Online Course on
Advancing Laboratory Animal Research - Principles, Practices and Perspectives
This intensive three-day, hands-on workshop equips researchers, clinicians, and engineers with foundational and practical expertise in modern laboratory animal experimentation. Combining core theoretical principles—such as modern facility requirements, regulatory guidelines, genotyping, and disease surveillance—with comprehensive practical training, the course covers ethical handling, restraint, drug administration, blood collection, anesthesia, and humane necropsy. Designed to refine technical competence and scientific rigor, this program ensures high standards of animal welfare, experimental reproducibility, and protocol compliance in biomedical and preclinical research. All the participants have to bring a certificate from their HOD justifying why this training is relevant for them
Course at a Glance
Know the Course Instructor
Dr Balaji Jayaprakash
Prof. Balaji Jayaprakash serves as the Chair of the Central Animal Facility (CAF) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. In addition to overseeing department operations and ongoing institutional research programs, he coordinates advanced training initiatives such as the Career Advancement Programs in laboratory animal research. His administrative and academic leadership helps facilitate specialized, hands-on instruction and adherence to ethical research practices for scientists, scholars, and medical professionals.
Objectives of the Course
Introduce Fundamentals & Guidelines ; Understand Health & Genetics ; Master Animal Handling ; Learn Procedural & Surgical Techniques ; Implement Post-Experimental Procedures.
Course Syllabus
Theory: Introduction of lab animal experimentation.
Guidelines for lab animal experimentation.
Requirements in a modern animal facility.
Different restraining methods.
Gender identification of lab animals.
Genotyping and sample collection
Health monitoring and major zoonotic diseases
Practicals: Basics of laboratory animal handling and restraint.
Routes of drug administration.
Methods of blood collection.
Perfusion
Basics of anesthesia of lab animals.
Methods of humane euthanasia.
Necropsy and sample collection of lab animals.
Who Can Apply & Who Can Benefit?
Who Can Apply?
- MSc. Life-Science, MVSc., MBBS (MD-Pharmacology), PhD (Life-Science), M.Tech (Material Engineering, Bioengineering)
- Prerequisites (if any): Requesting a letter from PI stating how the training is relevant to participants
- All the participants have to bring a certificate from their HOD justifying why this training is relevant for them
Who Can Benefit?
- Preclinical pharmacologists, toxicologists, in vivo research scholars, and postdoctoral fellows in life sciences seeking practical mastery over live-animal protocols.
- Biomedical and biomaterials research engineers validating tissue scaffolds and delivery devices in vivo, translational medical residents (MDs) conducting disease modeling.
- Veterinary officers or animal facility managers/technicians responsible for regulatory compliance, bio-surveillance, and standardized animal welfare in experimental laboratories.