We develop, breed, and supply Göttingen Minipigs for biomedical research worldwide. Based on our fundamental belief in quality, cooperation, respect, and animal welfare, we enable the development of safer and more effective medicines.
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Scientific Meeting
Nov 17, 2024 | - Nov 20, 2024 |
ACT 2024
We will be at this year's ACT Annual Meeting. Meet our team for a talk about Göttingen Minipigs, Hum...
Göttingen Minipigs Academy
Nov 18, 2024 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
How to Train Your Göttingen Minipigs
Göttingen Minipigs are incredibly intelligent creatures and require well-thought-of stimuli to thriv...
Göttingen Minipigs Academy
Dec 05, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Diet-Induced Disease Models
Göttingen Minipigs are prone to develop human like disease phenotypes when fed specific diets. In th...
ACT 2024
Austin, Texas, USAScientific Meeting
Nov 17, 2024 | - Nov 20, 2024 |
ACT 2024
Austin, Texas, USAWe will be at this year's ACT Annual Meeting. Meet our team for a talk about Göttingen Minipigs, Humanized IgG Göttingen Minipigs, our research services, and how our American subsidiary Ellegaard Bioresearch can support you.
Ellegaard Bioresearch
John Cameron, Regional Business Development Director North America
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
Kirsten Rosenmay Jacobsen, CSO
Martin Windfeld Velin, CEO
Jens Ellegaard, Chairman of the Board
How to Train Your Göttingen Minipigs
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S | Dalmose, Denmark Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, DVM, PhDGöttingen Minipigs Academy
Nov 18, 2024 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
How to Train Your Göttingen Minipigs
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S | Dalmose, Denmark Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, DVM, PhDGöttingen Minipigs are incredibly intelligent creatures and require well-thought-of stimuli to thrive. They are highly trainable and love a good challenge. Every time you train your Göttingen Minipigs, you are also improving your understanding and communication with the animal. Correct handling and training, therefore, not only minimizes stress and improves minipig welfare but also makes the work with minipigs more rewarding and the data they generate more reliable.
In this course, you will learn the theory of different training methods like classical and operand conditioning as well as other training methods. We discuss how this can benefit your studies and which limitations there might be. You will also get a chance to boost your skills as the theoretical lectures will be interrupted with practical training with clickers. With the support of videos, you will be shown examples of what can be achieved with good and planned training.
This is a practical course with limited seatings and designed for novices or experienced animal trainers without any pre-existing knowledge or experience with minipigs. After the theoretical program, each participant will have the possibility to train with their own minipig with the lecturer on the side.
Limited seats.
Lecturer: Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, DVM, PhD | University of Copenhagen
About the lecturer: Dorte is an Associate Professor at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and has a PhD in ethology and animal welfare. She specialises in laboratory animal welfare and ethology, animal ethics, 3Rs, and Culture of Care, and her main research areas revolve around the use of positive reinforcement to train laboratory animals to voluntarily participate in procedures and enhancement of refinement through animal-centric management, husbandry, and procedures.
Participants: Veterinarians, Animal Caretakers, Laboratory Technicians
Price: € 1,300
How to get to Dalmose: Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs is located in the beautiful countryside, near Slagelse city with excellent international train connections. You can also fly to Copenhagen Airport and continue by train to Slagelse. From Slagelse city, it is only a 15-20 minute ride in a taxi to arrive at our facility (estimated taxi costs: DKK 300 / € 40).
Course conducted in English or Danish.
Diet-Induced Disease Models
Web Academy | Online TBAGöttingen Minipigs Academy
Dec 05, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Diet-Induced Disease Models
Web Academy | Online TBAGöttingen Minipigs are prone to develop human like disease phenotypes when fed specific diets. In this Web Academy we will give an overview of diet induced disease models in Göttingen Minipigs including obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and NASH.
In addition to model specific details, the presentation will also include practical aspects of diet interventions in Göttingen Minipigs and important animal welfare considerations and refinements.
You will get all your questions answered at the final Q&A session.
The course is conducted online.
Lecturer: TBA
About the lecturer: -
Participants: Pharma, Scientists, Veterinarians, Study Directors, Sponsor Monitors
Price: Free
Course conducted in English.
