The Smulders Lab at Newcastle University (UK) studies how evolution changes brains and how brains can be used to assess animal welfare.
Joined August 2017
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🎺Potential post-doc position available🎺
Testing space use and cognition in chickens, with welfare implications.
Work in Belgium in collaboration with @ECoBird_UGent Contract 1-3 years. DM or email me for further details and to discuss.
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🚨Collection Alert🚨
Do you research Cognition and Behavior of Food-Catching Birds? We have an Open Call waiting for you...
link.springer.com/collection…
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This #MLKDay, we're looking back to 1967 when we became the only UK university to award Dr Martin Luther King an honorary degree during his lifetime.
Take a look at his passionate and moving acceptance speech, delivered in our very own King's Hall 👇
ncl.ac.uk/congregations/hono…
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Our new publication is out - PDIA6 and Maspin in Prostate Cancer - we show for the first time that PDIA6 increase may be involved in prostate cancer. The image is showing that RNA levels of PDIA6 are highly increased in prostate cancer when compared to normal tissue - link below
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Today is an exciting day! The new @TCclock4AD PhD student, Kazi Ishrak Faiyaz, started his project working with me today!
The title of his project is "Circadian control of Alzheimer's disease in Drosophila melanogaster".
Project details here:
site.unibo.it/tclock4ad/en/d…
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I'm looking for a post-doc to work on my #episodicmemory project! If you're interested in how we can use artificial implementations of episodic memory in AI to help us understand episodic memory in biological systems, hit me up :) More on the project here: lse.ac.uk/cpnss/research/Epi…
🚨 Open Position 🚨
#LSEPhilosophy Assistant Professor @aliboyle6 is searching for a Post-Doctoral Research Officer in Episodic Memory (Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science). Application deadline: 20 October 2023: lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blog/20…
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All are very welcome to create their own PhD project in my Duke Biology lab in in vision/signaling/camouflage/biophotonics/navigation. Stipend ($38,500 USD) is guaranteed for six years via TA/RA/fellowship. Current one-bedroom rent is ~$1600. DM me if interested. #scitwitter
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Thank you to everyone who has been involved with the ChickenStress Network. This is not the end but the beginning.....
cordis.europa.eu/article/id/…
@CORDIS_EU
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Check out our 🚨new study 🚨on sequence memory in bonobos, including the results of my master's thesis 👩🎓
Thank you to my supervisor @etologen for his contagious enthusiasm for science (and maybe a little bit for birds too)!
More info here👉 su.se/english/news/the-sense….
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Do you work with laboratory rodents 🐭🐁 and have 5 minutes to spare? If so, please consider filling out our survey at the link below or using the QR code ⬇️ newcastle.onlinesurveys.ac.u…
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Interested in birds and their behaviour? 🐦
Join @SmuldersLab and @VeraVinken as a volunteer for their garden bird observation project! If you are in the UK, USA or Canada and can observe tit species visiting your feeder, you can take part😊
More info: staff.ncl.ac.uk/tom.smulders…
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We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Research Technician/Research Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for advancing medical research and the understanding of animal welfare.
Please DM & RT:
research.ncl.ac.uk/ctn/vacan…
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PHD POSITION! @UAFunMorph lab is offering a fully funded #PhD scholarship on the evolutionary biomechanics of the beak in Darwin’s finches 🐦, with Dr. Sam Van Wassenbergh. Full Details at: uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacanc… (deadline: September 11)
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Assistant Professor post in @DurhamPsych closing date 14 August - please share durham.taleo.net/careersecti… – at Tantobie, England
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📣🌟PhD and Post-doc🌟📣 with @BustonLab, Mike Cant and I working on Kimbe Bay anemonefish. Official ads coming soon. Start Sept 23/Jan 24.
Some details below. DM me if interested!
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ChickenStress @ESPW2023 details of our talks and posters.....
chickenstress.eu/networkeven…
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See you on Monday.. @ESPW2023 @MSCActions
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Below is a photo of how we trained rainbow trout to study their cognitive flexibility and the impact of their living conditions on their learning abilities.
A glimpse into the results of these time-consuming but very stimulating experiments! 🐟
➡️ frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
