Russian Institute of Medical Primatology

Photographed 2007

The Russian Institute of Medical Primatology (RIMP) (Russian: НАУЧНО-ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ МЕДИЦИНСКОЙ ПРИМАТОЛОГИИ) near Sochi (originally the Sukhum Primate Station, established at Sukhum, Abkhasia, Georgia SSR in 1927)[1] is a historically significant biomedical research center.[2] The Sukhumi site was "the oldest medical primate center in the world."[3] The Sochi facility has microbiology, anatomy, pathology, cancer biology, and "colony management and behavior" laboratories and is situated on a 100 ha (1.0 km2; 0.39 sq mi) site that includes indoor and outdoor enclosures for the monkeys.[4]

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  2. ^ Fridman, E. P.; Bowden, D. M. (January 2009). "The Russian Primate Research Center – A Survivor" (PDF). Laboratory Primate Newsletter. 48 (1). ISSN 0023-6861. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. ^ Kageyama, Takashi (2003-07-01). "Eman P. Fridman: Medical primatology, history, biological foundations and applications (edited by Ronald D. Nadler)". Primates. 44 (3): 301–302. doi:10.1007/s10329-003-0035-y. ISSN 0032-8332. S2CID 28737067.
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