Membership is available to all persons, both professional and nonprofessional, who show an interest in the care and use of laboratory animals. Members are afforded reduced registration fees for training programs, access to training aids, the newsletter, new information on laboratory animal science, commercial and scientific networking, social gatherings and recognition with the research community for outstanding achievement, in addition to a full vote in branch elections.
Memberships run from January 1st to December 31st
Individual Membership - $20.00 (per calendar year) - Includes:
Lifetime Members - Free
Any member who has reached 65 years of age and has been a continuous member in good standing for 10 years shall be granted Life Membership in DVB with all rights and privileges and shall be exempt from dues.
If you meet the DVB lifetime criteria listed below, please reach out to the DVB publicity and membership chair, Denise DiFrancesco, at [email protected].
Memberships run from January 1st to December 31st
Individual Membership - $20.00 (per calendar year) - Includes:
- Access to the DVB Newsletter
- Access to the DVB Membership Directory
- Voting privileges
- DVB Educational Program discounts
- Three Individual memberships
- Option to advertise in the DVB Newsletter
- Press releases (100 words or less) at no charge on the Commercial Membership Page
- Sponsor signage at the May meeting
Lifetime Members - Free
Any member who has reached 65 years of age and has been a continuous member in good standing for 10 years shall be granted Life Membership in DVB with all rights and privileges and shall be exempt from dues.
If you meet the DVB lifetime criteria listed below, please reach out to the DVB publicity and membership chair, Denise DiFrancesco, at [email protected].
Thank you to everyone that has reached out about renewing membership for 2025! We haven’t forgot about renewals but have not opened the renewal window yet because we have some exciting news: we’re currently developing a brand-new website for that branch that will handle all membership and event sign-ups.
This has quite a few benefits for all of us at DVB:
Next Steps:
This has quite a few benefits for all of us at DVB:
- Signup and payments will be directly through the website
- Multiple members can be signed up and paid for through 1 checkout process, this is a big win for our larger institutions with multiple members
- RSVPs for meetings and events can be done directly through your DVB website login
- Modern look and navigation
Next Steps:
- We hope to have the website live by April 2025
- During this time all 2024 memberships will continue to be honored
- We will send a notice out once the website is fully up and running and start registration then

Thank you for your continued DVB membership support!
Please fill out the necessary DVB Individual and/or Commercial membership form (above). Upon completion of your membership renewal, please save and email the membership form to the Publicity and Membership Chair.
ONLINE PAYMENT**
To submit an online payment using PayPal, click here: Online Payment.
**Please note, this is for payment only. You must still submit the membership form to the Publicity and Membership Chair.
Please fill out the necessary DVB Individual and/or Commercial membership form (above). Upon completion of your membership renewal, please save and email the membership form to the Publicity and Membership Chair.
ONLINE PAYMENT**
To submit an online payment using PayPal, click here: Online Payment.
**Please note, this is for payment only. You must still submit the membership form to the Publicity and Membership Chair.
Have you ever wanted to get involved but weren't sure how?
Are you interested in running or do you know someone that would be interested ?
If you have any questions about the open positions, you can reach out to the DVB board member to learn all that is involved in the board position. The DVB board will mentor you with these positions.
All nominations close at the February meeting each year.
Please send your DVB Nominations to [email protected]
Are you interested in running or do you know someone that would be interested ?
If you have any questions about the open positions, you can reach out to the DVB board member to learn all that is involved in the board position. The DVB board will mentor you with these positions.
All nominations close at the February meeting each year.
Please send your DVB Nominations to [email protected]