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Time left to the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU

The Directive, which came into force on 9 November 2010, revises and extends current EuroPean Union law on the use of animals in research and testing, bringing cephalopods, a whole Class of invertebrates, under its scope – which, until now, has included only vertebrates. EU member states have to transpose the requirements of the new Directive into their national laws by 10 November 2012, and the new regulations must be implemented from 1 January 2013 Read More>>

CephRes - Publishing Research after EuroCeph 2011

All abstracts accepted for presentation (oral and/or poster) appeared on the December issue 2011 of Journal of Shellfish Research.

Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 30, No. 3, 989, 2011

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CephRes - Publishing Research after EuroCeph 2011

EuroCeph 2011 - Cephalopod Biology Research in the 21st Century

With presentations ranging from basic neuroscience to the biological basis of personality and consciousness, by way of robots and new materials, Euroceph in Vico Equense was a compelling and intriguing meeting even for an outsider. Interdisciplinarity at scientific meetings can easily result in a messy patchwork of presentations [...]. In the case of Euroceph, instead, the great diversity of approaches managed to send a unified message and... (by N. Nosengo)

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