After the 1st reading by the European Parliament in 2009, the revision of the EU Directive 86/609 achieved another milestone: On June 3rd 2010 the European Council voted for adoption (--> see press release: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/agricult/114849.pdf). The draft directive will now be sent back to the European Parliament for the 2nd reading which probably takes place in September 2010. This step could already mean the formal adoption into EU law. Once the directive is adopted, the member states must transfer the regulations into national legislation. Read more in our white paper "The clock is ticking".

The 61st AALAS National Meeting is taking place at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia from October 10 to 14, 2010. While there, take the opportunity to visit us at our booth and learn about the latest tick@lab developments - our software platform for laboratory animal & animal facility management! You will find us at booth 738. We look forward to your visit! For more information about the 61st AALAS National Meeting, visit nationalmeeting.aalas.org.

The breeding module is another important component of the tick@lab software solution. Among others it enables users to

• manage breeding lines
• manage colonies
• track matings and litter
• conduct animal identification/weaning and genotyping
• track and display the genealogy
• reserve animals
• process animal orders
• track the entire CV of each individual animal
• use tick@lab reporting functionality for data analysis and statistics

All new features are fully integrated into the existing tick@lab functionality: Users place their orders for internally bred animals in the same way as for external suppliers; animal receipt, tracking, accounting, capacity planning, access control, documentation of experimental usage and animal exit – everything works as known! Interested in tick@lab and the new breeding module? You like to know more about it? Then please contact us at sales(at)a-tune.de or by phone +49 6151 951310.