3Rs Centre Utrecht
Utrecht UniversityThe mission of the 3Rs Centre Utrecht (3RCU) is to reduce the use of laboratory animals in research and education. To do so, we follow the three Rs of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (in Dutch: 3Vs of Vervanging, Vermindering en Verfijning), with a primary focus on Replacement.
Centre for Sustainable Animal Stewardship
Utrecht UniversityThe Centre for Sustainable Animal Stewardship (CenSAS) strives to encourage a sustainable relation between humans and other animals. CenSAS approaches animal-related issues in an integrated and interdisciplinary way, aiming to explore and analyse the societal and moral foundations of these issues, often in collaboration with stakeholders.
Instantie voor Dierenwelzijn Utrecht/Animal Welfare Body Utrecht
Utrecht Science ParkThe Animal Welfare Body Utrecht is an authority of Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht. We advise and monitor animal experimentation and the 3Rs: replacement, reduction and refinement. Our tasks, largely based on the Animal Experiments Act, relate to animal welfare, alternatives, procedures, registration, supervision and communication with government agencies.
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Medical research ethics committee (MREC) NedMec
Utrecht Science ParkMREC/METC NedMec reviews medical research with human subjects under Dutch and EU regulations, including WMO, CTR, MDR and IVDR.
UMC Utrecht Biobank Research Ethics Committee (TCBio)
Utrecht Science ParkThe Biobank Research Ethics Committee (TCBio) reviews procedures for the collection of human biological material and its use for medical scientific research that is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO).
Utrecht Platform for Organoid Technology
Utrecht Science ParkUtrecht Platform for Organoid Technology (UPORT) is a central facility within the UMC Utrecht that supports the generation of ‘living biobanks’ of healthy and diseased human tissues. Such biobanks are typically generated using organoid and induced pluripotent stem cell culturing technologies. UPORT provides a logistical infrastructure for rapid and standardized acquisition of human tissues, based on approved protocols for patient inclusion.
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