Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison
@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social
Lecturer, Newcastle University
ASAB Communications Officer
PhD, MSc Primate Conservation, BSc Psychology: Specialisms - animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, cognition, animal welfare, conservation, primatology & human-animal interactions.
ASAB Communications Officer
PhD, MSc Primate Conservation, BSc Psychology: Specialisms - animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, cognition, animal welfare, conservation, primatology & human-animal interactions.
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New podcast episode featuring our research @uop-ccep.bsky.social 🐒
@estherherrmann.bsky.social and I talk about some of our findings on chimpanzee and macaque cognition and why protecting these species matters. Listen here: shows.acast.com/399a0c03-e9d...
#primates #evolution #psychology
@estherherrmann.bsky.social and I talk about some of our findings on chimpanzee and macaque cognition and why protecting these species matters. Listen here: shows.acast.com/399a0c03-e9d...
#primates #evolution #psychology
Life Solved
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November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New podcast episode featuring our research @uop-ccep.bsky.social 🐒
@estherherrmann.bsky.social and I talk about some of our findings on chimpanzee and macaque cognition and why protecting these species matters. Listen here: shows.acast.com/399a0c03-e9d...
#primates #evolution #psychology
@estherherrmann.bsky.social and I talk about some of our findings on chimpanzee and macaque cognition and why protecting these species matters. Listen here: shows.acast.com/399a0c03-e9d...
#primates #evolution #psychology
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We hope everyone is getting excited for #ASABWinter2025 !
To kick off the conference on Dec 15, we will be having a public lecture by Prof. Innes Cuthill about an interdisciplinary approach to the study of camouflage. So make sure you’re not late ⏰
To kick off the conference on Dec 15, we will be having a public lecture by Prof. Innes Cuthill about an interdisciplinary approach to the study of camouflage. So make sure you’re not late ⏰
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We hope everyone is getting excited for #ASABWinter2025 !
To kick off the conference on Dec 15, we will be having a public lecture by Prof. Innes Cuthill about an interdisciplinary approach to the study of camouflage. So make sure you’re not late ⏰
To kick off the conference on Dec 15, we will be having a public lecture by Prof. Innes Cuthill about an interdisciplinary approach to the study of camouflage. So make sure you’re not late ⏰
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Final schedule for #ASABWinter2025 is up! We have some fantastic talks and posters ahead of us 🥰 ❄️ 🏴
asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/
asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Final schedule for #ASABWinter2025 is up! We have some fantastic talks and posters ahead of us 🥰 ❄️ 🏴
asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/
asabwinter.github.io/2025/schedule/
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Our first plenary for #ASABWinter2025 will be by @amelinlab.bsky.social. She will be discussing how fruit traits and color vision variation in primates* shape sensory behaviours during food selection 🍌
*White-faced capuchins, Central American spider monkeys and mantled howler monkeys, oh my! 🙊
*White-faced capuchins, Central American spider monkeys and mantled howler monkeys, oh my! 🙊
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our first plenary for #ASABWinter2025 will be by @amelinlab.bsky.social. She will be discussing how fruit traits and color vision variation in primates* shape sensory behaviours during food selection 🍌
*White-faced capuchins, Central American spider monkeys and mantled howler monkeys, oh my! 🙊
*White-faced capuchins, Central American spider monkeys and mantled howler monkeys, oh my! 🙊
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#PhD and Research Assistant positions @uni-goettingen.de and @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ... macaques, empathy, infrared thermography, field work... it's all there! Apps due 18-20 Dec, details in the original post & thread. #primates #animalbeahvior
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#PhD and Research Assistant positions @uni-goettingen.de and @primatenzentrum.bsky.social ... macaques, empathy, infrared thermography, field work... it's all there! Apps due 18-20 Dec, details in the original post & thread. #primates #animalbeahvior
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It’s full speed ahead with Science Adventures Today! So great to see so many little future scientists! #scienceengagement #childdevelopment @newcastleuni.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s full speed ahead with Science Adventures Today! So great to see so many little future scientists! #scienceengagement #childdevelopment @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Representing the EVOMINDs Lab at the annual SPRG meeting 🐵🏴 - presenting some of the work our lovely MRes students did this year on how the social networks of a captive chimpanzee population has changed over time
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Representing the EVOMINDs Lab at the annual SPRG meeting 🐵🏴 - presenting some of the work our lovely MRes students did this year on how the social networks of a captive chimpanzee population has changed over time
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Our autumn newsletter is OUT! 🍁 🍃 🍂
Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌
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Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌
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ASAB Autumn Newsletter 2025
We’ve got updates from the exciting summer conference in Kolkata, call for nominations for the Christopher Barnard award & ASAB Medal 2026, news from the ASAB Grants & Education Committees and the Animal Behaviour Journal. And if that wasn’t enough there’s also a ‘Meet ASAB’ piece on our former Meetings Secretary: Joah Madden. You can also find infomation on our upcoming confrences!!
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September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Our autumn newsletter is OUT! 🍁 🍃 🍂
Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌
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Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌
www.asab.org/campaigns/vi...
