On 25 October 2013, it was announced that Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor at Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute and Director of CICASP was selected this year as a Person of Cultural Merit by the government of Japan. The award ceremony is set to take place at the...
This year's most-cited paper award for the journal Primates went to CICASP's own Dr. Andrew MacIntosh for his work on the epidemiology of parasite infection in wild Japanese macaques in collaboration with Dr. Michael Huffman of the Primate Research Institute and Dr...
At the 29th Congress of the Primate Society of Japan in Okayama city, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh of CICASP was one of two awardees of the Takashima Prize for the year 2013. Each year, one or two young researchers are selected for the award based on their scientific contributions of...
Collaborating member institutes at Kyoto University have designed a new graduate program aimed at developing active young wildlife scientists, researchers and conservationists wishing to integrate the scientific study of the natural world with global-minded environmental...
Check out a new PhD opportunity co-supervised by Dr. Andrew MacIntosh of CICASP. The project involves observation and behavior recording of wild gorillas in Africa and rodents in the laboratory, and will attempt to determine variation in behavioral organization in relation to infection by various parasitic organisms.
Dr. Christopher Flynn Martin received the best poster award at the International Institute for Advanced Studies ( IIAS ) Research Conference 2012 " Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mind ", in Kyoto, Japan. His poster titled "Coordinated problem solving by chimpanzees in a...
The Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology (CICASP) is excited to launch its new website for the start of the academic year in April, 2012.
Join Drs. Andrew MacIntosh and Chris Martin as they delve into the world of primatological science with interviews, segments, and news and views from around CICASP,the PRI, WRC, and Kyoto University on CICASP's very own podcast "The PrimateCast". Click here to learn more about the podcast and what it has in store.
Satsue Mito, the school teacher who worked with the pioneers of Japanese primatology at Koshima and was the first to observe the famous sweet potato washing behavior by a young female Japanese macaque named "Imo" (which means sweet potato in Japanese), passed away on April 7,...
CICASP expanded its staff by 2 during the academic year of 2011-12, adding a research associate, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, and an administrative officer, Ms. Miho Niwa, to its team. In 2012, CICASP has yet again padded its numbers, recruiting two additional research associates, Dr...
