Monitoring stress levels of captive or protected animals is important for improving their well-being. How can we do it accurately and quickly enough to help identify causes of acute stress, in a way that doesn't itself cause extra stress to the animals? Nelson Broche...
Here at CICASP, we love babies of all kinds. How did we evolve to be fixated on baby faces of not just our own kind but also other animals (think puppies, kittens, ducklings...)? Yuri Kawaguchi , a PRI doctoral student and resident expert on baby faces, wants to know. She...
Prof. Jörg Ganzhorn (University of Hamburg) will be the guest speaker of the 27th International Primatology Lecture, titled " 40 years of lemur research in Madagascar: early exposure, luck, and mentors ". Livestream on CICASP YouTube Channel...
Have you been surprised by cross-cultural differences in academic environments, whether it is about how lab members communicate with one another, how students are expected to behave, or how academic institutions operate? Cross-cultural conflicts—as well as enlightenment—can...
In the CICASP seminar on October 19, 2022, we explored the world of preprint publishing, and more broadly how it fits into the open science movement. Recently, more and more articles in biology are appearing as pre-prints, published without peer-review in online repositories...
It is often said that the most successful people in society are readers. As academics, we all know the power of reading, as one cannot stand on the shoulders of giants without knowing what it is those giants have left behind!
The 12th speaker in our lecture series is Prof. Mewa Singh , who will provide a lecture under the title " On Becoming a Primatologist, and a Wildlife Biologist: A Journey of a Half-Century " to share his path to primate research and his...
This academic year, CICASP started a new series of online lectures by distinguished guest scientists, called the International Primatology Lecture Series on Past, Present, and Future Perspectives of the Field (for more information, and to watch the...
If you were given just 3 minutes to describe your research to a group of non-scientists who want to support your research but know little about your field, how would you do it? HIRAKU 3 Minute-Thesis Competition is a national event that promotes doctoral research in Japan and...
