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FC3R is the French reference center for all 3Rs-related matters. It aims to support responsible use of animals for scientific research and to promote alternative and innovative methods.

Discover the new guidance document on assessing the severity of animal experiments.

Opal Short Note Challenge!
The Opal will be awarded to the next 10 short notes

New section on the website! Find all FC3R reports and publications online.

Next webinar on May 21, 2026: la technologie au service du suivi comportemental des rongeurs

"Les utilisations d’animaux en degré de gravité sévère",
report by the FC3R advisory board.

📅 Save the date! The next French 3Rs Day is taking place online on 2 July 2026.

EVENTS

21.05.26 WEBINAIRE DU FC3R Innovations technologiques et raffinement en neurosciences En ligne

22.05.26 WEBINAIRE du Réseau Thématique Organoïdes Patient-Derived Organoids Biobanking at Scale: From Derivation to a Distributed Research Resource En ligne (à 15h)

Présenté par Brent Schlegel, de l’Université de Pittsburgh, USA, il portera sur le développement à grande échelle de biobanques d’organoïdes dérivés de patients, depuis leur dérivation jusqu’à leur mise à disposition comme ressource de recherche distribuée.
22.05.26 Webinar Good In Vitro Method Practices and Animal-Free Cell Culture Online

The Swedish 3Rs Center invites you to take part in a webinar on the OECD Guidance Document Good In Vitro Method Practices and on culturing of cells in a xeno-free medium for which the recipe has been published and is freely available for use.

NEWS

Pint of Science Festival: meet researchers outside their laboratories

09.03.26

FC3R invites you to Paris to listen to and talk with researchers who place the ethical principle of the 3Rs at the heart of their research.
FC3R 2025 3Rs Research Award

05.03.26

The FC3R has awarded its 2025 3Rs Research Prize to Clémence Deligne for her publication on the development of an organoid biobank for the study and treatment of paediatric brain cancers.
FC3R 2025 3Rs Culture of Care Award

12.01.26

Candice Hackney was awarded the 2025 'Culture of Care' Prize by the FC3R for her project, 'Impacts of rodent handling techniques on their welfare and reproductive parameters'.