SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. During the past year, 30,898 nonhuman primate specimens were collected and provided to 79 investigators. Specimens provided to these investigators included a variety of tissues; for example, blood, eyes, brain, biopsies, liver, kidney, and urine from five nonhuman primate species. Blood and blood products provided were 110,705 ml of whole blood, 20 ml of plasma, and 1,908 ml of serum. These specimens were provided to 31 investigators in five different departments at the host institution, 47 investigators at U.S. institutions other than Emory, and one investigator at an international institution. The provision of various biological specimens to non-Yerkes investigators is an important contribution to biomedical research, such as AIDS research, at the host institution as well as other regional, national, and international institutions. Specimens provided to outside investigators result in a number of publications each year. These specimens have proven to be extremely valuable for educational purposes when used in undergraduate or graduate courses in anatomy, anthropology, etc.