Research visit by Mia Fernyhough completed

Mia Fernyhough´s research visit at University of Stavanger, hosted by me as part of her/our Short-Term Scientific Mission, has just finished, after two weeks of collaborating of drafting an article on the ethics of laying hen genetics.

STSM in progress; article disposition drafted

Since Monday this week I have been working with Mia Fernyhough as part of a Short-Term Scientific Mission that involves her research visit hosted by me at University of Stavanger. Along with three further collaborators we are working on a scientific article on the ethics of laying hen genetics. Today we completed a disposition.

STSM on ethics of laying hen breeding approved

Today Mia Fernyhough, Senior Scientific Officer in the Farm Animals Department of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), whom I will host at University of Stavanger, was notified that the COST action GroupHouseNet has approved her application for funding of a Short Term Scientific Mission on the ethics of laying hen breeding, on which we (and a few others) will collaborate.

GroupHouseNet STSM: Ethics of laying hen breeding

GroupHouseNet has issued a call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) in 2017-18. I am involved as a host in one of the priority topics:

WG1 Ethics of laying hen breeding, Host Morten Tonnessen, Stavanger, Norway,
(Collaborators Mike Toscano, Christine Nicol, Teun van de Braak) – Ethical considerations of laying hen breeding companies. morten.tonnessen[a]uis.no

Application deadline is August 15th.