Randy Kyes, head of the Center’s International Programs Division, discussed 20 years of successful scientific collaboration between the WaNPRC and the Primate Research Center at Bogor Agricultural University (PSSP-IPB) on May 16 in front of a U.S. delegation in Bogor, Indonesia.
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Neitz lab research on color blindness featured in Northwestern University’s Medill Reports
Northwestern University’s Medill Reports featured research by the Neitz lab on using gene therapy to cure color blindness in squirrel monkeys on their Web site in late April. “We’re really anxious to make it happen,” said Jay Neitz, WaNPRC affiliate scientist.
Shiu-Lok Hu part of team that receives $15.5 million to study HIV antibodies
Shiu-Lok Hu, WaNPRC core staff scientist, is part of a research team that received a five-year, $15.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) program.
Center’s new Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facilities begin operation
The Center is poised to add new BSL-3 facilities to our to our laboratory inventory. The addition of this facility has doubled our previous BSL-3 laboratory capacity. The new laboratory was carefully designed to accommodate and safely support several investigators’ research interests simultaneously.
Center for Global Field Study will train environmental stewards worldwide
When Lauren Jorelle was a UW student, she went to Indonesia as part of a field study program sponsored by the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) and the UW Department of Psychology. The experience was a good one — so good that she elected to go back on her own to do further research through the Indonesian university the UW collaborates with.
WaNPRC neuroscientists explore ‘brain-machine interface’
Research by WaNPRC scientists Eberhard Fetz, Chet Moritz and Steve Perlmutter on how the brain might be rewired to get around a paralyzing injury and directly re-animate immobilized limbs was featured in the Oct. 16, 2008 issue of Nature magazine.