NOTE | This course is also available on-demand and can be customised to accommodate specific requests. Contact academy@minipigs.dk to know more.
Contact us
Whether you are looking for scientific support, need to consult a veterinarian, or wish to make an enquiry, we will do our best to help you.
Science base
See all In our science base, we have collected links to a wide selection of relevant papers and knowledge-sharing. Below are a few highlights, but you are welcome to browse through the database.
IgG Humanized Göttingen Minipigs
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S
Genetically altered Göttingen Minipigs, carrying a mini repertoire of human Ig-γ1/γ4 heavy and the human κ light chain genes, show tolerance to a broad range of human antibodies. This provides a novel model for safety testing and an important and viable alternative for toxicology studies of therapeutic antibodies in non-human primates.
A humanized minipig model for the toxicological testing of therapeutic recombinant antibodies
Tatiana Flisikowska, Jerome Egli, Krzysztof Flisikowski et al.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-022-00921-2
A Strain Rate-Dependent Constitutive Model for Göttingen Minipig Cerebral Arteries
Noah Pearson, Gregory M Boiczyk, Vivek Bhaskar Kote, et al.
Doi: 10.1115/1.4053796
The people behind
Head of International Sales
Peter Vestbjerg
Peter has many years of experience with client management and support within the biomedical research industry. He supports you on general and special inquiries on our full portfolio of Göttingen Minipigs and connected materials and services.
Study Director
Andres Eskjær Jensen
Andres is an experienced scientist with a veterinary background. He has vast experience coordinating and running pre-clinical studies. He will be your point of contact for designing and executing studies at our facility.
Regional Manager
Olivier Dillenseger
Olivier has over 15 years of experience working with scientists in the biomedical research field. He speaks French, German, and English and can support you with all your enquiries for Göttingen Minipigs and related services.
CSO
Lars Siim Madsen
Lars has an educational background in immunology and molecular biology and has over twenty years of experience in R&D and business development from various leading positions in biotech. Lars is ready to guide you in your strategic planning and exploration of strategic partnerships.
Sales Coordinator
Lotte Schjølin
Lotte is our skilled Sales Coordinator, committed to delivering excellent customer service and respond to your enquiries and quotations. She handles pricing, freight cost calculations, and coordination with other departments to improve our sales operations.
Principal Laboratory Animal Veterinarian
Maja Ramløse
Maja is specialised in biomedicine and is an experienced veterinarian. She can answer questions concerning the health and welfare of Göttingen Minipigs along with other veterinary questions, both before and after delivery.
Laboratory Animal Research Veterinarian
Susi Søgaard
Susi is an experienced veterinarian and former GLP Study Director. She can answer any scientific or veterinary questions re. Göttingen Minipigs in research and development programs, as well as our QA program and the Göttingen Minipigs Academy.
Order Management & Logistics Coordinator
Mette Damgaard Johansen
Mette is one of our dedicated staff members who takes care of our customers and their orders. She can help with information about existing orders, track orders in transit, and is fluent in Danish, English, and French.
Head of Marketing
Maria Bonnesen
Maria is an experienced marketer and handles all marketing and communication affairs. She can answer questions related to the website, social media, event coordination, webinars, the Göttingen Minipigs Magazine, and sponsorships.
CFO
Brian Christiansen
Brian has extensive financial experience from international organisations and can answer questions concerning financials matters.
Operations Manager
Anders Köppen Nygaard
Anders is responsible for our production and delivery set-up. This means, that he can answer questions regarding our daily operations and production facility.
Executive Assistant, HR & Legal Support
Søs Pihl-Poulsen
Søs has many years of experience of supporting the top executive level, works with HR incl. recruitment, and provides internal legal support. She answers questions regarding MTAs, CDAs, and access to the Göttingen Minipigs MR and CT Imaging Atlas.
For job applications, please email hr@minipigs.dk.
CEO
Martin Windfeld Velin
Martin is overall responsible for all activities at Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, and has extensive managerial and international experience, especially within the operational field.
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Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S
Soroe Landevej 302
DK-4261 Dalmose
Denmark
Phone: +45 5818 5818
E-Mail: ellegaard@minipigs.dk
CVR No (VAT): 17055682
