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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 16d

Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938

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Ben Kawam @benkawam.bsky.social · Sep 4

Are you studying animal sociality? Confused about the "non-independence" of social network data: what on earth are they? are they threatening your results? should you attempt to get rid of them?

A thread summarising a part of our new paper (ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...).

Five misunderstandings in animal social network analysis

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 31

Survey alert! If you're a social behavioural ecologist, please fill in our survey aimed at gauging interest in, barriers and solutions to, comparative social behaviour research. Thanks! forms.gle/KZJDMtLCJhvY...

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Krishna Balasubramaniam @krishsubramaniam.bsky.social · Aug 30

😎😎 symposium and discussion on comparative studies in animal behaviour, organized by @delphinedemoor.bsky.social, @ljnbrent.bsky.social & Anindya Sinha at @behaviour2025.bsky.social ! Was a pleasure to be part of a 👌 speaker lineup, & present my work on interspecific variation in 🐵 social behaviour!

Delphine De Moor @delphinedemoor.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you to everyone who joined our symposium on comparative research in animal behaviour at @behaviour2025.bsky.social! It was great to see such interest & the discussions happening right after the symposium! Looking forward to continue the discussion! 🐅🦍🐍🐋🦘🦚🦏🐫

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Audience at the confernce center listening to Jacob's talk

Our symposium speakers, including an expertly photoshopped Greg, standing by the Behaviour 2025 booth featuring a tiger.

Symposium speakers enjoying dinner at a Bengali restaurant.

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 27

Animal Behaviour from Exeter and Bristol, plus some of our alumni, went to @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata and had mountains of rice. @crab-exeter.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looking forward to another gathering of MacaqueNet! In India no less, home of the best ever macaque: the rhesu....haha just kidding, the lion-tailed, obviously.

Hope to see lots of you there!

Macaela Skelton @macaelaskelton.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉 Just days to go until our MacaqueNet Workshop in Kolkata!

🗓️ Sun 24 Aug | 13:00–16:00 IST
✨ Open to all (online & in-person)
📋 Members-only Board Meeting (16:00–17:00)
🍽️ Optional Dinner

View the schedule & signup now via our website: macaquenet.github.io/symposia/

#MacaqueNet #Behaviour2025

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 11

ahhh thanks Cory! ☺️

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 8

Spicy

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 7

Going to @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata? Join us for Weaving the MacaqueNet 3.0, our third workshop for this big team science & community initiative behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html. Members + non-members welcome! Get your very own sticker and be as happy as @macaelaskelton.bsky.social!

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 6

I learned a lot working on this new paper with this group of network scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and behavioural ecologists. We're hoping it helps anyone who feels (understandably!) lost in the animal social networks weeds.

Daniel Redhead @danielredhead.bsky.social · Aug 4

🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks?

ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!

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Five misunderstandings in animal social network analysis

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Jul 4

the journal Animal Behaviour, which is run by @asab.org, is looking to hire a new Managing Editor. Please share advert with folks with a Life Sciences degree (ideally postgrad) who might be interested www.asab.org/opportunities

Opportunities — ASAB

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 20

Less than 2 weeks left to apply for this! Come join us in @crab-exeter.bsky.social and as part of team MacaqueNet, to do some comparative social network and life-history research 🤩

Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 15

I'm guessing this is probably very well worth the read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Ecology needs a causal overhaul

Ecology has yet to embrace causal inference, yet most questions in ecology are causal. Despite the common use of terms that imply causation, such as “shapes”, “drives”, or “impacts”, many studies shy...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 13

How good is it to get work with this lovely group of people in @crab-exeter.bsky.social every day? Answer: really really good!

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La Société Francophone de Primatologie @lasfdp.bsky.social · May 6

#VoxPrimato #postdoc
offre de postdoc "Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans" pour 3 ans à l'Université d'Exeter au Royaume-Uni avec Lauren Brent et collègues du Centre de Recherche pour le Comportement Animal
date limite 01/06/2025
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Extended information about the post and what you can expect from the role and working in @crab-exeter.bsky.social is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Apr 14

Well done @macaelaskelton.bsky.social, our MacaqueNet technician extraodinaire 💚

Macaela Skelton @macaelaskelton.bsky.social · Apr 11

To celebrate our new #MacaqueNet paper, I wrote a blog for @animalecology.bsky.social. This #StoryBehindThePaper shares how we came together to build the first standardised macaque social behaviour database!

animalecologyinfocus.com/2025/04/10/m...

#Macaques #BigTeamScience #ComparativeResearch

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration

We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Apr 6

Come do a 1-year Masters course on Animal Behaviour in @crab-exeter.bsky.social in Exeter! Taught components + a research project with a member of staff. It's great fun!

andydhigginson.bsky.social @andydhigginson.bsky.social · Apr 4

Applications are open to the best #MSc training for a career in #AnimalBehaviour! Highly suitable for anyone with a BSc in Biology or Psychology, but we are skilled at converting people with social, veterinary and agricultural BSc's to a exciting career. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Apr 1

Using the BISoN R package to analyse your social networks? Have a question? Post in our new bisonR github, in the Discussions section.
github.com/bison-team/b...

bison-team bisonR · Discussions

Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for bison-team bisonR. Discuss code, ask questions & collaborate with the developer community.

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Mar 24

oof. excellent question. let me know where you land with it so I know for next time I'm writing a letter for a US colleague

Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Mar 20

congratulations @albamotesr.bsky.social !

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Mar 20

We have announced the 2024 Robert May Prize shortlist, our award for early career researchers! 🏆

Follow the link below to see our shortlisted authors and their papers 🌎 🧪 👇

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Feb 21

Bake your paper! Research tech extraordinaire, Macaela Skelton, made a cake of (some of) the study sites in the MacaqueNet database. She ran out of decorations before she could do them all 😆. Link to the paper that's been cake-ified: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Feb 18

thanks for a lovely visit to Oxford @robsalgo.bsky.social @rjpheathcote.bsky.social and all the rest of the bio department. Some visit highlights included seeing the field station and having lunch at the longest table I've ever headed :)

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