Cédric Girard-Buttoz
Biologist, primate fan, sport addict, photographer, try to understand how animals process the world and communicate about it
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
- Paper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.
- New preprint on visual communication! Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture. With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Sorry I meant "fledglings" not "nestings".
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozOrigins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozApply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozI am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞 Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰 @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉 Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening. They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) #bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozWe're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozExciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇
- 📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq Please share! @elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozApply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozMarine Le Pen était jugée ce lundi pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le voile. La jeune femme, un temps engagée auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'ONU, a dénoncé devant le tribunal la violence de cette essentialisation.
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThe relevant bit of grump from the quoted post (left). And age distribution of Max Planck directors (right)
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozPrepping a lecture on paternal care and revisiting this brilliant 2024 article by Brooke Scelza. Such a good demonstration of the value of an anthropological lens when thinking about the evolution of human family life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology! The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik). 📍 Location: Oslo, Norway 🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025 🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozCheck out new paper led by @jackmanera.bsky.social on impacts of noise pollution. @monashscience.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab
- Boat noise alters individual behaviors but not communication between partners in a fish-shrimp mutualism #NoisePollution #SpeciesInteraction doi.org/10.1093/behe...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozLink to report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThere's a field of writing on philosophical issues in animal cognition that is dedicated to reconceptualising established philosophical ideas.
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozJoin us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social 🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz#animalcommunication A different view on #acoustic #signals used as part of #animal #contests - after rather than before or during the fight. #birds #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
- #Conflict is rife in the natural world & lots of animals use #vocal #signals before & during #contests. But what about in their aftermath? Wonder no more - read our #review on post-contest acoustic signalling: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @josharbon.bsky.social #AmyMorris-Drake @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozIf you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozI am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇 shorturl.at/WA1Qa Would appreciate a re-post! @evoldir.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozPhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho... @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozLooking for a PhD? 🦜 Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics? I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozNested Male Reproductive Strategies in a Tolerant Multilevel Primate Society biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozPostdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozJob alert: want to be my boss? 😁 The School of Life Sciences @ARU is looking for a new Head of School. It’s a great place to work with brilliant colleagues, students, and partners. Please share widely! #AcademicJobs #Leadership #LifeSciences #HigherEducation jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/head...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozSi Macron refuse la cohabitation, il devra partir
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozNew article just out in NBR, co-authored with some brilliant linguists I’m working with in the new @dfg.de-funded CRC “Common Ground” (link below)! What can ambiguity in nonhuman communication teach us about the evolution of language? 🐵🗣️🐘
- In a new exciting collaboration with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social and @profgerhard.bsky.social we think about how studying ambiguity in human and great ape communication can advance our theories of language evolution. Paper out at doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThe next deadline to apply for a conservation, research, or captive care grant is on the 1st of November! 🤩 For information on how to apply (and descriptions of previously funded projects), check out the grants page on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/grants
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozI realize the world is burning, but here is the abstract of a talk I will give multiple times in different formats this month. With the feedback, I hope to write up something substantial on the theme in the remainder of the year.
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThe IRL ChiMP4IC is based at the CSRS in Abidjan and presents an international platform for the research on chimpanzee and monkey behaviour and cognition with the goal to protect them and their natural habitats. It is led by Unit Director, Prof. Inza Koné and Scientific Director, Dr. Roman Wittig.
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🐕 Dogs, 🐺Wolfs & 🇸🇪 Sweden - sounds like a fantastic combination to me 👇🏼
- 🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨 Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve. Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozApplications open for fully funded 4-yr positions in the unique interdisciplinary program of the @maxplanck.de School of Cognition. Pursue a passion for science at the forefront of fundamental & applied research, mentored by a network of world renowned researchers.🧪 cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozMaking scientific knowledge freely available is essential, but not always easy. This new #RSOS study examines the barriers that prevent researchers from publishing #OpenAccess: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @nataliiak.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThanks to Antoine Valet and Derry Taylor the Taï Chimpanzee Project was represented at this year's International Ethological Conference in Kolkata, India. Great job ...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozCongrats to first author Mathilde Grampp and a great team of collaborators amongst: @tozbu.bsky.social @lirsamuni.bsky.social @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThe next talk in the #SLE2025 workshop "From #Linguistics to animal communication and back" is by @tozbu.bsky.social on vocal combinations in chimpanzees and relating it to bigger questions regarding the evolution of complex combinatorial communication
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozThe last #SLE2025 talk of the workshop before the general discussion is by Auriane Le Floch, presented by @tozbu.bsky.social, on rule-based sequences in sooty mangabey vocal communication
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozSuper excited for this workshop at #SLE2025 in Bordeaux on "From Linguistics to Animal Communication and Back"
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozFriends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon. All information can be found in this link: www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozIt’s Friday night (somewhere) so settle in for a 🧵that combines fermented fruit, scrumping monkeys, etymology, Larson cartoons, & Gothic art to tackle the enduring mystery of why humans are so astoundingly good at metabolising alcohol! or read our new 🧪 paper ;) academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz🧠 Opportunity for a post-doctoral position on human neurobiology, funded by the @erc.europa.eu! 🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you! 🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-Buttoz‼️New potential ant communication just dropped! ‼️ First reported sounds produced by Red Wood ants doi.org/10.1080/0952... We published in #OpenAccess! #acoustics #animalbehaviour #entomology Brought to you by @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cédric Girard-ButtozI was a reviewer on this paper. It introduces some much needed clarity into primate pragmatics debates, and will become an important touchstone in future research.
- Now published! 📝✅📢 Our review on flexibility in animal communication is out in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social (Open Access). Huge thanks again to my fantastic co-authors, especially @kirstyegraham.bsky.social. It was a delight to learn from them! 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/brv....
