Update from the Univ of Exeter redundancy front... disappointing reading from top to bottom
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Lauren Brent
Профиль VivelySocial evolution, social aging & the benefits of social networks. Professor @crab-exeter.bsky.social, Dept. of Psych, Uni. of Exeter. Big team science collaborations: #MacaqueNet #CBRU. She/her. http://linktr.ee/laurenbrent
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
This campaign needs you nowStop Redundancies at the University of Exeterc.orgNew paper where we explore social and environmental health correlates. We use a citizen science approach (Monkey Health Explorer on Zooniverse) to score ~2000 images of blood smears collected during annual health checks
Royal Society PublishingSocial connections and environmental shocks influence health, but how they affect the immune system in wild animals is unclear. This #RSOS paper studied rhesus macaques to test how affiliative relationships, age, sex, and social status relate to white blood cells: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
My first ever croquet! My team didn't win the blue crab trophy but we win some sugar highs off cake and pimms. Success comes in many forms.
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)CRAB Summer Bash & Croquet Tournament in the beautiful Devon "sunshine"! Congratulations to Lisa, Una, @libbychaps.bsky.social and Sophie- inaugural winners of the coveted BLUE CRAB trophy.
New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Observation methods in animal behaviour: a simulation study of performanceMost behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…www.sciencedirect.comCongrats to MacaqueNet and thanks @sortee.bsky.social team for the recognition 🎉😊
SORTEE🎉 2025 SORTEE Commendation Award recipients: EcoEvoApps, Flipping the Script, JuliaPhylo, MacaqueNet, MorphoBank, and Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology (VAMP)! Congrats to all for advancing open, reliable, & transparent practices in ecology and evolution. 🔗 Learn more at sortee.org/awards/
First ever quiz win! Very proud of my team made up of a random selection of my lab members + Sam for bringing home the Christmas-crab shaped CRAB trophy 🎉.
Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB)Congratulations to the winners of the CRAB trophy, and thanks to our excellent 2nd Year PGRs for organising brilliant quiz.
Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.comwww.findaphd.comthe IUCN have passed the Longevity Conservation motion put forward to them by @kellerfish.bsky.social and @pili-scotland.bsky.social and based on the paper we wrote on the value of older individuals in animal societies. www.cdu.edu.au/news/global-...
Global body adopts policy to protect Earth’s old, wise and large animals | Charles Darwin UniversityThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...www.cdu.edu.au