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Contact: jane.centanni@gmail.com Date de fin de validité: 2021-04-30 Intitulé du stage : Impact de la fourmi Tapinoma darioi sur la myrmécofaune des espaces verts Laboratoire d’accueil : UMR CEFE, équipe Ecologie des systèmes Anthropisés. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, route de Mende, Montpellier Encadrants : 1- Encadrante : Julia Centanni, Université Paul-Valéry, CEFE, jane.centanni@gmail.com 2- Co-responsable […]

Deadline: 15 JANUARY 2020 Supervisors: Dr Elva Robinson, University of York, Dr Kelly Redeker, University of York, Carl Hawke, The National Trust. Application Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2021 We are looking for an enthusiastic student to develop a PhD project using field experiments to quantify the relationship between meadow ants and management regimes, and how […]

Projet de maîtrise sur les fourmis du genre Leptothorax en forêt boréale mixte/ MSc opportunity on Leptothorax ants of the boreal mixedwoods. Nous sommes à la recherche d’un(e) étudiant(e) pour un projet de maîtrise portant sur l’écologie des fourmis du genre Leptothorax en forêt boréale mixte. Contexte et problématique The present-day population biology of any […]

NSF-BSF funded positions for a Ph.D. student and a postdoc are available in the Privman lab at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. The lab studies evolutionary genomics of social behavior in ants, employing tools from population genomics, genomic mapping, and phylogenomics. Ongoing research includes several projects combining population sampling, behavioral experiments, chemical analysis […]

DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2020 for applications. A shortlist of 5 applicants will be established shortly and interviews realized in the first 15 days of July.   Same Mitochondria, Different Longevities: What Do Ants Tell Us About Metabolic Ageing? a Project Coupling Evolutionary Biology to Cellular Bioenergetics   Key-words : Ageing ; Evolution ; Mitochondria ; […]

PhD position open at the IPHC-CNRS (Strasbourg) and the Institut Cochin – INSB (Paris) Deadline: 30 June 2020 for applications. A short list of 5 applicants will be established shortly and interviews realized in the first 15 days of July. SAME MITOCHONDRIA, DIFFERENT LONGEVITIES: WHAT DO ANTS TELL US ABOUT METABOLIC AGEING? A PROJECT COUPLING […]

Postdoctoral position in evolutionary genomics, social supergene evolution, University of Lausanne   A Postdoctoral position in evolutionary genomics is available in the group of Prof. Michel Chapuisat at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The group studies social evolution. We are currently investigating the evolution and maintenance of a supergene controlling […]

A Ph.D. position in evolutionary biology is available in the group of Prof. Michel Chapuisat at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The group studies social evolution. We are currently investigating the evolution and maintenance of a supergene controlling social organization in ants. Our approach combines genomics, genetics, behavioral experiments and […]

1 fully-funded PhD position to study transmission dynamics and disease defences in ants at the University of Bristol, UK As part of an ERC-funded project (ERC Starting Grant), we are looking for a PhD student to investigate how ant colonies adjust different components of their disease defences (transmission-inhibiting social organisation, collective sanitary actions and personal […]

Offre de bourse de thèse (première année) Titre : Analyse des interactions dans les systèmes multi trophiques : le cas des interactions entre la bactérie Serratia symbiotica, les pucerons hôtes et les fourmis. Encadrants: Claire Detrain, service d’écologie sociale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique, cdetrain@ulb.ac.be. Site web : http://use.ulb.be En collaboration avec Thierry Hance, […]

A fully-funded PhD position is available in the Ant Lab headed by Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK, to investigate the strategies used by ants to decrease epidemic risk in environments with high pathogen pressure.   Background Group living offers favourable conditions for the spread of infectious diseases, […]