Collaborative projects

Collaborative projects with researchers at other chimpanzee research sites have been established. The collaborations focus on the integration of social behavior and genetic relationships of community individuals obtained from our genetics laboratory. Furthermore, collaborations to investigate parasitological, nutritional and endocrinological aspects of chimpanzee behavioral ecology were established with a variety of institutes.

Current collaborative partners include:

Prof. Keith Hodges and Dr. Michael Heistermann, Department of Reproductive Biology, German Primate Center (DPZ)

Website: http://www.dpz.gwdg.de/repro/dept.html

Prof. Heribert Hofer, Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Website: http://www.izw-berlin.de/

Dr. Fabian Leendertz, Robert Koch Institut

Website: http://www.rki.de/

Dr. Toshisada Nishida, University of Kyoto

Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Website: http://jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ChimpHome/chimpanzee.html

Dr. Vernon Reynolds, Oxford University

Budongo Forest National Park, Uganda

Website: http://www.budongo.org/

Dr. Crickette Sanz (from July on: Washington University, St. Louis)

Goualougo Triangle Chimpanzee Project, Republic of Congo

Webseite: http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/staff/sanz/index.htm

Dr. Richard Wrangham, Harvard University
Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Uganda

Website: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/apesites/Kibale/Kibale.html