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Nominations are open for the £250,000 global prize fund supporting scientists & campaigners to end animal use in research & testing - www.lushprize.org

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 1d

Planning to submit a nomination to Lush Prize? Read our top tips to help make your submission the best it can be! lushprize.org/lush-prize-n...

Lush Prize nominations - how to get shortlisted - Lush Prize

Looking for advice on how to get your Lush Prize nomination shortlisted? Check out our top tips for a successful submission

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 2h

The £50k Lush Prize for Science prioritises projects that are most likely to lead to practical non-animal approaches which could be accepted by regulators, such as the Human-Liver-Chip model by @emulatebio.bsky.social - nominate today at lushprize.org/awards/scien...

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 1d

Planning to submit a nomination to Lush Prize? Read our top tips to help make your submission the best it can be! lushprize.org/lush-prize-n...

Lush Prize nominations - how to get shortlisted - Lush Prize

Looking for advice on how to get your Lush Prize nomination shortlisted? Check out our top tips for a successful submission

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 2d

The Lush Prize Young Researcher Awards provides 5 scientists £10,000 each to help fund their non-animal research. Nominate your project today lushprize.org/awards/young...

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 3d

Are you an in-silico researcher? Lush Prize 2026 has 3 award categories that support computational research. And if you don't know what in-silico research is, this blog is also for you! lushprize.org/have-you-sub...

Have you submitted a Lush Prize nomination for your ‘in-silico’ research yet? - Lush Prize

What are ‘in-silico’ methods of research and why should you nominate your work for a Lush Prize 2026?

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 7d

In our new blog @keintierversuch.bsky.social discuss the impact of winning a Lush Prize on growing their Non-Animal Technologies Database lushprize.org/nat-database... - nominate your project now at lushprize.org

NAT-Database: Raising public awareness for Non-Animal Technologies to promote human-based research - Lush Prize

Doctors Against Animal Experiments provide an update on the progress of their Non-Animal Technologies Database since winning the Lush Prize for Training in 2022.

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 13d

Are you a campaigner or organisation working to end animal use in research & testing? Nominate your project for the Lush Prize for Public Awareness. You may win £50,000 and vital support for your work: lushprize.org/awards/publi...

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 19d

Are you a #YoungResearcher focussed on replacing animal use in research? #LushPrize funds 5 young scientists £10k each as well as awards for other scientists & campaigners in our £250k prize fund - www.lushprize.org

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · 22d

Lush Prize has many different award categories - for campaigners, scientists, charities, politicians and more. If you work to replace animal use in research & testing, don't miss out on submitting your work to share our £250,000 fund - www.lushprize.org

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Sep 3

Are you a young scientist focussed on non-animal research? Lush Prize 2026 will award £10,000 to each of 5 Young Researcher winners lushprize.org/awards/young...

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Sep 2

Lush Prize 2026 is now open for nominations. In this new blog, previous winner Te Protejo explain what winning an award means for their work lushprize.org/te-protejo-r...

Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lush Prize 2026 is now open for nominations! We provide £250,000 to support science, campaign & political initiatives to end the use of animals in research & testing lushprize.org/nominate-ent...

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Emulate, Inc. @emulatebio.bsky.social · Aug 15

Nominations for the 2026 #LushPrize open Sept 1!

In 2024, we won for our landmark Liver-Chip study, proving it can outperform animal tests for predicting DILI & advancing human-relevant science.

Who will lead the next leap forward? 🔗 lushprize.org

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Aug 4

Nominations for Lush Prize 2026 will open in less than 1 month! Full list of prize categories at www.lushprize.org

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Lucía Arana @luciaarana.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎬 Hay muchos motivos por los que ver "Infiltrada en el Búnker". Uno de ellos es que presenta el mundo del activismo y las personas que lo componen con el respeto y la dignidad que merecen. Escribo en @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social @primevideoes.bsky.social @eldiario.es

Carlota Saorsa lo ha vuelto a hacer

La crueldad intrínseca a la experimentación con animales, una vez más en el punto de mira gracias a la activista Carlota Saorsa, cuya infiltración durante 18 meses en el laboratorio Vivotecnia se ha c...

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Jul 28

The 9th Africa Animal Welfare Conference begins today in Cameroon. Tomorrow we'll be presenting the findings of our study on animal use in research in Africa & promoting complete replacement of animal use www.aawconference.org

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Safer Medicines @safermedicines.org · Jul 18

Will the UK government's forthcoming strategy to reduce the use of animals in science reflect the bold developments in the US?

