Program

Tuesday 26th Hangar 4+5

Plenary sessions in Hangar 4+5.

Time	Hangar 4+5
13:00	Opening ceremony
13:15	Mads Frost Bertelsen Copenhagen Zoo
14:00	Ruth Morgan Read more: From horse to mouse to pig to man and back again: understanding the complexities of glucocorticoid biology The Roslin Institute
14:45–15:15	Coffee break
15:15	Karl Johan Öbrink Lecture: Morten Meldal University of Copenhagen
16:00	Benedict Kjærgaard Read more: Pig experiments helped us save patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure Aalborg University Hospital.
19:00	Welcome reception at Copenhagen City Hall

Wednesday 27th Hangar 4 · Hangar 5 · 1st floor (max 50)

Parallel programme in Hangar 4, Hangar 5 and 1st floor (max 50).

Time	Hangar 4	Hangar 5	1st floor (max 50)
09:00	Non-animal methods for the future Eva Bay Wedeby, Technical University of Denmark Terje Svingen, Technical University of Denmark Carla Alves, University of Southern Denmark Read more: Patient-derived in vitro cancer models as alternatives to animals in drug testing	The use of pigs in research Steven Van Cruchten, University of Antwerp Read more: Non-clinical safety testing of new drug modalities: what can we learn from minipigs? Kristine Freude, University of Copenhagen Thomas Emil Andersen, University of Southern Denmark Elin Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen Read more: The use of Göttingen Minipigs in safety testing of a novel antimicrobial inhalation drug candidate	Education and Training Hanna-Marja Voipio, Scand-LAS Education and Training Committee Read more: Scand-LAS Education and Training Committee
10:15–10:45	Coffee break
10:45	Automatization in the animal house Glenn Gunner Brink Nielsen, Danish Technological Institute Read more: Camera based automated home cage monitoring of EAE mice Liza Tchapanova Albrektson, TrackPaw Scientific Gabriel Pedersen, Statens Serum Institute	Animals in neuroscience Sara Hestehave, University of Copenhagen Read more: Animals in pain research – pushing for a better future for mouse and man Gitta Wörtwein, University of Copenhagen Kristine Freude, University of Copenhagen	Experimental design Otto Kalliokoski, University of Copenhagen Read more: Doing away with irresponsible practices in sample size estimation – the case of the Resource Equation Hannah Louise Zakariassen, Scanbur
12:00–13:00	Lunch
13:00	Have the animals become too clean? Stephan Rosshart, University Hospital Erlangen Read more: Born to be Wild – Wildlings, a novel translational research model for human diseases Peter Boysen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Camilla Hartmann Friis Hansen, University of Copenhagen	The use of fish in research Louise Gersdorff Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen Read more: Visualization of innate immune responses in zebrafish Lars Bräutigam, Karolinska Institutet Chloe Stevens, RSPCA Read more: Refinement for laboratory fishes - towards positive welfare?	Anesthesia and analgesia Klas Abelson, University of Copenhagen Read more: Anaesthesia and analgesia in animal experiments – best practices and avoidance of confounding factors
14:45–15:15	Coffee break
15:15	Have the animals become too clean?	The use of NHP in biomedical research – do we still need it!? Jann Hau, University of Copenhagen Majken Dalgaard, Novo Nordisk Lars Siim Madsen, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs	Poster presentations
19:00	Exhibitors evening in the Exhibition Hall

Thursday 28th Hangar 4 · Hangar 5 · 1st floor (max 50)

Parallel programme in Hangar 4, Hangar 5 and 1st floor (max 50).

Time	Hangar 4	Hangar 5	1st floor (max 50)
09:00	The use of animals for frontline research Jens Juul Holst, University of Copenhagen Read more: Experimental animals in the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists Lotte B. Knudsen, Novo Nordisk Jonathan Coquet, University of Copenhagen	Training of laboratory animals Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, University of Copenhagen Annette Pedersen, Copenhagen Zoo Mikkel Lykke, Scantox Stine Drent, Scantox	Do we still need animals in biomedical research – an ethical dilemma!? Birgitte Saima Kousholt, Aarhus University Per Sangild, University of Copenhagen Read more: Scientific Knowledge and Personal Passion in the R´s of Animal Experimentation Lars Bräutigam, Karolinska Institutet
10:15–10:45	Coffee break
10:45	The use of animals for frontline research Maiken Nedergaard, University of Copenhagen Mani Arumugam, University of Copenhagen	Training of laboratory animals	Workshop Read more: Experimental Surgery Klas Abelson, University of Copenhagen
12:00–13:00	Lunch
13:00	Animal welfare and welfare assessment Read more: New developments in animal welfare science David Fraser, University of British Colombia	Animal welfare at the breeders – now & future Peter Hansen, Taconic Biosciences Read more: Animal welfare at the breeders - now and in the future Mathilde Mosca, Janvier Labs Amelie Scholtz, Inotiv Tine Rudolph, Charles River Read more: Animal Welfare at Charles River Laboratories Panel discussion	Microbiomics Torben Sølbech Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen Read more: Bacteriophages as drivers of safe and standardized gut microbiome restoration Fredrik Bäckhed, University of Gothenburg Andrew Williams, University of Copenhagen Read more: Size matters: Pig and mouse models in diet-pathogen-microbiome research
14:45–15:15	Coffee break
15:15	Perinatal animal research Thomas Thymann, University of Copenhagen Steven Van Cruchten, University of Antwerp Read more: Minipigs as translational model for perinatal asphyxia and extreme preterm birth	Culture of care Chloe Stevens, RSPCA Read more: Caring for the carers: avoiding compassion fatigue Lotte Martoft, Aim2Achieve Read more: Culture of Care where animal welfare and data quality meet in animal research	Past, present and future animal use Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Aarhus University Ann-Christine Eklöf Axel Kornerup Hansen, University of Copenhagen
17:30	Dinner & party at Wallmans

Friday 29th Hangar 4+5

Plenary sessions in Hangar 4+5.

Time	Hangar 4+5
09:00	Why are we so hooked on using mice and rats? Tobias Wang, University of Aarhus Klas Abelson, University of Copenhagen Read more: The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus Glaber) as an animal model in pain research
10:15–10:45	Coffee break
10:45	Why are we so hooked on using mice and rats? Pernille Tveden-Nyborg, University of Copenhagen Rikke Buhl, University of Copenhagen Read more: The Horse as a Translational Disease Model: A Dual Benefit for Human and Veterinary Medicine Kim Rewitz, University of Copenhagen
12:00–12:15	Closing ceremony

Program

Scand-LAS 2026 · Conference Programme