Aug. 24, 2024: UW poised to join studies of pig organ transplants in people (by David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal, subscription required.) Describes the Center for Biomedical Swine Research and research involving pig kidneys transplanted into WNPRC rhesus monkeys.
July 29, 2024: Brain cell grafts in monkeys jump-start human trial for new Parkinson’s treatment
June 13, 2024: David Abbott wins Curet Award for OB-GYN Educational Excellence.
May 20, 2024: Congratulations to our Student Award Winners!
May 3, 2024: Linde Lee Jacobs brings patient advocacy, personal journey to UW–Madison
March 20, 2024: HIV treatment research advance is published in Science
March 16, 2024: Emory primatologist Frans de Waal (10/29/1948- 3/14/2024) remembered for bringing apes “a little closer to humans”
Feb. 6, 2024: Collaborative efforts among the National Primate Research Centers advance Zika virus research
Dec. 8, 2023: Ei Terasawa Grilley marks 50 years as a scientist and teacher at the University of Wisconsin
Oct. 19, 2023: Why do men and women respond to stress differently? New research suggests answer is found in puberty
Oct. 16, 2023: Combining cell types may lead to improved cardiac cell therapy following a myocardial infarction
Oct. 13, 2023: Researchers share new method of protection from TB in macaques with SIV
Oct. 12, 2023: Conservation, community, and a love for big monkeys: Karen Strier celebrates 40-year study of Northern muriqui.
Oct. 11, 2023: Multi-university research team reports genetically engineered kidney transplant success from pig to monkey in Nature.
Oct. 10, 2023: Discovery reveals fragile X syndrome begins developing even before birth
Sept. 26, 2023: Emborg Lab submits Cool Science Image Contest winner
Sept. 19, 2023: Casey Ostheimer knows how to nurture
Sept. 13, 2023: Mixing donor and recipient immune systems creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys (See also UW study: Kidney transplant outcomes improve significantly over last half-century)
June 30, 2023: Lower urinary tract dysfunction is linked to metabolic syndrome
May 31, 2023: Sixteen projects chosen for Research Forward (Round 3) awards (Congratulations to our WNPRC scientists and their collaborators who have won a Research Forward award for their project, “Record the Activity of Genetically Identified Neurons Using Calcium Imaging.”
May 12, 2023: Spring student and staff recognitions
May 4, 2023: UnRavelled comes to UW–Madison
Feb. 1, 2023: Happy International Laboratory Animal Technician Week!
Let’s hear from some of our animal care staff on what it’s like working with the monkeys.
Jan. 23, 2023: Remembering Chuck Snowdon, renowned primatologist and professor emerit of psychology
Jan. 11, 2023: What to do with negative data?
Dec. 18, 2022: New drug, N-803, may be beneficial in treating HIV.
Dec. 14, 2022: Discovery points toward new treatments for ovariectomized women
Sept. 26, 2022: Congratulations to our Cool Science Image Contest image winners from Marina Emborg’s lab at the WNPRC!
Sept. 26, 2022: These scientists traced a new coronavirus lineage to one office — through sewage
Aug. 29, 2022: Toni Ziegler wins 2022 ASP Distinguished Primatologist Award
Aug 22, 2022: UW researchers discover orangutan genome mix-ups that could affect zoo animals
July 29, 2022: Grandparents University at the Stem Cell Learning Lab
July 18, 2022: Ceramides are early responders in metabolic syndrome development
June 23, 2022: Mother Jones Magazine on the shortage of monkeys for research and the state of nonhuman primate biomedical research
May 19, 2022: Thomas Friedrich wins Kellett Mid-Career Award.
May 3, 2022: Osorio to lead UW Global Health Institute (Osorio is a a member of the WNPRC’s Global Infectious Disease Scientific Working Group who has collaborated with us on the development of an effective tetravalent dengue virus vaccine, as well as advancing animal models for understanding Zika virus infection.
May 2, 2022: Congratulations to our Spring student awardees!
