Sacramento Valley AALAS

2020 District 8 Meeting - CANCELED

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Written by Maggie Tam

The District 8 council and 2020 meeting committee have been diligently watching the COVID-19 situation as it impacts travel, gatherings etc. As of today California has banned gatherings of 250+ people. We will NOT be holding the 2020 D8 Meeting on April 9-10. We are currently working with the hotel in an attempt to reschedule the date at a later time. 

PLEASE BE PATIENT while we work out the details of this unexpected event, we will communicate next steps with everyone as we receive them. 

Thank you, 

District 8 Council and 2020 Meeting Committee 

Lab Rat Chat Podcast

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Written by Maggie Tam

Lab Rat Chat is a podcast created and hosted by AMP's Michael D. Hayre Fellow in Public Outreach, Jeff Marshall, a student at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Jeff's cohost is Danielle Dady, Senior Research Compliance Coordinator at Old Dominion University.

Lab Rat Chat seeks to remove the mystery surrounding the study of animals for biomedical progress. Together, Jeff and Danielle examine the importance and applicability of animal research to both veterinary and human medicine. The podcast features easy-to-understand, engaging conversations with a variety of experts including veterinarians, animal care and welfare specialists and researchers. 

We're officially launching the show this week and sharing the first five episodes. They are posted on all of the leading podcast platforms including: iTunes , Spotify , TuneIn , Stitcher , iHeart Radio , Buzzsprout , and Castro . You can also find the show on YouTube and Facebook.

We hope you will give it a listen in the car, at the gym or even at your desk. More importantly, we hope you will help us increase the impact of Lab Rat Chat. Please join us in gaining additional listeners by sharing the show on your social media feeds and by encouraging your institution or company to do the same.

We're also trying to make sure that Lab Rat Chat is featured as a "New and Noteworthy" podcast on iTunes, which will bring even more listeners. You can do this by posting a review of the show on iTunes. If we can get enough reviews, the podcast will receive this extra and important attention from Apple. 

We also invite you to share your feedback directly with us and let us know if you have ideas for future editions of the podcast. If so, feel free to email me. 

 Happy listening and please, help us get the word out about this exciting new program.  Thank you!

 Best, Paula

Current Newsletter

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Written by Maggie Tam

Current Newsletter:

Issue 29

*Message from the President

*Meet Our Members with Mickey

*SVALLAS Online Lecture Series

Share your knowledge with SVAALAS

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Written by Maggie Tam

Share your knowledge and expertise with SVAALAS membership! 

We're looking for speakers for our monthly lecture series! These one hour presentations are offered as CEU opportunities for our members every second Wednesday of the month from 5:30-6:30pm.  We're happy to hear from a wide range of topics such as (but definitely not limited to):

-Research projects

-Case studies

-Information on uncommonly used laboratory animal species

-New technology and techniques

-Tips and tricks you've learned and established to keep your animals happy and produce better research results. 

We're happy to hear from every corner of the lab animal world. If you have something you'd be interested in presenting (or a topic you'd like to hear about), please email Taylor Hunsucker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..