Mirjam Young

My second paper of my PhD is online in #BehavEcolSociobiol with @SandraWinters22, @drchrisyoung1, @jTroscianko, @nyuprimatology and co-authors not on twitter. It's about male vervet genital colour and the Red-White-and-Blue display. #colsci link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The 15th paper from our @AmJournalPrimat special issue on #primatology in #Canada is out, and we aren't even done yet! Here Colin Dubreuil and a team from @UCalgary and @uLethbridge examine #sex #variation in the same type of #alarm #call in vervets! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

Job alert! 10-month full-time paid RA in primate behaviour/cognition working on a range on projects (e.g. video coding, long-term datasets, zoo based experiments): get in touch for details! @evo_NTU @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

🐒 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_Experim… 💻laptop: kogetho.shinyapps.io/Baboon_Experim… Your input is invaluable! Please share & RT! 🙏

Wonderful trip to @Monkey_Forest with @rich_mcfarland and @PsychologyNTU @NottmTrentUni students. Such a great day out and a pleasure to chat with the Trentham team. Thanks for your fantastic hospitality. @evo_NTU

Fantastic trip to @Monkey_Forest with @PsychologyNTU @NottmTrentUni students @drchrisyoung1 and @rich_mcfarland Giving students a glimpse into behavioural fieldwork (the rain enhancing a real world experience) @ntu_research Thanks to the whole Trentham team for an excellent day!

Taking identity-by-descent (IBD) analysis into the wild! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… In this preprint, we leverage novel genomic methods to estimate fine-scale gradients of relatedness in animals and highlight their many applications in the field of ecology and evolution.🐒🧬 [1/3]

Fully funded PhD studentships on baboon behavioural ecology, social behaviour and physiology in South Africa! @PsychologyNTU @TrentUni with me, @rich_mcfarland and @evo_NTU If you have a research idea then get in touch with us to discuss 👇

Fully funded PhD position on cultural variation in facial expressivity with me, @ivan_norscia and @eithnekavanagh. @evontu Join us! findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

PhD Project 4 with @drchrisyoung1 @rich_mcfarland @StefanoKaburu Individual differences in behavioural and physiological stress reactivity in baboons. Details here: findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

New PhD position on individual differences in stress reactivity in baboons with field work in South Africa @TrentUni @PsychologyNTU @evo_NTU with me, @rich_mcfarland and @StefanoKaburu Competitive, fully funded studentship. Details: tinyurl.com/36y4ce8b

Competitively funded PhD using A.I to measure zoo animal welfare: ntu.ac.uk/study-and-cour… @NTU_ARES @StefanoKaburu

Interesting research examining social tolerance and complexity of facial behaviour in macaques from @WallerBridget and colleagues in @eLife check it out below 👇

Great to have so much media focus on our new @LeverhulmeTrust funded research on meerkat emotions... Excited to get started...really could do with a meerkat emoji 🤣🤣 @DrAnnikaPaukner

#eventalert Joint Graduate Meeting of the Ethological Society and the German Zoological Society 8th Nov 2023 - 10th Nov 2023 University of Bielefeld, Germany More information: applied-ethology.org/Joint_Graduate…

New article: Macaca nigra in the Spotlight: Accounting for Diversity in Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation in Primates by Julie Duboscq & Jerome Micheletta. Introduction to the special issue with the same title link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Job Alert! There's a new postdoc position studying primates available @ZooATL, if you're on the market for a #primatology postdoc and are interested in #ZooResearch, check it out! zooatlanta.atsondemand.com/index.cfm?fuse…

📣 Job Opportunity Professorship in Evolution or Ecology at the University of Lincoln Come and join a fab team in a beautiful city! #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

3-year Research Fellow position funded by the @LeverhulmeTrust with @DrAnnikaPaukner. The closing date for applications is the 21st of August. vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Primate behaviour and cognition research position available with us at @evo_NTU working with @WallerBridget @rich_mcfarland @DrAnnikaPaukner @WhitehouseJam @eithnekavanagh Paid and 1 year. Get in touch and see below if interested vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…