Media Centre
10 Mar 2010
Contacts
The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research is the UK’s leading charity funding exclusively non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments. If you are looking for informed comment from science professionals to explain the case against using animals in research, the Dr Hadwen Trust is the charity to contact.
We can provide expert scientific & policy spokespeople for direct media comment and interviews relating to non-animal research and animal experiments, as well as detailed expert scientific advice and background information. We request that our assistance with background research for articles is credited wherever possible.
To arrange interviews, request comment or background email info@drhadwentrust.org
Spokespeople
Dr Sebastien Farnaud, Science Director
Dr Sebastien Farnaud joined the Dr Hadwen Trust in 2008 following the retirement of Dr Gill Langley who had previously led our science programme for 29 years. Sebastien studied microbiology and biochemistry for his first degrees (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) followed by a Masters degree in Biochemistry (Université Paul Sabatier) and a Masters in Molecular Biology (King’s College London (KCL)). In 2000 he gained a doctorate in Molecular Biology at KCL where he has also held Research Fellow and Lecturer posts from 1999 – 2007. Sebastien continues to pursue his research work (without animals) at the School of Biosciences, University of Westminster, London.