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A rhesus monkey in the primate outdoor enclosure at the DPZ. Photo: Karin Tilch

Neuroscientist wins DPZ Sponsorship Award

Prof. Rabea Hinkel, Head of the Laboratory Animal Science Unit, in the cardiac catheter laboratory at the DPZ. Photo: Karin Tilch

Inaugural lecture: Giving heart failure the boot

Graphical representation of the human brain. The medial prefrontal cortex is highlighted in green. The places where brain activity was measured are also shown with purple dots. Image: Caspar M. Schwiedrzik

Why it doesn’t get dark when you blink

An adult female sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys atys) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire infected with yaws. Photo: Helene De Nys/Taï Chimpanzee Project

Wild African monkeys are infected with the bacterium causing yaws in humans

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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.

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A female chacma baboon (rear) signals her submission to another female by raising her tail. Photo by Julia Fischer

Determining rank hierarchies

An orchestra playing together. Nerve cells in our brain can work synchronously or decoupled from each other, much like musicians can play the same or different voices. Photo: Igor Bulgarin/Shutterstock.com

How attention orchestrates groups of nerve cells to enrich the brain’s symphony

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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

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Events

Nov
15

Herr Dr. Ivo Weckemann Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft (VBG) Prävention / Bezirksverwaltung Mainz

Sicherer Umgang mit (Alt)Maschinen

Nov
19

Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Rabea Hinkel und Verleihung des DPZ-Förderpreises 2018

Dec
10

Weiterbildungsreihe Tierärzte

Dr. Roman Stilling Neurobiologe, wissenschaftlicher Referent der Initiative „Tierversuche verstehen“

Tierversuche - Transparenz und proaktive Kommunikation eines emotionalen Themas

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