Research and art often go hand in hand.
Using biotechnological or molecular biological methods, things can be made visible in the laboratory that remain hidden to the naked eye. Not infrequently, this results in beautiful images that reveal the secrets of life to the researcher and are also highly aesthetic to the layman's eye. There are nerve cells that glow green, red or yellow using special staining methods and look like distant galaxies in their entirety. State-of-the-art microscopy methods magnify cells, tissue and the smallest microorganisms many times over and allow insights into otherwise hidden worlds. Field researchers, on the other hand, use photography and film recordings to show us the behavior of rare primate species and capture exciting moments from the lives of our closest relatives.
With our exhibitions in the foyer of the German Primate Center, we not only present the aesthetic side of science, but above all want to show which research questions the DPZ scientists deal with on a daily basis and which important findings they gain, for example, about the spread of infectious diseases, the function of our brain as well as biodiversity, behavior and evolution.
