November 2024 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the November TEATIME COST Action newsletter for improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home-cage. We have a packed edition to share with you, including reports from the Training school and meetings where some of TEATIME’s network were present.

Second Advanced Training School on the use of home cage technologies to monitor rodents

We hosted 22 young scientists from 13 European countries to learn more about the use of home cage-based technologies to monitor rodents in research. The students’ participation was fully funded by COST. The various presentations focused on ways to improve the standardisation and reproducibility of behavioural testing.

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TEATIME meeting: The Pathway to Automation – from Home Cages to Welfare, Brussels, 2-3 Sept 2024

We hosted 41 experts from 13 countries to discuss home cage monitoring’s potential for enhancing animal welfare, focusing on automated assessments and effective data management for improved research outcomes.

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Our Resource page continues to grow!

We invite you to read some of our new resources including a outlining what to consider for ECG in mice – with special emphasis on telemetry. Our website is updated regularly with new information.

Find our resources

Update from TEATIME presentations

Measuring Behaviour 2024

Lars Lewejohann and Lior Bikovski hosted a session at Measuring Behaviour focusing on insights and lessons learnt around Home Cage Monitoring.

Action member Stefano Gaburro hosted a session discussing the developing field of digital animal research.

MB Meeting Report

FENS 2024

TEATIME hosted an eventing event on TheBehaviourForum.org at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum in Vienna. The presentations were followed by lively informal networking that didn’t stop until the doors were closed and crowd was forced to leave the rooms!

TEATIME at FENS

TEATIME Webinars

Look out for the new videos, including Harnessing the power of a Minimal Metadata Set (MNMS) to exploit home cage monitoring data & beyond: Discussing how structured data storage enables data repurposing and leads to progress in scientific understanding.

Watch our webinars

TEATIME Young Researcher Workshop – 23-24 Sep 2024, Tartu (ESTONIA)

With 31 participants from 14 countries, the diverse lineup of experts was invited, including both TEATIME members and external specialists. workshop provided a unique platform for young researchers to share their experiences and insights in a supportive, home-like environment.

Read the blog

The Behaviour Forum

Don’t forget to join our Behaviour Forum, for discussion and support from experts in the field of Home Cage Monitoring and behaviour research.

www.thebehaviourforum.org

We hope you have found this newsletter interesting and informative. We would be very happy to hear from any of you with feedback and comments. Please also share this newsletter with your colleagues and if you have been forwarded this email and don’t want to miss future newsletters, then please subscribe. All new webinars will be announced on the website and via X 2-3 weeks before the event so please watch the space!

On behalf of all members of the TEATIME Action,

Vootele Voikar – TEATIME Chair
Sara Wells – Grant Holder, TEATIME Vice-chair
Sabine Hölter-Koch – Science Communication Coordinator

This newsletter is based upon work from COST Action TEATIME, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). COST is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career, and innovation.

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