Young Researcher from Greece is the Winner of this Year's "Basel Declaration Award for Education in Animal Research"

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Young Researcher from Greece is the Winner of this Year's "Basel Declaration Award for Education in Animal Research"

PR Newswire ZURICH, Switzerland, September 4, 2012

ZURICH, Switzerland,September 4, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Eirini Fragkiadaki, a young veterinarian and researcher at the Pasteur Institute inAthens, is dedicated to developing her university's Department for Animal Research according to the 3R rule (Replace, Reduce, Refine). In the coming years she will focus on education and training and promote the high-quality ethical and scientific standards of the Basel Declaration Society in all issues affecting animal experiments.

The course is accredited by the FELASA, the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations, and the costs for the course were paid for by the Basel Declaration Society. Because financial belt-tightening is currently affecting every public institution inGreece, the Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (SGV/SSEAL) generously agreed to assume the travel and accommodation costs. Unfortunately, using animals remains unavoidable in biological-medical fundamental research. However, the animals used in experiments should be subjected to as little suffering and pain as possible, and only as many animals should be used as are necessary in order to obtain the intended knowledge. The3Rs(Replace, Reduce, Refine) make up the supreme ethical principle

whose rules should be applied worldwide. This will not only help the laboratory animals but will also improve the quality of the scientific experiments. Contact: Basel Declaration Society Astrid Kugler, Managing Director Phone: [phone]'30'97 E-Mail: [e-mail]