Lab visit: Institute of Pharmacy (FUB BCP)

Topics: Detection of common metabolic stress markers, such as neurotransmitters (e.g., serotine and dopamine) and hormones (e.g., cortisol)

• Lab visit: Institute of Veterinary Virology (FUB VetMed)
  
  Topics: Introduction to Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infection model, assessment of clinical symptoms, virologic methods (e.g., virus propagation, titration and quantification)

• Lab visit: Institute of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (FUB VetMed)
  
  Topics: Introduction to Theiler’s encephalomyelitis virus mouse model, assessment of neurological symptoms (e.g., behaviour testing, seizure scoring)

• Lab visit: Institute of Veterinary Microbiology (FUB VetMed)
  
  Topics: Introduction to neonatal infections in mice, microbiological methods (e.g., quantification of bacteria)

• Lab visit: Institute for Veterinary Immunology (FUB VetMed
  
  Topics: Introduction to intestinal parasite infections of mice, immunological and parasitological methods (e.g., FACS, cytokine detection, microscopy)

• Lab visits in computer vision at TUB
  
  Topics: Annotation of visual data from animal experiments, evaluation of behavioural change, thermal data evaluation

• Lab visit: RKI - MF 3: “Animal Experimental Research and 3R”
  
  Topics: Introduction to the management of a central laboratory animal facility, methods of animal handling and animal welfare under Biosafety Level-3