Thomas Friedrich wins Kellett Mid-Career Award
Congratulations to WNPRC scientist Thomas Friedrich, recipient of a Kellett Mid-Career Award from UW–Madison. Friedrich studies how viruses like influenza and Zika evolve and spread.
Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
Congratulations to WNPRC scientist Thomas Friedrich, recipient of a Kellett Mid-Career Award from UW–Madison. Friedrich studies how viruses like influenza and Zika evolve and spread.
Jorge Osorio — a member of WNPRC’s Global Infectious Disease working group and a longtime collaborator on the center’s dengue vaccine and Zika research — has been named to lead the UW Global Health Institute.
Jacob Blanchar, mentored by David Abbott and Molly Willging, has been awarded a Sophomore Honors Summer Apprenticeship for his project, “Which beta-adrenergic receptor enables stimulation of thermogenesis in female rhesus monkey brown fat?” He will look at aspects of diminished thermogenesis in brown fat from experimentally manipulated female rhesus monkeys deprived of either estradiol action …
Samuel Neuman, an undergraduate in WNPRC’s Emborg lab, was among four UW–Madison students awarded 2022 Goldwater Scholarships.
WNPRC scientist Igor Slukvin and his team used CRISPR to create HIV-resistant immune cells from monkey stem cells — deleting the CCR5 gene the virus needs to infect T cells — producing a renewable, large-scale source of virus-resistant cells for testing new HIV/AIDS immunotherapies in a preclinical primate model.
By Casey Ostheimer, WNPRC editorial intern The majority of replicating HIV – and its monkey version, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) – is found in follicles of the lymphoid tissues; however, most cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, which are the cells that can clear HIV from the body, are not able to reach the follicles. This explains the need …
We are happy to share, thanks to the work of many contributors, archival pdfs of the Gorilla Gazette, a newsletter about gorilla care and conservation created by gorilla keepers at the Columbus Zoo and published from 1987-2013.
By Jordana Lenon Rhesus monkeys at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center have played a starring role in a study aimed at improving the success of kidney transplants. About 24,000 kidney transplants are performed in the US each year, yet more than 90,000 people are waiting for a transplant. Even when patients get a transplanted …
We are excited to share AIMBE’s news release about Marina Emborg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medical Physics and head of the Preclinical Parkinson’s Research Program, based at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. Also check out this 2021 Wisconsin Medicine talk by Dr. Emborg. WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) …