uwmadisonwnprc.bsky.social
The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center’s mission is to increase understanding of basic primate biology and to improve human and animal health and quality of life through research. primate.wisc.edu
👤 Joined on 07 April 2025
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@uwmadisonwnprc.bsky.socialThe first story tracks the history and role of the U.S. national primate research centers. After decades of flat funding, and amid mounting political pressure, their directors are trying to find a path forward. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/what-if-nonh...
Show PostFor this new series, @thetransmitter.bsky.social evaluated whether neuroscience still needs nonhuman primates & if alternative models are ready to replace them. Over the next few weeks, four articles will detail what we found—and what the loss of nonhuman primate research would mean. bit.ly/4AWPX4l
Show PostThe Neighborhoods Study, led by Amy Kind, MD, PhD, professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, has been selected for renewed funding with a $30.9 million award from the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health. Congrats to all! Read more: https://ow.ly/9xX950ZIZC6
Show PostTwo R01 grants from the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health were recently granted to Cardiovascular Medicine faculty, each for four years and $3.1 million. Congrats to the PIs: • Lee Eckhardt, MD, MS • Alexey Glukhov, PhD 🧵 (cont.)
Show PostThis week’s new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived! https://scim.ag/4x1pwrc
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