19/10 V ADVANCED COURSE IN SURGERY FOR RESEARCH IN RODENTS IiSGM

Registration is now open for the "2nd Advanced Surgery Course for Research in Rodents" held at the Institute for Health Research of Hospital Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM).

The course will take place from 13 to 28 November in Madrid. The animal model to be used will be the rat/mouse.

Objectives: This is a practical course designed to train students in experimental surgical work with laboratory animals, providing practical training in surgery and microsurgery. The course will cover various surgical techniques that may be of interest to different clinical areas, such as neurology, hepatology and reproduction, etc.

Features: The course is aimed at doctoral students, researchers, residents, doctors or anyone intending to learn how to perform surgery or microsurgery on rodents: rats and mice. Participants must have experience in the routine and basic handling of rodents and basic techniques such as handling rodents, different types of injections, suturing, recognising signs of pain, etc. Students may be internal or external to the hospital.

Content: Inoculation of substances, orotracheal intubation, tracheostomy, vasectomy, castration, ovariectomy, vein and artery catheterisation, hepatectomy, transfer to the oviduct and microsurgical suturing.

More information and the registration form can be found at the following  LINK.