We finish our look at winners of the Lush Prize 2014 with the recipients of the Young Researcher Prize. There were five winners this year. Winner 1: Róber Bachinski is a biologist, master in public health and environment and PhD student of the Postgraduate Program on Science and Biotechnology in the Fluminense Federal University (PPBI/UFF), Brazil. He started researching alternatives to education and training proposals as an undergraduate. Since animal testing had been part of the undergraduate curriculum, he was the first student to get a legal recourse of conscious objection in Brazil. He participates in the 1R Net (1rnet.org), providing information to students and professors about alternatives to animal testing in education, animal ethics and conscious objection, through conferences in Brazil and other Latin-American countries and consultations. In his PhD, Róber is developing research on 3D cell culture models, models for neuro-toxicology and neuro-pharmacology and alternatives for uses in the scientific education. These activities are developed in the Clinical Research Unit, and in the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. Róber also collaborates with the National Network on Alternatives (RENAMA), and with the organisation of the Latin-Iberoamerican Network on Alternatives.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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