Dear BERGers,
Another Week, another Weminder e-mail! This week is extra special, because on Mar 08, 2020, Scotland celebrated "International Women's Day"! Shout-out to all of the fierce female minds that plan, present for, and attend BERG, contributing so much of themselves to make our research group worthwhile. 🤜🤛
Following that point, this week we have decided to cancel the BERG meeting due to the UCU strikes taking place Monday through Friday, and causing some understandably lower-than-usual attendance. Instead, on March 18, we will have THREE presenters giving brief presentations discussing their research efforts. It is simply an added bonus that they all happen to be women! đź‘Š
On 18 March 2020, at 5:30pm, please come on down to Cottrell 3A94 to hear the following short talks and learn more about these topics:
Juliet Robertsone - “Restricted access to working memory does not prevent cumulative improvement in a cultural evolution task”
Kateřina Fiurašková - "MHC, hormonal contraception and women's reproductive success"
Lucie Kuncová - "Imprinting-like effect and similarity in body odour"
See you next week, Ruth BERGer GinsBERG's!
-Sarah and Gema
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
[Same instructions as above]
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Dear BERGers,
Would anyone who has decided definitively to come to the meeting tonight be able to help prepare the snacks table this afternoon, around 5:15pm? All of the necessities are in my (Sarah's) office. Volunteers can e-mail me at s.b.kraemer(a)wisc.edu for more info! We would greatly appreciate it!
Info on snacks duties: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Also, Juliet Robertstone is giving the BERG talk on 18 Mar 2020. She has informed me that her BERG talk is in preparation for a short conference talk, and thus it is a very quick one. She opened the floor to others who might have a quick talk they'd like to give, to share her Mar 18 slot! If you are interested in presenting a short talk at that meeting, please e-mail us. The theme need not be directly related. Her e-mail is juliet.dunstone1(a)stir.ac.uk
Many thanks,
-Sarah
Sarah B. Kraemer
PhD Student | Department of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group [BERG<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>]
Scottish Primate Research Group [SPRG<http://living-links.org/about/scottish-primate-research-group/>]
University of Stirling, UK
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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.
Dear BERGers,
Many thanks to all who attended last week's meeting, and if any members have specific feedback for our presenter, Dr. Krissy Green, she has invited you to e-mail me or her directly for that input before she presents at the AHH conference in March! Her e-mail is: krissy.nichols(a)googlemail.com
Tomorrow we have Kristine Gandia presenting on “Using a worldwide zoo database to assess the effect of circadian synchrony on animal welfare.” We welcome any and all members to come to Cottrell 3A94 tomorrow at 5:30pm for some snacks, refreshments, and discussion!
**IMPORTANT: Your regular BERG organisers, Sarah and Gema, are unavailable to run the snacks for the duscussion tomorrow. If some interested BERG member could kindly volunteer to spearhead those duties, please e-mail Sarah for more information at s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk!
"BERG: Inspiring snacks and discussions *Circa* many years now!"
All the best,
-Sarah and Gema
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
[Same instructions as above]
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
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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.
Dear BERGers,
We trust that you all had a splendid Wednesday afternoon off last week! As you all undoubtedly know, this week many are participating in the UCU Stirling strikes that are taking place Monday through Wednesday of this week [Feb 24-26], Mon-Thurs of the following week [Mar 02-05], Mon-Fri of the week after that [Mar 09-13], and Mon-Tues of the final week [Mar 16-17]. http://ucustirling.org.uk/?p=5632
As BERG organisers, we discussed the possibility of cancelling BERG for these strikes. Ultimately we decided that because BERG attendance has always been optional, meetings take place outside of regular office hours, and the meetings are meant to be social gatherings in which members mingle and discuss current research, that it would be perfectly acceptable and non-political to continue hosting them.
All members should feel free to attend, but as always, the meetings are non-obligatory! We hope to see you there!
This week, Dr. Krissy Green will be presenting a talk titled
"Reptile Mental Health: Excessive Anthropomorphism, or Emerging Welfare Concern?"
Dr. Green is a veterinarian and an RCVS advanced practitioner in Zoological Medicine. She will presently be giving a talk at the AHH ("Advancing Herpetological Husbandry") Conference in March.
A short abstract for the talk:
Do reptiles have mental health, and what importance does this have? Is it excessive anthropomorphism to consider mental health problems in reptiles or is this a welfare concern that the hobby should become engaged in? This talk explores human negative mental health states and shows where they are applicable to specific reptile cases I have seen in exotic animal veterinary practice.
