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Alex Georgiev

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Primatologist at Bangor University, UK. Studying Zanzibar red colobus www.zanzibarredcolobusproject.org

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Behaviour, Ecology & Physiology at Bangor University @beps-bangor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two BEPs keynotes at WEEN this year! @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social 👏
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our next Primatology Profile is now out, and it's an International Slow Loris Day special! 🤩 We interviewed Prof Anna Nekaris, OBE on her work researching and conserving nocturnal primates, and her career path in primatology! See our website to read the full interview: www.psgb.org/pages/primat...
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Wales Ecology & Evolution Network is advertising its annual WEEN conference, featuring PSGB's own @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social as a Keynote speaker! Don't miss your chance to register!
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Some big news to share! @rhythmsoflife.bsky.social www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2026-07...
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Bangor University awarded £5 million doctoral training grant from the Leverhulme Trust to investigate the rhythms of life
Bangor University has been awarded a £5 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust to establish the Rhythms of Life Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme. Over the next three years the University will r...
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I have a better pic of the talk :)
Italian lizard
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m a bit biased as I’m married to him BUT this will be a great project and a brilliant opportunity for an evolutionary ecologist who values variety (genomics, fieldwork, entomology) and who’d like to live in beautiful North Wales!
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Behaviour, Ecology & Physiology at Bangor University @beps-bangor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some lovely talks from BEPs colleagues and others today to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday! Reflections on his huge contributions to natural history scicomm with particular reference to primatology from @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social and entomology from @bjmjarrett.bsky.social 🐵 🐞
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Announcing our 2026 Conservation Cause 📢🥳 Le Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP). This fantastic organization is working to protect Madagascar's lemur populations: some of the most threatened mammals in the world, with over 95% of species at risk of extinction.
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
One of the recent PSGB research grant awardees, Hassan Al-Razi, has published their work on chimpanzee nesting in Current Biology! 🎉 Congratulations Hassan on these exciting new findings, and check out the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Thermal adaptation and the potential anticipation of overnight weather in the nesting decisions of chimpanzees
Animals employ behavioral strategies to buffer environmental stress,1,2,3,4 yet it remains unclear whether such adjustments reflect reactive responses…
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The UK is sizzling towards a big Friday next week. David Attenborough’s 100. Uni colleagues what are you doing to mark the day??
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Have you submitted your PhD since April 1st 2024, or might submit by the 31st March 2026? 📖 Do you know a student who wrote an excellent thesis and deserves some recognition? 🏅Nominations are open for the PSGB Napier Medal - submit a nomination by 31st March 2026: www.psgb.org/pages/95-nap...
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Napier Memorial Medal | Primate Society of Great Britain
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Do you care about primates, and want to help raise funds to support primate conservation, research, and captive care? 🐒We're looking for a Marketing Administrator to support PSGB's work doing exactly that! 🤩 See the News section on our website for further particulars: www.psgb.org/pages/18-lat...
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News | Primate Society of Great Britain
The latest in society news
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Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour
Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.
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The Moyen Bafing Chimp Project @mbchimp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We’re hiring a Field Project Manager with the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project! Help run a growing wild chimpanzee research & conservation project in West Africa 🐵 Apply by 24 Feb (open until filled). More info via QR code in the image. Note: Right to work in the EU required. #job #conservation
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Smashing talk from @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social today at Bangor! Thanks for visiting and for taking time to meet some of our PGR students for lunch ! @beps-bangor.bsky.social
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Cyril C. Grueter @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Many thanks, @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social, for hosting me in the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences at Bangor University. I greatly enjoyed the visit and our stimulating discussions.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/02/2026
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A more detailed story about @zrcp.bsky.social work at the Winter Meeting of the @primatesocietygb.bsky.social in Cardiff last November! www.bangor.ac.uk/sens/news/tw...
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Two Bangor students win prizes at the Winter Meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain in Cardiff | Bangor University
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 30/01/2026
omg yessss! I'm so happy this has a date AND a rather fabulous cover 🥳🌈🦋
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Best feeling ever. Sending good news emails to people on a Friday. Sometimes I do LOVE my job.
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
So yeah second semester has truly started. Welcome to the fray.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/01/2026
New in #PhilTransB - theme issue explores the #biosphere in the #Anthropocene. All #OA. Read: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
We are increasingly being encouraged to integrate generative AI into research and teaching. Individuals use it for writing, planning and teaching; universities are experimenting with embedding it into curricula. However, my case reveals a fundamental weakness: these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind.
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Andy Foote @andrewfoote.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Almost four years on since we started work on this project, it feels surreal to have a copy in my hand. @stephanielking.bsky.social @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social
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Joseph Feldblum @josephfeldblum.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality
In humans and other social mammals, more socially connected females often have higher fitness. Yet evidence linking female sociality to offspring surv…
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Alex Fraik @akfraik.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Job alert: NOAA NWFSC & UW are looking for a postdoc (ASAP) in Seattle study foraging ecology of Cook Inlet beluga whales using eDNA. Genetics/ecology/eDNA experience preferred. Interested candidates reach out to kim.parsons@noaa.gov or rpkelly@uw.edu directly. #eDNA #ConsGen
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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦‍⬛ Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.
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Keith McMahon @mcmahok.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026.
Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits.
A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles.
All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Beyond excited to have joined Animal Behaviour journal as an actual EDITOR this month! My fave journal that I’ve never published in (yet)!! Please do submit your cool primate papers so I get to read them!! @asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Missed our #ECBB2026 Plenary Speaker reveals? Not to worry! Here is a quick recap of all the excellent speakers we'll be welcoming at September's meeting!
Top text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers

(Left) Image of Prof Laurent Brent, University of Exeter
(Centre) Image of Prof Tim Caro, University of Bristol
(Right) Image of Prof Mariella Herberstein, Leibnez Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin UniversityTop text: ECBB 2026 Plenary Speakers

(Left) Image of Prof Andrew Radford, University of Bristol
(Centre) Image of Dr Bibiana Rojas, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
(Right) Image of Dr Christopher Schell, University of California, Berkeley

Bottom text: 1 - 4 September 2026, Anglia Ruskin University
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We know you don't want to start your year by forgetting to submit a symposia proposal before the 31 January deadline. www.aru.ac.uk/science-and-... #academicsky #ecbb2026
Right side: A group of meerkats representing the researchers that submitted a symposia proposal for ECBB 2026. 
Left side: The sad, lonely meerkat representing the one that forgot. All by themself. 

Submission deadline 31 January!
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Save the date for the next European Conference on Behavioural Biology! Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene, 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University. Watch this space for updates on speakers, plenaries, and calls for abstracts! #AcademicSky #UpcomingConferences
Save the date information for the upcoming European Conference on Behavioural Biology: Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene. 1-4 September 2026 at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
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Springer Nature @springernature.com · 12/01/2026
Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research published in @natecoevo.nature.com: spklr.io/633248d15a #Ecology #EcoSky 🌍
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Ecological and social pressures drive same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic regression and structural equation modelling of environmental, social and life history traits across the primate clade indicates correlates for same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB), and suggests that while environmental and life history traits tend to influence SSB indirectly, social complexity directly promotes its occurrence.
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We had a great start to the day with a fascinating and important talk by Prof Jo Setchell, our first Plenary Speaker
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Good morning! I am @mariannepaisley.bsky.social , your new Student Officer. So excited to meet you all at this week's Winter Meeting! 🐵
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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
#ESHE2025 Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’ Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates! Amazing 😍
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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Two great biomechanics talks at @primatesocietygb.bsky.social by lab postdocs @savannarhianna.bsky.social and Charlotte King. 👏👏🧗🏼‍♀️🦍🐵🌳
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Thank you bringing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and hope to this year's Winter Meeting at National Museum Cardiff. We hope to see you all next year!
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primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A heartfelt pant-hoot farewell to dearly departed Jane Goodall, from all of us at PSGB. Thank you Richard Wrangham for your moving Memorial Talk, guiding us through her life and legacy ❤️
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Big thrill to also see my @beps-bangor.bsky.social colleague @cmbettridge.bsky.social present some of her work on galagos in Senegal and Kenya - from her student Grace Ellison’s PhD! #PSGBCardiff2025
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Very proud of all my students doing their first big conference talks at #PSGBCardiff2025 yesterday! In order of appearance: ….
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
A personal high point for me was getting my PhD supervisor and my students to meet each other. And then see him deliver the most incredible memorial lecture to celebrate Jane Goodall’s life. #PSGBCardiff2025
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Mad two days in Cardiff #PSGBCardiff2025
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
One of the highlights of the meeting this talk was!
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
In Cardiff for the winter meeting of @primatesocietygb.bsky.social ! #PSGBCardiff2025
Cardiff castle at night with a Christmas tree and cars
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Alex Georgiev @alexvgeorgiev.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
It’s been a pleasure hosting @hannahfrog.bsky.social here at Bangor the past two weeks on her visit from California! A rare treat having the full ZRCP PhD team in the same place in the world at the same time!
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REAL Nathaniel Comfort @nccomfort.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Look what the dog fetched up! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s new biography of Francis Crick. Folks, it’s like no other Crick biog. Full of new research, fresh insights, juicy stories, & it’s a romp. Having watched this develop from the larval stage, it’s a thrill to hear it thunk! on my table
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