THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTER FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHIMPANZEES

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其它NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 耶基斯国家灵长类动物研究中心的两个关键特征包括研究活动的多样性和大量黑猩猩的可用性。这种多样性使我们成为黑猩猩相关研究的世界领导者，重点是行为，社会互动，情感和认知。一个为期五年的NIA资助的计划项目授予耶基斯NPRC调查了人类，黑猩猩和恒河猴老化的广泛比较方面。在PPG获奖之前完成的黑猩猩测试设施成为PPG相关研究的组成部分。我们目前正在举行一系列会议，重点讨论黑猩猩研究以及关于黑猩猩研究的未来想法和建议的咨询讨论，包括进一步审查基因组学研究的可行性。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. 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 that has a focus on behavior, social interactions, emotion, and cognition. A five-year NIA-funded Program Project awarded to the Yerkes NPRC has investigated a wide range of comparative aspects of aging in humans, chimpanzees, and rhesus monkeys. A testing facility for chimpanzees, completed prior to this PPG award, became in integral part of the PPG related research. We are currently holding a series of meetings focused on chimpanzee research as well as advisory discussions with respect to future ideas and proposals for chimpanzee research, including a further examination of the feasibility of genomics studies.