Madingley Lunchtime Seminars


2013-01-30 12:30: “Personality and social learning in wild baboons” (Dr Alecia Carter (Large Animal Research Group, Department of Zoology)

2013-02-06 12:30: “Play and creativity” (Prof Sir Patrick Bateson (Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Department of Zoology)

2013-03-13 12:30: “Cause and effect in biology revisited” (Prof Kevin Laland (School of Biology, University of St Andrews))

2013-03-25 12:30: "Evolution cannot explain how minds work" (Professor Johan J. Bolhuis (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands))

2013-10-09 12:30: Sleep and EEG as biological markers in animal models of Huntington's disease (Sandor Kantor (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge))

2013-10-23 12:30: Desire-state attribution in non-human animals: insights from Eurasian jay food-sharing behaviour (Dr Ljerka Ostojic, Dept Psychology/Sub-Dept Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge)

2013-11-06 12:30: "Non-human great apes may not need the skill that it takes to develop cumulative culture" (Dr Claudio Tennie, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham)

2013-11-27 12:30: "Mammalian evolution - a biased role for the matriline" (Prof Barry Keverne, Dept Zoology/Sub-Dept Animal Behaviour, University of Cambirdge)

2013-12-11 12:30: "The genetics of adaptive evolution: insights from colour and pattern in birds and butterflies" (Dr Nicola Nadeau, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2014-01-15 12:30: “Developing quantitative methods for studying social transmission in the field” (Dr William Hoppitt, Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University)

2014-02-24 12:30: ‘Developmental programming of cognitive impairment in adulthood: role of chronic fetal hypoxia and oxidative stress’ (Dr Emily Camm, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

2014-03-05 12:30: "Costs of resistance and costs of infections on the fitness of the mosquito Aedes aegypti infected with the filarial nematode Brugia malayi" (Cristina Ariani, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge)

2014-05-14 12:30: "Armed with information: how learning influences coevolution" (Dr Rose Thorogood, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2014-05-28 12:30: Symbiont-mediated protection against viruses: insights from a comparative analysis of Wolbachia strains (Dr Julien Martinez, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge)

2014-06-04 12:30: "The effects of developmental stress on avian social learning and exploration" (Dr Neeltje Boogert, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2014-06-16 12:30: "Social reaction to distress in others - exploratory work in chickens" (Professor Christine Nicol, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol)

2014-10-15 12:30: “How does natural selection shape development?” (Dr Willem Frankenhuis, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, The Netherlands)