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This week's BERG: Sophia Daoudi discusses her expedition to re-establish a new long-term field station in Suriname

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, This Wednesday at we will have Sophia Daoudi giving an exciting talk regarding her field work in South America, entitled: "An expedition to re-establish a new long-term field station for conservation & primate research in Suriname." In Sophia's own words: there are a range of benefits to twinning a captive primate research centre with a field site. The Living Links Research Centre was established nine years ago in the Royal Zoological Society Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo. It is a mixed-species exhibit housing two groups of brown capuchins (Sapajus apella) and common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), and acts as a public engagement with science centre. The Raleighvallen Nature Reserve, Suriname is one of the largest protected tropical forests in South America. During January-March 2017 the general ecology of the eight sympatric primates in Raleighvallen was studied, with a focus on polyspecific associations Sapajus and Saimiri. [cid:image001.jpg@01D335E3.D0449440] [cid:image002.jpg@01D335E3.D0449440] We look forward to seeing you all there at 5.30pm in the common room. Drinks and snacks as usual! Best, Donna

8 years, 2 months

BERG Autumn Semester Schedule

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, It was great to see such a good turn out yesterday for our first BERG meeting this year! Thank you to everyone who came along. Please find the current talk schedule attached and a Box link below where you can find updates to the program as they go live. As you can see we still have a few slots left for this semester. Please let me know if you would like to sign up to present a talk or host a discussion, or if you have any suggestions for a speaker that we might like to invite. This is an excellent platform to get friendly feedback on research and to practise your presenting skills. https://stir.box.com/s/pul8dypg12q8hxibkmpywg1xktr9q4lg Looking forward to seeing you all next week. Best wishes, Donna

8 years, 2 months

First BERG Meeting Tomorrow

by Donna Kean

Dear all, Tomorrow we will have our first BERG meeting of the year! We will start with informal introductions, followed by a 30-minute talk from Gema Martin-Ordas entitled: “False memories in short-term memories in chimpanzees”. Gema will present a couple of studies which show that chimpanzees' mistakes at recalling are not arbitrary mistakes but false recollections. There will be a discussion after the talk. We are still recruiting volunteers to give a talk or host a discussion for this semester's program, so please do sign up using this Doodle link: https://beta.doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.doodle.com%2Fpoll%2F4gigu…> There will be drinks and nibbles as usual. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Best, Donna

8 years, 2 months

BERG starts next week

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Dear BERGers Welcome to the new academic year, and the start of our BERG meetings again on Wednesday 20th September, in the common room (3A94) - 5.30pm SHARP. We have our newest colleague, Dr Gema Martin-Ordas presenting a talk entitled " False memories in short-term memories in chimpanzees". The talk will last about 30 minutes, followed by discussion. We shall also use the first 15-20 minutes of this meeting to introduce ourselves, as we have a lot of new people. We still need to recruit some more speakers for the programme - as we have noted it's a great way to practise talks and develop those valuable presentation skills. Please sign up and/or feel free to suggest local speakers that we may wish to invite. The Doodle poll is here: https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx 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 new folk must complete the form available here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Donna Kean is kindly organising the BERG seminars this semester, and she will circulate the programme in due course. See you next Wednesday. Drinks and nibbles as usual. All good wishes, 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

8 years, 3 months

Fwd: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?'

