Concluding the pilot implementation efforts initiated by the EQIPD consortium team, the first four Research Units have implemented the EQIPD Quality System in their environment and were successfully assessed for compliance with EQIPD requirements. We congratulate these groups at

• the German Mouse Clinic at the Helmholtz Zentrum München
• the Fraunhofer Institute in Frankfurt (ITMP),
• the lab of Prof Martien Kas in Groningen, and
• the lab of Prof Gernot Riedel in Aberdeen!