ABSNet, Vol 17, Issue 6
Shan Duncan
sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org
Wed Aug 26 12:49:47 EDT 2009
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Editor: Shan D. Duncan Internet: sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org
Editorial Support: * James C. Ha Internet: jcha at u.washington.edu
Today's Topics:
1. Educational Materials Donation
2. postdoctoral position in nonhuman primate research
3. Genetics Lab Technician - Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
in Boulder Colorado
4. Please post: Graduate Student Position
5. Call for Speakers: 2010 Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Annual Educational Conference (October 20 - 24, 2010 Atlanta, GA)
6. Winter ASAB Meeting call for abstracts
7. Job: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Integrative Biology at the
University of Texas at Austin
8. postdoctoral position: Duke University
9. Position to advertise: PostDoc and PHD opportunities in animal
cognition
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Message: 1
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Subject: Educational Materials DonationFrom: Erin C. Kelso <ekelso at CPET.ufl.edu
>
To Whom It May Concern,
I work at the Center for Precollegiate Education and Training at the
University of Florida. One of the goals of our center is to promote
continued professional education for science teachers working with
grades K-12. We host a number of teacher workshops each summer,
designed
to give teachers hands on experiences in the latest techniques and
immerse them in current research conducted here at UF in both the
physical and life sciences. A description of some of our current
programs can be found at our website: http://www.cpet.ufl.edu
<http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/>
I am writing today to ask if you could provide any educational or
informational material that would be of interest to teachers. We would
be happy to accept almost anything - society information, books, old
or
new journals, brochures, teaching tools, DVDs, etc. Our teachers love
receiving materials that they can take back to their classrooms. As a
non-profit organization, we don't often have the funds available to
provide extras for our program participants, so anything you might be
able to donate would be a great help.
We would also appreciate any information on other resources or
opportunities for teachers that you may offer, such as web-based
activities, ideas for the classroom, or funding sources for field
trips or teacher internships.
If you have anything you'd be willing to donate, please send it to:
c/o Erin Kelso
University of Florida
Center for Precollegiate Education and Training
PO Box 112010, Yon Hall 334
Gainesville, FL 32611-2010
Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely,
Erin C. Kelso, Ph.D.
Laboratory Teaching Specialist
University of Florida
Center for Precollegiate Education and Training
331 Yon Hall, Box 112010
Gainesville, Fl 32611
352.392.2310
www.cpet.ufl.edu
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Message: 2
From: "Brenda McCowan" <bjmccowan at ucdavis.edu>
Subject: postdoctoral position in nonhuman primate research
To: <absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org>
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A postdoctoral position will be available starting in September 2009
for an
NIH-funded study on social network dynamics and aggression in rhesus
macaques at the California National Primate Research Center. This
position
involves long hours of observations on groups of 80-180 individuals. The
position is for one year with possible opportunity for renewal.
Interested
applicants should contact Dr. Brenda McCowan at bjmccowan at ucdavis.erdu
for
additional information.
Sincerely,
Brenda McCowan
Brenda McCowan, PhD
Associate Professor, Applied Ethology
Program Director, CNPRC Primate Behavioral Management Program
Population Health & Reproduction
School of Veterinary Medicine
1024B Haring Hall
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 754-7373 (phone)
(530) 752-5845 (fax)
California National Primate Research Center
Hutchison Drive and County Road 98
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-5119 (phone)
(530) 754-8166 (fax)
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Message: 3
From: Rebecca J Safran <Rebecca.Safran at Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Genetics Lab Technician - Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
in Boulder Colorado
To: absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org
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Can you please post this ad:
Dr. Rebecca Safran is looking for a part-time research technician to
assist with molecular paternity analyses in barn swallows. The ideal
candidate will have expertise in DNA extraction, microsatellite PCR, and
fragment analyses using GeneMapper software. We are looking for someone
to interact with our new and growing lab group at the University of
Colorado in beautiful Boulder. Please send a cover letter and a resume
that details your expertise and interests to Rebecca Safran via email
at: rebecca.safran at colorado.edu. Salary will be commensurate with
experience. The position will be available until filled but ideally,
this job will start in September, 2009.
