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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 20th March 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This is an earlier than usual mailing so that you all have plenty time to do your homework for next week's BERG meeting. Instead of a talk, our very own Jade Hooper will be leading a reading group session around the question: When is a bite a bite, and why does this matter? For this session we will be discussing the attached paper by Oxley et al (2019). This short paper is on the topic of dog bites and how these are defined. Please read the paper prior to the meeting so we can discuss some of the issues raised within. Topics of discussion will be led by the interests of the group, but may focus on issues such as - When is a bite a bite and why might this matter? What are the implications of this for research methodologies and outcomes? What does this mean for victims and their families, and how might the physical and psychological implications differ? What can we do about this as researchers and practitioners? [cid:62928cb0-54a8-41e2-9cf9-e712bd021f9a] Paper - Oxley, J. A., Christley, R., & Westgarth, C. (2019). What is a dog bite? Perceptions of UK dog bite victims. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 29, 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2018.09.002 Jade has provided a couple of items (attached to this email hopefully), for you to get your teeth into before the meeting - sincere apologies for that very bad pun! Our meeting will be at the usual time of 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94). To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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BERG Meeting 13th March

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is Gemma Mackintosh who will be giving the following talk: "Sending clues for success: The role of intentional communication in facilitating cumulative cultural evolution". Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with customary drinks and nibbles. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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BERG Spring Schedule 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Sorry to clutter your inbox, but a few people have been unable to access the Spring Schedule on BOX. Apologies to anyone who has had issues. This link appears to be the correct one: https://stir.app.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt Best, Deborah

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 6th March 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is Sharon Kessler who will be giving the following talk: Mouse lemurs to phylogenetic trees: Towards a comparative understanding of vocal signatures Outline: Much research has been done on how vocalizations may convey information about the caller, including individual identity and kin group affiliations. This talk covers some of my previous work on mouse lemur vocal signatures and how that led me to begin asking questions about how vocal signatures evolve across clades. [cid:1cd89ce1-9ef1-4820-af6a-b057e99d7814] Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles as always. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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Children, Adolescents & Animals Research (caar) events in 2019

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

These two free workshops, and one at £10 may be of interest to some. Enjoy the weekend! Hannah From: MULDOON Janine <janine.muldoon(a)ed.ac.uk> Sent: 01 March 2019 14:19 To: MULDOON Janine <janine.muldoon(a)ed.ac.uk> Subject: Children, Adolescents & Animals Research (caar) events in 2019 Good afternoon! I am contacting you as you have either attended one of our previous events in 2017/2018, or have registered interest in attending future events. Some of you may already have noticed (from our website or social media channels) that we are running three more events this year - two more of our reflective workshops for practitioners (in April and May), continuing a successful series we ran last year that was funded by ESRC. Following on from last year's co-hosted conference with the Scottish SPCA, we will be organising another this year (in September), focusing on the links between animal cruelty, adverse life experiences, and human violence. I am managing the bookings for the workshops (via Bookitbee), while the Scottish SPCA is managing bookings for the conference (via Eventbrite). To secure a place, click on the links below. Please do share the links with others you know who may be interested. Workshop 1 [https://liveit-media.imgix.net/media/event/childrens-relationships-with-dif…]<https://event.bookitbee.com/21366/childrens-relationships-with-different-ty…> Children's relationships with different types of companion animal<https://event.bookitbee.com/21366/childrens-relationships-with-different-ty…> event.bookitbee.com A reflective workshop on children and their pets (caar) (Friday, April 26th 2019) Workshop 2 [https://liveit-media.imgix.net/media/event/new-advances-in-animal-cruelty-p…]<https://event.bookitbee.com/21367/new-advances-in-animal-cruelty-prevention> New advances in animal cruelty prevention<https://event.bookitbee.com/21367/new-advances-in-animal-cruelty-prevention> event.bookitbee.com A reflective workshop on animal cruelty prevention (caar) (Friday, May 31st 2019) Conference with the Scottish SPCA [https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/styles/panel_breakpoints_theme_uoe_mobile_1x/pub…]<https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/news/conference-against-animal-cruelty> Specialist conference in the fight against animal cruelty<https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/news/conference-against-animal-cruelty> www.ed.ac.uk<http://www.ed.ac.uk> Together with the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish SPCA recently announced a new conference for 2019 on recognising non-accidental injury in animals Jo and I look forward to seeing you, and if you have any questions about the events or other aspects of our work, please do get in touch. Please also advise us if you would prefer to be removed from our mailing list. Many thanks and best wishes, Janine Dr Janine Muldoon Research Fellow Caar (Children, adolescents and animals research) Clinical & Health Psychology University of Edinburgh Doorway 6 Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Caar website<https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/research/cadp/child-animal-research> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ChildAnimalResearch/> Twitter<https://twitter.com/childanimals> [cid:260a5ec7-6b47-43a5-91a1-e0bb49c143d7] [1509726226882_Edinburgh] The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Next week seminar on Thursday

by Phyllis Lee

Dear all, In addition to next week's BERG meeting, the divisional seminar at 4pm on Thursday might be of special interest. It's Martyn Murray (wildlife biologist) talking on perceptions of nature over human evolutionary history.... All welcome. Please let anyone else interested know. Best wishes Phyllis P.C.Lee Professor, Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling mobile +44 7802427133

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 27th February - talk title!

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers Pawel will talk about a recent study on "Vocal greetings in four primate species". The talk will be less than 30 minutes, leaving plenty time for discussion. Hope to see you tomorrow, Hannah From: BERG <berg-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> On Behalf Of Deborah Bruce Sent: 26 February 2019 08:15 To: berg Mailing List <berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> Subject: [BERG] BERG Meeting - Wednesday 27th February Dear BERGers, This week at BERG we have our own Pawel Fedurek speaking. Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles as always. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2018 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 27th February

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG we have our own Pawel Fedurek speaking. Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles as always. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah ________________________________ The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2018 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG this week (and 24th April 2019)

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Just a wee reminder that there is no BERG meeting this week as it is Reading Week within the university. I do however have another date for your diaries as we will be having an additional meeting this semester. On Wednesday 24th April 2019, Hannah Buchanan-Smith will be hosting Sabrina Brando. Sabrina is Director of Animal Welfare with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and will be giving a presentation titled, " Global Collaboration for Animal Welfare". Hannah will circulate further details closer to the event. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 Our Spring Semester sessions will resume on Wednesday 27th February when our own Pawel Fedurek will be speaking. Best Wishes, Deborah

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FW: UFAW Symposium Bruges 2019. Programme of talk and posters presentations announcement. Deadline for early registration ends 28th February.

