New Project Coordination Unit Created to Improve Processes, Outcomes
January 14, 2025
WaNPRC Director Deb Fuller has announced the formation of a new Project Coordination Unit (PCU) that will assists with managing both new and existing research studies and that aims to improve communication and collaboration within the center as well as with affiliates. That unit has already started tweaking processes, including managing the way new projects…
Chlamydia Research Offers Hope for Global Health Solution
January 9, 2025
Chlamydia is one of the most widespread infectious diseases in the world, and it is remarkably difficult to prevent its spread. However, Dr. Kevin Hybiske, microbiologist and professor at the University of Washington in infectious diseases, microbiology and global health, offers new hope in collaboration with the Washington National Primate Research Center. In his lab,…
O'Connor Earns Faculty Appointment
January 8, 2025
Congratulations to Dr Megan O’Connor on her appointment as Assistant Professor to the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington! Megan, a Core Scientist at WaNPRC in the Infectious Disease and Translational Medicine Unit (ITDM) and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at UW, uses preclinical models to study…
WaNPRC Highlights at NHP AIDS Conference
October 24, 2024
The 41st Annual symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS is under way in New Orleans this week, and the Washington National Primate Research center is well-represented by both speakers and attendees. The WaNPRC contingent consists of session speakers, poster presenters and attendees. “This meeting is the only one of its kind in the world,”…
New Light Helps Reset Your Internal Clock: "Thank a Monkey"
October 10, 2024
As we move deeper into fall and the hours of daylight dwindle, a trio of researchers from the same family has worked together to create new technology that helps humans improve our health and our moods by managing our circadian rhythms. And they say we can thank research monkeys for it. In new research from…
Increased Support for NHP Neuroscience Research "Critical" to Advance Human Health
September 24, 2024
Increasing investment and support for neuroscience research involving monkeys is critical to realize our hope for advancing human health and reducing suffering for millions of people confronting diseases like Alzheimer’s, bipolar dis- order, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia. So argues Dr. Michele A. Basso, core scientist in the Neuroscience unit of the Washington National Primate Center. Dr…
WaNPRC's Dr Kyes Receives ASPs Highest Honor
September 13, 2024
Dr. Randall Kyes Dr Randy Kyes, chief of WaNPRC’s Global Conservation, Education and Outreach core has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Primatologist Award by the American Society of Primatologists (ASP). The award was announced at the 46th annual ASP conference in Mexico. The Distinguished Primatologist Award recognizes a primatologist who has had an outstanding career and…
Neuroscience Unit's New Discoveries: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Brain
September 4, 2024
WaNPRC’s Neuroscience unit has contributed four noteworthy advances in science in recent months, including a new discovery about color vision, advancements in how primate brains differentiate objects, and even how our brains help us chew and swallow food. New findings from the lab of Core Scientist Dennis Dacey, PhD, are unraveling the complex circuitry of…
Personal Legacy Meets Medical Breakthrough: WaNPRC Research Offers Hope for Heart Disease Patients
August 1, 2024
WaNPRC researchers have made a promising discovery in the fight against heart disease. Cardiologist and researcher Dr. Chuck Murry of WaNPRC’s Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine unit is leading an effort using special cells called heart muscle cardiomyocytes to address cardiac muscle damage. Photo/Gavin Sisk, University of Washington Dr Murry's team has made a significant…
WaNPRC's Orsborn Adds NSF CAREER Award to Study Neural Interfaces
July 24, 2024
Amy Orsborn, Neuro core scientist at WaNPRC and Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the UW, was recently named a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. The award will support Orsborn’s research investigating how the brain and nervous system respond to using sensorimotor neural interfaces, which…