Dear All,
This Wednesday Dr Victoria Lee (Scotland's Rural College) will be giving a seminar entitled "Do jackdaws learn socially about dangerous people? Please find the abstract below. Hope to see you there!
Abstract: In anthropogenic habitats, humans can present both an opportunity and a threat to wildlife. In these situations, it may be beneficial for animals to use social information to learn about dangerous people and avoid direct encounters that could be costly. We tested whether jackdaws use social information to learn about the level of danger posed by unfamiliar people. Using a within-subjects design, jackdaws were presented with an unfamiliar person near their nest, paired with conspecific alarm calls or a neutral control. Jackdaws that heard alarm calls showed a heightened fear response in subsequent encounters with the person, suggesting that jackdaws use social learning to assess the level of risk posed by people.
MSTeams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…
Remaining meetings:
Date
01/05/2024
Time
16:00
Speaker
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
Format
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
15/05/2024
tbc
22/05/2024
16:00
Elodie Freymann (Oxford)
online
Best wishes,
Pawel
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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
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Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Anyone or their connections interested in a research technician job relating to farm animal welfare in Canada?
Info below/attached
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Dear all,
Prairie Swine Centre (PSC, in Saskatchewan, Canada) is hiring a permanent research technician position. PSC is a non-profit research institute dedicated to pig research in ethology & welfare/nutrition/engineering/contract research fields. I just took the new role to lead on ethology and welfare at PSC, and I would really like to strengthen our welfare focus. Although this research technician position is not directly behaviour/welfare focused, I believe this is an important step if we can hire staff with an understanding and care about animal welfare.
Please help share with whomever may be interested. If you know of any suitable candidate that may fit the profile and is looking for employment, please also kindly put me in touch with them! I am happy to discuss more and answer any questions they may have.
Thank you!
Best,
Jen
Dr Jen-Yun Chou PhD, MSc, MA (she/her)
Research Scientist - Ethology and Welfare Group @ Prairie Swine Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada
PhD in Clinical Veterinary Sciences - Animal Behaviour & Welfare @ University of Edinburgh/Teagasc/SRUC
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Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear All,
Just a quick reminder that Dr Victor Shiramizu <https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-sylvain-lemoine> (University of Strathclyde) is giving a seminar today entitled "How disgusted? Reviewing findings of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis". Please find the abstract below. Please note that the seminar will take place in Room 4B96 (and hybrid, since our common room is not available that day). The seminar will be chaired by Anthony Lee. We hope to see you there!
Abstract: Several studies have suggested that disgust, particularly pathogen disgust and contamination sensitivity, varies throughout women's ovulatory cycle, peaking in the luteal phase due to increased progesterone levels. The Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis (CPH) proposes that women exhibit heightened disgust sensitivity to pathogen cues during the luteal phase (or when progesterone levels are elevated) because progesterone is linked to suppressed immune responses. However, evidence supporting this hypothesis is mixed. I will review current findings in the literature of studies testing the CPH using both large-scale between- and within-subjects designs.
MSTeams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…
Remaining meetings:
Date
Time
Speaker
Format
17/04/2024
16:00
Victor Shirimizu (Strathclyde)
F2F (Room 4B96)
24/04/2024
16:00
no seminar
01/05/2024
16:00
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
15/05/2024
tbc
22/05/2024
16:00
Elodie Freymann (Oxford)
online
-------------------------------
Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear All,
This Wednesday Dr Victor Shiramizu <https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-sylvain-lemoine> (University of Strathclyde) will be giving a seminar entitled "How disgusted? Reviewing findings of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis". Please find the abstract below. Please note that the seminar will take place in Room 4B96 (and hybrid, since our common room is not available that day). The seminar will be chaired by Anthony Lee. We hope to see you there!
Abstract: Several studies have suggested that disgust, particularly pathogen disgust and contamination sensitivity, varies throughout women's ovulatory cycle, peaking in the luteal phase due to increased progesterone levels. The Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis (CPH) proposes that women exhibit heightened disgust sensitivity to pathogen cues during the luteal phase (or when progesterone levels are elevated) because progesterone is linked to suppressed immune responses. However, evidence supporting this hypothesis is mixed. I will review current findings in the literature of studies testing the CPH using both large-scale between- and within-subjects designs.
MSTeams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…
Remaining meetings:
Date
Time
Speaker
Format
17/04/2024
16:00
Victor Shirimizu (Strathclyde)
F2F (Room 4B96)
24/04/2024
16:00
Lifespan Equipment Demonstration
01/05/2024
16:00
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
15/05/2024
tbc
22/05/2024
16:00
Elodie Freymann (Oxford)
online
-------------------------------
Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear All,
This is a heads up that there will be no seminars this and next week (we have internal meetings for core BERGers instead). Below is the remaining schedule for this semester:
Date
Time
Speaker
Format
17/04/2024
16:00
Victor Shirimizu (Strathclyde)
F2F (Room 4B96)
24/04/2024
16:00
Lifespan Equipment Demonstration
01/05/2024
16:00
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
15/05/2024
tbc
22/05/2024
16:00
Elodie Freymann (Oxford)
Online
Best wishes,
Pawel
-------------------------------
Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Dear All,
Some of you might be interested in attending this interesting event - details attached.
Best wishes,
Pawel
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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
