Animal Welfare in a Pandemic (PDF)

John T. Hancock is Professor of Cell Signalling at the University of West of England, Bristol (UWE) UK. He studied at the University of Bristol where he obtained a BSc(Hons) in Biochemistry (1984) and then a PhD (1987). He stayed at Bristol where he held post-doctoral research positions for six years, before he moved to UWE in 1993. He has been at UWE ever since. John has a long-standing interest in how small relatively reactive molecules are able to partake in cell signalling events in cells. This often centres around the chemistry of reduction and oxidation (redox). He has authored several editions of the textbook Cell Signalling, published by Oxford University Press, as well as publishing over two hundred academic articles. He holds several editorial positions with journals, most notably being the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Oxygen. Recently, John has published the book Why Elephants Cry: How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and other Environmental Phenomena) with CRC Press. He has also written several articles on COVID-19, including about the impact of the pandemic on animals and animal welfare, and it was this which initiated the writing of this book.

Tim J. Craig originally studied Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2000, before studying for a PhD at the University of Liverpool on the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release. His first postdoctoral position was in ion channel physiology at the University of Oxford (2004-2009) followed by a senior postdoctoral position at the University of Bristol (2009-2015), during which he worked on many aspects of molecular neuroscience, including synaptic plasticity and neurotransmitter release. Since 2015, he has had an academic position at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Neuroscience. In this role he teaches on many different courses, and provides