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

As UFAW kindly sponsor BERG, I offer to share details of their meetings. This one may be of interest to some. Best, Hannah From: Stephen Wickens <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk> Sent: 15 February 2019 10:29 To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: UFAW Symposium Bruges 2019. Programme of talk and posters presentations announcement. Deadline for early registration ends 28th February. Advancing animal welfare science: How do we get there? - Who is it good for? UFAW International Symposium 2019 3rd-4th July 2019 Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium Dear Hannah, The line up of speakers for the UFAW Symposium 2019 has now been announced and I'd be grateful if you could share this information with your colleagues, if you have not already done so. The symposia will feature the following keynote talks: * Professor Linda Keeling (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) Advances in technology to monitor animal welfare on the farm * Dr Joseph Garner (Stanford University, USA) Good science, good welfare. How understanding animals used in research helps us * Dr Hans van de Vis (Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands) Challenges associated with assessing and improving the welfare of farmed fish In addition, the symposium will feature 29 talks from other speakers including (see attached .pdf for full list): * Bennett RM (University of Reading, UK) The benefits of animal welfare science * Rioja-Lang FC, H Bacon, M Connor, AB Lawrence and CM Dwyer (University of Edinburgh and Scotland's Rural College, UK) Prioritising animal welfare issues using expert consensus * Jorquera MF, FR Dunshea, S Fuentes and EC Jongman (University of Melbourne, Australia) A pilot study of early detection of porcine pleuropneumonia using remote sensing and computer vision techniques over thermal infrared and RGB imagery * Huertas SM, PE Bobadilla, M Prieto and JM Lestido (Universidad de la República and JM Lestido Project Management, Uruguay; OIE Collaboration Center on Animal Welfare and Livestock Production Systems (Chile-Uruguay-México)) A new methodology to improve animal welfare during transport: "PROGAT" * Knock M and GA Carroll (Hartpury University Centre and Queens University Belfast, UK) The potential of post-mortem carcass assessments in reflecting the welfare of beef and dairy cattle * Stracke J, D Klotz, P Wohlsein, N Kemper and B Spindler (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany) Scratch the surface. Histopathology of foot pad dermatitis in turkeys * Burn CC (The Royal Veterinary College, UK) Stopping senseless standardisation: How not to waste laboratory animal lives The conference will start at 9.10 on the 3rd July, with registration from 8.00, and end at 17.10 on the 4th July. During the lunch break on both days there will be a poster sessions that will feature the posters on the attached .pdf. In due course abstracts for all the presentations will be made available on the conference webpage. Registration and accommodation details: The registration fee for the symposium is £325 (with a reduced rate of £255 available to delegates who register before 1st March). The registration fee includes attendance, lunch and refreshments over the two days and a drinks reception on the evening of 3rd July. Further details on the symposium, including a registration form and booking accommodation in Bruges can be found on the UFAW website: www.ufaw.org.uk/ufawbruges2019<http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufawbruges2019>. Kindest regards, Stephen Wickens, BSc PhD UFAW Development Officer Contact details: Stephen Wickens, Bruges 2019, UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8AN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0) 1582 831414; Website: www.ufaw.org.uk<http://www.ufaw.org.uk/>; Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> Follow us: [Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fufaw.…> ; [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/home?status=%40UFAW%5F1926-%20https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%…> About UFAW: The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), the international animal welfare science society, is a UK registered scientific and educational charity that brings together the animal welfare science community, educators, veterinarians and all concerned about animal welfare worldwide in order to achieve advances in the well-being of farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals, and for those animals with which we interact in the wild. Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991

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RA position with capuchin monkeys - Japan - all expenses paid

by Donna Kean

Hello all, Please find an advert attached for a research assistant position working with capuchins based in Kyoto this summer. Please feel free to forward to any non-BERGers who may be interested. Deadline: 28th Feb Best wishes, Donna

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FW: Call for submissions: PSGB Spring Meeting April 2019

