Primate Center Research

Main Research Areas

Aging and Metabolic Disease: Effects of caloric restriction on aging, obesity, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, ocular aging (glaucoma, presbyopia), neurodegeneration, pathobiology of aging, Parkinson's Disease.

Immunogenetics and Virology: Simian immunodeficiency virus, MHC-defined animals, cytotoxic T-cells, molecular MHC analysis, viral persistence, immunotherapy, transmission and pathogenesis transplant success.

Reproduction & Regenerative Medicine: Embryonic stem cells, fertility regulation, embryonic differentiation, embryonic stem cell derived transplants, maternal-fetal health, behavioral endocrinology, reproductive neuroendocrinology, primate conservation, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, behavioral development, reproductive toxicology.

Core and Affiliated Research Labs

For Researchers

Your gateway to conducting research: Centralized Protocol Implementation

Your services: Research Services & Primate Center Divisions

June 13, 2007: 2008-2009 WNPRC Venture Research Projects Invited

Recent Initiatives

WNPRC Preclinical Parkinson's Research Program

WNPRC Bioinformatics and Data Sharing Initiative

UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center

UW-Madison Clinical and Translational Science Award

Internet Primate Aging Database

Please contact the for more information on our Center's role in these new initiatives.

Scientific Journal Articles

Most references from core WNPRC staff and affiliates are listed here by month, and alphabetically by author. If you are looking for a particular article and do not see it listed here, please visit the National Library of Medicine's searchable PubMed database or search Primate Lit. If you are a researcher who has used Primate Center resources and would like to see your publication(s) included on this list, please contact the .

Schools, Colleges and Departments

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center has close ties to many schools, colleges and departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Educators, researchers, veterinarians, physicians and others on campus work with core staff and scientists at the WNPRC. Students pursuing undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral studies have found many opportunities to learn and train at the Primate Center.

Research Perspectives

The Primate Center conducts basic research in primate biology. Center research has contributed to understanding and treating diseases and disorders since 1961. For a history of major research contributions please see Primate Center Discoveries.

Clinical applications from embryonic stem cell research and other recent discoveries are still years, even decades away. For more perspective, please read "Why Science Takes Time", by Ron Seely of the Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 2, 2003. Please also see Primates in Biomedical Research

For the latest advances in clinical trials and therapies, please talk to your doctor. You can also contact a patient advocacy group or visit NIH clinical trials website.