{"id":13,"date":"2026-06-26T14:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:32:07","slug":"behaviour-suite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/study\/our-facilities\/behaviour-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Behaviour Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this lab helps me to achieve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>observe animal behaviour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>modulate behaviour of animals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in-vivo studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can use it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>licensed LHCS students, academics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What facilities and instruments are there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>behaviour suites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>water maze<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Touchscreen-based assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>scantainers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>incubators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>light microscopes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dissecting microscope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is the lab located<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Venables building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is responsible for this lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:brett.keith@open.ac.uk?subject=lab%20enquiry\">Brett Keith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research groups using this lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/iar26\">Ignacio Romero&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/kr5887\">Katja Rietdorf&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/fc3298\">Francesco Crea&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/rm24883\">Rachel McMullan&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/science\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/people\/ch25773\">Christopher Heath&#8217;s group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about animal behaviour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">current OU students and staff only (you need to sign in to OU Learn to access these courses):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn5.open.ac.uk\/course\/format\/sciencelab\/section.php?name=animalphys_sxhl288_15j\">learn about animal physiology and the neccessary facilities and equipment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn5.open.ac.uk\/course\/format\/sciencelab\/section.php?name=rtl_sxhl288\">look after rats and perform behaviour\u00a0experiment in this interactive laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn5.open.ac.uk\/course\/format\/sciencelab\/section.php?name=ap_s295_15j\">explore this laboratory on animal physiology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn5.open.ac.uk\/course\/format\/sciencelab\/section.php?name=rvp_sxhl288\">try this test that measures sustained attention in humans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What this lab helps me to achieve Who can use it What facilities and instruments are there Where is the lab located Who is responsible for this lab Research groups using this lab Learn more about animal behaviour current OU students and staff only (you need to sign in to OU Learn to access these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_unity_review_frequency":"","_unity_review_next_due":0,"_unity_review_reset_requested":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/14"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}