Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science

Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science (Scand-LAS) is an organization for people involved in LAS research. It was founded in 1970, and as of today, the Society has around 350 members mainly from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

NB! The 56th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in Copenhagen on Thursday, May 28th at 12.00.

Our mission

  • Actively promote the understanding of the need for animals in research.
  • Education of personnel involved in the use of laboratory animals.
  • Developing laboratory animal science (LAS) as a scientific discipline.
  • The accreditation of laboratory animal facilities.

Scand-LAS membership is open to everyone working in the field on laboratory animal sicence.

Stay in the loop

EVENT

Scand-LAS Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026

The 56th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in Copenhagen on Thursday, May 28th at 12.00 CET.

AGM takes place at the hangar locted at Comfort Hotel & Congress Copenhagen Airport, Conference room Merlin, 1st floor. 

Annual General Meeting is a part of the Scand-LAS Conference

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Job vacancies

Active job offers in the field of laboratory animal science. Please contact our secretary at secretary@scandlas.org if you're interested in sharing a job opening.

PhD position |

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Tartu, Estonia

Funded PhD position at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, to begin in (2026/2027) “Evaluation of Feeding Behaviour and Biomass Dynamics in Estonian Grazing Pastures Using Integrated GPS, Drone Imaging and Grass Analysis Approaches.”

Further information available from David Arney 
David.Arney@emu.ee or Francesca Carnovale 
francesca.carnovale@emu.ee