Month: September 2020

PETA misrepresents WNPRC

Primate-Science and Primate-Enrichment Forums are up and running!

PLEASE NOTE: Primate-Science and Primate-Enrichment have been decommissioned.   We have finally finished moving all of the “old” Primate-Science and Primate-Enrichment forums subscribers to our new Google Groups for these forums. We hope these members-only forums continue to be useful for sharing information, ideas and questions among the primatology community. These are your forums so …

NIH Grant to Primate Centers to expand marmoset colonies for neuroscience research

By Jacqueline N. Rubin, WNPRC editorial intern The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) have received a $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to double their yield of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) for biomedical researchers needing these primates for neuroscience research. While addressing the …