Founded: 1964
Full Time: 155
Part Time: 5
Budget: 9,900,000.00
Director: Peter J. Gerone
18073 Three Rivers Road
Covington, LA 70433
Telephone: 504/892-2040 FAX: 504/893-1352 E-Mail: gerone@tpc.tulane.edu
Research Areas:
The main mission is infectious disease research in nonhuman primates. Ongoing projects include AIDS, Lyme disease, leprosy, antiviral drug testing, malaria, filariasis, pyelonephritis, cystitis, bladder physiology, retrovirology, gene therapy, genetic diseases, microsporidiosis, arthritis, eye surgery and primate medicine.
Areas of Expertise:
Special Capabilities and Facilities:
Breeding of rhesus monkeys.
Expertise in the management and use of monkeys in research.
Research Equipment:
("s" indicates shared equipment)
Transmission electron microscope(s)
Flow cytometry(s)
Keywords:
0715125 Infectious Diseases/Agents
0715008 AIDS
0715269 Lyme Disease
0715268 Leprosy
0740075 Vaccine
0755020 Disease Model
0715262 Kidney Disease
0715010 Arthritis
0785220 Urology
0715261 Tuberculosis
0760090 Retrovirus
0745083 Gene Therapy
0710070 Immunology
0710075 Immunopathology
0710115 Reproductive Physiology
0401010 Ethnology