September 2017 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

St Andrews Seminar Programme - Semester 1
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Please see attached the St Andrews seminar series ( at 1pm on Fridays in the Old Library of the Psychology Building, St Mary's Quad, South Street, St Andrews), including talks by 29th September 2017 Fumihiro Kano (University of Oxford) Eye tracking uncovered great apes' ability to anticipate other individuals' actions 20th October 2017 Dr Takeo Sasaki (University of Oxford) Social learning and cumulative cultural evolution in the homing pigeon (Columba livia) and the rock ant (Temnothorax albipennis) 17th November 2017 Professor Josep Call (University of St Andrews) Are apes intuitive statisticians? From: Andrew Whiten [mailto:aw2@st-andrews.ac.uk] Sent: 22 September 2017 15:25 To: sprg(a)st-andrews.ac.uk Subject: FW: Seminar Programme - Semester 1 Dear SPRGers, at least those in striking distance and time of St Andrews - Our coming seminar programme has at least three talks that may interest several of you - note new lunchtime time slot - there is usually an associated meal with the speaker sometime like the Friday evening - best wishes - Andy

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This week's BERG: Sophia Daoudi discusses her expedition to re-establish a new long-term field station in Suriname
by Donna Kean 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Dear BERGers, This Wednesday at we will have Sophia Daoudi giving an exciting talk regarding her field work in South America, entitled: "An expedition to re-establish a new long-term field station for conservation & primate research in Suriname." In Sophia's own words: there are a range of benefits to twinning a captive primate research centre with a field site. The Living Links Research Centre was established nine years ago in the Royal Zoological Society Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo. It is a mixed-species exhibit housing two groups of brown capuchins (Sapajus apella) and common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), and acts as a public engagement with science centre. The Raleighvallen Nature Reserve, Suriname is one of the largest protected tropical forests in South America. During January-March 2017 the general ecology of the eight sympatric primates in Raleighvallen was studied, with a focus on polyspecific associations Sapajus and Saimiri. [cid:image001.jpg@01D335E3.D0449440] [cid:image002.jpg@01D335E3.D0449440] We look forward to seeing you all there at 5.30pm in the common room. Drinks and snacks as usual! Best, Donna

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BERG Autumn Semester Schedule
by Donna Kean 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Dear BERGers, It was great to see such a good turn out yesterday for our first BERG meeting this year! Thank you to everyone who came along. Please find the current talk schedule attached and a Box link below where you can find updates to the program as they go live. As you can see we still have a few slots left for this semester. Please let me know if you would like to sign up to present a talk or host a discussion, or if you have any suggestions for a speaker that we might like to invite. This is an excellent platform to get friendly feedback on research and to practise your presenting skills. https://stir.box.com/s/pul8dypg12q8hxibkmpywg1xktr9q4lg Looking forward to seeing you all next week. Best wishes, Donna

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First BERG Meeting Tomorrow
by Donna Kean 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Dear all, Tomorrow we will have our first BERG meeting of the year! We will start with informal introductions, followed by a 30-minute talk from Gema Martin-Ordas entitled: “False memories in short-term memories in chimpanzees”. Gema will present a couple of studies which show that chimpanzees' mistakes at recalling are not arbitrary mistakes but false recollections. There will be a discussion after the talk. We are still recruiting volunteers to give a talk or host a discussion for this semester's program, so please do sign up using this Doodle link: https://beta.doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.doodle.com%2Fpoll%2F4gigu…> There will be drinks and nibbles as usual. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Best, Donna

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BERG starts next week
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Dear BERGers Welcome to the new academic year, and the start of our BERG meetings again on Wednesday 20th September, in the common room (3A94) - 5.30pm SHARP. We have our newest colleague, Dr Gema Martin-Ordas presenting a talk entitled " False memories in short-term memories in chimpanzees". The talk will last about 30 minutes, followed by discussion. We shall also use the first 15-20 minutes of this meeting to introduce ourselves, as we have a lot of new people. We still need to recruit some more speakers for the programme - as we have noted it's a great way to practise talks and develop those valuable presentation skills. Please sign up and/or feel free to suggest local speakers that we may wish to invite. The Doodle poll is here: https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx 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: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Donna Kean is kindly organising the BERG seminars this semester, and she will circulate the programme in due course. See you next Wednesday. Drinks and nibbles as usual. All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty 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> Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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Fwd: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?'
by Laura Scullion Hall 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Dear BERGers, Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below for details of a Stir3Rs seminar from Dr Penny Hawkins of the RSPCA which may be of interest to those whose research involves animals. Kind regards Laura Begin forwarded message: From: Laura Scullion Hall <laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk>> Subject: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?' Date: 13 September 2017 at 13:13:08 BST To: stir3rs Mailing List <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Reply-To: Stir3Rs Group <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Dear all, I’m delighted to say that our first Stir3Rs seminar of the autumn semester will take place on Wednesday 27th September at 1.30pm in Cottrell 2A54. We have Dr Penny Hawkins, head of the RSPCA’s lab animals science group, talking to us about 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?’. The talk will focus on the benefits of ethical review for researchers and scientific quality, and will be relevant to all of those whose research involves animals (including non-regulated research). Please forward this announcement to staff or postgraduates not on the list who may be interested in attending. Kind regards Laura --------------------------------------------------- Dr Laura Scullion Hall Research Fellow Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Email: laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk> Tel.:+44 (0)1786 466849 Web.: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/28900 BERG home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Twitter<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling> Stir3Rs home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/3rs/> | mailing list<http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs> Twitter: @dogwelfaresci<http://www.twitter.com/dogwelfaresci> Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871914003074>: Refining dosing by oral gavage in the dog Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871916301101>: The influence of facility and home pen design on the welfare of laboratory-housed dogs [cid:E43CF3B3-5694-4D7F-9099-D7C07CA33983@stir.ac.uk] www.RefiningDogCare.com<http://www.refiningdogcare.com/> ¦ Resources for those working with dogs in research Twitter<https://twitter.com/refiningdogcare> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/refiningdogcare> _______________________________________________ Stir3Rs mailing list Stir3Rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:Stir3Rs@lists.stir.ac.uk> http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs

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Jo White seminar
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

Please find attached the poster advertising Jo White's seminar entitled Sustainable Animal Welfare Through Human Behaviour Change - 21st September (4pm, Stirling University). All are welcome so feel free to circulate to anyone who might be interested and is available. We shall go out for early dinner afterwards. All good wishes, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty 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> Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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Job ad - Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

This might be of interest to someone - it is a job advertisement working as Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia - the former NYBC VILAB facility, now managed by the HSI/HSUS. Dr Kay Farmer tells me it is a great opportunity for the right person.

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