Talks & Presentations
Invited Talks
2025
RELSA - An evidence-based procedure to assess the well-being and severity in animal experiments
Preclinical Rethinking Webinar, BIH, Charité, Berlin
Use cases for AI in Science
(In)Credible Research Conference, Charité, Berlin
Artificial Intelligence — An overview
RNApp Graduate College Retreat, zukunft.niedersachsen
Bayessche Statistik und fortgeschrittene Fallzahlplanung in der tierexperimentellen Forschung
Keynote, Session ‘Replace, Reduce, Refine - 3R in der Chirurgie’, Chirurgische Forschungstage 2025
TRAVELS Symposium
Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Aachen
Smarter Monitoring: Data Science Innovations in Automated Home Cage Systems
FELASA 2025, Athens, Greece
Künstliche Intelligenz Revolution in der tierexperimentellen Forschung?
31. Essener Informationstreffen für Tierschutzbeauftragte (Online)
Innovative Approaches to the 3Rs: Bayesian Statistics and Advanced Sample Size Calculations
European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM), Bilbao, Spain
2024
Improving Laboratory Animal Welfare with Advanced Data Science Methods
2. Jahrestagung des 3R-Kompetenznetzwerks NRW, Vaals, Netherlands
Statistical Strategies for Robust Research in the Life Sciences
European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM), Porto, Portugal
2023
Methoden der Datenwissenschaften für eine objektivere Belastungsbeurteilung von Versuchstieren
Nuvisan GmbH, Neu-Ulm
The Translational Power of Data Science in Severity Assessment
Models and Insights in Translational Research Symposium, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Leveraging Data Science for Better Severity Assessment in Laboratory Animal Science
12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Niagara Falls, Canada
The RELSA Score - An Evidence-Based Tool for Better Severity Assessment in Animal Research
12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Niagara Falls, Canada
RELSA - Relative Severity Assessment in Laboratory Animals
Charité 3R Lecture, Berlin
Analysis of longitudinal data and its application to welfare monitoring/scoring
Oxford 3Rs Symposium, University of Oxford, UK
2022
The Digital Fingerprint of Evidence-Based Methods in the Severity Assessment of Laboratory Animals
Max Planck Lab Animal Science Lectures, MPI Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
Use of activity measurements for severity assessment
2nd Digital Vivarium Forum, Tecniplast, Buguggiate, Italy
The Digital Fingerprint of Severity in Laboratory Animals
3R Summerschool, Charité, Berlin
2021
Towards best practice in preclinical confirmatory animal research
DECIDE Statistics Consensus Workshop
The RELSA Algorithm: Approaching the Comparative Quantification of Severity in Laboratory Animals
3R-Webinar, Berlin
Künstliche Intelligenz - Zukunft und Chancen
27. Essener Informationstreffen für Tierschutzbeauftragte (Online)
2020
Neue Strategien für das Composite Scoring zur Belastungsbewertung in der Versuchstierkunde
58. GV-SOLAS und 19. IGTP (Online Workshop)
2019
Quantitative Charakterisierung der Belastung von Versuchstieren
48. Seminar über Versuchstiere und Tierversuche, BfR, Berlin
Conquering human bias - Feature selection for severity assessment
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Pharmacy, LMU Munich
An Example for Computational Methods in the Animal Sciences - Tackling Severity Assessment
Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich
Body weight – a “good” predictor for severity in animal models?
BfR, Berlin
2018
Use-case „Small Data”: Online Repository & Analysis of mouse body weight data for potential severity assessment
FOR2591 Meeting, Rostock
Ratten, Tumore und Aktien - Mit Risiko dem Ende entgegen
Institut für Versuchstierkunde, MHH, Hannover
FOR2591 Online Repository
Institut für Versuchstierkunde, MHH, Hannover
2017
Stress level prediction - a classification approach
Institut für Versuchstierkunde, MHH, Hannover
2016
Predicting Myosin Dynamics using GROMACS
Institut für physiologische Chemie, MHH, Hannover
2015
The ESP as an example for marine ecogenomic sensors
ICBM, Wilhelmshaven
The problem of feature loss as a potential bottleneck in the detection of pathogenic bacteria
ICBM, Wilhelmshaven
2011
Multivariate Statistik und Analysemethoden
Fraunhofer ITEM, Hannover
2009
Identifikation potentieller bakteriologischer Kampfstoffe mit Ramanspektroskopie unter Nutzung von multivariater Statistik
Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut für Schutztechnologien, Munster
2008
Identification of potential bacterial biological warfare agents with spectroscopic methods using multivariate statistics
Hannover Messe/German Bioperspectives
Classification of potential biological warfare agents
Robert-Koch Institut, Berlin
2007
Identifikation von potentiellen biologischen Kampfstoffen mit Ramanspektrometrie
Institut für Technische Chemie, Hannover
Identification and Classification of Pathogens with Raman Spectroscopy
ANGCCP Meeting, Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr, München
Contributions & Posters
2025
Quantifizierung der Erkrankungsschwere bei Amanitin-vergifteten Patient/-innen durch Fusion gängiger Laborwerte
P.L.S. Ohland, S. Halle, K. Brand, S.R. Talbot
Abstract publiziert: Notfall Rettungsmed 28 (Suppl 4), 226–227 (2025)
DGINA 2025 (Köln)
Refining Humane-Endpoint Identification with ARIMA Forecasting
Sara Lutscher, Loukia M Spineli, Lisa Goral, André Bleich, Steven R Talbot
3rd Annual Meeting of the 3R-Competence Network NRW, Vaals (NL)
Individuelle tierärztliche Betreuung von Xenopus laevis - wann besteht ein vernünftiger Grund zum Töten?
