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Midwest Primate Interest Group @MidwestPrimates

Professional association founded for #primatologists practicing in the midwestern US. #MPIG2024 hosted by @nkuedu October 25-26. Keeper: @AnimalWelfarist

Joined December 2019
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๐ŸšจPlease share!๐Ÿšจ #MPIG2024 will be hosted at @nkuedu October 25-26! Abstracts are due September 9th by midnight. We can't wait to see you all there! You can register and submit abstracts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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Congratulations to the winners of our student competition! @KaleHawks won for their poster and @fland_ won for their podium presentation! #MPIG2024
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We hosted a fantastic poster session featuring research from undergraduate and graduate students across universities! #MPIG2024
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To wrap up the podium session, @papio_anubis presented a case study on inter-troop kidnapping & adoption in olive baboons. She reported about a relationship between a resident male and the adopted infant. Her talks presents the importance of reporting rare behaviors! #MPIG2024
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Next up is @fland_ speaking about morbidity and mortality patterns in wild olive baboons. Her preliminary results found a pattern of infant sickness in certain months, highlighting the need for further investigation to understand factors that influence these patterns! #MPIG2024
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After lunch we had a panel discussion with faculty and undergraduates on how to involve and support undergraduates in research labs. We discussed everything from how to make stats less scary, making close knit communities, and much more! #MPIG2024
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Dr. Leila Porter presented on evaluating the nutritional content of insect prey consumed by Weddellโ€™s saddleback tamarins. Her group collected over 1,300 insects! #MPIG2024
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Dr. Mitch Irwin (MPIG VP) presented on the diet, seasonality, and role of nutrient content in food species selection in sympatric frugivorous (brown lemur) and folivorous (sifaka) lemurs. He found that these species did select almost exclusively different foods! #MPIG2024
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Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project@mbchimp
26 Oct 2024
๐ŸšจPaid research assistant position with savanna chimpanzees in the incredible #MoyenBafing. Come work with us and help us get to know this amazing landscape and wildlife! Deadline November 21, costs covered & small stipend. More details ๐Ÿ‘‰ tinyurl.com/mbchimpjob
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Day 2 of #MPIG2024! Our president, Dr. Katie Amato, started us off with a presentation on how human foods affect the gut microbiome of wild brown howler monkeys in Brazil. She found a significant, but small effect size of human food supplementation on gut microbiome composition๐Ÿ’
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Opening night of #MPIG2024 was kicked off with a talk by this yearโ€™s Distinguished Primatologist, Ben Freed of @eku! His talk described the importance of effective teaching strategies to instill conservation values in college students in primatology & across disciplines
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Krista Milich@KristaMilich
23 Oct 2024
Graduate School Opportunity: Call for PhD student applications! Check out this ad from Adam Smith @mobotgarden @WUSTL #lemurs #Madagascar #science @DukeLemurCenter @IPS_PrimateNews @ASPvoice @MidwestPrimates @TheRealNYCEP @Society4ConBio @BioAnthNews @WUSTLAnthro @WUSTLBio
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#MPIG2024 is one week away! It is not too late to register to attend (see the link below). This year's conference is hosted by @nkuedu with a special tour of the @CincinnatiZoo to kick off the conference on Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ DEADLINE EXTENDED ๐Ÿšจ The abstract deadline for #MPIG2024 has been extended to Sunday, September 15th, by 11:59pm. Present new research or recycle some from a previous conference! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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Last day to submit an abstract to #MPIG2024! Submit by midnight tonight ๐Ÿ’
Midwest Primate Interest Group@MidwestPrimates
8 Sep 2024
๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ’ Abstracts for #MPIG2024 due TOMORROW at midnight! ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”” Please submit abstracts and register using the link below! We canโ€™t wait to see you all at @nkuedu docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ’ Abstracts for #MPIG2024 due TOMORROW at midnight! ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”” Please submit abstracts and register using the link below! We canโ€™t wait to see you all at @nkuedu docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ””Less than a week away from our abstract deadline!๐Ÿ”” Submit your abstracts at the link below by 9/9! You are welcome to recycle talks from previous conference as well ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ’
Midwest Primate Interest Group@MidwestPrimates
26 Aug 2024
๐ŸšจPlease share!๐Ÿšจ #MPIG2024 will be hosted at @nkuedu October 25-26! Abstracts are due September 9th by midnight. We can't wait to see you all there! You can register and submit abstracts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ
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Executive board of MPIG!
Jocelyn Woods@AnimalWelfarist
9 Oct 2023
Thank you to @MidwestPrimates for allowing me to be apart of the executive board and return to my primatologist roots once a year ๐Ÿ’ #MPIG2023 was a great success!
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A huge thank you to @WUSTL and @stlzoo for a extremely successful #MPIG2023 meeting! If you missed the meeting, check out our tweets for details on the amazing podium presentations we had ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿฆ
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Corinna Most@papio_anubis
8 Oct 2023
So proud of my grad student @KatieHawks for winning best podium presentation at their FIRST podium presentation!! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Thanks #MPIG2023 for a great conference weekend!
Midwest Primate Interest Group@MidwestPrimates
7 Oct 2023
Congratulations to the winners of our student competition! @KatieHawks won for best podium and Enrique Gomez Gomez won best poster ๐Ÿ’ #MPIG2023
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