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University of Exeter zebrafish welfare and reproducibility workshop

Bionomous is sponsoring the Zebrafish Welfare and Reproducibility Workshop organised by the University of Exeter! The University of Exeter and the RSPCA Animals in Science Department have organised a 2.5 day in-person workshop in Exeter, UK, from the 9th to the 11th of April. The workshop called ‘Improving Welfare and Reproducibility in Zebrafish Research’ will address the latest developments in the field of zebrafish husbandry and care, including the effects of water chemistry on zebrafish reproducibility and welfare. We are happy to sponsor this event, to exhibit the EggSorter (currently installed…

Italian Zebrafish Meeting 2024

Bionomous is going to the 4th Italian Zebrafish Meeting! The Italian Zebrafish Meeting 2024 is taking place in Palermo between the 7th and the 9th of February. This meeting is focused on the research conducted in Italy using the zebrafish model. We are happy to sponsor this event and to exhibit the EggSorter. Come and visit us on our exhibition stands where we will present to you the how the EggSorter works and our company!

Zebrafish Disease Models Society

Bionomous is going to the Zebrafish Disease Models Society! The Zebrafish Disease Models Society is taking place in Durham (NC, USA) between the 2nd and the 5th of October. This meeting is focused on the reasons why zebrafish is a great disease model and on the domain in which zebrafish are involved. We will have an exhibition stand to present the EggSorter and highlight its possible uses for zebrafish sorting. Come and visit us on our exhibition stands where we will happily present to you the EggSorter and our company!

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Virtual reality to study the zebrafish brain

Virtual reality games are becoming increasingly popular. They allow users to fully immerse themselves in another, virtual world. Did you know that virtual reality systems are also used in research ? It is the case in the study of the brain and its mechanisms. This article is going to explain how it is possible to track neuronal activities in fish brains, using virtual reality. Studies with zebrafish where virtual reality is involved The method Conclusion References Studies with zebrafish where virtual reality is involved Virtual reality is used to study…

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31 July 2023

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Women’s contribution to zebrafish science

February 11th marked the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The purpose of this day is to recognise the role of women in science and to promote full and equal access to science to all women and girls who wish to participate and take part in leading actions and innovations around the world. At Bionomous, we recognise the power and value of women and we have gathered in this article a bit of history of women in science, several contributions of women to research in general, and…

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28 February 2022

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How zebrafish can help tackle cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy diagnosed in women and causes 270’000 deaths every year1. In 2008, the Nobel Prize of medicine was awarded to Dr. Herald zur Hausan – a German virologist and medical doctor – for his work and discoveries on HPV causing cervical cancer2. His discoveries led to a worldwide joint effort by virologists, epidemiologists, molecular biologists and clinicians to tackle the disease by preventing viral infection through the development of efficient prophylactic vaccines for HPV3. Vaccines are highly efficient and prevent the majority of…

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31 January 2022

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Introducing Xenopus!

Over the past couple of weeks, you might have encountered men of all ages, proudly wearing a freshly grown moustache. During the month of November, many men take part in Movember, an annual event which involves growing a moustache to raise awareness around men’s health and in particular men’s mental health and prostate and testicular cancer. World-wide Movember foundations raise money and organise events with the aim of increasing early cancer detection, diagnosis and effective treatments. While raising awareness and increasing early detection may prevent many deaths, a better comprehension…

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29 November 2021

1st Lausanne Fish User Meeting

Bionomous is sponsoring the 1st Lausanne Fish User Meeting ! Next Friday 5th of November, the Lausanne community for fish research will meet for the first time. This event aims at bringing together all the groups doing research with fish in Lausanne to discuss the different topics that they study. The fish research community in Lausanne is mainly focused on zebrafish, and we also have some groups using killifish for studies in the areas of epigenetics, stem cells, aging. At Bionomous we decided to sponsor this great event since we…

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Caudal fin regeneration in zebrafish

Halloween is right around the corner and you will soon be seeing various spooky creatures parading down the streets: ghosts, wizards and zombies which might even be missing a limb. While ghosts and wizards are usually classified as magical creatures, zombies have something in them which make them slightly more real. A zombie is an animated corpse which has been brought back to life and although resurrection remains completely unreal, regenerative medicine has been working on replacing and regenerating defective cells, tissues and organs with the goal of restoring normal function. Some animals…

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25 October 2021

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Studying breast cancer with zebrafish: a case study

In this new series of articles, we will review some of the key scientific publications of 2020 which included zebrafish in their studies. This first review will cover an article published in Clinical Cancer Research on March 15th 2020: Deubiquitinase Activity Profiling Identifies UCHL1 as a Candidate Oncoprotein that Promotes TGFβ-induced breast cancer metastasis1.In this article, the authors have focused their research on a subset of proteins involved in the tumour cell intracellular degradation pathway as a potential treatment for breast cancer. To get a full comprehensive overview of the…

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29 March 2021