April 11, 2022: Four UW–Madison students awarded prestigious 2022 Goldwater Scholarships: Congratulations to Samuel Neuman in Marina Emborg’s Preclinical Parkinson’s Research Program and to all the winners!
March 31, 2022: Researchers identify sustainable source of immunodeficiency virus-resistant immune cells
March 30, 2022: A new potential therapy for HIV infection
March 16, 2022: New method improves success of transplanted kidneys
March 3, 2022: A science trailblazer retires: Stem cell researcher James Thomson’s legacy changed the future of biology
Feb. 18, 2022: Dr. Marina Emborg elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.
Jan. 28, 2022: A new monkey model for studying Alzheimer’s disease
Sept. 20, 2021: Nanocapsule gene editing system earns new NIH funding
Sept. 20, 2021: Century of Discoveries: Interconnected tale of UW’s most innovative research epiphanies
Sept. 1, 2021: Does previous dengue fever infection have an effect on Zika virus outcome?
Aug. 25, 2021: Inflammation gene may be possible drug target for endometriosis
July 15, 2021: Nature on boosting research funding for National Primate Research Centers
June 9, 2021: Maternal adult characteristics do not predict stillbirth, early neonatal death
May 24, 2021: Stem cell research: Celebrating 25 years of amazing discoveries (Quarterly magazine, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health)
May 11, 2021: Designer alterations to brain cells reduce anxious behavior in monkeys, hold promise for new treatments. See also a May 5 talk by Dr. Ned Kalin and his colleagues on advances in treatments for addiction, anxiety and mental illness.
Mar. 18, 2021: Study: Witnessing arrest of father causes stress in children
Mar. 16, 2021: Researchers find a better way to measure consciousness
Mar. 1, 2021: Individualized brain cell grafts reverse Parkinson’s symptoms in monkeys
Jan. 13, 2021: Genomic research advances orang-utan conservation
Dec. 8, 2020: New visualization method gets to the heart of Parkinson’s disease
Dec. 1, 2020: World AIDS Day 2020 and nonhuman primate research
Nov. 16, 2020: Gene-edited monkey embryos give researchers new way to study HIV cure
Nov. 6, 2020: Celebrating 25 years of embryonic stem cell research at UW–Madison
Oct. 28, 2020: PCOS special journal issue a hit with clinicians
Sep. 24, 2020: NIH selects OHSU to coordinate national neuroscience research involving marmosets
Sep. 18, 2020: PETA misrepresents UW–Madison lab
Sep. 14, 2020: Visit the National Primate Research Centers interactive virtual booth at SciFest All Access Sept. 26-Oct. 3!
Sep. 2, 2020: NIH Grant to Primate Centers to expand marmoset colonies for neuroscience research
Aug. 25, 2020: Primate Info Net is back!
Aug. 20, 2020: Interview with HIVRp4 co-chair David O’Connor”
“If we are lucky enough to get a coronavirus vaccine quickly, that work is a direct descendant of investment in adenoviruses vectors, RNA vaccines and other types of vaccine platforms for preventing HIV. ”
May 8, 2020, Distinguished Scientist Toni Ziegler retires
Feb. 28, 2020, WNPRC Behavioral Services Unit provides science-based enrichment for nonhuman primates
Feb. 28, 2020, Anthropology professor Karen Strier recognized as prominent primate conservationist in Brazil
Feb. 27, 2020: Cells carrying Parkinson’s mutation could lead to new model for studying disease
Feb. 12, 2020: Researchers wake monkeys by stimulating engine of consciousness in brain
Jan. 22, 2020: UW–Madison study shows that calorie restriction slows skeletal muscle aging
Jan. 17, 2020: Stem cells could help cancer patients fight dangerous infections
Dec. 16, 2019: “Their story is our story” – Calls to action at the American Society of Primatologists meeting in Madison
Dec. 1, 2019: The new era of living with AIDS
Nov. 14, 2019: Today, Nov. 15, is the deadline for submitting your WNPRC Pilot Project applications!