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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing - Safer Medicines

A cultural shift Much has been written about Nicole Kleinstreuer’s announcement in the joint workshop between the FDA and the National Institutes for Health (NIH), namely that all new NIH funding oppo...

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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · Jul 9

There's been some confusion & misinformation about Monday's announcement that NIH will no longer seek proposals exclusively for animal models. In this new blog, I break down what it means, what it doesn't, & how it will impact animals in laboratories. 🧪

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What Happens When NIH Stops Asking for Animal Experiments? - Science Advancement and Outreach Division

In a July 7 joint webinar by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiative...

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Jul 3

Now trending on Prime Video - Infiltrada en el Búnker (Undercover Inside the Bunker), the gripping documentary that tells the personal story of Carlota Saorsa’s 18-month undercover investigation at the Spanish animal testing laboratory Vivotecnia lushprize.org/undercover-i...

Undercover Inside the Bunker - Lush Prize

Undercover Inside the Bunker (Infiltrada en el Búnker) is a new documentary about Carlota Saorsa’s groundbreaking undercover investigation of Spanish animal testing lab Vivotecnia

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Jul 1

We attended the recent 3rd Commission workshop on the roadmap to phase out animal testing in Helsinki - read our blog on this crucial step to adopting an EU roadmap next year lushprize.org/report-on-eu...

Report on European Commission workshop on the roadmap to phase out animal testing - Lush Prize

Lush Prize report on the third European Commission workshop on the roadmap to phase out animal testing for chemical safety assessments.

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Jun 27

Today is the worldwide launch of a new documentary about Carlota Saorsa's 18 month undercover investigation of Spanish animal testing lab Vivotecnia, for which she also won the Lush Prize for Public Awareness in 2022. Available to watch on Amazon Prime

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El Caballo de Nietzsche @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social · Jun 11

"Sólo te pido que cuentes la verdad". Ya disponible el trailer oficial de 'Infiltrada en el búnker'

Infiltrada en el búnker | Tráiler Oficial | Prime Video España

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · Jun 11

Don't miss the new documentary about Lush Prize winner Carlota Saorsa's shocking undercover investigation of Spanish animal testing lab Vivotecnia - on Amazon Prime from 27 June

El Caballo de Nietzsche @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social · Jun 11

🎬 En los próximos días se estrena 'Infiltrada en el Búnker'. La activista Carlota Saorsa pasó 18 meses documentando la crueldad contra los animales en los laboratorios de Vivotecnia. "Lo que pasó en este 'búnker' no es un caso aislado" @pablodelachica.bsky.social @eldiario.es

Infiltrada en el laboratorio animal: la activista que destapó el caso Vivotecnia vive aislada y ha perdido su identidad

La historia de Carlota, que pasó 18 meses grabando la experimentación con animales, llega a las pantallas con ‘Infiltrada en el Búnker’; su director, Pablo De la Chica, explica cómo ha sido enfrentars...

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Lush Prize @lushprize.bsky.social · May 23

Carlota Saorsa won a Lush Prize for her undercover investigation at Vivotecnia laboratory in Spain. Now a new documentary will look at the incredible work Carlota did to expose the reality of animal experimentation

Abolición Vivisección @anti-viviseccion.bsky.social · May 22

El próximo 27 de junio se estrenará “Infiltrada en el búnker”, un documental sobre la atroz realidad de la experimentación animal y la infiltración de Carlota Saorsa en el laboratorio madrileño de Vivotecnia.

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El Caballo de Nietzsche @caballodenietzsche.bsky.social · Apr 25

🔴 Estas imágenes no son un caso aislado, son otra prueba más de cómo funciona el mayor centro de experimentación con primates de Europa y de la crueldad y el sufrimiento detrás de la experimentación animal @anti-viviseccion.bsky.social @eldiario.es

Nuevas imágenes muestran la realidad de Camarney y la experimentación animal

Trabajadores haciéndose selfis y macacos en deplorables condiciones, enfermos, heridos, mutilados... Es la realidad oculta de Camarney, en Camarles (Tarragona)

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Apr 24

A new report highlights widespread monkey laundering in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Laos has significantly increased its estimate of wild macaques to justify legalizing their capture, raising concerns of official complicity in laundering monkeys for the biomedical industry.

Data discrepancies suggest Laos monkey smuggling persists, despite trade ban

BANGKOK — A new report published on Feb. 18 detailed widespread discrepancies in data provided from Southeast Asia’s long-tailed macaque breeding farms, highlighting how monkey trafficking is able to…

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