3R’s Prize for Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal use in science
MSc Clinical Neuroscience student Charlotte Lee-Reeves was awarded the prize for the most innovative research that supported the 3Rs – Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal use in science, at the 16th annual Queen Square Symposium.
The event saw over 60 PhD and MSc students from the UCL Institute of Neurology exhibiting posters based on their current research from a broad range of areas in neuroscience and neurological disease. Charlotte presented the preliminary findings from her project in developing an engineered neural tissue model of neurodegeneration. Her prize was awarded by guest speaker Professor Geoffrey Raisman, who gave the attendees an inspiring talk about neural regeneration and the future of nervous system repair.
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