Lauren Brent
@ljnbrent
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Social networks, evolution of sociality. Professor @CrabExeter @exeterpsych. Editor: Animal Behaviour. She/her. https://t.co/pwiG6GBZg0
University of Exeter
Joined June 2014
So excited to see this out, and to not only to have our work in Science but to have one of my photos be the cover!! Woot woot!
*Very* excited to see the last study of my PhD making the cover of @ScienceMagazine on the macaques of @CayoSantiagoPR. We show that ecological disturbances can alter selective pressures on social ties leading to persistent societal changes. https://t.co/Zt4EJY5XWw 🧵👇
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"Estimating realized relatedness in free-ranging macaques using identity-by-descent (IBD) segments." 🐒 Our findings refine how we measure genetic relationships in wild populations, enhancing research on genetics, behavior, and evolution. https://t.co/A9JrDyp0hp | PNAS
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Biological relatedness is a key consideration in studies of behavior, population structure, and trait evolution. Except for parent–offspring dyads,...
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Applications due Monday! 👇🙉
New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC @GW4plusDTP. Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: https://t.co/9ooDKh4KF0
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Nature giveth and taketh away. Great new paper from @CamilleTestard @ljnbrent & @CayoBiobank team! We previously showed monkeys boost social connections to survive natural disaster. But this increases the risk of communicable disease. Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library
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By simulating disease spread in free-living rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) before and after a hurricane, we demonstrate doubled pathogen transmission rates up to 5 years following the disaster,...
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Less than 1 month left to apply for this PhD opportunity that asks how ecological disturbance shapes social networks with me in @CrabExeter funded by the @GW4plusDTP
New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC @GW4plusDTP. Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: https://t.co/9ooDKh4KF0
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New PhD opportunity: harnessing real-world network experiments to aid prediction of how natural social systems will respond to change & perturbations, using 🐦 @WythamTits
https://t.co/kwWseIWeT6 feel free to get in touch for more info. Please share!
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Some lovely fish ecologists, led by @kellerkopf, invited me and @phyllislee to help summarize the value of older individuals in animal societies and what we risk losing from their loss. Check it out! https://t.co/TmxnfUxRIT Loss of Earth’s old, wise, and large animals | Science
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Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes...
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New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC @GW4plusDTP. Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: https://t.co/9ooDKh4KF0
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Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: https://t.co/P6E7oR11Ss
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From @royalsociety @RSocPublishing's Philosophical Transactions B, 'Understanding age and society using natural populations'. An interesting approach to understanding ageing and social behaviours and structures across species. https://t.co/BS4uLXQb92
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New article in the @Guardian today about our Special Issue on Ageing & Society in animal populations: https://t.co/13LpEE2QjL Thanks to @NicolaKSDavis for a great write-up!
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@CayoSantiagoPR @skpatter7 @erin_sira Read a nice summary of @erin_sira's paper, which was done in collaboration with @MeliSandalia @SMack_Lab @MichaelLouisPl1 @nyuprimatology Josue Negron, Daniel Phillips, and @mattjsilkhere:
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Becoming less sociable protects older monkeys from getting ill, new research shows. Many animals, including humans, are known to experience “social ageing” – reductions in their number of social...
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and check out the Issue's excellent new papers on social aging in the @CayoSantiagoPR macaques by @skpatter7 (how early life adversity relates to later life survival) and @erin_sira (how social selectivity with age modulates infectious disease risk)
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How and why do age and sociality intersect? Check out the new Special Issue put together by @JoshAFirth that I had the privledge to help guest edit. PS. 10 points to those who correctly tell Josh which is the oldest monkey in the cover photo 😂
Our Special Issue on Understanding Age & Society using animal populations is now published 🎉 Intro: https://t.co/w7EOwuZfca Full ToC: https://t.co/WahxfVSWft A big thank you to all the brilliant scientists who have contributed such cool research to this! 🙏Please share
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Less than 1 week left to apply for this new postdoc in @CrabExeter: Generate lifespan data across species, and use these shiny new data to ask what drives one species to live longer than others🧐😎🐒. Info on how to apply below.
Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-history evolution, as part of a new NIH grant on the social modifiers of lifespan. Apply by Oct 29 here: https://t.co/NZRu8zNY0z
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⭐️New paper⭐️ What happens to the spread of cooperation if cooperators occupy well-connected positions in social networks? We investigated it here: https://t.co/PHU7teILXY
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Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-history evolution, as part of a new NIH grant on the social modifiers of lifespan. Apply by Oct 29 here: https://t.co/NZRu8zNY0z
Post Doc available We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here: https://t.co/uOBiiqKpyc
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Ten days left to apply! 👇 - Project in collaboration with @suneman and @ljnbrent - We are looking for people with different backgrounds, such as physics, math, computer science, biology, social data science - More info in links below
🌟Come work with us in wonderful Copenhagen on an exciting project on social networks!🌟 1 PhD and 1 postdoc position available. Deadline 6th October. More info: PhD: https://t.co/QO4xikga2h Postdoc: https://t.co/4Mi5Mw7hr8
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43P has been one of our social behaviour study subjects for 14 years. He lasted until the (old!) age of 23 and died recently, probably of old age. I'll miss his pointy hairdo and his close relationship with his (still living) older sister
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