Courses and education on zebrafish
You need to be educated according to current regulations to handle your fish in research projects. This competence will minimize animal suffering and optimize your research results.
The zebrafish core facility at Karolinska Institutet provides a wide range of educational programs for both researchers and animal technicians. Furthermore, we regularly lecture in master and graduate programs and provide guided tours through our animal facility for researchers, stakeholders as well as laymen.
Hands-on zebrafish husbandry course 2023
The zebrafish core facility at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with Nord University and Norecopa, would like to invite you to a hands-on zebrafish husbandry course in Stockholm.
The course will be held on November 13-15.
The aim of the course is to teach evidence-based methods and practical skills for housing and care of zebrafish. Topics will include:
- Biosafety
- Culture of rotifers, including polyculture
- Rearing and keeping zebrafish
- Animal welfare
- Aquatic techniques, including feeding robots
- Minor surgical procedures, including fin-clipping and tattooing
- Cryopreservation of zebrafish lines and IVF (an optional add-on for up to 5 participants on 16 November)
The number of course participants is limited to 10.
Here you can view the course flyer.
More information about this course and the detailed programme will soon be published here on our homepage.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: zebrafish-office@km.ki.se
Nordic zebrafish meeting 2023
The zebrafish core facility at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with partners from Nord University and Norecopa, would like to invite you to a Nordic zebrafish meeting.
The meeting will be held on November 16-17.
The aim of this meeting is to build a strong network of zebrafish facility managers and PIs by founding a Nordic Zebrafish Network. The two-day meeting will cover the following aspects:
- Harmonisation of husbandry procedures
- Harmonisation of biosafety strategies
- Building a platform for education and training of zebrafish care staff
- Building a platform for exchange of fish lines
- Building a platform for cryopreservation of fish lines
- Founding a Nordic Zebrafish Network
More information about this meeting and the detailed programme will soon be published on the homepage of the KI Zebrafish core facility.
Here you can view the meeting flyer.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: zebrafish-office@km.ki.se
Zebrafish laboratory animal science - EU Function A Theory
If you would like to work with zebrafish which are 5 days or older, you will need to take a species-specific laboratory animal science course. The zebrafish core facility at Karolinska Institutet took the lead in 2021 and established together with experts in the field a new online zebrafish laboratory animal science education.
Register for the theory course here
Zebrafish laboratory animal science - EU Function A Practical part
After finishing the theoretical part of the zebrafish laboratory animal science course, we can provide you with the compulsory practical education. During this 2-day hands-on module, you will learn about the aquatic technique in research facilities as well as about colony biosafety and have hands-on training on basic zebrafish husbandry and minor procedures.
Book a practical session by contacting the zebra fish core facility office
Hands-on training for animal technicians
The zebrafish core facility provides hands-on training for animal technicians which would like to gain competence in zebrafish husbandry. Please contact the office of the zebrafish core facility for more information.