Annual memorial service for animals held

A memorial service for animals was held at Lecture room #3, School of Medicine on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.
BRI director, Prof. Nawa gave a speech first, followed by an annual operating report from Prof. Sasaoka (Dept. of Comparative & Experimental Medicine).The campus-wide memorial services are held every year to acknowledge the contribution of animals to excellence in research and teaching at Niigata University. This year, approximately 200 staff members and students from BRI, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry attended the service to show appreciation, comfort the sprit, and console the souls.
Subsequently, the commemorative lecture, "Promotion of Animal Welfare-based Experimentation: Pain Management of Laboratory Animals", was delivered by Dr. Toshihiko Watanabe from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

■The memorial service and the lecture