Annual memorial service for animals held

A memorial service for animals was held at a lecture room #3, School of Medicine on Monday, October 16, 2017.

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 faculty members and students from BRI, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry attended the service to show appreciation, comfort the sprit, and console the souls.

Subsequently, the invited talk by Dr. Toru Urano from National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, "The historical background and updates on animal experiments: regulations and third-party verification" was carried out.

■The memorial service and the talk