In January 2020, the new the Large Animal Research Imaging Facility (LARIF), based within the Edinburgh Imaging Facility (Easter Bush) will officially open. What is LARIF? LARIF is the Large Animal Research Imaging Facility, based at the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush Campus. Working lunch event - Programme - Thursday 27 June This meeting will offer University of Edinburgh staff, the chance to hear more about LARIF, it's modalities and what research can be carried out in this fantastic imaging facility. Noon Fiona Houston Introduction of the Large Animal Research Imaging Facility 12.10hrs James Nixon LARIF building; general overview of facilities 12.20hrs Carola Daniel LARIF imaging facilities and role within Edinburgh Imaging 12.25hrs Eddie Clutton Large animal models in biomedical research – examples of current work from WTCCLLA (Laboratory at Dryden.) 12.35hrs Sam Eaton PPT1 sheep as an example of a gene-edited large animal model for human disease 12.45hrs Sarah Brown Effects of environmental enrichment on brain function in the domestic pig. 12.55hrs Gerry Thompson Using large animals in brain imaging research 13.05hrs Chris Proudfoot Practicalities of initiating a large animal project in LARIF 13.15hrs Stefano Guido Procedures for ethical approval and licencing of research using large animals. 13.30hrs Q&As Informal questions during networking lunch 14.30hrs End of Lunch Further Information Document LARIF Brochure (2.06 MB / PDF) General enquiries - James Nixon or Chris Proudfoot on larif@ed.ac.uk Related links LARIF Edinburgh Imaging Facility Easter Bush Siemens Roslin Institute R(D)SVS Edinburgh Imaging Publication date 26 Jun, 2019
