12 Feb
2024
12 Feb
'24
2:01 p.m.
Dear BERGers and SHAIRers,
This Wednesday at 4pm in Psychology Common Room (and hybrid on Teams – link below) we will
have a talk by Amaya Albalat<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/256698> from Stirling’s
Institute of Aquaculture:
‘Welfare challenges and optimisation of stunning practices in the decapod crustaceans’
Abstract:
Decapod crustaceans provide a valuable food source worldwide, both through wild capture
and captive rearing. They are also used extensively in scientific research, both as
subjects for the investigation of basic biological processes and as model organisms for
the detection of environmental changes. There is now an increasing acceptance that decapod
crustaceans are sentient, and legislation is being introduced in numerous countries to
ensure crustacean welfare when they are harvested or held captive. Moreover, methods for
the humane slaughter of these animals are being developed, and of these electrical
stunning is a prime candidate. In this talk, I will introduce some of the key welfare
challenges and present the research work we are doing to optimise electrical stunning
using neurological, physiological (heartbeat) and behavioural measures in different
decapod species.
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Spring Semester speakers:
Date
Time
Speaker
Format
07/02/2024
09:00
Mike Huffman (Kyoto)
Online
14/02/2024
16:00
Amaya Albalat (Stirling)
Talk F2F/hybrid
21/02/2024
16:00
Kirsten Blakey (Stirling)
Talk F2F/hybrid
28/02/2024
16:00
Bill Phillips (Stirling)
Talk F2F/hybrid
06/03/2024
No meeting (reading week)
13/03/2024
16:00
TBC
20/03/2024
16:00
Impact research catch up
F2F
27/03/2024
16:00
Sylvain Lamoine (Cambridge)
online
03/04/2024
16:00
Review of BERG research strategy (core BERG)
F2F
10/04/2024
16:00
Matti Wilks (Edinburgh; TENTATIVE will confirm in Jan)
F2F
17/04/2024
16:00
Victor Shirimizu (Strathlyde)
F2F (Room 4B96)
24/04/2024
16:00
Lifespan Equipment Demonstration
01/05/2024
16:00
Victoria Lee (SRUC)
F2F/hybrid
08/05/2024
10:00
James Brooks (Kyoto)
Online
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