Excited to share our new paper: despite 61% of #HCM studies still using only male rodents, we show that including both sexes reveals critical differences in behaviour and disease progression that would otherwise remain hidden. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #animalresearch #sexdifferences

On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring

A review of behavioural studies using home-cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial...

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How the integration of #technology, #welfare, and good experimental design can refine research practices and enhance translational relevance? Check out our new book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #animalresearch #communication #3Rs @costprogramme.bsky.social

Home Cage Monitoring in Rodents: A Global Effort

An Open Access guide to home cage monitoring, improving 24/7 rodent behavior tracking, animal welfare, and data quality in translational animal research.

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Check out our new publication: Critical uncertainties in preclinical research: Navigating trust, technology, and ethics. doi.org/10.1016/j.ns... #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social #ethics #NAMs #preclinical

We have published a new Current Protocols paper providing practical instructions for using the RFID-based #IntelliCage to study learning #behavior in group-housed mice. currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #animalresearch #HomeCageMonitoring @costprogramme.bsky.social #mouse

Our members from different ITC countries have published a paper in Slovenian Veterinary Research on the advantages home-cage systems offer for animal welfare and data reproducibility. A pipeline for choosing the right system also added! slovetres.si/index.php/SV... #behavior #homecage #welfare

At the end of our Action, we have compiled a short movie emphasizing major advantages HCM systems offer for animal research and its translatability, and showing some actual videos from the labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOB8pYeDI4U @costprogramme.bsky.social

Home cage monitoring makes animal research more translatable

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@cost-teatime.bsky.social has been working to raise awareness on how we monitor lab animals, advancing welfare & research reproducibility with home-cage monitoring. Read the story of an Action that has excelled at building an open knowledge base & empowering ECRs: www.cost.eu/long-read-te...

🗣️ 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

Calopy — an advanced framework for the integration and analysis of indirect calorimetry data - Nature Metabolism

Nature Metabolism - Calopy — an advanced framework for the integration and analysis of indirect calorimetry data

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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...

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!

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