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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Dear BERGers,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Hope your summer has been great.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">We are pleased to say that the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">seminars are coming back soon. These seminars
are held on Wednesdays at 5.30pm in 3A94.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We hope that Jade Hooper
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(PhD student) <span style="color:black">will be the local organiser, though given her other commitments we are
</span><b><span style="color:red">open to offers of support</span></b><span style="color:black">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Meetings will start on
<b>Wednesday 18<sup>th</sup> September</b>, so please add these Wednesday dates to your diaries, noting there will be no meeting on Wed</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">nesday<span style="color:black"> 23rd October as it is mid semester break, and we shall
wind up 11th December (with a Christmas party).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Another date for your diary is the John Damien lecture which will be on
<b>Friday 11<sup>th</sup> October </b>(late afternoon), and presented by our very own Emeritus
<b>Professor Phyllis Lee</b>. Details will follow. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">There is also the BERG presentation morning on
<b>28<sup>th</sup> August</b> that I informed you of earlier this week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">The first BERG meeting is on <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday 1</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">8</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">th
September</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> at 5.30pm in 3A94 (Psychology common room). We shall use this meeting for introductions, including I hope for our new students, and updates from the summer…please come prepared to share
news of any grants awarded, papers published, exciting conferences attended etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red;background:white">The success of BERG depends upon you!
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Please consider signing up for a seminar slot.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">Presenting at BERG is an excellent way to practice talks, hone your presentation skills, get feedback on grant application ideas, lead a discussion
of a controversial/interesting research paper etc. You can also suggest external speakers who we might invite (local speakers only please).</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Doodle
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">software <span style="color:#212121">is no longer free
</span>so please look at the schedule in the Box link – and then <span style="color:red">
email me and Jade </span>and we shall update the schedule. If you can provide a title that also helps! (
<a href="mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk">h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk</a>;
<a href="mailto:jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk">jade.hooper@stir.ac.uk</a> )<span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog">https://stir.box.com/s/skboejxqbtg8b52aiadnzi07tv0nrsog</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list new folk must complete the form
available here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg" target="_blank">http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">You can also use this link to unsubscribe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Many thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><br>
Hannah and Jade <br>
</span><span style="color:#212121"></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#548235"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
<br>
Professor, </span><a href="https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-research/research-groups/behaviour-and-evolution-research-group/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Behaviour and Evolution Research
Group</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stirling Human Animal Interaction Research (</span><a href="https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties-and-services/natural-sciences/our-research/research-groups/behaviour-and-evolution-research-group/stirling-human-animal-interaction-research/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SHAIR</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">)
Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Room 3A79, Cottrell<br>
Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences <br>
University of Stirling <br>
Stirling, FK9 4LA <br>
Scotland <br>
Tel: 01786 467674 <br>
Fax: 01786 467641 <br>
E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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Home page: </span><a href="https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257464</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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