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Biological Sciences department represented at the Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) 6th annual meeting

Dr Krista McLennan presented her work on the automated detection of emotional states through facial expression in sheep to over 200 neuroscience and animal welfare scientists on 14th June 2021.

Dr Krista McLennan hosted a workshop on time management and resilience as part of the AWRN’s Early Career Researchers (ECRs) Monthly Meet Ups on 29th March 2021.

Dr Krista McLennan delivers talk to Laboratory Animal Science Association group on using facial expression to assess welfare of sheep.

Finn was the first in his family to go to University and successfully completed his BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare

Professor Cynthia Burek has been asked to act as one of three judges in a UN Committee

One of our department's PhD students, Morgan Welch, has just had her first research paper published in the journal Animals. Morgan's PhD focuses on the behaviour and welfare of Livingstone's fruit bats

In February 2020, members of our department shared their research with the public at two local events: Chester SciBar and Chester Zoo's Conservation & Cocktails event.

On 9th December, Professor Carl Smith delivered a fascinating research seminar summarising over 20 years of research on bitterlings - various species of fish found in shallow water habitats.

PhD Students Kate Peters and Rachel Ball have both had abstracts accepted at the BES Ecological Genetics Group conference which will be held at the University of St Andrews later on in the year.

In December 2019, Professor Cynthia Burek signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Univerity's previous Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Wheeler.

Biological Sciences MRes student Jessica Harley is to develop a welfare assessment protocol for free-living and conservation grazing ponies.