SZ/ZOO/16 - Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology

SZ/ZOO/16

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Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology

1960-1967
1979

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The purpose of the Institute was to provide facilities to extend research into the physiological mechanisms of reproduction and related subjects beyond that already supported by the Ford Foundation. The ZSL was becoming active in animal breeding and the development of a gene bank of rare breeds, while its collections, which included 'free-range' colonies of wallabies and herds of Chinese water deer and muntjac, enabled studies to progress beyond the traditional confines of domestic and common laboratory animals. An application was submitted to the Wellcome Trust by the ZSL in 1960 for a grant towards the cost of a new building at Regent's Park to house the laboratories and staff needed; the grant, of £60,000, was awarded in 1961.