Leonie Tix, Lena Kistermann, Aryo Zare, Steven R. Talbot, Anne Rix, Lisa Ernst, René H. Tolba
DVG-Vet-Congress, Berlin
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Data Extraction: A First Use Case for A Meta Analysis to Identify Metabolic Biomarkers in Diabetes Research
Emwas AH, Tauschke J, Al-Younis I, Yu EA, Talbot SR, Zacharias HU
DGMet Annual Meeting, Hannover
Enhancing 3R Principles with Bayesian Updating - A New Horizon in Sample Size Calculation for Replacement Methods
Talbot SR, Lutscher S
MPS Congress, Brussels
Severity assessment in the DSS-colitis model under metamizole pain therapy
Jacob DT, Keubler L, Selke K, Büttner M, Wenzel L, Buchheister S, Talbot SR, Lutscher S, Glasenapp A, Bankstahl M, Bleich A, Häger C
FELASA, Athens, Greece
Evaluation of a prolonged adaptation period on Mouse Grimace Scale baselines
Keubler L, Jacob D, Selke K, Wenzel L, Talbot SR, Bleich A, Häger C
FELASA, Athens, Greece
Evidence-based severity assessment and refinement measures in rodent epilepsy models
Buchecker V, Boldt L, Koska I, Seiffert I, Möller C, Aulehner K, Palme R, Talbot SR, Potschka H
FELASA, Athens, Greece
Analgesic refinement of a murine orthotopic xenograft model for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Kumstel S, Schreiber T, Richter A, Lange S, Talbot SR, Brandstetter J, Junghanss C, Vollmar B
FELASA, Athens, Greece
Pain Relief and Recovery: Comparison of Oral Analgesics for Telemeter Implantation in Mice
Schreiber T, Leitner E, Brandstetter J, Talbot SR, Palme R, Vollmar B, Kumstel S
FELASA, Athens, Greece
Individuelle tierärztliche Betreuung von Xenopus laevis - wann besteht ein vernünftiger Grund zum Töten?
Tix L, Kistermann L, Zare A, Talbot SR, Rix A, Ernst L, Tolba RH
DVG-Vet-Congress, Berlin
2024
From Laboratory Animals to Humans: The Translation of Severity Scoring for Intensive Care Monitoring
P.L.S. Ohland, A. Bleich, S.R. Talbot (Kongressvortrag)
DVG-Vet-Congress 2024 (Berlin)
Quantifizierung der Erkrankungsschwere bei Amanitin-vergifteten Patienten durch Fusion gängiger Laborwerte
Ohland PLS, Halle S, Brand K, Talbot SR
DIVI24 Kongress, Hamburg
Quantifying Disease Severity in Amanitin-Intoxicated Patients by Fusing Common Laboratory Values
Ohland PLS, Halle S, Talbot SR DGKL 2024 (Bremen)
2023
Leveraging data science for better severity assessment in laboratory animal science
Talbot SR, Häger C, Potschka H, Schwabe K, Bleich A
WC12, Niagara Falls
The RELSA score: An evidence-based tool for better severity assessment in animal research
Talbot SR, Häger C, Mallien A, Zechner D, Kumstel S, Vollmar B, Bleich A
WC12, Niagara Falls
Multimodal welfare assessment in laboratory mice after surgery
Häger C, Talbot SR, Bleich A
WC12, Niagara Falls
Development of composite measure schemes for evidence-based severity assessment and refinement in neuroscientific research
Potschka H, Reiber M, von Schumann L, van Dijk M, Buchecker V, Philippi V, Bleich A, Talbot SR
WC12, Niagara Falls
Evaluation of running wheel behavior as a reliable marker for severity assessment and humane endpoint detection in a rat model with intracranial tumor
Ottlewski A, Häger C, Hermann E, Bankstahl M, Talbot SR, Krauss JK, Bleich A, Schwabe K
WC12, Niagara Falls
Group versus individual housing in male and female laboratory mice: A multicenter study reveals only subtle differences in severity
Mallien AS, Talbot SR, Becker L, Brandwein C, Pfeiffer N, Munk A, Buchecker V, Rix A, Baier J, Girbig R, Neunecker S, Vogt M, Palme R, Bleich A, Kiessling F, Potschka H, Chourbaji S, Gass P
WC12, Niagara Falls
Improved post-operative pain and welfare assessment in sheep
Häger C, Talbot SR, Bleich A
WC12, Niagara Falls
Validation of clinical scoring and home-cage monitoring in a mouse model of acute colitis
Zentrich E, Talbot SR, Bleich A, Häger C
WC12, Niagara Falls
Evidence-based severity assessment in epilepsy models as a basis for refinement?
