@DrRobinMorrison

Ambizione Research Fellow @UZH_Science and Affiliate Scientist @SavingGorillas. Studying the fitness consequences of sociality and early life environments

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Joined August 2018
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Thrilled to have the first project in my @snsf_ch Ambizione fellowship published in @PNASNews this week. With @VictoireMartig2, @Samellisq and @SavingGorillas, we asked, what is a good social environment for a gorilla? And the answer was complicated... pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…

Group traits moderate the relationship between individual social traits and fitness in gorillas |...

Evidence across a broad range of disciplines has demonstrated how individuals’ social environments can impact their health, lifespan, reproduction,...

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✨Check out this new publication✨ @UZH_en @APE_Group_UZH Using long-term data from the Tsimane, we show that the differences between boys and girls in how their object play develops are linked to the different subsistence roles of men and women. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Object play in Tsimane children: implications for sex-specific division of labour | Evolutionary...

Object play in Tsimane children: implications for sex-specific division of labour - Volume 7

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HAPPY WORLD GORILLA DAY!! Thanks so much to Gerry and the @globioapes team for having me on for a very fun chat about the social lives of gorillas
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Passionate about conservation and primatology? Apply for the Ymke Warren Memorial Conservation Award, a £750 grant supporting fieldwork on wild gorillas and great apes.
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🦍 Friendship isn’t always simple – even for gorillas. New research shows that social ties can boost or hurt health and reproduction, depending on context. 👉 Size of friend group matters 👉 Male/female differences Learn more: gorillafund.org/press-releas… #Gorillas #Conservation #Science #Friendship

Press Release: Gorilla study reveals complex pros and cons of friendship - Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Friendship comes with complex pros and cons – possibly explaining why some individuals are less sociable, according to a new study of gorillas.  Scientists examined over 20 years of data on 164 wild...

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Theres a lot to unpack but our overall message is that its not always as straight forward as strong and stable bonds -> better fitness. Patterns appear to be very context dependent and selection pressures on sociality likely vary considerably by age, sex, across groups and time!
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This finding is something that might help us explain why such a range of social strategies can seemingly exist within species! And you can read more here theguardian.com/science/2025…

Gorillas offer clues to how social relationships work in humans – study

Survey of 164 primates in Rwanda shows how impact of being close to others is affected by group size and sex

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Massive congrats to @DrRobinMorrison and @VictoireMartig2 on this super interesting paper on differences in social behavior in gorillas! theguardian.com/science/2025… 😍

Gorillas offer clues to how social relationships work in humans – study

Survey of 164 primates in Rwanda shows how impact of being close to others is affected by group size and sex

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Field based research assistants wanted to work on baboons in South Africa expenses paid. See below 👇 Might be of interest @PsgbStudent @EFPrimatology @SocietyAfrican @IPS_PrimateNews @ASPvoice @AnimalOpps @LaSFDP @EthoGes @primatologie @asab_org
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Lauren Brent@ljnbrent17 Dec 2024
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
Lauren Brent@ljnbrent20 Nov 2024
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: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/a…
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Proud of our brilliant lab members for their fantastic talks at the FRESH 2024 conference ! 👏🥂 @VictoireMartig2 @ChiragChit64480 @ArunDeepshika ✨
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Wrapping up the conference with a group picture ✨ cheers to our incredible team 🎉🎉 @andrea_migliano @VictoireMartig2 @seabllia @ArunDeepshika @ChiragChit64480
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Lauren Brent@ljnbrent20 Nov 2024
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: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/a…
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Jenny Tung@jtung519 Nov 2024
Post-doc opportunity to work with the fantastic not-on-X Linda Vigilant on great ape population genomics! Come join us at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig tinyurl.com/2czzc4we!

Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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POSTDOC ADVERT: The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is hiring a postdoc on their NIH project examining how early life adversity influences aging. Particularly looking for someone who can support lab analyses of physiological biomarkers. Please share!
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I absolutely loved doing my postdoc with @SavingGorillas! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about what its like to work there
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📢📢📢Great opportunity in South Africa 🇿🇦: Workshop/Course on Conservation Genetics & Wildlife Management, 9-13 December. Note: African nationals can get a scholarship! More info here: umt.edu/ces/conferences/cong…
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