by Phyllis Lee

Hi BERG people, All you primate / evol psychology people might want to consider registering and submitting a paper or poster presentation for the upcoming PSGB meeting at the Powell-Cotton Museum. The place alone is worth a visit as it contains a huge number of (dead) apes and endangered African primates (no, they are not endangered because they were shot in the 1900s but it didn’t help). Lots of type specimens too! Best wishes Phyllis From: Ellie Donnelly <drelliedonnelly(a)gmail.com> Sent: 07 February 2019 16:00 To: Phyllis Lee <phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Call for submissions: PSGB Spring Meeting April 2019 Hi Phyllis, My name is Ellie Donnelly and I am the student representative for PSGB. I recognise your name from PSGB conferences hence why I've picked you to email. I realise it's a busy time of year, so apologies, but I am hoping you can help. The student organising the Spring conference in April is really struggling with low submissions for poster and oral presentations and as the student representative I have volunteered to help actively encourage submissions from universities and other institutions by basically emailing someone in the relevant department at each University and asking them to distribute the below email to the relevant mailing lists at each one! I've noticed we don't have a student representative at Stirling, so no emails have probably been sent round the relevant mailing list/s there I would be really grateful if you could send out this new one I've done to the relevant mailing lists at Stirling to encourage students to submit! As you know, It's a great opportunity for them to present. (Also I'm aware that Kent is literally the other end of the UK, but it's worth a shot, right?!) Many thanks Ellie Dear students and staff, My name is Ellie Donnelly and I am the student representative of the Primate Society of Great Britain. The society is dedicated to advancing the conservation of primates in the wild, ensuring the highest possible standards of care and welfare for captive primates and advancing research into all areas of primatology and related fields. Our members come from a wide variety of disciplines including conservation and captive care, comparative cognition and communication, osteology, veterinary medicine, genetics and ethno-primatology. Following on from our extremely successful Winter Meeting at Bristol Zoo, our Spring Meeting is being held at the Powell-Cotton Museum on 8th and 9th April 2019. The theme for this conference is Primate Health, Captive Care and Conservation. All researchers regardless of career stage are encouraged to submit an abstract for a presentation at the meeting, but I am writing as we particularly wish to encourage students and those from allied professions involved in captive primate care to apply to present. The PSGB has a reputation of being a small, very friendly and inclusive society so please do not feel shy about presenting your work. The Spring meeting has a very broad theme, which has been deliberately chosen to allow as many people from different disciplines as possible to present. Your research is more than likely to fit one of these categories. Submissions are open for 15 minute oral presentations, 5 minute oral speed presentations and poster presentations, so you can present your research at a level and in a manner in which you are comfortable. The submission deadline of Friday 15th February is fast approaching but the full presentation does not have to be complete by then - just the outline in an abstract submission form on our website. You have plenty of time after that to perfect your talk or poster! In addition, the work you present does not have to refer to a completed project. We welcome the submission of preliminary findings, pilot studies or even proposed project plans. Alternatively, you may have presented your work elsewhere, but this meeting provides an opportunity to reach a different audience. You have nothing to lose and only valuable experience to gain. We will also be giving out prizes for the best student/trainee poster and oral presentation. Presenting and/or winning prizes at a national conference, whether as a poster or orally, looks great on your CV or training record! If you simply wish to attend the conference and support or watch others presenting, we welcome meeting registrations from members and non-members alike. Becoming a student/trainee member only costs £15 and is more than covered by the discount on ticket price it gives. The deadline for ‘early bird’ discounted tickets for attendance is Friday 1st March. Our last meeting was sold out by the Early Bird deadline, so please don’t forget to book early to ensure a place! Please find the links below for further information on the conference and to purchase tickets: http://www.psgb.org/meeting_detail.php?ID=spring-meeting-2019-2019-04-08 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psgb-spring-conference-2019-tickets-54651663… You can follow PSGB student on twitter https://twitter.com/psgbstudent and facebook https://www.facebook.com/PSGBPhD/ Please do email any queries about presenting to the conference organiser Jaimie.morris(a)canterbury.ac.uk.or<mailto:Jaimie.morris@canterbury.ac.uk.or> any other queries to myself at student(a)psgb.org<mailto:student@psgb.org> Many thanks and happy submitting! Ellie Donnelly PSGB Student representative MAPhD student Durham University

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 13th February 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is Anthony Lee who will be giving the following talk: "A data-driven approach to human mate preferences". Abstract: Previous research investigating human mate preferences has often used a theory-driven approach; however, this can be limiting as only traits predicted by existing theories can be investigated. I will present data from two papers where complementing traditional theory-driven research with data-driven techniques can help gain unique insight into human mate preference. The first analysis investigates women's facial attractiveness, while the second analysis focuses on written descriptions from online dating profiles. Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles as always. If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 6th February 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is David Pritchard who will be giving the following talk: "Are hummingbirds "feathered bees"?: insect-inspired approaches to bird navigation" Hi everyone, I have just moved here from Sue Healy's group in St Andrews to work with Mario Vallejo-Marin in Biology, and wanted to introduce myself, what research I have done, and tell you about what I am going to be doing in Stirling (spoilers: it involves bees). David Pritchard. [cid:28182319-8982-451c-954c-b8899353fea8] Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles as always. Although our schedule for this Spring Semester is almost complete but we still have one available date, Wednesday 27th March 2019. Would somebody like to sign up for this slot? Please do so using our Doodle Poll at: https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7 If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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FW: WAWC meeting: Who are the guardians of wild animal welfare? 27th March 2019

