April 2013 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

BERG tomorrow - 4.30pm
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear all Tomorrow -the 1st of May, Laura Hall will give a presentation on her PhD research - A welfare assessment framework for laboratory housed beagles Please note it is at the earlier time of 4.30pm (in 3A94 as usual). The following week, Ally and staff from the Blair Drummond Safari Park will come to outline the projects on offer for the final year dissertation students. That will be the last BERG for the year. Hope to see you tomorrow, Hannah And still looking for a runner..... Great Run? Great Fun! Great cause. UFAW has a number of reserved places for people wishing to take part in the 'BUPA Edinburgh 10km Great Run' and willing to raise money for the charity. If you enjoy running and are happy to help fundraise on behalf of UFAW - we are looking for a commitment to raise at least £200 - then we would be grateful if you could contact us. Taking place on the 14th July, the route starts and finishes within Holyrood Park, in the shadow of Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat, and takes in the Royal Mile, Canongate and Regent Road. Further details on the course, can be found here: http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=3 Please contact Dr Stephen Wickens if you would like to run on behalf of UFAW. Email your details and a telephone number to wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk>. Places are limited so don't delay. Best, 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 -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG tomorrow and UFAW has places at the 'BUPA Edinburgh 10km Great Run'
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear all Two things! Tomorrow we have a presentation from my new post-doc - Debra Lynn - whose title is ""Measuring emotional behaviour in animals: Behavioural pharmacology to animal welfare science". She will tell you a little about her PhD research as well as about our new grant proposal so please come along!! 5.30pm in 3A94 as usual. Second, as UFAW rep (UFAW kindly sponsor our seminar series) I would like to encourage a BERGer to do the Edinburgh 10Km, and for those of us not keen to run it, to sponsor that energetic person!! Great Run? Great Fun! Great cause. UFAW has a number of reserved places for people wishing to take part in the 'BUPA Edinburgh 10km Great Run' and willing to raise money for the charity. If you enjoy running and are happy to help fundraise on behalf of UFAW - we are looking for a commitment to raise at least £200 - then we would be grateful if you could contact us. Taking place on the 14th July, the route starts and finishes within Holyrood Park, in the shadow of Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat, and takes in the Royal Mile, Canongate and Regent Road. Further details on the course, can be found here: http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=3 Please contact Dr Stephen Wickens if you would like to run on behalf of UFAW. Email your details and a telephone number to wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk. Places are limited so don't delay. Best, 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 -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Dinner following BERG on Wednesday
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear all - inc. my elective students We have another external speaker at BERG this week - Ruth Sonnweber from the University of Vienna will give a presentation entitled The luxury of focused grooming: female Barbary macaques exhibit rank-dependent grooming strategies to alleviate physiological stress load. 5.30 pm in the Psychology Common Room (3A94, Cottrell Building) as usual. Andrea Ravignani who spoke last week, will also come and we shall take them both out for dinner afterwards -a cheap and cheerful (such as the Mexican, Smiling Jacks) to make it affordable for all. Please let me know if you 'd like to join us for dinner so I can book a table. Hope to see you on Wednesday. Best, 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 Recently launched: http://marmosetcare.com/ 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 University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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New dog paper
by James Anderson 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

New paper, most likely of interest for people studying dogs. J -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting tomorrow: Wednesday 10th April
by Christine Caldwell 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about this week's BERG meeting. Andrea Ravignani of the University of Vienna (currently doing research at Living Links in Edinburgh) will be talking about: "Language, patterns and primate cognition: Dependency sensitivity in Saimiri sciureus". We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell), with some drinks and nibbles. Also, we now have full details of the talks for next week and the week after. Please see the attached (updated) schedule for details. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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