April 2024 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

BERG seminar this Wednesday, 16:00 (common room)
by Pawel Fedurek 01 May '24

01 May '24

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 ------------------------------- 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

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FW: UFAW LINK. Research technician, Prairie Swine Centre, Canada
by Clare Andrews 23 Apr '24

23 Apr '24

Anyone or their connections interested in a research technician job relating to farm animal welfare in Canada? Info below/attached ---------------------------------------- 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 jenyun.chou(a)usask.ca<mailto:jenyun.chou@usask.ca> Twitter<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> LinkedIn<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> ORCID<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> Researchgate<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> Google Scholar<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> Blog <http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> [cid:image001.png@01DA9589.E9EECB10] ---------------------- [cid:4336114291-1]<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> For further information about UFAW awards, scholarships, meetings and other news follow us on: Facebook: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> ; Twitter: @UFAW_1926<http://dhvpb.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGt5AQNmZwt5AGDjAQt1BGZ5ZvM5qzS4qaR…> The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an UK charity that works to develop and promote improvements in the welfare of all animals through scientific and educational activity worldwide. Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991 Science in the service of animal welfare To unsubscribe from further emails on this meeting,click here<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> and enter unsubscribe in the subject ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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Animal Welfare Research Network workshops: Insect Welfare / Animal Rehoming
by Clare Andrews 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Dear BERGers and SHAIRers, The Animal Welfare Research Network<https://awrn.co.uk/event/awrn-funded-workshop-on-farmed-invertebrate-welfar…> is advertising two upcoming workshops which may be of interest to some: Online workshop 23 May: "Fostering novel research opportunities on animal rehoming across AWRN stakeholders<https://awrn.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0d173b297af63f23784385b9&i…>" London/Online 16 May: "Farmed invertebrate welfare: What do we know, and what's left to find out?". <https://awrn.co.uk/event/awrn-funded-workshop-on-farmed-invertebrate-welfar…> [AWRN members] Best wishes, Clare __________________________________________________________ Students: book to talk with me here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/PsychologyY1PersonalTuteesTutorD…>. Dr Clare Andrews (preferred pronouns: she/her) MA MSc DPhil FHEA Lecturer in Psychology, Course Director for MSc/MA Human-Animal Interaction<https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/human-animal-interaction/> Psychology Division University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clare_Andrews> X (twitter)<https://twitter.com/clarepandrews?lang=en> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/clareandrews/> [First Aider for Mental Health logo] I aim to read and respond to email within 3 working days, but during busy periods my response may take longer. I check my emails at varying times of day and I do not expect an immediate response from my correspondents. [signature_211997324] [Facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/universityofstirling/> [Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/StirUni> [LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-stirling-12676> [Instagram icon] <https://www.instagram.com/universityofstirling/> [Youtbue icon] <https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityOfStirling> [Banner]<https://www.stir.ac.uk/> ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159

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BERG seminar today, 16:00 Room 4B96
by Pawel Fedurek 17 Apr '24

17 Apr '24

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

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BERG seminar this Wednesday, 16:00 (Room 4B96)
by Pawel Fedurek 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

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

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No BERG seminar this week
by Pawel Fedurek 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

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

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The Human-Wildlife Interface in the Tropics Symposium (Bangor University)
by Pawel Fedurek 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Dear All, Some of you might be interested in attending this interesting event - details attached. 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

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