{"id":540,"date":"2016-03-04T17:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T16:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/?page_id=540"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:31:59","slug":"pro-anima","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/pro-anima\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Anima missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"our_engagement\"><\/span>Our engagement<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Created in 1989 <strong>under the honorary presidency of Professor Th\u00e9odore Monod<\/strong>, the Scientific Committee Pro Anima is a <strong>council of scientists, academics and members of the medical profession<\/strong>, all volunteers, who work with laboratories to develop and promote research programs without experimenting on animals.<\/p>\n<p>From the shortcomings and limits of the animal model, <strong>the Committee aims to promote human health safety through chemical substances that are better tested, more reliable for human health, more protective of the environment and without the use of animals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Photo-Christiane-rond.png\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\">With technological progress and the advancement of scientific knowledge, it is possible to research and test chemicals differently and better than with animal experimentation<\/p>\n<p>Christiane Laupie-Koechlin<br>\n<em>Founder\u2009\u2014\u2009General Secretary<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"our_missions\"><\/span>Our missions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Committee\u2019s main missions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Promote and accelerate the implementation of new non-animal approaches (NAMs)<\/strong> focused on human data (complex 3D in vitro models, artificial intelligence, digital twins, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foster dialogue, and support key stakeholders<\/strong> (industry, public research, institutions, and regulatory agencies)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raise awareness and inform civil society<\/strong> about the challenges of public health, innovation, competitiveness, and sovereignty<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fund leading research through the Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize,<\/strong> the only French prize exclusively dedicated to non-animal methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais.png\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais-1536x1040.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/About-us-Anglais-624x423.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/p>\n<p>The association is free from any political, philosophical, denominational or other subjection.<\/p>\n<p>The Pro Anima Scientific Committee is currently chaired by Doctor Serge Kauffer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"networks\"><\/span>Networks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3.png\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3-1536x1040.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anglais-3-624x423.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/news\/networks\/\">See more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Our history in a few&nbsp;dates<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais.png\" alt width=\"1138\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais.png 1138w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anglais-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/monot.png\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\">I prefer ignorance, despite my tireless curiosity, to the acquisition of knowledge that I know was only obtained through the suffering of a living being<\/p>\n<p>Pr Th\u00e9odore Monod<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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