Latest news https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/ en 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2023/09/25/12th-world-congress-on-alternatives-and-animal-use-in-the-life-sciences Organisms and Us convenor Prof Rachel Ankeny delivers keynote address at 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. September 25 2023 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2023/09/25/12th-world-congress-on-alternatives-and-animal-use-in-the-life-sciences Experimental Animals: Science, Form, and Hybridity in Contemporary ‘Lab Lit’ https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2023/02/21/experimental-animals-science-form-and-hybridity-in-contemporary-lab-lit The Department of English, Creative Writing, and Film and the Organisms and Us research cluster will be co-hosting a seminar with Dr Shannon Lambert (Ghent University) on experimental animals in fiction. February 21 2023 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2023/02/21/experimental-animals-science-form-and-hybridity-in-contemporary-lab-lit ANZCCART survey on Australian attitudes to animal research https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2022/08/17/anzccart-survey-on-australian-attitudes-to-animal-research A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide have conducted a survey on the Australian public's awareness of, and attitudes towards, the use of animals in scientific research. August 17 2022 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2022/08/17/anzccart-survey-on-australian-attitudes-to-animal-research Evolving Models for Co-Production of Marine Science Knowledge in South Australia https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2022/04/20/evolving-models-for-co-production-of-marine-science-knowledge-in-south Organisms and Us convenor Prof Rachel Ankeny and Audrey Henry (University of Adelaide) will be presenting at an upcoming event jointly hosted by the Central European University, the Institute Vienna Circle and the University of Vienna. April 20 2022 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2022/04/20/evolving-models-for-co-production-of-marine-science-knowledge-in-south Model Organisms https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/11/27/model-organisms On 24 November 2020, Organisms and Us hosted a virtual book launch for Prof Rachel A. Ankeny (The University of Adelaide) and Prof Sabina Leonelli's (University of Exeter) new book Model Organisms. November 27 2020 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/11/27/model-organisms Model Organisms book launch https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/11/04/model-organisms-book-launch Join us to launch the new addition to the Elements in the Philosophy of Biology series by Cambridge University Press. November 4 2020 a1667798 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/11/04/model-organisms-book-launch Latest publication: How to choose your research organism https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/01/02/latest-publication-how-to-choose-your-research-organism The Organisms and Us research group are pleased to announce our latest publication: How to choose your research organism. This paper takes a critical look at August Krogh's famous principle that for every research problem there exists a "convenient" organism with which to study it. Using empirical data and philosophical analysis we show that biologists employ a wide range of interacting criteria to make highly contextualised judgements about organism choice. Have a read! January 2 2020 a1137578 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2020/01/02/latest-publication-how-to-choose-your-research-organism Special Issue Call for Papers: Constituting Animal Research https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/10/31/special-issue-call-for-papers-constituting-animal-research Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences: Special Issue Call for Papers October 31 2019 a1137578 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/10/31/special-issue-call-for-papers-constituting-animal-research Workshop summary: Ethics, Naming, and Communication with Organisms https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/07/01/workshop-summary-ethics-naming-and-communication-with-organisms Thank you to everyone who came along to today's Organisms and Us Ethics, Naming, and Communication with Organisms workshop and contributed to such reflective and constructive discussions around the presentation topics. July 1 2019 a1137578 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/07/01/workshop-summary-ethics-naming-and-communication-with-organisms Ethics, Naming, and Communication with Organisms Workshop 1st July 2019, 12-3pm https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/06/26/ethics-naming-and-communication-with-organisms-workshop-1st-july-2019-12-3pm In this upcoming workshop we look forward to hearing from a range of local and visiting academics and postgraduates talking about their current research within the Organisms and Us project. June 26 2019 a1137578 https://able.adelaide.edu.au/organisms-and-us/news/list/2019/06/26/ethics-naming-and-communication-with-organisms-workshop-1st-july-2019-12-3pm