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Rebecca J. Safran
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
N395 Ramaley Hall
University of Colorado, Boulder
UCB 334
Boulder, Colorado 80309
Phone: 303-735-1495
E-mail: rebecca.safran at colorado.edu
http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/facultysites/safran/Home.html
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Message: 4
From: Elaina Tuttle <elaina.tuttle at gmail.com>
Subject: Graduate Student Position:
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Graduate Student Position:
We are looking for a graduate student (MS or PhD) to work on a
long-term study of the white-throated sparrow in the Adirondack
Mountains of NY. Research will use an integrative approach to examine
aspects of parental care in this species. Field experience is a must.
Application must include cover letter, curriculum vitae, GRE scores
and transcripts, and 3 letters of recommendation. Address all
inquiries to: Dr. Rusty A. Gonser, Dept. of Biology, Indiana State
University, rgonser at indstate.edu, or, Dr. Elaina M. Tuttle, Dept. of
Biology, Indiana State University, etuttle2 at indstate.edu. Please also
see www.whitethroatedsparrow.org for further information.
___________________
Dr. Elaina M. Tuttle
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Indiana State University
Science 209, 403-25 North 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA
office phone: 812-237-2838
fax: 812-237-3378
email: etuttle2 at isugw.indstate.edu
http://www.whitethroatedsparrow.org
http://biology.indstate.edu
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."
Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Message: 5
From: "Mychelle Blake, MSW, CDBC" <mblake at apdt.com>
Subject: Call for Speakers: 2010 Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Annual Educational Conference (October 20 - 24, 2010 Atlanta, GA)
To: <absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org>
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Submission Deadline - September 14, 2009
You are invited to submit a presentation proposal for the APDT 2010
Annual
Educational Conference. We are looking for skilled speakers, who can
present
solid basics, cutting edge research on behavior and/or innovative
positive
training techniques.
Visit the ADPT Web site to see the scope and range of topics at the 2009
conference, www.apdt.com/conf. We are looking for new, fresh and
innovative
proposals in our efforts to provide contemporary education.
We Will Be Selecting Speakers for The Following
Trainer Development Track - Designed for pet professionals, for those
who
would like to brush up on foundation skills, add more positive methods
to
their training, anyone preparing to take the CPDT Exam or those new to
the
field. The 2010 theme for the Trainer Development will be "Making
training a
family matter."
Intermediate Track - Provides continuing education to pet
professionals with
practical experience in the industry. In-depth discussions,
demonstrations,
and application are provided. Knowledge of basic concepts by the
attendees
is assumed.
Science Track - Provides advanced theoretical and empirically grounded
education into the basis of training and understanding the context of
animal
behavior research.
For further information and to access our online submission form, go to
<http://www.apdt.com/conf/speakers/call/>
http://www.apdt.com/conf/speakers/call/ . For questions, email
<mailto:APDT at details2.com> APDT at details2.com or call 866.570.9967.
Mychelle Blake, MSW, CDBC
Communications Director, the APDT
Editor-in-Chief, The APDT Chronicle of the Dog
www.apdt.com
<mailto:mblake at apdt.com> mblake at apdt.com
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Message: 6
From: "Dall, Sasha" <S.R.X.Dall at exeter.ac.uk>
Subject: Winter ASAB Meeting call for abstracts
To: "absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org"
<absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org>
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<B6CBDF65E5D7A94BA2A2297B2B42316228618A40B7 at EXCHMBS01.isad.isadroot.ex.ac.uk
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ASAB Winter Meeting 2009
The winter meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal
Behaviour (ASAB) is one of three ASAB Conferences organized each year.
