September 2011 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

Roman Wittig's talk on Wednesday
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Dear all Please find attached a slightly revised programme for BERG. We have Dr Roman Wittig from St Andrews coming on Wednesday to speak on: Social bonds among chimpanzees - physiological evidence 5.30pm - 3A94 as usual. Please let me know by end of tomorrow (Tuesday) if you would like to join us for a bite to eat in the Med afterwards (so I can book a table). See you then, Hannah If you wish to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the BERG mailing list please follow instructions here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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First meeting on Wednesday - 5.30pm
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 24 Sep '11

24 Sep '11

Dear all I am looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday at our first BERG meeting -5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building). This will be introductions, social catch up and a show of photos by Peter Hancock from his trip to Shetland. We shall also use this opportunity to take new photos of the group for the BERG website! We shall also make an effort to finalise the programme which is already looking excellent - thanks to all those who have signed up. We still have slots free (note that Bethan may move her presentation to December due to popular demand), and are looking for volunteers. Remember that you don't need a polished talk - you can offer to lead a discussion on a journal paper, or present research ideas etc. Date Person Responsible Speaker and Topic 21 September Hannah Introductions - drinks, nibbles, catch up Peter Hancock will show photos from Shetland 28th September Hannah Roman Wittig (presenting) & Cathy Crockford (University of St Andrews) - Social bonds among chimpanzees - physiological evidence 5 October 2A73 Hannah Andrew Bagnall (Edinburgh) - A visit to Seram Island, Indonesia Change of location - 2A73 12 October (HBS away) 19 October Jim Jim Anderson - Monkeys judge reciprocity between humans 26 October MID-SEMESTER 2 November 9 November (HBS away) Rob Rob Burriss - Mate-preference versus mate-choice in humans 16 November Hannah Emily Messer (St Andrews) - Squirrel monkey social learning 23 November Louise Louise Lock - Chimpanzees' preferred nesting materials 30 November Hannah Bethan Morgan - Chimpanzee conservation 7 December 14 December Hope to see you on Wednesday, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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FW: 1st call: UFAW Conference 2012, 21st June, York UK - £25 registration
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

For your information and interest.... ________________________________ From: Stephen Wickens [wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk] Sent: 15 September 2011 09:20 To: 'Stephen Wickens' Subject: 1st call: UFAW Conference 2012, 21st June, York UK - £25 registration Recent advances in animal welfare science III UFAW Animal Welfare Conference York Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, 21st June 2012 As part of its on-going commitment to improving the way we understand and care for animals, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is pleased to announce the third of its series of unthemed one day conferences on ‘Recent advances in animal welfare science’ which is to be held on 21st June 2012 in York, at the UK city’s medieval Merchant Adventurers’ Hall , Fossgate. The conference aims to provide a forum at which the broad community of scientists, veterinarians and others concerned with animal welfare can come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange views. In keeping with this aim, registration for this meeting has been kept low - £25.00 (lunch not included). Call for papers: We would like to hear from anyone interested in making a contribution to the conference on the open subject of recent advances in applied ethology, veterinary and physiological science and the other disciplines that inform our understanding of animals and their welfare; both from those who are well established in this area and from those just beginning to make a contribution. Submission of interest should include the title of the proposed contribution, the nature of the contribution – talk or poster, the name and full contact details of all contributors and an abstract, which must be in English, and should be no longer than 400 words. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st November 2011. Further details, including a registration form can be found on the UFAW website: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/animal-welfare-conference.php We hope that it looks of interest. Stephen Wickens, PhD Development Officer Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> Direct tel/fax: +(0)1276 500880 Office: +(0)1582 831818 (tel), 831414 (fax) Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an independent registered UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide. Science in the service of animal welfare -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Talks series / pot luck supper with Mike Huffman
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Dear all May I remind you of the talks series "Living Links to Human health, Mind and Medicine" . The first talk is on Monday 12th September at 7.30pm and you should reserve a place....(simply e-mail: development(a)rzss.org.uk<mailto:development@rzss.org.uk> or call 0131 314 0334). Also - Andy and Susie Whiten are kindly inviting ALL SPRG folk to a potluck supper on Sunday evening at their place, Mayfield Craigrothie If you are able to accept their invitation please email Andy (aw2(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk> ) to say so and let him know what contribution (e.g. salad/veggie-side/dessert) you will take. Andy will then send directions. Sadly I am not able to go so cannot offer lifts etc. I am going to the talk though and hope to see many of you there. Hannah [cid:image001.jpg@01CC688B.03B3A730] -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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New SEEC - Oct 24th - 27th
by Mark Kingston Jones 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Dear Bergers, I hope you are all well! I will be sending through some suggested research topics in the next couple of weeks if anyone is interested. In the mean time, I would be grateful if you would distribute this poster to any potentially interested parties? Many thanks and best wishes, Mark

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BERG sign up
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Dear BERGers I am delighted to say that I have just been informed that my application to the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) to support our BERG meetings has been successful. If you are not already a member please consider joining UFAW (http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ ). It is only £5 for students (£10 others) without access to their journal, Animal Welfare. By joining UFAW you can help make real, practical and lasting advances to animal welfare throughout the world - for companion animals, farm animals, animals used in research, captive wild animals and those living in the wild that are affected by human activities. Please do join to thank them for their continued support of us in BERG and to enhance animal welfare. It's that time of year again, and we are looking for people to volunteer for BERG meeting slots for this semester. The first meeting is on Wednesday 21st September at 5.30pm in 3A94 (Psychology common room). We shall use this meeting for introductions and updates from the summer. If you have any photographs (Peter?) or adventurous/exciting tales you'd like to share with us, please let me know and I'll coordinate. I have set up a Doodle sign-up, so just fill it out to indicate the week that you would like to present. 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 research paper etc. The sign up is here: http://doodle.com/grwa293pnf2aiaep When you sign up for a slot, please send me a brief title BEFORE 16th September so I can circulate the programme in advance. If you have new students who wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail (and my earlier message on the Edinburgh talks on Living Links to Human Health, Mind and Medicine). To sign up to the BERG mailing list new folk must complete the form available here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Many thanks, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/hannah… -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Talks series in Edinburgh
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

An exciting series of talks. Please note you must reserve your place.... More on BERG meetings from me soon..... [cid:image001.jpg@01CC688B.03B3A730] -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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