Nov. 11, 2019: Top Ten Research Accomplishments at the NPRCs
Nov. 8, 2019: Pioneering orang-utan genetics project comes to the WNPRC
Sept. 17, 2019: WNPRC Pilot Project applications now being accepted through Nov. 15
Aug. 15, 2019: Changing a single molecule in the brain can alleviate anxiety
Aug.1, 2019: Fear of more dangerous second Zika, dengue infections unfounded in monkeys
July 26, 2019: Researchers shed light on how Ritalin works
June 11, 2019: UW–Madison GHI named Center of Excellence in Global Virus Network
May 10, 2019: Friday ceremony inspires with words from honorary degree recipients (Jeannette Metzger in Marina Emborg’s Parkinson’s Group)
May 9, 2019: Inflamed monkey guts produce Parkinson’s-related proteins
April 19, 2019: Primate Center research helped lead to ban on PCBs
Feb. 26, 2019: Preclinical and clinical collaborators shed light on preeclampsia
Jan. 31, 2019: AIDS vaccine using engineered herpesvirus works in monkeys
Jan. 2, 2019: BBC Earth podcast: Dr. Toni Ziegler discusses what drives the parent-infant bond (segment runs from 6:50-14:15 min)
Dec. 18, 2018: WNPRC Year in Review newsletter
Dec. 2, 2018: Sisters pioneer new kidney transplant surgery at UW that includes immune system
Dec. 1, 2018: World AIDS Day: National Primate Research Centers Saving Lives
Nov. 6, 2018: The cells that changed the world
Oct. 24, 2018: Why are U.S. neuroscientists clamoring for marmosets?
Oct. 11, 2018: UW–Madison Researchers Developing Methods to Edit Genes in Brain Cells
Sept. 28. 2018: New macaque model to study pathology of TB in AIDS patients
Sept. 11, 2018: Why does menopause increase the risk for diabetes?
Sept. 11, 2018: A starring role for nonhuman primates in the stem cell story
July 30, 2018: Inherited brain pathway underlies the risk for anxiety and depression
July 13, 2018: Researchers trace Parkinson’s damage in the heart
July 2, 2018: Zika virus infection may multiply risk of miscarriage, stillbirth
May 30, 2018: National Primate Research Centers Launch Educational Resources about Research with Animals
May 16, 2018: UW Researchers identify arterial hemogenic endothelial cells that can function as lymphoid precursors
April 11, 2018: Ned Kalin named editor in chief of leading psychiatric journal
April 1, 2018: Applications for 2018 WNPRC Pilot Project grants now accepted
March 20, 2018: Nature News Feature: How human embryonic stem cells sparked a revolution
March 6, 2018: Researchers one step closer to learning how calorie restriction extends lifespan in animals
Jan. 17, 2018: Study advances gene therapy for glaucoma
Dec. 12, 2017: Beverly Hutcherson among 2017 outstanding women of color
Dec. 13, 2017: Monkeys infected by mosquito bites further Zika virus research
Dec. 13, 2017: Monkey study shows a path to monitoring endangered species
Dec. 13, 2017: Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
Dec. 12, 2017: Estrogen discovery could shed new light on fertility problems
Nov. 20, 2017: WNPRC marks 10th anniversary of iPS cell discovery
Oct. 25, 2017: Primate Centers rally to help Cayo Santiago after Hurricane Maria
Oct. 16, 2017: The Callicam is back!
Sept. 29, 2017: Marmoset babies get a boost from attentive fathers
Sept. 26, 2017: Calorie restriction shows age related epigenetic changes
Aug. 14, 2017: UW–Madison Featured Researcher: David O’Connor
Aug. 1, 2017: Zika infections unlikely to be passed by kissing, casual contact
May 30, 2017: Stem cells yield nature’s blueprint for body’s vasculature
May 25, 2017: Zika infections could be factor in more pregnancies
April 3, 2017: WNPRC Pilot Research Grant Project Applications now being accepted though Jun 1, 2017
Feb. 21, 2017: Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy
Jan. 17, 2017: Calorie restriction lets monkeys live long and prosper
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