Minister Polaschek Has Awarded a State Prize for Promoting Alternatives to Animal Experiments.

More+Work & Careers ♦ Published: March 22, 2023; 23:30 ♦ (Vindobona)

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Ausserlechner, a professor at the Medical University of Innsbruck, receives the State Prize for Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments in 2022.

Education Minister Martin Polaschek Has Given an Award for Alternative Methods to Animal Experimentation to Professor Michael J. Ausserlechner. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Florian Schrötter

A publication by Michael J. Ausserlechner entitled "3D bioprinting: novel approaches to engineering complex human tissue equivalents and drug testing" has been awarded the State Prize for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing. An alternative to animal models, the award winner uses a brain tumor model made of human cells that are also equipped with blood vessels in his research work. It…