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Behavioural biologist and primatologist | Reproductive success, sociality, relatedness, ritualized behavior | Baboonologist | Scientist at DPZ | tired happy mum | She/Her

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Six-decade research bias towards fancy and familiar #bird species #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

02.04.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Field Station | DPZ We operate a field station in the Parc National de Niokolo Koba (PNNK) in Senegal since April 2007. The field station "Centre de Recherche de Primatologie (CRP) Simenti" was founded by the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory of the German Primate Center in cooperation with:

More info about the position here: bit.ly/4j5itaM
More info about our long-term research project and life at the field station here: dpz.eu/en/cognitive...

08.04.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We cover all work-related travel costs, medical insurance, necessary medical examinations and vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis. Lodging is free. Travel costs are only reimbursed after the completion of the 15 months of data collection.

08.04.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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RT! Looking for an exciting opportunity to join a wonderful field team in Senegal as a PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT?
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM

08.04.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of critically endangered crested macaques (Macaca nigra) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Together with @leanneproops.bsky.social and Cressida Bowyer, we are looking for PhD applicants for a project using human behaviour change theory to develop educational programmes promoting the conservation of crested macaques. More information here: www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...

10.12.2024 22:04 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
No Evidence for a Link Between Dominance Rank, Unit Size, and Faecal Glucocorticoid Levels in a Small Sample of Wild female Guinea Baboons (Papio papio)

Check out our new publication: rdcu.be/dSBfU
We found no link between dominance rank, unit size, and fGC levels in wild female Guinea baboons, shedding light on the adaptability and resilience to social stress in complex multilevel societies with female-biased dispersal

10.09.2024 00:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ’ Can you judge a baboon by its looks? 🧐 Join our online survey and help us understand perceptions of male Guinea baboons' physical condition πŸ™Œ
πŸ“± Mobile/tablet: kogetho.shinyapps.io/Baboon_Exper...
πŸ’» Laptop: kogetho.shinyapps.io/Baboon_Exper...
Your input is invaluable! Please share & RT! πŸ™

20.02.2024 11:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

World Baboon day should be celebrated on

1️⃣ November 1
2️⃣ March 13
3️⃣ June 28

πŸ“Š Show results

03.11.2023 18:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

2 reviewers: looks cool & impactful. but i want more. pls do tons more analyses, burning compute to train extra ML models.

us (months later): ok we did all that & then some. results still hold. cool!

R1: looks great!πŸ‘
R2: well now it isn't so sexy... i'm no longer excited.

rejected.

seriously??

01.11.2023 00:32 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

Not just a pipeline issue: β€œwomen leave academia at higher rates than men at every career age. Women are more likely to feel pushed from their jobs, and women leave because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance” (US data but certainly fits with my anecdotal experience)

21.10.2023 10:45 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
A negative correlation between bill length and bill depth

A negative correlation between bill length and bill depth

A positive correlation between bill depth and bill length when appropriate sub-populations are considered

A positive correlation between bill depth and bill length when appropriate sub-populations are considered

#rstats
What are your favourite examples when teaching students to think critically about data/figures and interpretations?

For example, Simpson's Paradox and the importance of considering important subpopulations - is brilliantly displayed in the Palmer Penguins dataset.

09.10.2023 12:34 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
poster of the workshop

poster of the workshop

So excited about this hackathon-like workshop that'll take place in Leiden in Jan. We'll work in groups to develop & computationally implement cognitive models of complex behaviors (turn-taking, reading, word acquisition, etc.). Registration still open: lorentzcenter.nl/cognitive-mo...

04.10.2023 09:35 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0