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Asura International Seminars

A Wide variety of topics brought to you by leaders in their field

PWS holds Asura International Seminars, led by experienced and knowledgeable speakers from academic backgrounds, governmental organizations and NGOs (official language: English). These seminars cover a vast range of subjects: everything from cutting-edge research, to genetic analysis techniques, to reports of ongoing conservation efforts in biodiversity hotspot areas. These seminars are held on an irregular basis, but are always advertised on this web page (so keep checking back).

Upcoming Asura International Seminar(s)
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Previous Asura International Seminars


April 03, 2020  @Kyoto
Speaker
Dr. Leif Anderson
Uppsala University
Title
The Atlantic herring - a new model for how species adapt to their environment
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March 03, 2020  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Christopher Flynn Martin
Indianapolis Zoo
Title
Designing a digital forest for zoo-housed chimpanzees
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February 18, 2020  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Marcus Clauss
Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
Title
The digestive anatomy and physiology of primates: a comparative approach and comment upon wishful thinking in evolutionary biology
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January 31, 2020  @WRC
Speaker
Dr Cédric Sueur
The University of Strasbourg
Title
Research Gaps in Animal Social Network Analysis
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November 15, 2019  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Matthew G. Nowak
PanEco, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program
Title
Conserving Sumatra's Orangutan Species
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August 02, 2019  @PRI
#1
Dr Cécile Garcia
CNRS-MNHN-Paris Diderot University, Paris
#2
Dr Bruno Simmen
CNRS-MNHN-Paris Diderot University, Paris
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July 24, 2019  @WRC
#1
Dr David Morgan
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation of Great Apes in the Ndoki Forest
#2
Dr Crickette Sanz
Chimpanzee Cultures in the Congo Basin
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July 17, 2019  @WRC
Speaker
Dr Rebecca Johnson
Director, Australian Museum Research Institute
Title
Wildlife Detectives: Using science to understand the illegal wildlife trade
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July 09, 2019  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Rebecca Johnson
Director, Australian Museum Research Institute
Title
Conservation Genomics and museums ‒ using the past to inform the future
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June 27, 2019  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
University of Stirling
Title
Incorporating natural adaptations of common marmosets to improve their welfare in captivity, and quality of scientific output
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June 20, 2019  @PRI
#1
Dr Crickette Sanz
Comparative Approaches to Understanding Chimpanzee Cultures in the Congo Basin
#2
Dr David Morgan
Chimpanzee Behavioral Ecology and Conservation in the Ndoki Forest
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April 17, 2019  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Cátia Correia Caeiro
University of Lincoln
Title
What's your face telling me? A comparative perspective on measuring facial expressions across species
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April 10, 2019  @WRC
Speaker
Dr Ettore Randi
University of Bologna (Italy) and University of Aalborg (Denmark)
Title
Conservation genetics in Italy, a hot spot of Mediterranean biodiversity
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January 17, 2019  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Stanislav Lhota

Title
Is there a future for proboscis monkeys?
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November 1, 2018  @PRI
Speaker
Dr Rebecca Skloot

Title
HeLa cell line and the story
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October 26, 2018  @WRC
Speakers
Dr Pierre-Yves Bureau and Dr. Alexis Lécu

Title
Parc Zoologique de Paris : life and mutations of a zoo within the cradle of National Museum of Natural History
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October 10, 2018  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Kanthi Arum Widayati

