THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTER FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHIMPANZEES

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 耶克斯国家灵长类动物研究中心的两个关键特点是研究活动的多样性和黑猩猩的大量可获得性。这种多样性使我们成为黑猩猩相关研究的世界领先者。 开发了一个用于评估黑猩猩认知功能的新测试设施，并完成了一个测试设施，目前黑猩猩正在那里接受常规测试。 NIA资助的一个为期五年的计划项目被授予Yerkes NPRC，这在很大程度上是基于使用测试设施的拟议工作。此外，该项目还资助了我们在耶克斯研究中心举行的第二次国际会议，重点是生物医学研究中的黑猩猩。来自美国、欧洲和日本的约60名非人类灵长类研究领域的世界知名专家以及来自佐治亚州各地机构的约25名研究人员参加了会议。会议包括以黑猩猩研究为重点的平台演讲，以及关于黑猩猩研究的未来想法和建议的咨询讨论。

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. Two key characteristics of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center include the diversity of research activities and the availability of a large number of chimpanzees. This diversity has positioned us to become world leaders in chimpanzee-related research. The development of a new testing facility for assessing cognitive function in chimpanzees was created and a testing facility completed where chimpanzees are currently being routinely tested. A five-year NIA-funded Program Project was awarded to the Yerkes NPRC, based in large part on the work proposed that used the testing facility. In addition, this project has also funded our 2nd international conference at the Yerkes Research Center focused on chimpanzees in biomedical research. Approximately 60 world-renowned experts in nonhuman primate research from across the U.S., Europe and Japan attended, together with about 25 researchers from institutions throughout Georgia. The conference included platform presentations focused on chimpanzee research as well as advisory discussions with respect to future ideas and proposals for chimpanzee research.