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Animal Behavior Society's Announcements
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Animal Behavior Society's News and Announcments |
The Department of Animal&Poultry Science (APS) at the University of Guelph invites applications from outstanding candidates for one five-year, contractually-limited Assistant Professor position specializing in Poultry Welfare.The successful candidate will have a strong research background in poultry welfare, or related research that could be applied to the scientific assessment of poultry welfare issues. Expertise with techniques from behaviour-genetics, behavioural neuroscience or stress physiology will be considered favourably. The successful candidate will develop and lead an innovative research program in Poultry Welfare, will engage in research that complements the activities of the Poultry Welfare Research Centre and will collaborate with other core faculty of animal welfare scientists in the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW). |
Summer 2012 (mid-June to mid-August) field research opportunity at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado. The RMBL provides an immersion experience in field biology. I am looking for two summer interns to work on a project that involves the behavior and ecology of burying beetles. The research includes surveys of small mammal and burying beetle populations (live-trapping, mark-recapture); behavioral studies of beetles in lab and field, and data entry. Interns must be in good physical condition to hike/bike to field sites at high elevations (10,000 ft). Internship is 35 hours/week, leaving weekends free for recreation. I will cover housing and station fees, but each intern must provide own food and transportation to/from RMBL. |
Do you want to teach biology at the college level? Idaho State University offers Graduate Fellowships for students in the Doctor of Arts degree program. The DA degree is a highly successful program that combines biological research with preparation for effective college-level teaching. 95% of recent graduates hold academic positions. For more information and how to apply, please visit the ISU Dept. of Biological Sciences homepage. Three-year Fellowships (+tuition waivers) are currently available for Fall 2012 in the areas of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Molecular Biology&Microbiology, and Physiology. Master's degree, GRE scores,&letters required for admission. |
We are currently accepting applications for two (2) paid ten-week research internship positions for summer 2012. These internships will run from 29 May through 07 August 2012, and interns will divide time between laboratories at Augustana College and our field study site at The Nature Conservancy’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in NE Oklahoma. The internships are funded through the Sanford Program of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), and interested undergraduate students will submit their application materials directly to the SPUR program coordinator (application attached), indicating which of the two projects/mentors they would prefer to work. See project descriptions below. |
The Methods for Animal Behavior Research DVD tutorial is still available for the low price of $5/copy. Over 1700 copies are in use at over 60 colleges and universitities in the U.S. and over 22 countries around the world. The content is written at the undegraduate level but is also suitable for high school and graduate students. Ordering information, table of contents, and video samples can be found at:http://www.aza.org/methods-for-animal-behavior-research-dvd/ |
We are currently accepting applications for two (2) research internship positions for a 4-6 week period beginning 01 April 2012, and concluding approximately the first week of May 2012 (weather dependent). Interns will assist with field data collection in a research project focused on understanding female mate choice decisions in a rare grassland insect species. The study site is on The Nature Conservancy’s 16,000 ha Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in NE Oklahoma, USA. Applicants should have an interest in gaining experience in behavioral studies, ecological field methods, and GIS/GPS technologies. Research interns will be provided with a nominal stipend to cover food and travel, and will have accommodation provided on-site. To apply, please email an application that includes: 1) a cover letter expressing your interest in the position and outlining your qualifications, and 2) a current CV. Please arrange to have a letter of reference emailed on your behalf, and submit any questions regarding the internship toDr. Daniel R. Howard, Integrative Animal Behavior Laboratory, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. (daniel.howard@augie.edu). |
Hey - want to lead the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Idaho in the beautiful Pacific Northwest? The University of Idaho is seeking an outstanding leader for the Department of Biological Sciences. |
We are looking for 4-5 volunteers to assist with fieldwork for the period of April 15 to Aug 31, 2012. The project investigates the evolutionary ecology of Columbian ground squirrels. As a member of the study, assistants will be involved with monitoring the phenology (when animals emerge from hibernation), reproduction and survival of individuals. Fieldwork will involve live-trapping and handling of animals, behavioural observation, radio-telemetry (to locate natal burrows) and assistance with the measurement of physiological (metabolism) traits on free-ranging animals. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience working with a collaborativeresearch team on a long-term study of a wild mammal. Opportunities exist for side-projects for interested and motivated applicants. |
This conference, organised by the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Biochemistry) and the International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE; 3rd annual meeting), aims at bringing together scientists of different research fields sharing a common interest in non-invasive methods for monitoring hormones. Additionally PhD course on methods of non-invasive monitoring of steroid hormones will be offered the week prior to the conference (17th - 21st September 2012). For detailed information visit: http://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/noninvasive/ |
I would like to use JWatcher video to code a large body of digital video files of nestbox-breeding birds. I've already gotten the JWatcher book and am eager to use the program. However, JWatcher Video 1.0+JRE is hanging during install on my laptop (Windows Vista 64-bit with Quicktime 7.6.9). When I run the install package in XP SP2 compatibility mode it hangs at the beginning of the install, and when I don't it hangs near the end. Has anyone had a similar issue? I managed to install it on a Windows XP machine, but the program won't run, displaying an error even after I put QTJava.dll in the folder indicated at http://www.jwatcher.ucla.edu/Any advice or suggestions? The main reason I'd like to use JWatcher Video is its ability to bring in the time/date stamp from the video, and one-keystroke coding of events or states. I'd be open to hearing about other programs that can do this. |
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