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Lauren Vane
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PhD student at the University of Bristol studying social mammal behaviour 🐒🐻 She/Her
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❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork

👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Dwarf mongoose Rhesus macaques grooming Meerkat
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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☀️New Paper!☀️ In @ecol-evol.bsky.social

Dwarf mongooses lose body mass in hot weather due to limited behavioural plasticity

With top co-authors: @josharbon.bsky.social, Amy Morris-Drake, @juliekern.bsky.social, @andyradford.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71963
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Dwarf Mongooses Lose Body Mass in Hot Weather due to Limited Behavioural Plasticity
Using long-term data from wild dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula), we demonstrate that on hot days (≥ 35°C) compared to matched cooler ones (≤ 33°C), mongooses emerged and commenced foraging earlier ...
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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andyradford.bsky.social
Apparently, it is 'World #Meerkat Day'. 🤷‍♂️ So what better excuse to post some photos of the #field team in action with the little critters, with thanks to the Kalahari Meerkat Project who make it all possible.
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James Robertshaw
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Juvenile meerkat in the Kalahari. Masters by Research student Lauren Vane collecting data on wild meerkats in the Kalahari, South Africa. Masters by Research student James Robertshaw out in the field with a meerkat on his head. Dr Josh Arbon mimicking a meerkat... or vice versa.
July 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Excited to share that my first research article is now out in iScience:
“Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging”
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Huge thanks to my co-authors and supervisors for their support throughout!
#pollinators #bees #ecology #electrosensory #beeresearch
Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging
Ecology; Entomology; Ethology
www.cell.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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andyradford.bsky.social
I thought #parenting was tough at times, but this #meerkat group of 7 adults have 12 (yes, twelve) small bundles of fun to cope with! Thanks to @laurenvane.bsky.social for the stunning photo from #fieldwork in the Kalahari.
Meerkat adult with 6 pups to look after.
May 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
laurenvane.bsky.social
First field season of the PhD starting strong alongside brilliant scientists and adorable subjects in the Kalahari 🌞🌵
andyradford.bsky.social Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · May 5
The #Kalahari field season is in full swing for the team of @laurenvane.bsky.social, Josh Arbon & James Robertshaw, aided by the smallest of assistants. 😊 Not jealous of them AT ALL! Bring on the exciting #experiments and data...
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#meerkats #fieldwork #helpers
Researchers Josh Arbon and James Robertshaw watching a meerkat sentinel in the Kalahari. Meerkat pups climbing over the fluffy outer cover (wind shield) of a microphone being used by researchers in the Kalahari. Researcher Josh Arbon and a meerkat pondering life. Researchers Lauren Vane and James Robertshaw enjoying the sunset after a hard day of work in the Kalahari.
May 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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andyradford.bsky.social
#ECR highlights from 2024 include:

🌟Lauren Vane🌟 defending her #Masters thesis, publishing her first #paper on how #noise might affect #mongoose decision-making & starting her #NERC @gw4alliance.bsky.social #PhD.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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#ProudSupervisor
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December 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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More amazing #ECRs to celebrate on International Women's Day include these wonderful folk I am privileged to work with: Julie Kern, Lina Yousry, Ayla Webb, Maddie Gasparro, Yoonjung Yi, @sophienedelec.bsky.social, Pernille Sorensen & Lauren Vane.

#IWD2025 #WomeninStem
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Amazing women in STEM that I am privileged to work with.
March 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM