Outreach – Explorathon 2016
The Healy lab came out in full force for Explorathon 2016, an event based on discovery which aims to engage and entertain the public. This year Explorathon celebrated European Researchers’ Night by holding events all…
The Healy lab came out in full force for Explorathon 2016, an event based on discovery which aims to engage and entertain the public. This year Explorathon celebrated European Researchers’ Night by holding events all…
The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club gave a warm welcome to Sophie at an evening event in St Andrews inviting PhD students to talk about their research. Sophie spoke about nest building and about whether temperature…
The British Society for Neuroendocrinology held its annual conference this year in Glasgow between the 28th and 30th of August. The conference began with a workshop for early-stage researchers, covering the latest…
Another successful fieldwork season in the Canadian rockies! David and Georgina were joined by former Healy lab member Dr Maria Tello-Ramos, as well as three undergraduates from the University of St Andrews (Vicki,…
Nora, Georgina, and Sue all attended the International Society for Behavioral Ecology conference held in Exeter. This conference marked the 30th anniversary since the founding of ISBE, and as a result attendees were…
Congratulations to Nora who won 3rd prize for best talk at the third European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition, which was hosted in St Andrews this year and organised by four PhD students, including…
At this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival visitors has their eyes opened to the world of nest building! Lauren, Sophie, and Alexis set up an exhibit on ‘Why Do Birds Build Nests?’, inviting both children…
We’ve had some more publishing activity from the Healy lab, recently in the form of reviews! Well done Alexis, David, Maria, Lauren, and Sue! What Can Nest-Building Birds Teach Us? The structures that animals build…
David has won a research grant from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour to study landmark use in wild hummingbirds. This is his first grant, so it’s a landmark achievement for him (pun entirely intended).…
Yet another Healy lab member has engaged with the Research Illustrations project! Alexis has written a brief explanation of her PhD project (nest building in zebra finches) and it is now accompanied by some beautiful…