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Where they walk, Monkeys Dance: Our Complicated Relationship with Macaque

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Macaques are ubiquitous, so it is not surprising that for millennia humans have eaten, worshipped, reviled, revered and used them as biomedical models of disease. Some call them a 'weed' species, I see them as  'Darwinian Superstars’.

Referent

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Director, Evolutionary Emergence of Infectious Diseases Laboratory Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105

Journey Description

Map

E - Main Entrance/Reception
1 - Managing Board; sections: Infection Biology Unit, Unit of Infection Models, Laboratory Animal Science Unit, Primate Genetics Laboratory, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, Neurobiology Laboratory, Research Coordination, Public Relations, Information Technology, Administration, Technical Support, Library.
2 - Material Delivery/Purchase
3 - Platform Degenerative Diseases
4 - Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
5 - Animal Husbandry
6 - Imaging Center, Functional Imaging Laboratory


Arrival by car

Leave the interstate A7 at exit "Göttingen Nord". Follow the B27 straight ahead in the direction of "Braunlage". After the third traffic light intersection turn right towards "Kliniken". Afterwards turn left onto "Robert-Koch-Straße" direction "Universität Nordbereich/Polizei". At the end of "Robert-Koch-Straße" turn right onto "Otto-Hahn-Straße", direction "Nikolausberg". The first street on the left turn onto "Kellnerweg", follow the signs "Deutsches Primatenzentrum".


Arrival by bus

The footpath from the bus stop "Kellnerweg" to the Main Entrance/Reception: 
From Bus stop "Kellnerweg" (line 21/22 and 23) Cross the road, go in the direction of the bus. At the mailbox, turn left into the footpath and proceed to the end. Turn right into the Kellnerweg. The main entrance of the DPZ is on the left side.

Date and Time 14.06.18 - 16:15 - 17:30 Signup is not required

Location Hörsaal im MFG
Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen

Contact Luisa Hallmaier-Wacker
Promovierende
Abteilung Infektionsbiologie

Tel: +49 551 3851-134
E-Mail: LHallmaier-Wacker@dpz.eu
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