Biometrical reports for animal applications

Dear applicants,

if you plan to submit an application for an experimental animal trial (TVA) to the authorities at Tübingen, proper statistical planning of the experiments will be a crucial aspect of the application process. Biometrical aspects needs to be transparently and appropriately addressed. You can either use a form sheet (available at the homepage of TFZ Ulm) for this purpose or ask for a biometrical report at our institute. In case of the latter, you’ll be advised to contact our secretary (via email): med.biometrie(at)uni-ulm.de.

In order to be able to process such a request most efficiently, please proceed as follows:

• Send your TVA via mail to our secretary. From here, your request will be forwarded to one of our colleagues who will draft the report. This colleague will contact you in case that relevant information is missing.
• Your TVA should be nearly finalised, i.e. discussed with the animal welfare officer, such that the experimental setting will remain unchanged.
• The crucial part of the biometrical report will be an estimation of the required, i.e. most optimal, sample size to be scheduled for your experiments. For this, relevant prior information is mandatory for us, otherwise no estimation can be conducted. Please provide such data (own data, publications) and point specifically to the most relevant data to be used.