Banded Mongoose Research Project @UoExeterCEC. Research into evolution of sociality and cooperation.
Mweya, Uganda
Joined April 2014
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Just a few days left to apply for a 3 year postdoc to work with us using drones to study leadership and collective decision making in banded mongooses! Closes 15 Sept, starts 1 Dec bit.ly/2ZhJkH5
3 year postdoc available!
NERC funded postdoc position on collective decision making in banded mongooses. Involves fieldwork in Uganda, theory, and new drone methods to study the evolution of leadership and followership. Closing 15 Sept. Starts 1 Dec '19. bit.ly/2ZhJkH5
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HUGE congratulations Dr Michael Weiss @CetaceanMike on an outstanding PhD thesis and viva today. It has been a pleasure to work with you on your PhD research and we are very proud supervisors today @DanFranksRsrch @MongooseProject @CWROrcas.
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On the 9th day of #Highlights2019🎄, academia gave to us... Nine fab field assistants working with the mongooses and nine great groups of mongooses themselves! @manson_sophie & Megan Layton as magic managers. @Julie_M_Kern @AmyMorrisDrake simply amazing!
#ImpossibleWithoutYou 🌟
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POSTDOC VACANCY deadline 15th Jan: NERC-funded postdoc on the evolution of intergroup conflict with Prof Rufus Johnstone @Camb_BEgroup as part of a project with Mike Cant @MongooseProject Faye Thompson @FayeJThompson and me @UniofExeter. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/24473/ Please RT
Great research and field experience on a fantastic project!
🐻Research Assistant Positions Available🐻
We are on the look out for two RAs to start mid-Jan 2020 for three months. Application deadline: 12th Nov. For more details about the project check out our website:
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Stable isotopes are quantitative indicators of trophic niche out in @Ecology_Letters
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@richardinger @yodacomplex @RobbieAMcDonald @FayeJThompson @CantMichael
@CREEBroehampton @UoR_LifeScience @UoExeterCEC
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Postnatal care and prenatal inequalities in banded mongooses. Come see my talk in A701 at 10:45 @asab2019summer #ASABSummer2019
@CREEBroehampton @UoR_LifeScience @MongooseProject
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Interested in applying for PhDs/post-docs in mammalian social behaviour and life history evolution? Come talk to me at #ASABsummer2019
roehampton.ac.uk/research-ce…
@CREEBroehampton @UoR_LifeScience
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I'm sure a lot of folks @asab2019summer will be interested in this
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Really interesting post doc position available with Prof Mike Cant (Exeter, Cornwall campus) to work with banded mongooses (fieldwork in QENP, Uganda) jobs.ac.uk/job/BUP011/postdo…
3 year postdoc available!
NERC funded postdoc position on collective decision making in banded mongooses. Involves fieldwork in Uganda, theory, and new drone methods to study the evolution of leadership and followership. Closing 15 Sept. Starts 1 Dec '19. bit.ly/2ZhJkH5
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New blog by @Grab1996 on his research, our new paper bit.ly/2NupQye
and his PhD with @MongooseProject starting in September!
@InsSociaux @UniExeCornwall @UofE_Research @UoE_Behaviour @UoExeterCEC
We have a new post published today in our interview with a social insects scientist series: Graham Birch
insectessociaux.com/2019/07/…
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New paper with @Grab1996 & @CantMichael out now @InsSociaux! Harvester ants exhibit increased social cohesion when presented with an intruder, and show a primed response to subsequent intergroup encounters. Read it here! tiny.cc/31ik8y
#openaccess
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POSTDOC ALERT!! I will soon be advertising a 2-year postdoc position to work on social networks and aging in a highly social primate. Based in Exeter, fieldwork in Puerto Rico, joint project with labs of @SMack_Lab and @nyuprimatology. DM me for details if interested and Pls RT!
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@OxZooDept @AtGrebe @Camb_BEgroup @BehaviouralEco2 @UoE_Behaviour @SUMarBio @IPS_PrimateNews @PsgbStudent @HyenaProject @MongooseProject @AmOrnith @HerpLeague @CrabExeter (Please add suggestions to this thread) #ASAB19York
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Grandmothering in Space and Time - Dispatch of two recent papers on the evolution of menopause in @CurrentBiology with @MongooseProject cell.com/current-biology/ful… @CrabExeter @UoE_Behaviour @UofE_Research
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Fab talk (and beautiful footage!) on group cohesion tactics in Banded Mongoose by Beth Preston @spratchkin at #ASAB19YORK
Go and hear PhD student Beth Preston @spratchkin talk about her work on intergroup conflict in banded mongooses @ASABEaster2019 !
On my way to @ASABEaster2019 in York! Looking forward to chatting about behaviour and presenting my research on banded mongooses! @MongooseProject
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New paper out in #PhilTransB. Mongooses who receive more cooperative care in early life are in better condition at maturity. This is linked to greater reproductive success especially in females.
royalsocietypublishing.org/d… with @emmaviti @FayeJThompson @CantMichael
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The lifelong benefits of care in early life. Latest paper from @MongooseProject out in #PhilTransB with @emmaviti @FayeJThompson and @CantMichael roehampton.ac.uk/life-scienc…
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New paper out in #PhilTransB. Mongooses who receive more cooperative care in early life are in better condition at maturity. This is linked to greater reproductive success especially in females.
royalsocietypublishing.org/d… with @emmaviti @FayeJThompson @CantMichael