Advancing biomedical research through human-relevant research: A business case for funding non-animal methodologies
Read the economic case for transitioning to non-animal research methods in Australia.
Researchers in Support of the need for funding replacements
Already, many Australian researchers have joined a call for increased funding for the replacement of animals in research. The following individuals have confirmed to us that their research (and in many cases that their colleagues) would benefit from the availability of funding to replace animals in medical research.
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Name
Institution
Area of Research
Joseph Cashmore
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Student in Wildlife and Conservation Biology
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Science student in final year of degree
A/Prof Aeron Hurt
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute, Parkville
Infectivity and transmissibility of influenza viruses
Dr Gabrielle Musk
University of Western Australia
Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Dr Brett Lidbury
The National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
Alternatives research
Dr Raf Freire
Charles Sturt University
Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Prof Paul Fisher
Discipline of Microbiology; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology; La Trobe University
Neurodegeneratlve and Neurological Disorders
Robin L Anderson, PhD
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Head, Translational Breast Cancer Program
Dr Sarah Annesley
Dr Normand Pouliot
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Dr David Ascher
Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne
The development of computational tools to predict pharmacoklnetic and toxicity properties
A/Prof Alex Hewitt
Centre for Eye Research Australia
Eye diseases
Prof lan Macreadie
RMIT
Alzheimer’s disease, proteostasis, aging
Dr Raymond Wong
Centre for eye research Australia, University of Melbourne
Stem cells, neuroscience, retinal biology, cell reprogramming
Dr Peter Gibbs
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Cancer
Dr Martha Lappas
University of Melbourne
Gestational diabetes, obesity in pregnancy, preterm birth
Prof Michael Stear
LaTrobe University
Creating mathematical models of the infection process (livestock)
A/Prof Bryan G Fry
University of Queensland
Paralytic neurotoxins
Dr Marnie Winter
University of South Australia
Nanotechnology and bioengineering approaches to address pre-eclampsia
Sarah Stuart
University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Brain cancer – Using brain tumor organoids to evaluate efficacy of novel inhibitors
Dr Hugo Morandini
Institution Perth Children’s Hospital
Clinical Neuroscience
Dr Natalie Anderson
University of Western Australia
Emergency Medicine
Dr Kathleen Bashant Day
Media City Scientific
Chemically defined replacements for fetal bovine serum, for development of new cellular therapeutics and cellular agriculture products
Dr Linda Hernandez Duran
James Cook University
Entomology
Dr Katherine Landwehr
The Kids Research Institute
Respiratory
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