Well done, Nora!
A big congratulations to Nora who will be joining a lab run by Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant, & Fanny Ryback. She’ll be studying cooperative behaviour in sociable weavers in South Africa starting in the end of…
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Outreach – LevelUp Human
In September last year, Sue joined in with Scotland’s Explorathon event by being a panel member on LevelUp Human, where a panel of judges decides what would be the best way to enhance the human race. The resulting…
New paper out – mobbing behaviour in blue tits
Nora has just had a paper published on how blue tits change aspects of their mobbing behaviour (not vocalizations) in response to changes in predator behaviour. Her paper was published in Behavioral Ecology and…
Conference – Behaviour 2017
The Healy lab descended in full force on the Behaviour 2017 conference (perhaps partially because it was held in sunny Portugal, see image at end). Sue certainly had a full programme. Not only was there a book launch…
New paper out – British tits and mobbing calls
Nora’s paper on how British tit species encode predator threat into their mobbing calls has been published in Animal Behaviour and is available online here.
Congratulations Dr Carlson!
A huge well done to Nora who passed her viva! Congratulations Dr Carlson!
Outreach – Ringing Demonstration
Nora and Sophie helped out at a ringing demonstration at Strathkinness Primary School, arranged by Karen Spencer. They helped postdoc Jeroen Minderman, and Shirley Millar (a member of the Tay Ringing Group) ring great…
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…
Conference – ISBE
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…
Well done Nora – 3rd best talk
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…