Congratulations to the 2025 WNPRC Pilot Research Program winners!

• Minhoo Kim, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, A serum hormone clock of ovarian aging in macaques
• Emma Mohr, Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Macaque Placental Explants for Mpox Pathogenesis
• Samantha Weaver, Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Effects of Maternal Age on Lactational Bone Metabolism

Pilot research is intended to help investigators generate preliminary data or results necessary to apply for support from other primary sources of funding. Pilot Research Projects may include preliminary activities on biomedical research topics in keeping with the main research areas of the WNPRC, Regenerative and Reproductive Medicine, Global Infectious Disease, Neuroscience, and Energy Metabolism and Chronic Disease, and are typically developmental or exploratory in nature.