Buchecker V, Boldt L, Koska I, Seiffert I, Möller C, Aulehner K, Palme R, Bleich A, Talbot SR, Potschka H
WC12, Niagara Falls
Insights from the home cage: Data science-driven activity analysis enables sensitive welfare assessment in colitis models
Häger C, Talbot SR, Bleich A
WC12, Niagara Falls
2021
Urinary neurotransmitter patterns are altered in canine epilepsy
Schmidt T, Meller S, Talbot SR, Berk BA, Law TH, Hobbs S, Packer RMA, Volk HA
33rd ESVN-ECVN Symposium
Urinary neurotransmitter analysis in canine behavioural disorders
Schmidt T, Meller S, Packer RMA, Talbot SR, Volk HA
33rd ESVN-ECVN Symposium / JVIM
Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC®) System – A useful tool for severity assessment in mice in an acute DSS-induced colitis model?
Zentrich E, Talbot SR, Bleich A, Häger C
59. GV-SOLAS und 20. IGTP
2019
Developing composite measure schemes for the assessment of severity in animal models
Koska I, van Dijk RM, Talbot SR, Seiffert I, di Liberto V, Möller C, Bleich A, Potschka H
Vetpharm Symposium, Munich
Telemetric measures in a rat model with intracranial tumor
Helgers SOA, Riedesel AK, Wassermann L, Häger C, Talbot SR, Krauss JK, Bleich A, Schwabe K
FELASA, Prague
Experimental procedures and their impact on heart rate and activity in rats
Wassermann L, Riedesel AK, Helgers S, Talbot SR, Bleich A, Schwabe K, Häger C
FELASA, Prague
A multifactorial distress analysis of animal models for liver fibrosis
Tang G, Seume N, Talbot SR, Häger C, Kumstel S, Abshagen K, Bleich A, Vollmar B, Zhang X, Zechner D
FELASA, Prague
Humane endpoint determination in rat models with intracranial tumor using body weight course analysis
Helgers S, Talbot SR, Riedesel AK, Krauss JK, Bleich A, Schwabe K
2018
Severity assessment through classification of wheel-running behaviour in laboratory mice
Häger C, Keubler L, Talbot SR, Biernot S, Weegh N, Büttner M, Glage S, Bleich A
56. GV-SOLAS, Munich
Severity Assessment after visceral surgery in rats
Zieglowski L, Kümmecke A, Schulz M, Ernst L, Talbot SR, Tolba RH
GV-SOLAS, Munich
Grading of distress in gastrointestinal animal models
Kumstel S, Tang G, Abdelrahman A, Talbot SR, Eichberg J, Wendt E, Seume N, Abshagen K, Zhang X, Bleich A, Vollmar B, Zechner D
2017
Molecular immortalization signature of murine HSPC
Schwarzer A, Talbot SR, Schott JW, Selich A, Schambach A, Rothe M
2016
New Molecular Surrogate Assay for Genotoxicity Assessment of Gene Therapy Vectors (SAGA)
Schwarzer A, Talbot SR, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Thrasher AJ, Gaspar B, Modlich U, Baum C, Schambach A, Rothe M
Blood, 128(22), 4710
2013
Fast classification process MAE+
Sartorius G, Talbot SR
2009
Identification of potential biological warfare agents with Raman spectroscopy
Talbot SR, Russmann H, Scheper T
Medizinische B-Schutztagung, Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr
2007
Inactivation and detection of potential bacterial biological agents based on the spore simulant Bacillus atrophaeus
Talbot SR, Russmann H, Scheper T
Medizinische B-Schutztagung, Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr