Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours

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Theo Murphy meeting
Monday 12 – Tuesday 13 June 2017
The Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, home of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre
Organised by Dr Rachel McMullan and Cecile Sarabian
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/06/evolution-pathogen-parasite/

Avoidance behaviours protect species as diverse as worms, ants, fish, monkeys and humans from infection by reducing or preventing contact with parasites and pathogens. This meeting will unite researchers working in invertebrates, vertebrates and humans to discuss the evolution of pathogen avoidance behaviour and how these avoidance instincts can be harnessed to improve animal and human health around the world. Join us to network with researchers working in a diversity of experimental models to share techniques and knowledge and form multidisciplinary collaborations.
This is a residential conference, which allows for increased discussion and networking.

  • Free to attend
  • Registration is essential (please request an invitation)
  • Catering and accommodation are available to purchase at registration

Nominations for HBES Officers

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We are seeking nominations for the following HBES offices:

  • Secretary/Archivist
  • Treasurer
  • President
  • Council Member at large: 2 positions
  • Student Representative

Please send your nominations to Mark Flinn (flinnm@missouri.edu) by 15 February.  Make sure that anyone you nominate is an HBES member and is willing to serve.  And for those you nominate, please inform them if they are chosen to be on the official ballot we will need a biosketch of no more than 300 words and a link to their personal or academic webpage.

After the nomination closing date, the Election Committee will present the election slate to our Executive Committee for approval.

We plan to open the on-line election on 1 March and close it 21 March, 2017.  Results of the election will be announced at the annual meeting in Boise, Idaho on May 31 – June 3, 2017.

Behaviour 2017 Call for Abstracts

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The Behaviour 2017 is a joint meeting of the 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 2017 Summer Meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), that will bring together researchers and students from all fields of behaviour science.

The call for abstracts is now open.

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Abstract submission for EHBEA 2017 closes today

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Submit your abstracts for the 6-8 April 2017 EHBEA conference in Paris, France by 23:59 GMT at https://ehbea2017.sciencesconf.org/

Postdoc in Evolutionary Approaches to Maternal-Child Health in Southern California

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A postdoctoral position is available at Chapman University in Orange, CA for a project utilizing interdisciplinary approaches to generate new insights to solve key problems in maternal-child health. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to develop and test novel hypotheses pertaining to maternal-child health in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook (project PI) and members of Chapman’s Center for Excellence in Biopsychosocial Approaches to Health (CEBAH).

The ideal candidate would bring unique expertise and perspectives from biological anthropology, Darwinian medicine, health psychology, evolutionary psychology, public health, endocrinology or other fields to formulate and test interdisciplinary research questions. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to work with large existing NIH funded data sets that contain longitudinal data assessing biomarkers, hormones, psychosocial factors, ecological conditions, behavior and health outcomes in mothers, children, and fathers followed from pregnancy to the postpartum period. The postdoctoral fellow will also interface with local government and private stakeholders in an effort to create translational community-based interventions to improve maternal-child health. Read more

Spring School on Quantitative Methods

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We’re delighted to announce another outing for the Spring School on Quantitative Methods at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. The recently-opened (2015) Institute is located in Jena, Germany. Further information, including the application form, is at the MPI-SHH website. Applications close January 20th.

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Apologies for Spam

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Apologies for the recent influx of spam on the website, including the anouncements page. The HBES website ws hacked, but I’m sorting it out now. Please disregard the recent email about HBES 2016 Registration; this was sent in error while I was removing the hacked edits.