Madingley Lunchtime Seminars


2008-04-23 12:30: "Moving towards automated analysis of complex patterns of behaviour" (Kostya Anokin (Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow))

2008-04-30 12:30: "Vocal communication in chimpanzees: links to human language?" (Katie Slocombe (University of York))

2008-05-07 12:30: "Androgen and gender development" (Melissa Hines (University of Cambridge))

2008-05-14 12:30: "Evolutionary and developmental aspects of intersubjectivity" (Peter Gärdenfors (Lund University))

2008-05-21 12:30: “Right might be wrong where West is right: On great apes' capacity for relational thought and the impact of human culture” (Daniel Haun (University of Portsmouth))

2008-06-04 12:30: “Where the wild things go: tracking the behaviour of small mobile animals” (Richard Holland (University of Leeds))

2008-10-15 12:30: Singing for your supper: Foraging vocalisations in social birds (Andrew Radford (University of Brisol))

2008-10-29 12:30: Detecting reliable nonverbal and paralinguistic signals of cooperativeness in strangers (William Brown (Brunel University, London))

2008-11-12 12:30: Bending and filtering the truth: insights into communication in social groups from banded mongooses and pied babblers (Matt Bell (University of Cambridge)

2008-11-26 12:30: Adaptive and process-based explanations in the study of parent-offspring communication: Experiments with hand-raised house sparrow nestlings and game theoretical modelling (Uri Grodzinski (University of Cambridge))

2009-02-04 12:30: "The manuscript selection process at SCIENCE" (Peter Stern M.D. Ph.D., Senior Editor, SCIENCE)

2009-02-11 12:30: "Teaching in animals" (Nicola Raihani (Institute of Zoology, London))

2009-03-04 12:30: "Learning, memory and sleep: Insights from filial imprinting" (Brian McCabe (University of Cambridge))

2009-03-11 12:30: "Tool use in the rook" (Chris Bird (University of Cambridge)

2009-03-25 12:30: "In vivo neuro MRI in songbirds to study neuroplasticity and auditory processing" (Anamee Van der Linden (Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium))

2009-05-06 12:30: “Risk taking, learning, and strategy choice: Theory and experiments with humans, bees, and sparrows” (Arnon Lotem (Tel-Aviv University))

2009-05-13 12:30: "Behavioural changes associated with speciation in butterflies" (Chris Jiggins (University of Cambridge))

2009-05-20 12:30: “Personality and the emergence of leaders in fish” (Andrea Manica (University of Cambridge))

2009-10-26 12:30: “Co-evolution of learning abilities and social strategies in a social foraging game” (Michal Arbilly (Tel-Aviv University))

2009-11-18 12:30: "Phylogenetic, ontogenetic and adult adaptive plasticity of rhythmic neural networks" (Pierre Meyrand (University of Bordeaux))

2010-01-27 12:30: “Importance of the matriline in mammalian evolution” (Barry Keverne (University of Cambridge))

2010-02-24 12:30: "Is the R6/2 mouse a good model of Huntington's disease?" (Nigel Wood (University of Cambridge))

2010-03-10 12:30: "Shy children and their mothers" (Joan Stevenson-Hinde (University of Cambridge))

2010-04-21 12:30: ‘The problems of dog breeding’ (Patrick Bateson (University of Cambridge))

2010-05-26 12:30: “When circadian rhythms meet Huntington's disease“ (Marc Cuesta (University of Cambridge))

2010-06-02 12:30: “The coevolution of insects and their parasites” (Frank Jiggins (University of Cambridge))

2010-10-13 12:30: “Causes and consequences of parasitic virulence: Life history lessons from cowbirds and cuckoos.” (Mark E. Hauber (Hunter College, CUNY))

2010-10-20 12:30: "The impact of sociality on foraging decisions and problem solving in birds" (Julie Morand-Ferron (Oxford University))

2011-02-02 12:30: "The good, the bad and the ugly: Cooperation, punishment and spite in chimpanzees and children" (Keith Jensen (Queen Mary – University of London))

2011-02-09 12:30: "Caching Strategies to Maximize Survival Probability" (Steve Alpern (London School of Economics))

2011-03-02 12:30: “Temporal Structure in Behavior and Interaction: similarities across DNA, neuronal interactions, and human behavior” (Magnus Magnusson (University of Iceland, Reykjavik))

2011-03-09 12:30: “Order and disorder in memory systems” (Ali Nicol (University of Cambridge))

2011-03-16 12:30: “Neuropeptides and the neural mechanisms regulating social behaviour” (Simone Meddle (University of Edinburgh))

2011-05-04 12:30: "Arms races old and new in African cuckoos" (Claire Spottiswoode (University of Cambridge))

2011-05-11 12:30: "Mate choice for cognitive traits" (Neeltje Boogert (McGill University))

2011-05-18 12:30: “Eyespot evolution in Junonia and related butterflies” (U.K.) and “Diversity of pheromones and male androconia In Bicyclus butterflies” (O.B.) (Ullasa Kodandaramaiah & Oskar Brattstrom (will each give a 20 minutes talk) Paul Brakefield’s group, University of Cambridge)

2011-05-25 12:30: "Individual variation in growth and social strategies in cooperative meerkats" (Sinead English (University of Cambridge))

2011-06-01 12:30: "Are birds naturally split-brained? A study of neural lateralization in filial imprinting" (Stephen Town (University of Cambridge))

2011-10-26 12:30: "Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution" (Patrick Bateson (University of Cambridge))

2011-11-09 12:30: “Nosy neighbours in wild corvids: information use links life history and behaviour” (Wiebke Schuett (Royal Veterinary College))

2011-11-23 12:30: “The sociality, ontogeny, and function of corvid post-conflict affiliation” (Corina Logan (University of Cambridge))

2012-01-25 12:30: "Adaptive constraints on mammalian societies: monogamy, litter-bearing and the evolution of cooperative breeding" (Dieter Lukas (University of Cambridge)

2012-02-01 12:30: “From sexual selection to evolutionary transitions in nanostructures: A macro-evolutionary perspective“ (Vinodkumar Saranathan (University of Oxford))

2012-02-08 12:30: “Tool use and culture in New Caledonian crows” (Christian Rutz (University of Oxford))

2012-04-25 12:30: Scent, Sight and Smarts in Asian Elephants: Another Case for Convergent Cognitive Evolution? (Joshua Plotnick (Dept. Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge.  Head of Elephant Research, Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, Anantara Golden Triangle, Chiang Saen, Thailand.  President, Think Elephants International, Inc., New York))

2012-05-09 12:30: "The influence of social factors on vocal learning in young song sparrows" (Chris Templeton (School of Biology, University of St. Andrews))

2012-05-16 12:30: “Cognition in nest construction in birds?” (Felicity Muth (School of Biology, University of St Andrews))

2012-05-23 12:30: “Cognition, culture and social investment: computational and evolutionary perspectives” (Joanna Bryson (Department of Computer Science, University of Bath))

2012-05-28 12:30: “Teenage love in zebra finches: social interactions during ontogeny affect mating success” (Mylene Mariette (Université Jean Monnet, France))

2012-10-03 12:30: “Some like it hot: investigating the impacts of microclimate on butterflies” (Dr Ed Turner, University Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall)

2012-10-10 12:30: "Making Sense of Avian Taste" (Hannah Rowland (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge))

2012-10-31 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Prof. Jenny Morton (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge))