Studying social structure and the evolution of sociality
Congratulations to Hobson Lab PhD student Sanjay Prasher, whose grant proposal “Effects of foraging success on social network centrality in bobwhite quail” just got funded by the Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research program!!
This is Sanjay’s first research grant, and will kick start some of our new work in the lab with quail social dynamics and social learning.… [Read full details]
Congratulations to Hobson Lab undergraduate student Shruti Parashar!
Shruti did a great job summarizing several analyses of Little Blue Penguin social behavior during her very first scientific presentation, called “Analyzing social relationships of Little Blue Penguins”.
Shruti has been a member of the Hobson Lab Penguin Data Club since Fall 2019 (our very first semester!).… [Read full details]
This paper came out of a working group meeting at NIMBioS in fall 2019 called “Null models for social behavior“. This was a great working group, a really fantastic team, and a fun writing experience. The preprint is available on arXiv.… [Read full details]