Traditionally, this conference is open to all with an interest in the
field. Registration is free and will be open throughout the
conference. As is traditional at this meeting, there will be a limited
number of slots for contributions (talks and posters) by non-invited
participants.
Theme: "Individual Specialisation"
Organiser: Sasha Dall - Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University
of Exeter, Cornwall Campus.
Venue: The Institute of Zoology meeting rooms, Regent's Park, London
Dates: Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th of December, 2009
Specialisation is a major driver of biodiversity. This is because, at
its heart, speciation is synonymous with reproductive specialisation
within lineages. Moreover, since behavioural change often precedes
change in gene frequencies, the factors promoting behavioural
specialisation within populations deserve specific attention. In this
meeting, I propose to bring together researchers investigating such
individual specialisations from three distinct perspectives:
individual niche specialisations, animal personality differences and
the divisions of labour within animal societies. To my knowledge, this
will be the first attempt to bring such researchers together and so
should generate substantial and novel insights into the causes and
consequences of individuality in behavioural ecology.
Invited Speakers:
1. Daniel Bolnick (University of Texas, Austin): "Ecological and
evolutionary forces maintaining niche variation within populations"
2. Alison Bell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign):
"Causes and consequences of individual differences in behaviour in
threespined sticklebacks"
3. Francis Ratnieks (University of Sussex): "Specialization and
optimization of reproduction and work in insect societies"
Tinbergen Lecture:
Kate Lessells (Netherlands Institute of Ecology)
Participation: If you wish to submit an abstract for this meeting,
please email a copy of the abstract submission form no later than 30th
September 2009 to s.r.x.dall at exeter.ac.uk (forms provided upon
request). If you wish to present a poster rather than a talk, please
indicate this at the bottom of the form. Presentations at ASAB
meetings are assumed to comply with the Society's standards of
scientific integrity (see http://asab.nottingham.ac.uk) and are
subject to ethical scrutiny in the same way as papers published in
Animal Behaviour. All work presented should therefore conform to ASAB/
ABS's Guidelines for the Treatment of Animals in Research (available
at http://asab.nottingham.ac.uk/ethics/guidelines.php). This should be
confirmed by agreeing to the Ethical Statement on the abstract
submission form.
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Message: 7
From: Dan Bolnick <danbolnick at mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Job: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Integrative Biology at the
University of Texas at Austin
To: absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Integrative Biology.
The Section of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at
Austin invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Integrative
Biology. This subject area is broadly defined to include evolution,
ecology, and behavior. The Fellow will be expected to conduct an
independent high-quality research program that intersects with the
interests of two or more faculty in the Section. For information about
the Section of Integrative Biology, visit http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/ib/
. In addition, one semester per year the Fellow will co-teach an
undergraduate course on Research Methods, as part of the UTeach
program for training K-12 science teachers. For information about the
UTeach program, visit http://www.uteach.utexas.edu/
Qualified applicants should have a history of original research in
evolution, ecology, and/or behavior and must have completed their
Ph.D. prior to starting work at the University of Texas. The Fellow is
expected to begin working at the University of Texas as early as
January 2010, and no later than August 2010.
The position is for two years, subject to annual review. There is an
annual salary of $36,000 with an additional $6,000 per year in
research support for travel, equipment, or supplies.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates that have
recently completed, or will soon complete, their Ph.D. Candidates are
encouraged to contact potential faculty sponsors prior to applying.
Applicants should electronically submit a single pdf file containing
the following, in order:
1) Coverletter, including proposed faculty sponsors (max 1 page)
2) A CV.
3) Copies of two publications (including papers in press)
4) Statement of research accomplishments (max 2 pages).
5) Statement describing the candidate's proposed research for the
duration of this postdoctoral position (max 2 pages).
6) Statement describing the candidate's teaching experience and
philosophy (max 2 pages)
7) List of three references, with contact information (email,
telephone, and mailing address). We will request letters directly from
these references, after identifying top candidates.
The application pdf file should be emailed to
danbolnick at mail.utexas.edu. Applications must be received by September
15, 2009. For questions about this position, contact Dr. Dan Bolnick (danbolnick at mail.utexas.edu
).
The University of Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Dr. Daniel I. Bolnick
Assistant Professor
Section of Integrative Biology
One University Station C0930
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
512-471-2824
fax 512-471-3878
danbolnick at mail.utexas.edu
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:44:12 -0400
From: Christine Drea <cdrea at duke.edu>
Subject: postdoctoral position
To: absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org
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Duke University
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Associate in Research
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to study the
evolution of olfactory communication in primates. The post is funded
by the National Science Foundation and is immediately available, for
one year, with the possibility of extension. The work combines
behavioral, chemical, and genetic approaches, and is conducted at Duke
University (http://www.baa.duke.edu/) and its Lemur Center (http://lemur.duke.edu/
). Previous and current projects have focused on the ring-tailed lemur
and the mandrill, with planned extensions to other species.
The successful candidate will have earned a PhD in a relevant
discipline at the time of appointment. Applicants should have a strong
background in one or more of the following areas: animal behavior,
behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, evolutionary biology, population
genetics, proteomics.
Please email an application to Christine Drea (cdrea at duke.edu),
consisting of a cover letter summarizing your qualifications and
interests, a curriculum vitae, representative reprints or preprints,
and the names and contact information for two references. Evaluation
of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the
position is filled. Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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Message: 9
From: "Dr. Ludwig Huber" <ludwig.huber at univie.ac.at>
Subject: Position to advertise
To: absnet-post at abs.animalbehavior.org
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PostDoc and PHD opportunities in animal cognition
Project: Development of cognition in dogs
Intense research of the last years has shown that dogs have evolved
specialized skills for reading human social and communicative behavior
during the process of domestication, but usually perform rather poorly
in the physical domain. Altogether, these results suggest the lack of
abstract representations and inferential reasoning and at the same time
a dependency on human-social cues in dogs. This dog-specific cognitive
evolution is especially interesting if dogs are contrasted with great
apes, which have evolved powerful inferential skills to solve problems
in the physical world associated with finding food. However, apes tested
for these kinds of studies usually have extensive experience with
physical tasks, whereas dogs usually have only experience in the social
domain. Thus, it remains unclear which of these differences between
primates and dogs are due to experiences during development rather than
real species differences. More importantly the question arises how much
experience can influence cognitive abilities within a certain domain.
The project is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and is based
at the Department of Neurobiology and Cognition Research, University of
Vienna. It will involve behavioral experiments with dogs in the
laboratory and at owners' homes. Please see the following websites for
more information: http://www.nc.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=6772;
http://cleverdoglab.univie.ac.at
The successful candidate for both the postdoctoral and the PhD position
is a behavioral experimentalist with a strong theoretical background and
experience in performing behavioral experiments with mammals. Reasonable
skills in English language are mandatory. The canditates must be able to
speak some German or be willing to take classes during the first few
months when experiments are developed. For the postdoctoral position,
candidates should have a PhD in Biology or Psychology. Applicants for
the PHD position should have a master's degree (or Diplom) in Biology or
Psychology. Arrangements have to be made for accommodation in Vienna.
Salary is competitive. Expected starting date is November 2009.
Candidates must be able to work independently and as part of a local
team.
Letters of application including a picture, CV, publication list and a
statement of research interests should be sent to Prof. Ludwig Huber or
Dr. Friederike Range, from whom further details are available. The
deadline for application is the 20th of Sept. 2009. Postal address:
Department of Neurobiology and Cognition Research, University of Vienna,
Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Applications by email are
particularly welcome (ludwig.huber at univie.ac.at;
friederike.range at univie.ac.at).
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Shan D. Duncan
Animal Behavior Society Central Office at Indiana University
402 N. Park St, Bloomington, IN 47405
James Ha
Department of Psychology and National Primate Research Center
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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