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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

5 years, 10 months

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

5 years, 10 months

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

5 years, 11 months

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

5 years, 11 months

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

5 years, 11 months

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

5 years, 11 months

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 ?

5 years, 11 months

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

5 years, 11 months

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

5 years, 12 months

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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