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One of the most prestigious awards for young scientists in Germany was presented to Birgit Westernströer and Gisela Kopp

Julia Fischer, an ethologist at the German Primate Center, critically reviewed a recent study concerning communication in chimpanzees

In cooperation with the DPZ ethologist Julia Fischer, the developmental psychologist Alexandra Freund will research the age-related development of social relations in primates.

The official inauguration event of the Leibniz ScienceCampus takes place on November 4th, 2015. The keynote lecture will be given by Michael Platt (University of Pennsylvania)

A group of researchers led by Julia Fischer and Stefan Treue of the German Primate Center and Göttingen University have received project funds from Lower Saxony’s Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation of about one million Euro. The funding will support research on the cognitive abilities of non-human and human primates. The money is also part of a plan to prepare the science community of Göttingen for the upcoming competition „Bund-Länder-Initiative“, which succeeds the Excellence Initiative.

A team of three scientists including Zinner was decorated for work in Invory Coast. Inza Kone, Sery Gonedele Bi and Dietmar Zinner have for many years been collecting and analyzing data about endangered primate species.

DFG fördert neues Graduiertenkolleg an der Universität Göttingen und dem Deutschen Primatenzentrum