Monkey business (with Dr Kimia Witte)

About this episode

Emily discusses the use of animals in research with Dr Kimia Witte, who shares their journey and insights on minimizing animal use.

In this episode, Emily enters an interesting discussion on the use of animals in research with Dr Kimia Witte. At a young age Kimia was fascinated by nature and observing animals which fueled their curiosity to stay in science and find ways to minimise the use of animals in research and everyday life. Hope you enjoy the episode and, as always, let us know your suggestions for future episodes!

People in this episode

Host: Emily

Guest: Dr Kimia Witte

Topics covered

• animal research
• scientific ethics
• animal welfare
• curiosity in science
• minimizing animal use

Keywords

• animal research
• Dr Kimia Witte
• scientific ethics
• animal welfare
• curiosity
• Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment

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