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Tomorrow's BERG meeting: Wednesday 27 Feb
by Christine Caldwell 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. Lizzie Webber will be taking us on a visual tour of wild elephant behaviour. We'll start at 5.30pm as usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell) with some drinks and nibbles. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Katie Slocombe visit on Thursday
by Christine Caldwell 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Dear BERGers, In addition to our usual BERG meeting this week (Lizzie Webber showing us lots of photos and videos of elephants!) we have also got Katie Slocombe coming to give a seminar on Thursday. Katie will be talking about chimpanzee communication. She is a fantastic speaker so it should be a really great talk. If you want to come along, the talk will be at 4pm this Thursday (28 February) in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). Also, we'll be taking Katie out for dinner after the seminar. Please let me know if you would like to join us (by Wednesday morning at the latest so I can book a table). Katie will be staying at the Management Centre so we will probably go to the Meadowpark. Thanks. Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Reminder: Today's BERG meeting (Wed 20 Feb)
by Christine Caldwell 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Dear all, Just a reminder about today's BERG meeting. Kelly Cobey will be talking to us about hormonal contraceptive use and relationship dynamics. We start at 5.30pm as usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). I have attached a preliminary schedule for this semester's meetings. We still have two slots free at the moment (6 March and 27 March). Christine. -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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2013 Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour - 23rd March
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Please see a message below for the wonderful SCAB - it would be wonderful to have a good representation from Stirling. Please register directly with Dana Weldon. We may be able to coordinate travel, so let me know if you plan to go. Best, Hannah Hi all, This is an announcement of the annual Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour, to be held this year at the University of Glasgow. Apologies for the short notice but the event will be held on Saturday March 23rd, in the Graham Kerr building at the University of Glasgow. This is a smaller conference with a very relaxed atmosphere and is an ideal venue for students and post-docs to present their work to peers. Please feel free to submit a title on any aspect of animal behaviour. This means lab or field. Terrestrial or aquatic. Invertebrate or vertebrate. Fur, fins, or feathers. It all sounds great to us! Anyone interested in presenting a talk or poster can submit titles to Dana Weldon (d.weldon.1(a)research.gla.ac.uk<mailto:d.weldon.1@research.gla.ac.uk>) by Thursday 8th March. Registration for general attendees will close on Friday the 15th March at 5pm. Registration is £15 and includes coffee, tea, lunch, and a wine and cheese reception after talks. We request that the payment be made in cash the day of the conference. Priority for talks and posters will be given to students. Attached is a poster containing this info. We would be grateful if you could circulate this announcement to any colleagues who might be interested or stick the poster somewhere visible in your department. Hope to see you all in Glasgow! Cheers, Shaun Killen -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shaun S. Killen B.Sc. (Hon), M.Sc., Ph.D. NERC Research Fellow Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine Rm. 206, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G12 8QQ Phone: +44 (0)141 330 2898 Fax: +44 (0)141 330 5971 Website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/bahcm/staff/shaunkillen/shaunkill en/ Please consider submitting an abstract to our symposium entitled: "Effects of environmental change on the links between physiology and behaviour", to be held at the 2014 International Congress on the Biology of Fish in Edinburgh, UK. Click here for more info: http://icbf2014.sls.hw.ac.uk/Symposia.htm Or, listen to me and others babble about biology on our Institute podcast: http://naturallyspeakingpodcast.wordpress.com/ -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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First BERG meeting of the semester: Wed 20 Feb
by Christine Caldwell 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Dear all, The BERG meetings start up again this week, and we have got Kelly Cobey talking to us about hormonal contraceptive use and relationship dynamics. For those of you that have not had a chance to meet Kelly yet, she is a PhD student from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, but she has been in Stirling for a little while now doing some work with Craig Roberts. We have got a few other talks lined up for this semester, but there are still some gaps in the schedule (27 Feb, 6 March, 20 March & 27 March) so please let me know if you have something that you might be interested in presenting, or someone that you might be interested in inviting over to talk to us. Thanks! Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meetings this semester
by Christine Caldwell 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hello all, The start of semester is almost upon us, so BERG meetings will start up again soon too. As usual we will meet on Wednesdays at 5.30pm, with drinks and nibbles provided with the help our generous sponsors UFAW. I am looking for volunteers and/or suggestions for talks for the following dates: 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 6 March, 13 March, 20 March, 27 March, 10 April, 17 April, 24 April & 1 May. You can sign up for a slot using Doodle: http://www.doodle.com/n7g54nhm2zcpyi6v Thanks! Christine. Dr Christine Caldwell Senior Lecturer in Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Change of speaker for next week
by Phyllis Lee 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Dear all, Our last BERG seminar (Wed 28th Nov) will now be given by Jim Anderson. Clare Andrews will hopefully join us to present next semester! The following week is the Primate Society of Great Britain winter meeting on Primate Biogeography at London Zoo on Wed 5 Dec http://www.psgb.org/meeting_detail.php?ID=PSGB-Winter-Meeting-2012 Thursday 6th and Friday 7th are ASAB winter meeting, also at London Zoo, on Cognition in the Wild http://asab.nottingham.ac.uk/meetings/index.php best wishes Phyllis Phyllis C. Lee Professor of Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK Direct line: +44 (0)1786 467656 phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:phyllis.lee@stir.ac.uk> -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Wed Seminar 21 Nov
by Phyllis Lee 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Dear all, We have two (joint PhD) speakers from Edinburgh this week - Anyone want join them for a meal / drinks afterwards at the Meadowpark please let Michelle know... Best P Phyllis C. Lee Professor of Psychology Behaviour and Evolution Research Group School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA UK Direct line: +44 (0)1786 467656 phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:phyllis.lee@stir.ac.uk> -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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change of title for this week
by Phyllis Lee 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Dear all, Martin Doherty and Jim Anderson have swapped their dates: Martin will be speaking this Wed 14 Nov on: Developmentally distinct systems for social cognition: the evidence from gaze processing Hope to see you there at 5:30 as usual. Best wishes Phyllis -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Visiting speaker at BERG next week
by Kristen Knowles 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Good evening, all. Next week, we have a visiting speaker for BERG. Alex Jones is a PhD student at Bangor University studying facial cues to health (amongst other things) with Professor Rob Ward. He will be giving a talk titled "He's not that into you: Facial cosmetics do not reflect men's preferences". We will be going for dinner afterward in Stirling at the Junk Rooms. If you'd like to join us, please let me know so I can book a table. Cheers, Kristen -- The University of Stirling is ranked in the top 50 in the world in The Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 table, which ranks the world's best 100 universities under 50 years old. The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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