New student or staff member
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First name: Kathya Daniela
Last name: Díaz García
Email: [email protected]
Office or Lab Phone Number: (613) 562-5800 x4449 
Cell phone number: +525548404467
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Status: Undergraduate student
Your lab's department/institute: School of Psychology 
Whose laboratory will you be working in?: Hélène Plamondon
Supervisor's email: [email protected]
With which species will you be working?: Rats
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Have you received previous training on animal care and use in science?: Yes
Please indicate at which institution and the year this training was received:
National Autonomus University of Mexico (UNAM), 2022.

Please provide a brief summary of this training and your experience working with animals:
Last year, I took a brief course about the ethics and handling of experimental animals. It was both practical and theoretical. Its objectives included: 
1. To provide an adequate introduction to the use of laboratory animals to stimulate the responsible use of them. 
2. To highlight the importance of using animals for research as well as ethical and regulatory considerations.

The main topics that this course covered were: 
1. Use of animals in research
2. The 3R's principle  for experimental animals.
3. Well-being and optimal environment of laboratory animals.
4. Strategies for the recognition of health, pain and diseases in laboratory animals.
5. Anatomical peculiarities in rodents. 

My experience working with animals (Wistar rats) includes: 
1. Administration of anesthetics (intraperitoneal injections). 
2. Using of the Phototrombotic Lesion. 
3. Using of the stereotaxic apparatus. 
4. Dissection of rat brains. 
5. Motor and behavioural test (beam balance test and forced swim test). 

Attach any relevant institutional certificates received: https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/system/files/webform/acvs_registration_form/1211/Kathya%20Daniela%20Diaz%20Garc%C3%ADa.pdf
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