Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
WNPRC-trained physician-scientist Nakul Aggarwal — who earned his neuroscience PhD in Ned Kalin’s lab studying early-life anxiety in nonhuman primates and children — discusses his translational research, his work as a Biomedical Research Awareness Day fellow, and why animal research is essential to advancing children’s mental health.
Beverly Hutcherson completed her master’s in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology after a 21-year journey, with a PCOS thesis rooted in monkey-model research mentored by WNPRC’s David Abbott.
We had a blast at this year’s Science Expeditions! Over 300 people came to visit the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center for this UW-Madison campus-wide science event. That’s a new record! In addition to seeing the marmosets, people talked with UW-Madison graduate student researchers and learned about neuroscience. Special thanks go out to all of …
Graduate student research news Samuel Dettle, a graduate student in the lab of Igor Slukvin, M.D., Ph.D., won a 2024 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Graduate Research Training Award. His research focuses on developing a differentiation system capable of generating engraftable hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These cells have …
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., …
Thank you Marina Emborg, Ph.D., graduate student Julia Gambardella and undergraduate researcher Samuel Neuman for presenting at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in November, as well as volunteering at the National Primate Research Centers booth.
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.
Several UW–Madison undergraduate students with Wisconsin National Primate Research Center faculty mentors received Hilldale Undergraduate Research Awards and one received a Sophomore Research Fellowship in a live virtual ceremony presided over by Chancellor Rebecca Blank on April 28, 2021. Grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin State Legislature provide for awards of $3,000 each …