by Laura Scullion Hall

Dear BERGers, Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below for details of a Stir3Rs seminar from Dr Penny Hawkins of the RSPCA which may be of interest to those whose research involves animals. Kind regards Laura Begin forwarded message: From: Laura Scullion Hall <laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk>> Subject: [Stir3Rs] September seminar - 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?' Date: 13 September 2017 at 13:13:08 BST To: stir3rs Mailing List <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Reply-To: Stir3Rs Group <stir3rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:stir3rs@lists.stir.ac.uk>> Dear all, I’m delighted to say that our first Stir3Rs seminar of the autumn semester will take place on Wednesday 27th September at 1.30pm in Cottrell 2A54. We have Dr Penny Hawkins, head of the RSPCA’s lab animals science group, talking to us about 'Our local AWERB - what's in it for me?’. The talk will focus on the benefits of ethical review for researchers and scientific quality, and will be relevant to all of those whose research involves animals (including non-regulated research). Please forward this announcement to staff or postgraduates not on the list who may be interested in attending. Kind regards Laura --------------------------------------------------- Dr Laura Scullion Hall Research Fellow Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Email: laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk> Tel.:+44 (0)1786 466849 Web.: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/28900 BERG home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Twitter<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/groups/psychology/behaviour…> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/bergstirling> Stir3Rs home page<http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/3rs/> | mailing list<http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs> Twitter: @dogwelfaresci<http://www.twitter.com/dogwelfaresci> Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871914003074>: Refining dosing by oral gavage in the dog Open access<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056871916301101>: The influence of facility and home pen design on the welfare of laboratory-housed dogs [cid:E43CF3B3-5694-4D7F-9099-D7C07CA33983@stir.ac.uk] www.RefiningDogCare.com<http://www.refiningdogcare.com/> ¦ Resources for those working with dogs in research Twitter<https://twitter.com/refiningdogcare> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/refiningdogcare> _______________________________________________ Stir3Rs mailing list Stir3Rs(a)lists.stir.ac.uk<mailto:Stir3Rs@lists.stir.ac.uk> http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/stir3rs

8 years, 3 months

Jo White seminar

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Please find attached the poster advertising Jo White's seminar entitled Sustainable Animal Welfare Through Human Behaviour Change - 21st September (4pm, Stirling University). All are welcome so feel free to circulate to anyone who might be interested and is available. We shall go out for early dinner afterwards. All good wishes, 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

8 years, 3 months

Job ad - Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

This might be of interest to someone - it is a job advertisement working as Director at a chimpanzees sanctuary in Liberia - the former NYBC VILAB facility, now managed by the HSI/HSUS. Dr Kay Farmer tells me it is a great opportunity for the right person.

8 years, 3 months

New term, new BERG!

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, A reminder that our first BERG meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th September at 5.30pm in the Psychology common room (3a94), and will be held at the same time each week (excluding Wed 25th October for mid-semester break). Please do sign up for a slot as it's a great way to practise talks and develop those valuable presentation skills. Please also feel free to suggest local speakers that we may wish to invite. https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx 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 new folk must complete the form available here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg You can also use this link to unsubscribe. Best wishes, Donna

8 years, 3 months

Events of interest to BERGers

by Hannah Buchanan-Smith

It is fantastic that Donna is organising our BERG seminars next semester – please do sign up for a session! These sessions are a great way to get feedback on ideas, and they depend on us all to make them work…. There are other events of special interest to BERGers - Jo White from Progressive ideas, will speak on the topic of Human Behaviour Change for Animal Welfare Thursday 21st September, 4pm in room 3A94 in Cottrell building. http://www.progressiveideas.co.uk/jo-white/ I shall circulate her abstract nearer the time, but please add to your diary if you are interested. Also – we have a lecture Tamed: With Professor Alice Roberts Tuesday 17 Oct 2017, 7.30pm http://macrobertartscentre.org/event/tame-with-alice-roberts-/ You will need to buy your own ticket. Join Professor Alice Roberts as she delves into archaeology, history and genetics to reveal the amazing stories of the species that became our allies. £16.50 / £14.50 Conc Book Tickets<http://macrobertartscentre.org/event/tame-with-alice-roberts-/#book_tickets> How do you tame wildness? For hundreds of thousands of years our ancestors existed in a world where they depended on wild plants and animals. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate survival experts, but taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution happened: we started to domesticate wild species and they became crucial to our own survival and success. Join Alice Roberts as she delves into archaeology, history and genetics to reveal the amazing stories of the species that became our allies. From dogs, cattle and horses to wheat, potatoes and apples, find out how taming all these species has left its mark on them - and us. 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

8 years, 4 months

New term, new BERG!

by Donna Kean

Dear BERGers, I hope you are all looking forward to a new season of BERG! I am currently recruiting speakers for Wednesdays starting from September 20th. All are welcome to give a talk or lead a discussion. If you would like to sign up please follow the link below to the Doodle poll. https://doodle.com/poll/4gigufnkunz3hzzx I look forward to seeing you all in September! Best wishes, Donna

8 years, 4 months

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