The 12th Annual Scientific Sessions & International Conference of SLALAS was held on the 25th and 26th of January 2025 at Renuka City Hotel, Colombo.
Theme – “Towards One Health: Responsible & Reproducible Animal-based research in support of Precision Medicine”
Title of the Presidential Address – “Building a Culture of Care: Advancing Responsible, Reproducible Animal Research for Precision Medicine in the One Health Era.”
Annual sessions report – Annual sessions report
Keynote and Guest speeches
Topics of keynote and guest speeches with the speakers are given below. All these greatly enlighten the audience.
| Speaker | Title of the Speech |
| Prof. Toru Takeo Center for Animal Resources and Development (CARD), Division of Reproductive Engineering, Kumamato University, Japan | Keynote Address Establishment of mouse and rat bank systems to improve laboratory animal science |
| Prof. Sugandhika Suresh Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka | Guest Speech 1 From Herbal Remedies to Precision Medicine: The Role of Lab Animal Research in Advancing Therapeutic Approaches |
| Prof. Cholawat Pacharinsak Director of Veterinary Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Surgery, Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA | Guest Speech 2 Rodent Analgesia – an Update |
| Dr. Suresh Poosala Founder of Acasta Health & OncoSeek Bio Pvt Ltd, India, Ex-Chief at NIA/NIH Comparative Medicine, USA, Ex-BMS Senior Leader Pre-Clinical | Guest Speech 3 Harmonization, Right Model Selection and Alternative Opportunities in Lab Animal Science |
| Dr. Mayuri Thammitiyagodage Former head, Animal Center, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Guest Speech 4 Three Decades of Expertise: A Veterinarian’s Journey in Advancing Lab Animal Science in Sri Lanka |
| Prof. Marcel Frajblat (Online) International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) Secretary General | Guest Speech 5 Laboratory Animal Science in 2045: Trends for the Future in Our Field” |
| Dr. Patrick Sharp Executive Director, Veterinary Services, University of California, Merced, CA, USA | Guest Speech 6 Factors that Confound and Interfere with Research |
| Prof. Mangala Gunatilake Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Guest Speech 7 Twelve years and beyond: SLALAS’s contribution to advancing One Health |
| Prof. Satohiro Nakao Center for Animal Resources and Development (CARD), Division of Reproductive Engineering, Kumamato University, Japan | Guest Speech 8 Emerging technologies for regulating reproductive performance in rodents |
| Dr. Arvind Ingle President – Indian College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ICLAM), Scientific Officer ‘H’, Officer-in-Charge, Laboratory Animal Facility, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, India | Guest Speech 9 Infectious Diseases of Laboratory Animals |
| Prof. Pascal J. Lafontant Biology Department, Noyce Science Center, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, USA | Guest Speech 10 Fish models of Myocardial Infarction and Heart Regeneration |