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Member of SCNAT

SGV is dedicated to the promotion of laboratory animal science, as well as the furthering of animal protection and ethical considerations in animal experiments. These aims shall be attained by organising education and the flow of information within the scientific community.more

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SGV Awards

Maike Heimann
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SGV Award 2022

Communication
Dr Maike Heimann
Public interest in animal experimentation–how to make them care?

Hanno Würbel
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SGV Award 2019

Reduction
Prof. Hanno Würbel
University of Bern, Switzerland
Embracing variability to improve reproducibility and minimize animal use

Jane Hurst
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Refinement
Prof. Jane Hurst
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Tunneling - non-aversive handling of mice

Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska
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Replacement
Prof. Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Alternatives to Mammalian Screening Models

SGV Awardee 2018 V. Baumans

SGV Award 2018

Refinement
Prof. Vera Baumans
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Animal welfare and good science: where are we going?

SGV Award 2017

Refinement
Dr Penny Hawkins
Dr Elliot Lilley
Royal Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty RSPCA
Humane endpoints

MacLeod
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SGV Award 2016

Reduction
Prof M. MacLeod
University of Edingburgh, United Kingdom
Risk of Bias in Reports of In Vivo Research: A Focus for Improvement

SGV Award 2015

Reduction
Prof Irving Zucker
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Underepresentation of female mice in neuroscience: a meta-analysis

SGV Award 2014

Refinement
Prof Paul Flecknell
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Analgesic Best Practice for the Use of Animals in Research: a review

Garner
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SGV Award 2013

Refinement
Prof Joseph Garner
Department of Comparative Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Dr Brianna Gaskill
Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States of America
The impact of nesting enrichment on the thermal behavior, physiology and wellbeing of laboratory mice

Mogil
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SGV Award 2012

Refinement
Professor Jeffrey S. Mogil
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Facial expression of pain in laboratory rodents

Maike Heinmann
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SGV Award 2011

Refinement
Dr Maike Heimann
Novartis Pharma AG, Preclinical Safety, Basel, Switzerland
Sublingual and submandibular blood collection in mice: a comparison of effects on body weight, food consumption and tissue damage

Merel Ritskes
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Reduction-Refinement
Prof. Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
A gold standard publication checklist for improved design, reporting and improving scientific quality of animal studies, to fully integrate the Three Rs, and to make systematic reviews more feasible.

SGV Award 2010

Replacement
Pascal Narcisse Martin
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
Silicon Rabbit Ear

SGV Award 2009

Refinement
Anne Julien
Richard Boutet
Centre de Recherche Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada
Micro-tatto Aramis

CONDITION TO BE ELLIGIBLE

Eligible as full members are persons who hold appropriate qualifications in biological, veterinary or medical sciences or who, by their experience and attainments, qualify as respected specialists in the field of laboratory animal science. Eligible as institutional members are persons or organizations intending to support the activities of the society.

The membership fees are currently 50.-CHF per year for an full member and 300.- CHF per year for an institutional member.

Reduce: Prof Hanno Würbel University of Berne Switzerland
Refine: Prof Jane Hurst University of Liverpool England
Replace: Prof Patrycja Novak-Sliwinska University of Geneva Switzerland