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Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home-cage
🗣️ How did participants describe this year’s TEATIME Training School in just 3 words?
Thank you to everyone who joined us — we loved learning and growing with you! 🌟
#TrainingSchool #HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #LabAnimalScience #ScientificTraining #NetworkingExcellence @costprogramme.bsky.social
We’re proud to have held 4 popular TEATIME Training Schools—thanks to all organizers, speakers, and @costprogramme.bsky.social for the support; manuals are open access on our website, and more training opportunities are coming soon!
#animalresearch #homecage #behavior #neuroscience #AnimalWelfare
Nastasia Mirofle (France) completed a TEATIME STSM at the Donders Institute (NL), exploring how the serotonin transporter influences environmental sensitivity and a-sociality.
#animalresearch #behavior #grant @costprogramme.bsky.social
See you soon in beautiful Helsinki for our final event!
#animalresearch #homecage #conference @costprogramme.bsky.social
Join us on September 3rd for Day 2 of the TEATIME Final Conference, featuring expert talks on home-cage monitoring technologies, case studies, a roundtable on the future of automated monitoring, a closing keynote, and a farewell networking reception.
#animalresearch #homecage
Calopy, a new open-source, browser-based tool for intuitive and comprehensive indirect calorimetry data analysis, is now published in Nature Metabolism — try it at www.calopy.app!
www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01316-8
Wondering what the program of our TEATIME Final Conference looks like? Take a look at the exciting talks we have lined up for Day 1!
More info and registration link for online attendance can be found here:
www.cost-teatime.org/events/the-teatime-journery-shaping-the-future-of-lab-animal-monitoring/
Registration for in-person attendance at the TEATIME Final Conference is closed — but you can still join us online by registering here: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Thank you to all the participants and experts who joined us last week in Bratislava for our training school on animal behavioural research and home-cage monitoring — it was a fantastic event full of learning, sharing, and collaboration!
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At the TEATIME Beginners Training School, Veronika Borbelyova present how testing social behavior of mice in home-cage systems like PhenoTyper can offer more natural insights compared to traditional sociability tests in unfamiliar environments.
#Neuroscience #BehavioralResearch #HomeCage
Day 3 of our Training School brought inspiring insights on developing home-cage systems, scaling behavioural data, and using tools like EthoVision and ANY-maze.
#HomeCage #BehaviouralScience #AnimalWelfare #BigData #ScientificTraining #Neuroscience #ScienceCommunication #OpenScience
This week at our training school, participants explored how to optimize behavioral experiments using ANY-maze — from automated procedures to advanced analysis and integration with lab equipment.
#behavioralanalysis #ANYmaze #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #animalresearch #training
Day 2 of our training school focused on motor and cognitive behavioral assays, home-cage monitoring, and best practices in experimental design and data quality control.
#animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #experimentaldesign #qualitycontrol #homecage #neuroscience #training #labautomation
Participants at our training school discovered how EthoVision XT enables precise automated tracking, zone configuration, and advanced behavioral analysis to enhance reproducibility in animal research.
#EthoVisionXT #animalresearch #preclinicalresearch #labautomation #neuroscience #training
Day 1 of the TEATIME Training School kicked off with inspiring talks on experimental design, home-cage monitoring, and DeepLabCut, alongside expert meetups and student presentations—highlighting the power of science, networking, and collaboration.
#animalresearch #training #homecage #welfare
Everything set for our 4th training school!
#animalresearch #homecage #mouse #experimentaldesign #training #Bratislava
At our training school, @okalliokoski.bsky.social will lead an interactive session exploring how our experimental choices shape the outcomes of the "game of science"—can you uncover the truth?
#ScienceCommunication #ExperimentalDesign #ScientificIntegrity #TrainingSchool #Research
At our upcoming training school, Giorgio Rosati will present the scalable Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) system—enabling continuous, non-invasive home-cage monitoring with minimal data footprint and high scientific impact.
#HomeCage #DVCsystem #LabAnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #PreclinicalResearch
The TEATIME Training School has officially kicked off with a warm welcome from Veronika Borbélyová at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava.
#TrainingSchool #Bratislava #LabAnimalScience #HomeCageMonitoring #Networking #ScienceCommunity @costprogramme.bsky.social
This week at the TEATIME Training School, Oren Forkosh will explore how curiosity-driven engineering turns empty racks into fully automated home-cage behavioural observatories.
#HomeCageMonitoring #BehaviouralScience #Neuroscience #LabAutomation #AnimalResearch @costprogramme.bsky.social
This week at the TEATIME Training School, Alice Melloni and @nunohfranco.bsky.social will lead a session on experimental design and data quality control.
#AnimalResearch #ExperimentalDesign #DataQuality #LabAnimalScience @costprogramme.bsky.social
Join us on June 18th (Training school) for Michael Tsoory lectures exploring traditional vs. home-cage-based behavioral assays in mouse models of mental disorders—through the lens of validity, reliability, and animal welfare.
#animalresearch #homecage #InMice @costprogramme.bsky.social
Next week at the Training School, Silvia Mandillo will lecture on assessing motor function in mouse models—covering standard tests, home-cage monitoring, case studies, and the impact of sex and welfare on results.
#MouseModels #BehavioralNeuroscience @costprogramme.bsky.social #homecage
Also in Bratislava, @neurodaniela.bsky.social will teach how to use DeepLabCut’s deep learning tools for accurate, automated animal pose estimation and behavioral analysis through its user-friendly GUI.
#DeepLabCut #BehavioralResearch #MachineLearning #Neuroscience #OpenScience
At the Bratislava Training School, @nunohfranco.bsky.social will teach key principles of #experimentaldesign—such as randomization, blinding, sample size, and bias control—to help ensure that #animalresearch is reliable, #reproducible, and aligned with the #3Rs.
@costprogramme.bsky.social #training
Meet our expert speakers at the Second TEATIME Beginners Training School, where they will share insights on using home-cage technologies to monitor rodent behavior and physiology.
#animalresearch #behavior #training
📢 Just 10 days to go!
Join us in Bratislava for the Second TEATIME Beginners Training School on 🐭 home cage monitoring!
📅 17–20 June 2025
🎓 Hands-on sessions, DeepLabCut, EthoVision, ANY-maze & more!
#LabAnimal #Behaviour @costprogramme.bsky.social #animalresearch
One of our talented young researcher grant recipients, Barbara Bastos also received the Best Poster Award at #FELASA2025 — voted by the delegates themselves! 🏆🧪
#conference #poster #award #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social
What an incredible #FELASA2025 conference packed with scientific energy and innovation! Outstanding variety of presentations—from thought-provoking lectures to creative and data-rich posters—contributing to the advancement of #animalresearch.
@nunohfranco.bsky.social @stefanogaburro.bsky.social
We opened #FELASA2025 conference with an insightful session on home-cage monitoring, expertly chaired by @vvoikar.bsky.social. The session featured presentations by Sara Wells @mrcharwell.bsky.social, @phenotyping.bsky.social, @stefanogaburro.bsky.social and others...
#behavior #homecage #research
