Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
Common marmosets in the WNPRC lobby vivarium (J. Lenon photo)

Common Marmosets in the Lobby Vivarium

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Marmoset blastocysts in under a microscope in James Thomson's lab in the mid-1990s (Photo by V. Marshall).

Marmoset Blastocysts from James Thomson's Groundbreaking Stem Cell Research in the 1990s

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Researchers in David O'Connor's lab analyzing macaque genome data (photo courtesy of the O'Connor lab).

Researchers in David O'Connor's lab Analyzing Macaque Genome Data

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The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center’s mission is to increase understanding of basic primate biology and to improve human and animal health and quality of life through research.

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Human Neural Tissue Thomson Lab 2018

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HVTN Translational HIV Vaccine Early Stage Investigator (ESI) Conference

September 29-30, 2025

 

42nd Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS

Tuesday, September 30 – Friday, October 3, 2025

A young boy observes marmosets eating through the WNPRC lobby vivarium glass

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