Leanne Proops @leanneproops.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Very excited to be a part of this symposium exploring animal responses to death and dying! Free to attend, online or in person. Hopefully see you there 💀😁 021
Leanne Proops @leanneproops.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Webinar: Donkeys as Agents of Drought Resilience for Pastoralist Communities 5th February at 11am GMT/2pm EAT port-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89107947069 We are pleased to invite you to our webinar and panel discussion sharing the findings from our British Academy-funded project. Hope to see you there! 183
Leanne Proops @leanneproops.bsky.social · 28/06/2025I had an interesting and inspiring time at #ReadEmo25, thanks for inviting me! It was great to catch up on the latest in human emotion research and to bring horses to the event (not literally!) 🐎😁 150
Reposted by Leanne ProopsKate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Check out my article in The Conversation, all about our latest paper, which created an extensive catalogue of horse facial expressions 🐴 Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute! #TheConversation #equineresearch #facialexpressions theconversation.com/horses-have-...theconversation.comHorses have a complex repertoire of facial expressions, just like primatesThe study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals. 052
Leanne Proops @leanneproops.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Something we've been meaning to do for years - documenting horse facial expressions during social interactions using EquiFACS. Well done @kate-lewis.bsky.social! And thanks for the netFACS support @jmicheletta.bsky.social 🐴 @parkerlab.bsky.social 043
Reposted by Leanne ProopsKate Lewis @kate-lewis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴 Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193... @leanneproops.bsky.social @uop-ccep.bsky.socialpeerj.comAn ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and functionUnderstanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise... 187
Reposted by Leanne ProopsCentre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology @uop-ccep.bsky.social · 13/05/2025📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open! Join our international expert team to explore minds across species. We study: 🐒 Primates 🐕 Dogs 🐘 Elephants 🐴 Donkeys and horses 🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post... #MSCAmarie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.euPostdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your applicationThese tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal. 187
Reposted by Leanne ProopsDiverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 27/05/2025New postdoc positions at the (DISI-affiliated) Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University. Looking for scholars interested in interdisciplinary research on the nature of biological, artificial, and collective intelligence. Please share widely! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29547indiana.peopleadmin.comCenter for Possible Minds Postdoctoral FellowThe Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellows to join its Program for Advanced Research in Diverse Intelligences. The fellowship provi... 01615
Reposted by Leanne ProopsMarine Joly @marinemjoly.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social 1144
Reposted by Leanne ProopsUniversity of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 17/12/2024We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... 05772
Reposted by Leanne ProopsMarine Joly @marinemjoly.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Thanks to the Bristol Zoological Society for hosting such a great @primatesocietygb.bsky.social meeting! It was nice to catch up with our @uop-ccep.bsky.social PhD students: Luke Collins, @louiseloyant.bsky.social, @sarahsalphati.bsky.social and Amanda Bartlett. 095
Reposted by Leanne ProopsWill Allen @wlallen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024🐵📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work for 6-months on our NSF-BBSRC project investigating the form and function of primate natal coats. Why are some🐒 babies🍊?! www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan... Please pass on to potential applicants and get in touch if considering applying. 35458
Reposted by Leanne ProopsSophie Milward @sophiemilward.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I’m very excited to have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust grant to study co-representation across 3 cultures (Uganda, Republic of Korea and UK) in dyads and groups. I’ll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc. More details to follow, but please drop me a message if you’re interested! 😊🌍 3237
Reposted by Leanne ProopsDr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024We should be worried about the UK's capacity to adequately monitor and enforce animal welfare regulations www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK failing animals with just one welfare inspector for every 878 farms – reportOnly 2.5% of more than 300,000 farms were inspected at least once in 2022 and 2023, researchers find 0318
Reposted by Leanne ProopsMichał Parniak @michal.parniak.pl · 21/11/2024Predatory publisher MDPI is trying to influence the Polish government to prevent them from giving low scores for predatory journals, asking scientists to support them in this letter. I encourage Polish scientists to do exactly the opposite, and support the current project proposed by our government. 14117
Reposted by Leanne ProopsMany Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 18/11/2024New episode!! 🎉🎙️ A conversation w/ @jaapderoode.bsky.social and Dr. Michael Huffman! We think of medicine as a quintessentially human art. But animals—from bees to bears—have long healed themselves. And, in fact, we humans long learned from their medicinal ways. Listen: disi.org/animal-heal-... 12512
Reposted by Leanne ProopsJamie Wood @larusnz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA. #sediments #aDNA #eDNA For further details, please see: scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships... 06436