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

This may be of interest to some..... Wild Animal Welfare Committee Who are the guardians of wild animal welfare? Wednesday 27 March 2019 10:30 - 17:00 City Chambers High Street Edinburgh EH1 1YJ Booking is now open for the WAWC conference 2019!<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wawc-conference-2019-tickets-54535573368> The Wild Animal Welfare Committee is delighted to invite you to this year's conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday 27 March, on the theme Who are the guardians of wild animal welfare? Introduced by the WAWC Chairman, Dr Pete Goddard, the full-day conference will open with a keynote presentation by: - Donald Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare at Cambridge University on the subject of Wild animal welfare, sentience and law: international perspectives. This will be followed by presentations by speakers from the Committee and guests, including (provisional titles - to be confirmed): - Dr Sandra Baker, WildCRU, Zoology, Oxford University, on Influencing behaviour with regard to wild animal welfare - Dr Chris Draper, Born Free Foundation on Welfare guardianship during conservation activities - Alick Simmons, former Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for England on Current and future guardians of wildlife welfare in the UK - Sarah Dolman, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, with Joe Perry, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science on UK marine mammal guardianship in areas such as seal culling, ocean energy and tourism More speakers will be confirmed shortly. The afternoon session will focus on audience workshops and discussions around the theme of guardianship, with contributions from an expert panel. Tickets, price £65, are available HERE<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wawc-conference-2019-tickets-54535573368> We are also offering student places for £40 - please contact the WAWC directly at wildanimalwelfarecommittee(a)gmail.com<mailto:wildanimalwelfarecommittee@gmail.com> for more information. Both prices cover refreshments, vegetarian/vegan lunch and a complimentary drinks reception from 1700 - 1800. We hope you will be able to join us - and join in - for the day. What they said about the first WAWC conference ... "Yesterday was such a brilliant success! The turnout was terrific, the talks were great and the food lovely. The best thing of the day was the mix of people who attended and the acceptance by these diverse groups that progress could be made by co-operation. What more could one hope for at this early stage in the establishment of the central role for the WAWC?" W: www.wawcommittee.org<http://www.wawcommittee.org/> E: wildanimalwelfarecommittee(a)gmail.com<mailto:wildanimalwelfarecommittee@gmail.com> Twitter: @wawcommittee

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 30th January 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG our speaker is Bill Phillips who will be giving a presentation entitled: "Subcellular and microcircuit foundations of information processing in the neocortex: Recent comparisons between humans, monkeys, and rodents" To get you all interested and your thinking caps on, Bill has sent me the following abstract for his talk: Abstract: Mammalian neocortex has expanded greatly in size and number of specialized regions during the course of evolution. Why? What is its special magic? What are the common information processing capabilities that make it useful to such a wide diversity of species and ecological niches? How do its capabilities vary across species and cortical regions? Are there any distinctive capabilities of human neocortex? Recent discoveries indicate that the ability of neocortical pyramidal cells to select and amplify currently relevant signals varies greatly both within and across species. Selective amplification at the neuronal level is important because it is central to the conscious cognitive decisions that determine what is perceived, thought, and done, with major implications for development and psychopathology. We established the formal information theory of selective amplification long ago, and are currently studying its implications for machine learning. Potential synergies between this research and that of BERG await exploration. Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles provided as always. Our schedule for this Spring Semester is almost complete but we still have one available date, Wednesday 20th March 2019. Would somebody like to do the honours and sign up for this date? Please do so using our Doodle Poll at: https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7 If you have 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt An up to date copy of our schedule can be found at: https://stir.app.box.com/file/379199974874 See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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BERG Meeting - Wednesday 23rd January

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, This week at BERG Lesley Craig will be hosting two guest speakers, Guy Gater and Elizabeth Louden, who are in the process of setting up a project for rescued primates in Ghana. A wee bit of background from Guy and Elizabeth to get you all interested: Presentation Title : Project Patas - The Fight for the Weeds Presentation Outline * Who are Guy and Elizabeth and what is our vision? * Project Patas - Goals & Progress Update * Is there a fit with Stirling University to join us on this challenging / exciting journey? Our meeting is at the usual time and venue: 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94), with drinks and nibbles provided as always. Although we have a few speakers already lined up, there are still some slots free to present at BERG this semester. Please help to fill up our Spring Schedule by signing up for an available date using our Doodle Poll at: https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt See you all on Wednesday. Best Wishes, Deborah

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Offer of informal talk

by Bill Phillips

Hi members of BERG, If it is of interest I could give an informal talk on subcellular foundations of cognition with particular emphasis upon evolutionary changes in those foundations from rodents to humans. Best wishes, Bill ?

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BERG Meeting and Discussion Session- Wednesday 16th January 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Just a reminder that our weekly meetings resume this Wednesday (16th January) at 5.30 p.m. in the Common Room (3A94). We have an external speaker, Dr Ally Palmer, from the University of Oxford, giving a presentation entitled "Ethical questions in orangutan rehabilitation". Prior to her talk we shall have a discussion about "voluntary participation of animals in research", and will be meeting at 4pm in the common room. If you are interested in joining us, please let Hannah know. Ally is doing this work as a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr Beth Greenhough and Dr Reuben Message on the Species and Spaces project at the School of Geography and Environment, Oxford. Ally is studying those animals used in research in Places Other than Licensed Establishments (POLES). This work considers how transposing animal research to POLES - such as farms, fisheries, conservation sites, zoos, and veterinary clinics - poses new questions and challenges for human-animal relationships. Although we have a few speakers already lined up, there are still plenty of opportunities to present at BERG. Please sign up for an available date using our Doodle Poll at: https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) <https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt>https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt Best Wishes, Deborah

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BERG Spring Semester 2019

by Deborah Bruce

Dear BERGers, Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the Spring Semester of BERG meetings. For your shiny new 2019 diaries - our weekly meetings will run from 16th January to 10th April 2019, except for 20th February (mid-Semester). As always, our gatherings are on Wednesday evenings (5.30 p.m.) in the department Common Room (3A94), drinks and nibbles included. Meetings will commence on 16th January (a week Wednesday) with an external speaker, Dr Ally Palmer, from the University of Oxford, giving a presentation entitled "Ethical questions in orangutan rehabilitation". Prior to her talk we shall have a discussion about "voluntary participation of animals in research", and will be meeting at 4pm in the common room. If you are interested in joining us, please let Hannah know. Ally is doing this work as a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr Beth Greenhough and Dr Reuben Message on the Species and Spaces project at the School of Geography and Environment, Oxford. Ally is studying those animals used in research in Places Other than Licensed Establishments (POLES). This work considers how transposing animal research to POLES - such as farms, fisheries, conservation sites, zoos, and veterinary clinics - poses new questions and challenges for human-animal relationships. Although we have a few speakers already lined up, there are still plenty of opportunities to present at BERG. Giving a talk at BERG is a great way to practice a talk , fine-tune your presentation skills, or receive valuable feedback on your research, and all in a friendly environment. If you'd like to share your work with us this semester, lead a discussion, or can suggest an external speaker (local) willing to come along, please sign up for an available date using our Doodle Poll at: https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7 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 please use the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt Here's to a prosperous and exciting BERG 2019! Best wishes, Deborah Bruce

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Ending the year on a high

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers It's been another great year for BERG, with three new appointments. We look forward to welcoming Pawel Fedurek<https://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/staff/pawel-fedurek/index.html> and Anthony Lee<https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/staff/antho…> in January, and Sharon Kessler<https://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/research/?id=15971> in June, 2019. We've had a cracking autumn BERG seminar series ably organised by Gemma Mackintosh, with Deborah Bruce taking the reins for the spring semester. These meetings are such important opportunities for feedback and for networking, and so we offer big thanks to all our speakers, and to the organisers. Finally, the University's Top Ten of most shared 2018 articles - as measured by the Altmetric score of attention - has just been released, and two BERGers feature. Dr Liz Williamson (and BES's Boo Maisels) got number one spot Strindberg S, Maisels F, Williamson EA, Blake S, Stokes E, Aba'a R, Abitsi G, Agbor A, Ambahe R, Bakabana PC, Bechem M,Berlemont A, de Semboli B, Boundja PR & Jeffery KJ (2018) Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa, Science Advances, 4 (4), Art. No.:eaar2964. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar2964. Full-text available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27128 And Prof Craig Roberts was in third place. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Han C, Fasolt V, Morrison D, Lee AJ, Holzleitner IJ, O'Shea KJ, Roberts SC, Little AC & DeBruine LM (2018) No Compelling Evidence That Preferences for Facial Masculinity Track Changes in Women's Hormonal Status, Psychological Science, 29 (6), pp. 996-1005. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618760197. Full-text available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27213 Congratulations to them! Blog posting at: https://isnews.stir.ac.uk/2018/12/19/stirlings-top-ten-most-shared-2018-art… Tweets at: https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075426049859694592 https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075389493430153216 Happy holidays! 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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BERG Christmas Party

