Library, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Madingley


2007-10-10 12:30: "Clocks and calendars: programs and flexibility of avian timing" (Barbara Helm:  MPI for Ornithology, Germany)

2007-10-17 12:30: Song selection and molecular survivors" (Rupert Marshall:  University of Wales, Aberystwyth)

2007-10-31 12:30: "Between a rock and a soft place: do banded Mongooses understand the properties of objects?" (Alex Thornton:  University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology)

2007-11-07 12:30: "Mimicry - Lamarck's revival?" (Wolfgang Wickler:  MPI for Ornithology, Germany)

2007-11-14 12:30: "Chimpanzees conflicts and cognition.  Cross-sectioning chimpanzee conflict resolution" (Sonja Korski:  University of Cambridge)

2007-11-21 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Juliane Kaminski:  University of Cambridge)

2007-11-28 12:30: "Henslow's legacy, Darwin's inheritance" (John Parker: University of Cambridge)

2008-01-23 12:30: "Hormonal control of resource-defense aggression in females.  Sex-role reversed birds as model systems" (Dr Wolfgang Goymann: MPI for Ornithology, Germany)

2008-02-06 12:30: "Investigating the maintenance of traditions in free-living marmosets" (Mario Pesendorfer: University of Vienna, Austria)

2008-02-20 12:30: "The invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis: a risk assessment for British species" (Dr Remy Ware:  University of Cambridge)

2008-03-05 16:00: "What new techniques for measuring behaviour would you die for" (Prof. Pat Bateson:  University of Cambridge)

2008-03-12 16:00: "Great apes' performance in discriminating weight and colour" (Cornelia Schrauf:  MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany)

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 Gaerdnerfors:  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)

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))

2010-11-17 12:30: "The good, the bad and the ugly: Cooperation, punishment and spite in chimpanzees and children" (Keith Jensen (Queen Mary – University of London))

2011-02-02 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))

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)