As always, refreshments and nibbles will be provided.
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
[Same instructions as above]
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
All the best,
Sarah and Gema
Sarah B. Kraemer
PhD Student | Department of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group [BERG<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>]
Scottish Primate Research Group [SPRG<http://living-links.org/about/scottish-primate-research-group/>]
University of Stirling, UK
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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.
Dear BERGers,
This is a quick reminder that today there will be no BERG meeting, as it is mid-semester reading period.
Enjoy this afternoon for yourselves!
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
[Same instructions as above]
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
All the best,
Sarah and Gema
Sarah B. Kraemer
PhD Student | Department of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group [BERG<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>]
Scottish Primate Research Group [SPRG<http://living-links.org/about/scottish-primate-research-group/>]
University of Stirling, UK
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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.
Dear all,
Just a reminder that tomorrow we have Mark Atkinson presenting at BERG. Mark's talk is on: Inferring behaviour from partial social information and the cultural transmission of adaptive traits
We start at 5.30pm as per usual, in the Psychology common room (3A94). Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Hope to see you there!
Christine.
This semester's BERG schedule is available at: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
Link for new subscribers (or to unsubscribe): http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
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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.
Final reminder....
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Lara Wood <lara.wood(a)abertay.ac.uk<mailto:lara.wood@abertay.ac.uk>>
Date: 10 February 2020 at 05:56:38 GMT-8
To: "sprg(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:sprg@st-andrews.ac.uk>" <sprg(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:sprg@st-andrews.ac.uk>>
Subject: [sprg] Burn 2020
Reply-To: Lara Wood <lara.wood(a)abertay.ac.uk<mailto:lara.wood@abertay.ac.uk>>
Sorry to clog inboxes, this is just a final reminder that the deadline for securing a place at the SPRG Burn is this Friday (14th). After that point I will only email further details to those that are signed up.
Below are the details.
Best wishes,
Lara
This year’s meeting takes place from the 24th-26th April 2020. We can arrive from 4:00pm on Friday 24th and leave after lunch on Sunday 26th April, though we will still need to clear our rooms in the morning.
This year Manon, Emma and I will be organising the meeting. There will be a series of talks given throughout the weekend so please also let us know now if you would like a talk slot. These do not need to be particularly formal talks - the Burn is a great place to discuss project plans or analyses in the works. This year we will be joined by Dr Rachel Kendal<https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?id=5444> who will be giving an extended talk. Rachel is an Associate Professor at the University of Durham, and she has undertaken extensive research looking at social learning in a large number of primate species. Rachel is the current president of the Cultural Evolution Society<https://culturalevolutionsociety.org/> and SPRG Alumni.
The costs of staying at The Burn are heavily subsidised by the Charitable Trust, and so remain very reasonable. The price of attending, which includes room, meals, etc., will be ÂŁ190 for staff (those in full time employment) who wish to have a single occupancy room. Because single occupancy rooms are limited in number, we will offer these on a first-come first-serve basis. For students, unwaged members, and/or those who share rooms, the price will be ÂŁ150.
To confirm your place at the Burn, please send a deposit of ÂŁ75 to me by the second week of February (14/02/19) - see details below. On the bank reference could you please include your name and "Burn" as this will help me keep track of those who have paid. In a change to previous meetings and in line with the Burn's new policy the full balance will be due on Friday 17th April by bank transfer. This will avoid the need for people to bring excessive amounts of cash (although some will still be required for liquid refreshment). Any cancellations after this period will be non-refundable if we are unable to fill your place.
Account number: 41035106
Sort code: 07-01-16
​Bank reference: "Burn *your name*"
To help us keep things organised, after paying the deposit, please send me an email at lara.wood(a)abertay.ac.uk<mailto:lara.wood@abertay.ac.uk> and include the following details:
Use the subject header: The SPRG Burn meeting 2019
Give your name:
If you prefer a single room (noting additional cost and no promises):
Affiliation and career stage (e.g., St Andrews, PhD student)
Dietary requirements: (if any)
If you are interested in giving a talk: (yes/no)
Topic of your talk: (title can be decided later but please indicate your/the general topic):
All the best,
Lara, Emma and Manon
Dr Lara Wood, PhD, PGCert, MA, BA | Lecturer
Psychology Division
Abertay University | Bell Street | DUNDEE | DD1 1HG
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For those of you who may be looking for welfare-related research opportunities......
As the message says, you’ll need to register for the Facebook group.
