Federica Dal Pesco
@fededalpesco.bsky.social
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Behavioural biologist and primatologist | Reproductive success, sociality, relatedness, ritualized behavior | Baboonologist | Scientist at DPZ | tired happy mum | She/Her
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Six-decade research bias towards fancy and familiar #bird species #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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We cover all work-related travel costs, medical insurance, necessary medical examinations and vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis. Lodging is free. Travel costs are only reimbursed after the completion of the 15 months of data collection.
fededalpesco.bsky.social
RT! Looking for an exciting opportunity to join a wonderful field team in Senegal as a PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT?
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM
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Together with @leanneproops.bsky.social and Cressida Bowyer, we are looking for PhD applicants for a project using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of crested macaques. More information here: www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of critically endangered crested macaques (Macaca nigra) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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fededalpesco.bsky.social
Check out our new publication: rdcu.be/dSBfU
We found no link between dominance rank, unit size, and fGC levels in wild female Guinea baboons, shedding light on the adaptability and resilience to social stress in complex multilevel societies with female-biased dispersal
No Evidence for a Link Between Dominance Rank, Unit Size, and Faecal Glucocorticoid Levels in a Small Sample of Wild female Guinea Baboons (Papio papio)
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🐒 Can you judge a baboon by its looks? 🧐 Join our online survey and help us understand perceptions of male Guinea baboons' physical condition 🙌
📱 Mobile/tablet: kogetho.shinyapps.io/Baboon_Exper...
💻 Laptop: kogetho.shinyapps.io/Baboon_Exper...
Your input is invaluable! Please share & RT! 🙏
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World Baboon day should be celebrated on

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/V7G4a8/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 1
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/V7G4a8/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 13
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/V7G4a8/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 28

📊 Show results
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2 reviewers: looks cool & impactful. but i want more. pls do tons more analyses, burning compute to train extra ML models.

us (months later): ok we did all that & then some. results still hold. cool!

R1: looks great!👍
R2: well now it isn't so sexy... i'm no longer excited.

rejected.

seriously??
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Not just a pipeline issue: “women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career age. Women are more likely to feel pushed from their jobs, and women leave because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance” (US data but certainly fits with my anecdotal experience)
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
www.science.org
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philipleftwich.bsky.social
#rstats
What are your favourite examples when teaching students to think critically about data/figures and interpretations?

For example, Simpson's Paradox and the importance of considering important subpopulations - is brilliantly displayed in the Palmer Penguins dataset.
A negative correlation between bill length and bill depth A positive correlation between bill depth and bill length when appropriate sub-populations are considered
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fusaroli.bsky.social
So excited about this hackathon-like workshop that'll take place in Leiden in Jan. We'll work in groups to develop & computationally implement cognitive models of complex behaviors (turn-taking, reading, word acquisition, etc.). Registration still open: lorentzcenter.nl/cognitive-mo...
poster of the workshop