Weeks and talks like this make me remember why I’m still excited to be in academia! Thank you @bjmjarrett.bsky.social , @brotibiswas.bsky.social , and @dlimnothrissa.bsky.social !

Alex Georgiev@alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 2w ago

Been a great week for great talks at Bangor @beps-bangor.bsky.social this week ! First we had @bjmjarrett.bsky.social talking about his new mega project on rhododendrons and biocontrol of invasive species …

Been a great week for great talks at Bangor @beps-bangor.bsky.social this week ! First we had @bjmjarrett.bsky.social talking about his new mega project on rhododendrons and biocontrol of invasive species …

I am part of a team guest editing a special issue of the American Journal of Primatology on "Digitization and use of legacy datasets in primatology” and we are seeking out submissions due on 1 September 2027. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

We are curating resources to support diversity and inclusion within primatology, and these resources can now be found on our website. www.psgb.org/pages/equali...

The lineup for the ASAB/PSGB joint conference has now been announced 🤩 We can't wait to welcome you all in Edinburgh soon. Tickets are still available for Day 3 (PSGB), so don't hesitate to snap yours up while they last! asabpsgbwinter.github.io/2026/schedule/

There's still time to enter our T-shirt design competition! 🐒 Have your artwork displayed on PSGB society merch', and help us raise money for primate research, conservation and captive care 🤩

@primatesocietygb.bsky.social · last mo.

Get your pencils and paintbrushes ready because it’s time for the PSGB T-Shirt Contest! 🎨 Are you skilled with watercolours or experienced with digital art? Want to contribute to the conservation, research, and captive care of primate species? This is your chance! (See 🧵)

We are delighted to announce that Sir Stephen Fry is the new patron for the Primate Society of Great Britain! 🎉

Two BEPs keynotes at WEEN this year! @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social 👏

@primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Wales Ecology & Evolution Network is advertising its annual WEEN conference, featuring PSGB's own @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social as a Keynote speaker! Don't miss your chance to register!

Our next Primatology Profile is now out, and it's an International Slow Loris Day special! 🤩 We interviewed Prof Anna Nekaris, OBE on her work researching and conserving nocturnal primates, and her career path in primatology! See our website to read the full interview: www.psgb.org/pages/primat...

The Wales Ecology & Evolution Network is advertising its annual WEEN conference, featuring PSGB's own @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social as a Keynote speaker! Don't miss your chance to register!

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 2mo ago

UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

Some big news to share! @rhythmsoflife.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Bangor University awarded £5 million doctoral training grant from the Leverhulme Trust to investigate the rhythms of life

Bangor University has been awarded a £5 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust to establish the Rhythms of Life Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme. Over the next three years the University will r...

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The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H

This campaign needs you now

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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I have a better pic of the talk :)

Kirsty MacLeod@kjmacleod.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social conference is in full swing! With great representation from our research group. MRes student Keya did a great job presenting her research so far, with lots more to come! @beps-bangor.bsky.social @meebangor.bsky.social

I’m a bit biased as I’m married to him BUT this will be a great project and a brilliant opportunity for an evolutionary ecologist who values variety (genomics, fieldwork, entomology) and who’d like to live in beautiful North Wales!

Benjamin Jarrett@bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Some lovely talks from BEPs colleagues and others today to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday! Reflections on his huge contributions to natural history scicomm with particular reference to primatology from @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social and entomology from @bjmjarrett.bsky.social 🐵 🐞

Announcing our 2026 Conservation Cause 📢🥳 Le Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP). This fantastic organization is working to protect Madagascar's lemur populations: some of the most threatened mammals in the world, with over 95% of species at risk of extinction.

One of the recent PSGB research grant awardees, Hassan Al-Razi, has published their work on chimpanzee nesting in Current Biology! 🎉 Congratulations Hassan on these exciting new findings, and check out the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thermal adaptation and the potential anticipation of overnight weather in the nesting decisions of chimpanzees

Animals employ behavioral strategies to buffer environmental stress,1,2,3,4 yet it remains unclear whether such adjustments reflect reactive responses…

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The UK is sizzling towards a big Friday next week. David Attenborough’s 100. Uni colleagues what are you doing to mark the day??

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Have you submitted your PhD since April 1st 2024, or might submit by the 31st March 2026? 📖 Do you know a student who wrote an excellent thesis and deserves some recognition? 🏅Nominations are open for the PSGB Napier Medal - submit a nomination by 31st March 2026: www.psgb.org/pages/95-nap...

Do you care about primates, and want to help raise funds to support primate conservation, research, and captive care? 🐒We're looking for a Marketing Administrator to support PSGB's work doing exactly that! 🤩 See the News section on our website for further particulars: www.psgb.org/pages/18-lat...

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour

Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.

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We’re hiring a Field Project Manager with the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project! Help run a growing wild chimpanzee research & conservation project in West Africa 🐵 Apply by 24 Feb (open until filled). More info via QR code in the image. Note: Right to work in the EU required. #job #conservation

Smashing talk from @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social today at Bangor! Thanks for visiting and for taking time to meet some of our PGR students for lunch ! @beps-bangor.bsky.social

Cyril C. Grueter@cyrilgrueter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Many thanks, @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social, for hosting me in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University. I greatly enjoyed the visit and our stimulating discussions.

Many thanks, @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social, for hosting me in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University. I greatly enjoyed the visit and our stimulating discussions.

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff

A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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A more detailed story about @zrcp.bsky.social work at the Winter Meeting of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social in Cardiff last November! www.bangor.ac.uk/sens/news/tw...

omg yessss! I'm so happy this has a date AND a rather fabulous cover 🥳🌈🦋

🌈 Dr Ross Brooks@rossbrooks.co.uk · 9mo ago

My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋

Best feeling ever. Sending good news emails to people on a Friday. Sometimes I do LOVE my job.

So yeah second semester has truly started. Welcome to the fray.