Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
WNPRC neuroendocrinologist Ei Terasawa Grilley marks 50 years as a scientist and teacher at UW–Madison, where her research in nonhuman primates helped define how the brain triggers puberty.
A UC Davis–led study, co-authored by a Wisconsin National Primate Research Center researcher, found that testosterone during puberty shapes how the brain responds to social stress differently in males and females.
UW–Madison researchers, working with the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and collaborators in Taiwan, showed that combining two types of stem-cell-derived heart cells improves repair of heart muscle after a heart attack — a therapy validated in mice and, crucially, in nonhuman primates at WNPRC
By Jordana Lenon Five years after they reported a new macaque model for studying the pathology of tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Wisconsin–Madison report how an alternative route of vaccination with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) can protect macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection from …
By Jordana Lenon Oct. 11, 2023 By Jordana Lenon Five years after they reported a new macaque model for studying the pathology of tuberculosis in AIDS patients, a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburg, with support from the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center’s Virology and Genetics Services Units, reports a new vaccine that …
An image from the lab of Marina Emborg — based at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center — was among the winners of UW–Madison’s 2023 Cool Science Image Contest. The Emborg Lab leads the university’s Preclinical Parkinson’s Research Program, using nonhuman primate models to advance treatments for neurodegenerative disease. See all the winning images at …
Casey Ostheimer — a UW–Madison neurobiology and genetics graduate and the Primate Center’s outreach and editorial intern — balanced stem cell research, patient care, and science outreach on her way to medical school.
So many awards, so much to celebrate! If we’ve accidentally omitted someone from this story, please let us know! And congratulations to all our graduates! The 25th Undergraduate Research Symposium occurred April 28 at Union South and included abstracts by 24 students mentored by WNPRC faculty. We are also excited to share that Marina Emborg, M.D., …