Best, Hannah
From: Stephen Wickens <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk>>
Date: 4 February 2020 at 04:48:10 GMT-8
To: <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>>
Subject: UFAW Research opportunities message board
Reply-To: <wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk>>
Dear Hannah,
In case you haven't checked it out yet, we are continuing to add new posts to our Facebook Research opportunities message board. The latest is for a two year post-doc in Vienna to research the welfare implications of prosocial behaviour in domestic animals. More details can be found at: http://bit.ly/2GQPt62
To advertise posts and to also find out about new opportunities all you, your colleagues and/or students need to do is register. Follow this link to do so: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ufawresearch.
Stephen
Dr Stephen Wickens
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK
Email: wickens(a)ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> ; Direct Tel: +44(0)1276 500880; Office: +44(0)1582 831818 (tel), 831414 (fax)
www.ufaw.org.uk<http://www.ufaw.org.uk>
Registered Charity No 207996 (Registered in England) and Company Limited by Guarantee No 579991
Science in the service of animal welfare
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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.
Good morning, BERGers!
This is your 'push notification' that we have a meeting tomorrow, 05 Feb 2020, at 5:30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94).
Sarah Kraemer will be introducing the speaker and setting-up snacks.
Our presenter this week is Megan Donald, who has recently joined the Stirling Uni Psych Dept from the University of Glasgow as a Research Assistant with Laura Scullion Hall and Hannah Buchanan-Smith. She provided us with an abstract for her paper presentation tomorrow, which is fantastic as it gives us all that extra opportunity to think about these topics!
Title:
How to work with infinite bodies: the emotional geographies of diagnosis in the Small Animal Hospital
Abstract:
The Small Animal Hospital is a site where animals and humans come together for the purposes of specialist veterinary care, diagnosis and treatment. It is here we expect our pets to undergo the most advanced diagnostic procedures, led by cutting-edge evidence-based medicine. Framed by science and technology studies (STS), and emotional and animal geographies, this paper presents an alternative, affectively-attuned investigation into the diagnostic practices of the Small Animal Hospital. It does so through the story of Tessa, a dog with a sore back: this paper takes us through the 3 sites of her diagnosis within the hospital: the office where Tessa’s medical history is read by the vet, the consultation room where the vet meets Tessa and her owners and the neurology examination room, where Tessa’s bodily symptoms are tested. Each site reveals how veterinary diagnosis is formed not only through a purely objective science but through different multispecies intimacies, body practices and affective atmospheres. The result is a distinctly sensuous science which highlights the formative role of animal emotion in veterinary medicine, recognises the animal as an actor in its own care and which allows for new avenues of human-animal relations to be explored within interdisciplinary veterinary medical humanities.
We hope you will join us in discussing veterinary medicine as a sensuous science!
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
[Same instructions as above]
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
Happy Tuesday,
Sarah and Gema
Sarah B. Kraemer
PhD Student | Department of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group [BERG<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>]
Scottish Primate Research Group [SPRG<http://living-links.org/about/scottish-primate-research-group/>]
University of Stirling, UK
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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.
Dear BERGers,
This is your happy reminder that BERG will be meeting at 5:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday), 29 Jan 2020, in the Psychology common room, 3A94.
This week one of the BERG organisers-- yours, truly!-- will be presenting on "Examining Social Influences on Capuchin Associative Learning".
A huge thank-you to everyone who has officially signed up to present this Spring! Last week we saw a large influx of people interested in sharing their research, and our Spring 2020 schedule is nearly full. That being said, we are always gathering intel on who could be potential speakers for us in the future, so carry on sharing those leads with your friendly neighborhood organisers.
A few members have pointed out that the social media presence of BERG could be improved, and the organisers agree! If there are any members who feel like they could do justice for BERG on our twitter and facebook pages, please e-mail organisers Gema and Sarah about spear-heading our social media efforts! ​This will be more of a priority moving forward.
The iceBERG sign-up link is here: https://stir.box.com/s/6m677eyq85vi1id5dumcl7x3yney5t35
Members may choose any slots and e-mail Sarah Kraemer and/or Gema Martin-Ordas to be put on the schedule.
( s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk; gema.martin-ordas(a)stir.ac.uk )
The Spring 2020 Schedule for BERG presentations is here: https://stir.box.com/s/2nz26sgrlkwmjl72a5oz7j8uuo1qmdd7
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
Until tomorrow,
-Sarah and Gema
Sarah B. Kraemer
PhD Student | Department of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group [BERG<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>]
Scottish Primate Research Group [SPRG<http://living-links.org/about/scottish-primate-research-group/>]
University of Stirling, UK
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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.
