Deutsches Primatenzentrum: Archive

Göttingen artist Frank-Helge Steuer in front of the new DPZ building. Image: Karin Tilch

A steel sculpture, 2.4 meters high, of the Göttingen artist Frank-Helge Steuer will be inaugurated

Researchers at the DPZ analyse the brain activity of non human primates during the execution of hand grasping movements. The neuronal information could one day be used to control a robotic hand as a prosthesis for paralyzed people. Photo: Sebastian Lehman

Neuroscientists at the German Primate Center can predict grip movements of the hand by measuring brain cell activity

Lydia Luncz and Stefan Schaffelhofer were handed out their certificates and cheques on January 7th by Prof. Thomas F. Schulz, Chairman of the DPZ Scientific Advisory Board. Schulz complimented both researchers for their brilliant work.

The photo shows two scientists and a suitcase.

Scientists of the DPZ have developed a portable laboratory for the diagnosis of the ebola-virus. The new method is six to ten times faster than the current one, equally sensitive and will be tested in Africa soon.

Ein Rhesusaffe (Macaca mulatta) in der Primatenhaltung am DPZ. Foto: Karin Tilch

Lydia Luncz and Stefan Schaffelhofer impressed with their scientific results on the cultural behavior of chimpanzees and the neural contraol of hand movements, respectively.

Stefan Treue, director of the German Primate Center (DPZ), gave an interview to radiostation Stadtradio Göttingen, which was be broadcasted on Friday, December 12th. Treue explains, why animal research with monkeys only is a minute part of all research relying on animals and why they are irreplaceable.

Am 10. Dezember 2014 findet am DPZ ein Auswahlsymposium für die Leitung einer neuen Nachwuchsgruppe statt. Foto: Karin Tilch

A new junior research group will be established at the German Primate Center in 2015.

Ein Themenschwerpunkt des neuen Wissenschaftscampus ist die Erforschung der sozialen Kognition bei Primaten, also der Einfluss sozialer Beziehungen auf Denkprozesse und Verhalten. Foto: Anton Säckl

German Primate Center and University of Göttingen want to study the mental abilities of monkeys and humans

Schnurbarttamarine (Saguinus mystax) tragen entscheidend zur Ausbreitung der Samen des neotropischen Baumes Parkia panurensis bei. Foto: Julia Diegmann

Primatologists and plant geneticists study the dispersal of tree seeds by New World primates

"Meeting and Talk“: Sculpture for the DPZ

Fine motor skills for robotic hands

DPZ-Award presented to awardees

Suitcase laboratory for rapid detection of Ebola

Ethologist and Neurobiologist win the German Primate Center Award

Treue on research with monkeys

Search symposium at the DPZ

From thought to action: Leibniz Science Campus established in Göttingen

Primates indispensable for regeneration of tropical forests