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, 22,455 specimens were collected and provided to 78 investigators. Tissues provided to these investigators included blood, serum, eyes, brain, bone marrow, BAL, rectal biopsies, and a variety of other tissue specimens from five nonhuman primate species. Specimens provided included 120,585 ml of whole blood, 407 ml of plasma, and 3,379 ml of serum. These specimens were provided to 37 investigators in seven different departments at the host institution, 39 investigators at U.S. institutions other than Emory, and two international institutions. The provision of various biological specimens to non-Yerkes investigators is an important contribution to biomedical 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.