- Research
- Animal Facility Unit
- Magda João Castelhano-Carlos
- Laboratory Animal Science
- Animal welfare
- Behaviour
- Animal models
- Enriched environment
- 3Rs
Magda graduated in Biochemist (Porto University, Portugal, 1997), finished a Master specialization in Laboratory Animal Science (Veterinary Faculty, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2008), and a PhD in health sciences (School of Medicine and Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (EM/ICVS) of the University of Minho (UM), 2015). She also has post-graduation training in management (certification as Lean Practitioner – Lean Academy Portugal, 2016; and General Management course – Porto Business School, Porto University, 2021).
Nominated Coordinator the Animal Facilities Unit (UBiot) since 2017, Magda J. Castelhano-Carlos worked as a head-technician of the animal facilities and laboratories of EM/ICVS, since 2001, and became a guest Associate Professor in 2022.
Her research interests include laboratory animal science (LAS) and neuroscience (animal welfare and behaviour), as well as automation and management applied to research animal facilities.
Magda is president of the Animal Welfare Body ORBEA EM/ICVS-I3Bs/3Bs since 2018, collaborates with the Ethics committees and the Ethics council of UM, as a LAS specialist, since 2012; is a member of the FELASA Education and Training Accreditation Board (since 2021), of the National Committee for the protection of Animals used for Scientific purposes (Despacho n.º 11895/2021, 2nd December 2021), and of the Portuguese Society for Laboratory Animal Science – SPCAL, being president of its Board since 2021.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-5987.
- Laboratory Animal Science
- Animal welfare
- Behaviour
- Animal models
- Enriched environment
- 3Rs
Magda graduated in Biochemist (Porto University, Portugal, 1997), finished a Master specialization in Laboratory Animal Science (Veterinary Faculty, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2008), and a PhD in health sciences (School of Medicine and Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (EM/ICVS) of the University of Minho (UM), 2015). She also has post-graduation training in management (certification as Lean Practitioner – Lean Academy Portugal, 2016; and General Management course – Porto Business School, Porto University, 2021).
Nominated Coordinator the Animal Facilities Unit (UBiot) since 2017, Magda J. Castelhano-Carlos worked as a head-technician of the animal facilities and laboratories of EM/ICVS, since 2001, and became a guest Associate Professor in 2022.
Her research interests include laboratory animal science (LAS) and neuroscience (animal welfare and behaviour), as well as automation and management applied to research animal facilities.
Magda is president of the Animal Welfare Body ORBEA EM/ICVS-I3Bs/3Bs since 2018, collaborates with the Ethics committees and the Ethics council of UM, as a LAS specialist, since 2012; is a member of the FELASA Education and Training Accreditation Board (since 2021), of the National Committee for the protection of Animals used for Scientific purposes (Despacho n.º 11895/2021, 2nd December 2021), and of the Portuguese Society for Laboratory Animal Science – SPCAL, being president of its Board since 2021.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-5987.
Scientific Highlights
AMORIM L, DÁ MESQUITA S, JACINTO L, CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, SANTOS NC, LEITE-ALMEIDA H AND SOUSA N. “Shaping social behavior in an enriched environment”. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 2022 Oct 13; 16:999325.
LEITE-ALMEIDA H, CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, SOUSA N. “New Horizons for Phenotyping Behavior in Rodents: The Example of Depressive-Like Behavior”. Front Behav Neurosci. 2022 Jan 5;15:811987.
CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, ASLANI S, SOUSA N. “The Impact of Physical Enrichment in the Structure of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens of the Adult Male Rat Brain”. Neuroscience. 2021 Feb 1;454:51-60.
CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, BAUMANS V, SOUSA N. PhenoWorld: addressing animal welfare in a new paradigm to house and assess rat behaviour. Lab Anim. 2017 Feb;51(1):36-43.
CASTELHANO-CARLOS M, COSTA PS, RUSSIG H, SOUSA N. PhenoWorld: a new paradigm to screen rodent behavior. Transl Psychiatry. 2014 Jun 10;4(6):e399.
CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, SOUSA N, OHL F, BAUMANS V. Identification methods in newborn C57BL/6 mice: a developmental and behavioural evaluation. Lab Anim. 2010 Apr;44(2):88-103.
CASTELHANO-CARLOS MJ, BAUMANS V. The impact of light, noise, cage cleaning and in-house transport on welfare and stress of laboratory rats. Lab Anim. 2009 Oct;43(4):311-27.
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Address
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
Copyright ©2022 ICVS. All Rights Reserved
Address
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal