Current research projects:
The cognition of nest building, 2007-2010 (The Leverhulme Trust, PIs: S. Healy & Hansell).
The trade-off between immune function and brain development in zebra fish. 2007-2010 (Norwegian Research Council, PIs: Salvanes, Jakobsen, V. Braithwaite, van der Meeren and Beltz)
Fish School - Learning ability, cognition and welfare of farmed fish. 2007-2010 (Norwegian Research Council, PIs: Kristiansen, Nilsson, Fosseidengen V. Braithwaite, Bos & Fernö)
Motivational state and coping ability as operational indicators of welfare in farmed fish, MORECARE’. 2006-2009 (Norwegian Research Council, PIs: Juell, Kristiansen, Damsgård, V. Braithwaite, Bos & Fernö
Prenatal stress in farmed salmon: consequences for emotional and cognitive function in offspring’. 2006- 2009 (Norwegian Research Council, PIs: Erikson, Bakken, Braastad, Huntingford, V. Braithwaite, McCormick, Damsgård & Einum)
Fish behaviour and brain development testing the effects of rearing environment on brain plasticity and behavioural flexibility in cod and zebra fish 2006 - 2007 (Meltzer Fund, Bergen University, PIs: Jakobsen, Salvanes, V. Braithwaite)
Ecology of learning during the early stages of coral reef fish life histories 2004-07. (NERC, PI: S. Simpson)
Current PhD projects:
Stress, Sex and Memory in Laboratory Rats - Anjie Harris - UFAW
Cognitive ecology of memory in natural populations - Nichola Brydges - BBSRC
Sex differences in spatial cognition in birds - Olivia Haggis - The Wellcome Trust
Vocal mimicry in spotted bowerbirds - Laura Kelley - NERC
Population differences in rufous hummingbirds - Ida Bacon - NERC
Fish cognition as a reef fisheries management tool Adel Heenan - NERC
Recently completed research grants:
Improving fish hatchery environments in fish reared for stock enhancement 2002 - 06 (EU, PIs: V. Braithwaite & Anne Gro Vea Salvanes)
Neural substrates for spatial and non-spatial memory in food-storing birds. 2004-05. (BBSRC, PIs: S. Healy & T. Smulders (Newcastle))
Can predation pressure and other ecological variables explain variation in learning and memory? 2002 - 05 (NERC, PI: V. Braithwaite)
Mechanisms of decision-making in foraging hummingbirds. 2003-04 (NERC, PIs: S. Healy & M. Bateson (Newcastle))
What are the the ecological and genetic bases of learning and memory in natural populations? 2001 - 05 (The Leverhulme Trust, PI: V. Braithwaite)
Nociception and pain in fish 1999 - 02 (BBSRC PIs: M. Gentle & V. Braithwaite), postdoctoral research associate: Lynne Sneddon
Risk-sensitive foraging in wild rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) 2001-2002 (NERC PIs: S. Healy & M. Bateson (Newcastle))
Is memory seasonal? 1997-2001 (The Wellcome Trust PI: S.Healy), postdoctoral research associate: Robert Biegler
Former PhD students:
A list of previous PhD students and their thesis titles can be found on the People/ Former student page
