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.
Hands-on zebrafish husbandry course 2024
The zebrafish core facility at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with Nord University, would like to invite you to a hands-on zebrafish husbandry course in Stockholm.
The course will be held 11-14 of November 2024.
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 CLS and stand-alone systems as well as feeding robots
- Minor surgical procedures, including fin-clipping, gavage feeding, injections and tattooing
- Cryopreservation and IVF of zebrafish
The number of course participants is limited to 12, the course fee is 4500 SEK excl. VAT. CPD points will be awarded for the course.
The registration will open July 1.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions: zebrafish-office@km.ki.se
Nordic zebrafish meeting 2024
November 13-15, Stockholm
The Nordic Zebrafish Network is pleased to invite you to this year’s Nordic Zebrafish Meeting, titled “From husbandry to animal experiments: Creating reliable research” at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
We are excited to present talks from our confirmed keynote speakers Natasha Karp (AstraZeneca), Steve Renshaw (University of Sheffield), Gregory Paull (University of Exeter), and Simon MacKenzie (University of Stirling).
The theme of the conference is to create reliable, reproducible, and relevant research using the zebrafish model. It will focus on experimental planning and standardization versus diversification, the latest developments in zebrafish husbandry, and using zebrafish as a model for immunology. Furthermore, we will discuss how to promote the 3Rs in zebrafish research, as well as sharing standardized protocols for husbandry and experimental setups.
The conference will feature presentations and breakout discussion groups, along with numerous networking opportunities and a guided tour of the core facility at Karolinska Institutet. We also hope this conference will lead to improved collaboration among Nordic countries for individuals working with zebrafish, whether in husbandry or research.
We warmly invite animal caretakers, researchers, facility managers, and veterinarians to join us in Stockholm and make a difference!
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.