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A group of Guinea baboons (Papio papio) at the DPZ field station Simenti in Senegal. Photo: Matthias Klapproth

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The section Infection Research researches viruses like HIV, influenza (flu) and ebola and newly emerging viruses. Additionally, illnesses caused by bacteria and parasites are investigated.

The section Neuroscience researches the basics of cognitive performance in the central nervous system and neurodegenerative illnesses as well as control of movements and the visual perception.

Research in the section Organismic Primate Biology is focussed on evolutionary basics of social and mating systems, ecology, vocal communication, biology of stem cells, and genetics in primates.

News

A female red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons) in the Kirindy Forest in Madgascar. The German Primate Center has been operating a research station there since 1993. Photo: Anna Sperber

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Dr. Caspar Schwiedrzik, neuroscientist at the European Neuroscience Institute and the German Primate Center, has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. Photo. Karin Tilch

Caspar Schwiedrzik receives ERC Grant

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Video

Quiz: How our closest relatives communicate

A barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus). Photo: DPZ

What does a titi monkey sound like in the South American rainforest, which primates are known for their morning duet songs and which type of lemur can vocalize its own name? Find out with our monkey vocalization quiz

More quiz games can be found in our Info Center

Events

Mar
21

Prof. Sheila Lukehart Professorin of Medicine & Global Health School of Medicine, University of Washington Seattle, USA

Syphilis—Immune Evasion and Opportunities for Prevention

Mar
28

Zukunftstag 2019

Sep
06

Kolloquium

Prof. Paul Flecknell Emeritus Professor der Newcastle University

Pain assessment and management in nonhuman primates

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