Эмори Университетінің Приматтарды Зерттеу Орталығы

Primate research branch of Emory University
The Emory National Primate Research Center (formerly known as Yerkes National Primate Research Center) located in Atlanta, Georgia, owned by Emory University, is a center of biomedical and behavioral research, is dedicated to improving human and animal health, and is the oldest of seven National Primate Research Centers partially funded by the National Institutes of Health. It is known for its nationally and internationally recognized biomedical and behavioral studies with nonhuman primates by Emory University. Its Main Station contains most of the center's biomedical research laboratories. The center also includes the Living Links Center and the Field Station near Lawrenceville, Georgia.

The center was established in 1930 by Robert Yerkes, in Orange Park, Florida, associated then with Yale University. Yerkes was a pioneering primatologist who specialized in comparative psychology. In 1965, it relocated to its location on the campus of Emory University. In April 2022, Emory University removed Yerkes’ name from the center, after a review by Emory's Committee on Naming Honors recommended that the name be changed due to Yerkes' past support for eugenics. The Yerkes National Primate Research Center is now known as the Emory National Primate Research Center, effective June 1, 2022.

The Field Station is a part of the Emory National Primate Research Center, houses 3,400 animals, specializes in behavioral studies of primate social groups, and is located 30 mile (48 km) northeast of Atlanta on of wooded land. The Living Links Center is a part of the Emory National Primate Research Center and is run by primatologist Frans De Waal. Located at the center's Main Station on the Emory campus, work is also carried out at the Field Station.

Multidisciplinary medical research at the research center is primarily aimed at development of medical treatments and vaccines. Research programs include cognitive development and decline, childhood visual defects, organ transplantation, the behavioral effects of hormone replacement therapy and social behaviors of primates. Researchers are also leading programs to better understand the aging process, pioneer organ transplant procedures and provide safer drugs to organ transplant recipients, determine the behavioral effects of hormone replacement therapy, prevent early onset vision disorders and shed light on human behavioral evolution. Researchers have had success creating transgenic rhesus macaque monkeys with Huntington's disease and hope to breed a second generation of macaques with the genetic disorder.