by Gemma Mackintosh

Hello, All! Tomorrow is the last date for BERG, and what could be a better way to celebrate an excellent semester of talks than to with a Christmas Party? Join us in the common room at 5:30pm, Wednesday 12th December for some light festivities. We shall ask that everybody brings a little something to the party to share – nibbles, a bottle, or home baking if inclined. If you have any festive games you would like to bring along, please do! To add new members to our mailing list using the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe.) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/e3nuylt8aacxjyzdw40zqv4zpv6afil0 See you soon! Gemma

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BERG 5th December

by Gemma Mackintosh

Hello, All This week, we have Sobana Wijeakumar (hosted by Liz Renner) giving a talk titled "Shedding light on Stone Tool Making". As usual, BERG will start at 5:30pm in the common room - all welcome! To add new members to our mailing list using the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe.) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/e3nuylt8aacxjyzdw40zqv4zpv6afil0 ???See you soon! Gemma

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FW: Spring Semester Research Seminar Series

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers We have an opportunity to nominate seminar speakers for th Psychology spring semester series - please especially can we have one relevant to animal welfare/HAI as UFAW kindly sponsor one seminar speaker a seemster, so let us take this great opportunity! You may either nominate directly via Louise (louise.lavery(a)stir.ac.uk), with me copied in, or filter through me. Many thanks, Hannah From: Louise Lavery <louise.lavery(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: 03 December 2018 10:12 To: Psychology Staff <PsychologyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Spring Semester Research Seminar Series Dear all, We are looking for individuals to nominate speakers for our Spring Research Seminar Programme series. Can I please request that you provide nominees by 15th December at the latest, apologies for the delay in requesting nominations. It has been a busy semester. When submitting nominees, can you please include nominees organisation, their areas of expertise and potential presentation topics. As hosts need to be available to welcome, introduce and entertain seminar speakers, can you please also advise which of the following dates are suitable for you: 24th January 31st January 7th February 14th February 28th February 7th March 14th March 21st March 28th March 4th April Kind regards, Louise Administration Assistant Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences (01786) 467640

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BERG 28th November

by Gemma Mackintosh

Hello, All This week, we have Zsuzsa Lugosi giving a talk titled "Enhancing zoo education with Virtual Reality". Here is a blurb to spark your interest: In 1997 Zoo Atlanta developed an experience that allowed middle schoolers to become gorillas for a short while in a Virtual Reality (VR) experience. At that time, this technology was still in its early stages, but with more widespread commercial use, these experiences can become breath-taking. In a zoo setting, VR experiences could have all the characteristics of a keeper's talk: introducing the species and communicating welfare and conservations messages to the wider public. According to Moss and Esson (2010) visitors spend about a minute to observe animals in an exhibit, and even that minute is dependent on the species, where charismatic or active mammals are highly preferred by visitors. With a VR experience 3-5 minutes long, animals could get undivided attention from visitors, while the zoo would have the opportunity to send specific messages. I will conduct a research in Edinburgh Zoo early next year to evaluate whether visitors like this method of education and how it might impact their behaviour regarding the issues raised in the experience. ? As usual, BERG will start at 5:30pm in the common room - all welcome! To reiterate Hannah's email from last week, BERG's Christmas party will be on Wednesday 12thDecember in the usual BERG slot at 5.30pm in the common room. We shall ask that everybody brings a little something to the party to share - nibbles, a bottle, or home baking if inclined!? http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg?<http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg> (You can also use this link to unsubscribe.) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/e3nuylt8aacxjyzdw40zqv4zpv6afil0 ???See you soon! Gemma

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