to provide translationally meaningful data; and
- Factors that impact the reproducibility of animal study data, including concepts of study bias and techniques for how to minimize that bias.
Attendees will be introduced to best practices for the publication of animal study data as well as best practices for planning and conducting high quality animal studies.