It’s been a wonderful few days at #ASABSpring2024 . Please everyone thank the organisers Sam Ellis, Andy D Higginson, Lauren Brent & Lisa Leaver for putting on such a great conference, and CRAB for hosting 🦀. Huge thank you as well to the team of volunteers!

Speaking of which, if you have seen a #primate give birth, Isabelle would love to hear from you! 🐒 Survey link: tinyurl.com/mnbexsez  
 
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We had a very successful conference for keeping to time! It turns out if you offer chocolate for finishing under 12 minutes, it really promotes timeliness. Hot tip for you other conference organisers out there 😉 #ASABSpring2024

Excellent talk Libby Chapman!!

Nest design in birds has been assumed to be an innate ability, but they can use their experience to be more flexible than previously thought. 🪺 Usually, these studies occur in the lab, but this work is being done in the field by Libby Chapman! #ASABSpring2024

Good people at #ASABSpring2024 , I am advertising a fully funded PhD studentship on perceptual processing during mate choice in 🐟. More details here: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

How does #maternal #infant #handling affect #nonmaternal handling and vice versa? Ally King and coauthors ask this for #Colobus vellerosus in the 11th paper from Amanda Melin (she/her) and my special issue of AmJournalPrimatology on #primatology in #Canada . onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Opening workshop session. 'Why AI in animal behaviour?'

New postdoc opening in my group! If you're interested in using cutting edge methods to understand how our social networks contribute to life outcomes through analyzing with one of the most amazing datasets in the world, this is the job for you!

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New paper alert - congratulations Melissa Pavez Fox for this excellent piece of work on the trade-offs between social status, social ties, and parasite infection in rhesus macaques! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Please RT: Interested in a 3-year postdoc fellowship to study neotropical bat behavior with me at Smithsonian Panama? If so, email me. Deadline July 15 stri.si.edu/nomis

Sorry if you're still wanting to register: we have 160 people registered and are full! Defunct ASAB Conference ASAB #ASABSpring2024

Great summary of our #Nature paper in Scientific American. Thanks Lydia Denworth #RobertSeyfarth “These are, quite frankly, extraordinary discoveries' & #MatthewRushworth “It is as if the neurons are keeping track of a register of social credit and debit.”
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So immensely proud to see my PhD work out today in nature!

Combining neuroscience and ethology to an unprecedented degree in primates, we uncover neural signatures of social support and grooming reciprocity—building blocks of relationships.

shorturl.at/jvHSY 🧵👇

We're hiring! The Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Research Group at
Ciencias Naturales UR is seeking a new research technician! If you're interested in behavior, birds and rodents, join our collaborative team! 🐦🐹 Apply now! tinyurl.com/AdResearchT #JobOpening #ResearchAssistant

Mother of all bonds: influences on spatial association across the lifespan in capuchins, with  Peter Korsten and Wild Capuchin Foundation ...
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What a fun meeting! Thanks for being the driving force behind it Josh Firth and thanks everyone for being there and the The Royal Society for hosting

Join us on Tuesday!