Description
Animal use for scientific purposes is guided by the principles of 3Rs (Reduction, Refinement and Replacement). Developing refined experimental conditions can substantially improve animal welfare and importantly, enhance the translational value and data reproducibility.
Novel and emerging technologies allow 24/7 collection of behavioural data in undisturbed mice, the most widely used species in biomedical research. These recently developed technologies minimize the impact of stressors, such as human interaction and testing in novel arenas, which are known to influence data collection and animal welfare. It is now possible to assess a more naturalistic behavioural profile in familiar environment, such as the animals’ home-cage. In addition to promoting welfare, it can improve research in a wide spectrum of research fields ranging from psychology and neuroscience to translational psychiatry and neurology, and may further provide valuable insights into other types of pathologies and genetic alterations. However, addressing the complex problem of monitoring the full 24-hour behavioural repertoire of a rodent still presents many challenges, with each technology having its strengths and limitations.
The aim of this Action is to bring together European organizations developing and using automated home-cage monitoring technologies, combining experts in mouse behaviour, laboratory animal science and data science, to critically and transparently assess the potential of these technologies, to develop user guidelines and standard operating procedures and to identify needs for further technological development, including analysis of big data.
The Action will also contribute to building capacities for adoption of these technologies by holding workshops, laboratory rotations and disseminating knowledge.
Action keywords
Laboratory mouse behaviour - Innovative automated phenotyping - Home-cage monitoring - Data reproducibility - 3Rs
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Austria | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Czech Republic | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Estonia | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Luxembourg | |
Luxembourg | |
Malta | |
Netherlands | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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Ethics & 3Rs | |
WG1 Vice-Leader | |
WG1 Vice-Leader | |
WG2 Vice-Leader | |
WG4 Vice-Leader | |
WG4 Vice-Leader | |
WG5 Vice-Leader | |
WG3 Vice-Leader | |
WG3 Vice-Leader | |
WG3 Vice-Leader | |
Inclusiveness Advisor |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Identifying, Gathering and Co-ordinating community requirements for HCM | |
2 | Current status of HCM | |
3 | Development of new technologies, analysis tools and databases | |
4 | Training and knowledge transfer | |
5 | Communication, engagement and dissemination |
Express your interest to join any of the working groups by applying below.
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Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 2, WG 5 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Norway | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 5 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Switzerland | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Luxembourg | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 5 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 5 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 5 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 5 | Finland | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Switzerland | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Bulgaria | |
WG 1, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Romania | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Lithuania | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5 | Serbia | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2, WG 4 | France | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Hungary | |
WG 2 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | France | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2 | Hungary | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 2 | Denmark | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2, WG 5 | Croatia | |
WG 2 | Austria | |
WG 2 | Slovakia | |
WG 2, WG 5 | Greece | |
WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2, WG 5 | ||
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 2, WG 5 | Austria | |
WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 2, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 5 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 2 | Poland | |
WG 2 | Croatia | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5 | Poland | |
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 5 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Japan | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Finland | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Portugal | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | France | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 2, WG 5 | Finland | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | France | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Latvia | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Luxembourg | |
WG 3 | Estonia | |
WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 3 | Estonia | |
WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 3, WG 5 | Luxembourg | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 3, WG 5 | Germany | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Latvia | |
WG 3 | France | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Netherlands | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Albania | |
WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 3 | Croatia | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Türkiye | |