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Sad news. We know Jane Goodall was an inspiration to many of our members. She brought real change not only to animal behaviour, but to the world 🌍
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sad news. We know Jane Goodall was an inspiration to many of our members. She brought real change not only to animal behaviour, but to the world 🌍
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Reunited with my old pal @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social at #Behaviour2025 🤗He presented on some really cool work today from research he was doing back when we were both at Living Links in Edinburgh. Good times 🏴 🐒
August 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reunited with my old pal @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social at #Behaviour2025 🤗He presented on some really cool work today from research he was doing back when we were both at Living Links in Edinburgh. Good times 🏴 🐒
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Last plenary of #Behaviour2025 ! Hope everyone enjoyed the great talk by Toshitaka Suzuki 🐦
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Last plenary of #Behaviour2025 ! Hope everyone enjoyed the great talk by Toshitaka Suzuki 🐦
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Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
August 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Does this suggest that spending hours lying on the beach in the sun might not suit my body?
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
Avirup Chakraborty at #Behaviour2025
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And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!
August 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!
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#Behaviour2025 plenary talk
Dr. Sam Ellis is giving the plenary talk on "Social behaviour and the evolution of menopause in toothed whales" on day 5 at hall 1 (level 4)
@UniofExeter
Dr. Sam Ellis is giving the plenary talk on "Social behaviour and the evolution of menopause in toothed whales" on day 5 at hall 1 (level 4)
@UniofExeter
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#Behaviour2025 plenary talk
Dr. Sam Ellis is giving the plenary talk on "Social behaviour and the evolution of menopause in toothed whales" on day 5 at hall 1 (level 4)
@UniofExeter
Dr. Sam Ellis is giving the plenary talk on "Social behaviour and the evolution of menopause in toothed whales" on day 5 at hall 1 (level 4)
@UniofExeter
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Congrats to all the poster winners at #Behaviour2025 🥳
August 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congrats to all the poster winners at #Behaviour2025 🥳
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#Behaviour2025 plenary talk
Dr. Toshitaka Suzuki is giving the plenary talk on the topic "Animal linguistics: syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine" at hall 1 (level 4), on the concluding day of the conference
#plenarytalk
#conference
Dr. Toshitaka Suzuki is giving the plenary talk on the topic "Animal linguistics: syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine" at hall 1 (level 4), on the concluding day of the conference
#plenarytalk
#conference
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Behaviour2025 plenary talk
Dr. Toshitaka Suzuki is giving the plenary talk on the topic "Animal linguistics: syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine" at hall 1 (level 4), on the concluding day of the conference
#plenarytalk
#conference
Dr. Toshitaka Suzuki is giving the plenary talk on the topic "Animal linguistics: syntax and semantics in the communication system of a wild passerine" at hall 1 (level 4), on the concluding day of the conference
#plenarytalk
#conference
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I don’t think I’m ever going to live down the moniker “ice coffee girl” that I picked up at #Behaviour2025
Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
August 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I don’t think I’m ever going to live down the moniker “ice coffee girl” that I picked up at #Behaviour2025
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Rohini Balakrishnan gave a wonderful plenary talk on tree crickets, showcasing the power of combining field and experimental research, with some very neat findings—males use leaves to amplify their calls, and more so on days when their calls are less loud! 😮
@behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org
@behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rohini Balakrishnan gave a wonderful plenary talk on tree crickets, showcasing the power of combining field and experimental research, with some very neat findings—males use leaves to amplify their calls, and more so on days when their calls are less loud! 😮
@behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org
@behaviour2025.bsky.social @asab.org
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A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A fantastic Day 2 on #psgbfieldskills2025 #zsl workshop: vegetation and wildlife surveys @pintsizedprimate.bsky.social bioacoustics @wascherclaudia.bsky.social tracking, camera traps @lizallo.bsky.social and mental health in the field with Praneetha Monipi @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @asab.org
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Can’t make it to Edinburgh for #ASABWinter2025 🏴 ? Did you know you can also register to attend online for free as well? 💻
Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”!
More info here:
www.asab.org/conference-h...
Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”!
More info here:
www.asab.org/conference-h...
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Can’t make it to Edinburgh for #ASABWinter2025 🏴 ? Did you know you can also register to attend online for free as well? 💻
Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”!
More info here:
www.asab.org/conference-h...
Or even better, consider attending remotely with a group of colleagues by setting up a “hublet”!
More info here:
www.asab.org/conference-h...
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Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
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Lucky to be a part of an inspiring symposium on mechanisms of collective behaviour in Kolkata! Shared our work on oceanic collective behaviour, including specific work on collective behaviour in blue whales and krill across nested oceanic scales @asab.org @behaviour2025.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Lucky to be a part of an inspiring symposium on mechanisms of collective behaviour in Kolkata! Shared our work on oceanic collective behaviour, including specific work on collective behaviour in blue whales and krill across nested oceanic scales @asab.org @behaviour2025.bsky.social
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ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Thank you to everyone who came to my talk today!
It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025
Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!
It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025
Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!
August 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to my talk today!
It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025
Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!
It was great to finaaaallly present some of my PhD work on stress response measures in macaques and related species at #Behaviour2025
Thank to @behaviour2025.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity!
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Bees like to play with balls! Really fun talk from Samadi Galpayage #Behaviour2025
August 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Bees like to play with balls! Really fun talk from Samadi Galpayage #Behaviour2025