Title
Color Perception of Female Color Blind Gene Carrier Macaca fascicularis
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August 07, 2018  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Marie Pele
Institut Pluridisciplinnaire Hubert Curien
Title
Influence of culture on pedestrian road-crossing behaviours
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July 30, 2018  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Cedric Sueur
Institut Pluridisciplinnaire Hubert Curien
Title
Mechanisms of evolution of social networks: a focus on socio-ecological pressures
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June 27, 2018  @WRC
Titles
- National protected areas help protecting wild elephant in Laos
- Roles of faculty of forestry in human resource development for conservation in Laos
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June 08, 2018  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Eugénia Cunha
Full Professor, University of Coimbra
Title
Reading bones: evolutionary and forensic perspectives
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May 23, 2018  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Erin Riley
Professor, San Diego State University
Title
Exploring the human-macaque interface in Indonesia and Florida, USA: Toward sustainable coexistence
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April 24, 2018  @WRC
Seminar by Ewha University Visitors
Titles
- Why are cicadas noisy in Metropolitan Seoul?
- Modelling of a reintroduced Asiatic Black Bear population in South Korea with recommendations for future conservation
- Citizen science in Korea: stakes and challenges
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April 18, 2018  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Victor Kakengi
TAWIRI / WRC
Title
Population Status and Prospects of Black Rhinoceros Performance in Tanzania
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April 18, 2018  At National Institute for Environmental Studies
Golden Eagle Research Meeting 2018
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March 19, 2018  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Dave Burt
Director of the UQ Genomics, the University of Queensland
Title
The UQ Genomics Initiative - building a stronger Australasia genome community
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January 31, 2018  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Oliver A. Ryder
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
Title
Preparing for the future of conserving species
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Conservation in Kibale National Park
October 11, 2017.  @WRC
Conservation in Kibale National Park
Speakers
Dr. Colin Chapman
McGill University
Dr. Kim Valenta
McGill University
Dr. Sarah Bortolamiol
McGill University
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July 10, 2017  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Metin I. Eren
Assistant Professor and Director of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University
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July 20, 2017  @PRI  /   July 21, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Ms. Elham Nourani
PhD candidate (D3), Nagasaki University
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June 30, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Chittana Phompila
Deputy Director of Research and Academic Service Division,Faculty of Forest Science (FFS), National University of Laos (NUoL)
Dr. Masato Yayota
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Japan
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June 16, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Anna WILKINSON
University of Lincoln, UK
Title
Cold-Blooded Cognition
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May 30, 2017.  @Science Seminar House
The 6th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution
New Methodology for Wildlife Science
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April 27, 2017.  @PRI
Speaker
Dr. Anna WILKINSON
University of Lincoln, UK
Title
Cold-Blooded Cognition
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April 17, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Dora Biro
University of Oxford
Title
Chimpanzee Cognition in the Wild:
Lessons from the Bossou Video Archive
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February 15, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Pierre Comizzoli
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Title
Cutting-edge approaches for understanding and sustaining biodiversity
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January 18, 2017.  @WRC
Speaker
Dr. Dora Biro
University of Oxfor
Title
From Collective to Cumulative Intelligence in Animal Groups
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December 19, 2016.  @Inuyama
Speaker
Dr. Catherine Hobaiter
University of St Andrews
Title
What is a gesture? Investigating meaning in great ape gesture.
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July 30, 2016.  @ Kyoto
Dr. Jane Goodall
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

Guest Speakers: Dr. Juichi Yamagiwa and Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa
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July 01, 2016.  @ Kyoto City Zoo
Session 1
Dr. Fongkeo Boualapha
Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos
Elephant conflicts management in the Lao PDR

Session 2
Dr. Yasuyuki Kosaka
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, KU
Biodiversity in paddy field ecosystem and its use and management in Lao PDR
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Dr. Anna Nekaris
June 24, 2016.  @Kyoto City Zoo
Speaker
Dr. Anna Nekaris
Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Title
Why are slow lorises venomous and will this help or hinder their conservation?
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Dr. Anna Nekaris
June 21, 2016.  @Inuyama
Speaker
Dr. Anna Nekaris
Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Title
Why are slow lorises venomous and can this help us to conserve them?
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Dr. Pablo Oteiza
Dr. Maude Baldwin
June 20, 2016.  @Inuyama
12:00-12:30
Dr. Pablo Oteiza
Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
A novel mechanism for mechanosensory based rheotaxis in larval zebrafish
12:30-13:00
Dr. Maude Baldwin
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
The evolution of sweet detection in birds
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Dr. Rob Ogden
June 15, 2016.  @ WRC
Speaker
Dr. Rob Ogden
TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network
Title
From field to marketplace: the use of wildlife DNA forensics to track and prosecute the illegal wildlife trade
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June 03, 2016.  @ Inuyama
Speaker
Dr. Ralph Adolphs
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Title
Social cognition and the human brain
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Dr. Ralph Adolphs
April 25, 2016.  @ Kyoto
Speaker
Dr. Ralph Adolphs
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Title
The neuroscience of human social cognition
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Dr. Colin Chapman
March 01, 2016.  @ Inuyama
Speaker
Dr. Colin Chapman
Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, McGill University
Title
What determines animal abundance?
The roles of disease, nutrition, and stress
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Dr. Raymond S. Lumbuenamo
February 10, 2016.  @ Kyoto
Speaker
Dr. Raymond S. Lumbuenamo
Visiting professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
Title
Monitoring forest cover change to assist conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dr. Isabelle Lackman
February 9, 2016.  @ Inuyama
Speaker
Dr. Isabelle Lackman
Director, Kinabatangan Orang-Utan Conservation Programme, Sabah, Malaysia
Title
Orang-utans on the edge: fragmented sanctuary and wildlife corridors in the Lower Kinabatangan
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MSc Kristina Noreikiene
February 5, 2016.  @ Kyoto
Speaker
MSc Kristina Noreikiene
Department of Biociences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Title
Glucocorticoids: proximate drivers for the variation in personality, life-history strategy and empathy in the wild?
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