Tips for Newcomers

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Planning to conduct animal experiments at UZH?

Please consider the following:

Education and training

Discuss with your supervisor about your future role in the experiment: experimenter, (deputy) study director.
Future resource manager? Please contact the UZH Animal Welfare Officers
Check the legal requirements for your role
Attend education and training courses

Project planning

Check the PREPARE guidelines
Contact the UZH biostatistician for help
Check guidance and forms needed
Contact the UZH Animal Welfare Officers and the 3R coordinator in the planning phase of your project for consulting
Contact the relevant animal facility and inform them of your plans; prepare all necessary material

Writing the application for animal experiments

Prepare draft of Form A and of all relevant attachments and send by e-mail to the UZH AWOs for review
Revise the application according to the AWO‘s comments
Enter the application in animex-ch and send it to the AWO
Check animex-ch FAQs and user manual if you have technical issues. If you cannot solve them, contact the UZH AWOs/the FSVO animex-ch helpdesk (animex-ch@blv.admin.ch)
Contact the UZH AWOs for help in answering questions received from the authorities.

Sharepoint

UZH/ETH platform for researchers performing animal experiments: Protocols, information and contact persons.

Here you find the login to the internal area.

If you need access to the UZH/ETH Sharepoint, please contact the animal welfare officers.