News from ZHA member Maureen Hobbs

Maurine Hobbs from the University of Utah asked ZHA to share this exciting news with everyone today: We are pleased to announce that Carrie Barton (currently of Oregon State) has signed on as the new Associate Director to run the Centralized Zebrafish Animal Resource (CZAR) and several satellite zebrafish programs at the University of Utah.…

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Registration is open for the Zebrafish Husbandry Education Online Course at UAB, Summer 2021

Dates: 5/11 to 9/6/2021; Registration fee: $450USD; CEUs: 6 credits Registration Link: OVPRED 500 Zebrafish Husbandry Education Online Course | University of Alabama at Birmingham (uab.edu)     Offered as an asynchronous web-based course, OVPRED 500 is designed to teach husbandry, facilities management, and basic animal health care for zebrafish used in biomedical research. Animal husbandry…

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Health and Colony Management of Laboratory Fish Symposium 2020

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory announces HCMLF Symposium 2020: Managing Fish Health, Husbandry, and Welfare in the Time of COVID19 This two-day online symposium aims to be a platform for the research community to discuss aquatic animal facility challenges that have arisen during the coronavirus pandemic, and provide an opportunity for participants to share…

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Effective use of PPE

For many fish technicians, PPE was already a part of daily working life.  We still need to care for our animals on a daily basis, often working in humid rooms that might not be conducive to social distancing.  Because of this, we need to take more care and rely the PPE we use to also keep us…

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