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. MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeet... [Image removed by sender.]<https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1706004113357%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=a1b73d26-7d67-4bcc-acbd-a387a288132b&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true> Join conversation<https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3A9823d93069124396a7a40d99c8272bea%40thread.tacv2%2F1706004113357%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25224e8d09f7-cc79-4ccb-9149-a4238dd17422%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25221a69c354-6581-4fd4-8530-c53f9ead0876%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=a1b73d26-7d67-4bcc-acbd-a387a288132b&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true> teams.microsoft.com 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 ________________________________ Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159