About us

President

Angelo Vedani, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Basel

Board of Trustees

Max Dobler, PhD, Professor emeritus, ETH Zürich
Mrs. Irène L. Hagmann, Animalfree Research (honorary member)
Peter Zbinden, PhD, Executive Board, Polyphor Ltd.

Scientific Advisory Board

Felix R. Althaus, PhD, Professor and Dean, University of Zürich
Beat Ernst, PhD, Professor and former Chair, University of Basel
Gerd Folkers, PhD, Professor and Director, Collegium Helveticum
Peter Maier, PhD, Professor, University of Zürich

Mission

Since its foundation in 1997, the Biographics Laboratory has been developing computational technologies with the aim of reducing and replacing animal tests in the biomedical sciences. The laboratory is supervised by the Foundation Biographics Laboratory 3R, the State of Basel, and a scientific advisory board. It constitutes an alliance between ethics and biomedical sciences, where animal-based research and development is of concern. Research at the Biographics Laboratory is currently focused on the prediction of adverse effects triggered by drugs and chemicals — the field in which the majority of discomforting animal tests is performed worldwide.