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 […]
Deadline: 10 NOVEMBER 2020 1) TECHNICIAN We would like to recruit a Technician to support field work and lab work as part of an ERC consolidator project to study the evolution of bee viruses in nature following the introduction of a vector, the ectoparasitic Varroa mite. The job will entail field work in Islands in […]
Review of applications will begin 1 NOVEMBER 2020 Start Date: Spring/Summer 2021 (flexible) The Smith Bee Lab (https://smithbeelab.com)conducts research on the basic biology of honey bee colonies in a natural history context. We are interested in how colonies develop, how they are organized, and how they detect and respond to biotic and abiotic changes. Here […]
Registration is now open for the winter meeting of the IUSSI with a deadline of the 15th of November for abstract submission. The conference will take place over Zoom on 3 afternoons from the 16th to the 18th of December with keynote talks from: Lotta Sundström (University of Helsinki, Finland) Yusuf Abdullahi Ahmed (University of […]
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 […]
Un poste de Maître de Conférences en « Écologie et évolution » va être ouvert à Sorbonne Université (Paris centre) avec un profil très large, incluant la possibilité de faire de la recherche sur les insectes sociaux dans l’équipe Les espèces sociales dans leurs environnements : adaptation et évolution (ESEAE) (cf fichier pdf joint). Si vous êtes […]
Chères et chers collègues, C’est avec une grande tristesse que nous avons appris ce 1er septembre 2020 le décès de notre collègue et ami. Christian était connu de tous comme un chercheur passionné par les fourmis, qu’il a étudiées tout au long de sa carrière, transmettant sa passion à de nombreux étudiants et […]
Bees & Environment, INRAE Avignon, France In a rapidly changing environment, honeybee colonies are increasingly exposed to diverse sources of stress, which represent a challenge to their social homeostasis and can ultimately lead to their collapse. A multifactorial aetiology has often been reported (e.g. new parasites, decline in flower availability/diversity and exposure to agrochemicals acting […]
Sexual signals in hermaphroditic worms and their evolution during the transition between hermaphroditism and separate sexes Application deadline: May 31st 2020 Sexual selection is a central topic in behavioral ecology and is usually associated with male and female reproductive success. Communication between the two sexes is crucial at the moment of reproduction; a huge […]
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 […]
Your Tasks You will work as an Early Stage Reseacher in the following research groups: the Neurobiology Lab, Bielefeld (Prof. Martin Egelhaaf) the Behavioural and Cognitive Ecology Lab, Toulouse (Dr. Mathieu Lihoreau) The tasks are performed both at the University of Bielefeld (Germany) and in the cooperation laboratory in Toulouse (France). Project description: How […]
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 ; […]
Nom du directeur de thèse: Eric Darrouzet Équipe ESORE(IRBI UMR CNRS 7261) Filière de rattachement:SSBCVE mail de l’encadrant:eric.darrouzet@univ-tours.fr Date limite de candidature:10 juin 2020 La cuticule des insectes est couverte d’un ensemble de composés lipidiques, notamment des hydrocarbures (CHCs). Ces molécules sont à la base des phénomènes de reconnaissance inter-et intra-spécifiques, et de fait, […]
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 […]
Offre de thèse : Socialité et convergence évolutive : apport des données écomorphologiques et transcriptomiques chez les blattes Equipe d’accueil : La thèse se déroulera sous la direction de Frédéric Legendre et Philippe Grandcolas au sein de l’Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (UMR ISYEB – http://isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr) au Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris. Contacts : […]
version anglaise : Associate Professor – Ethology The Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology (LEEC) – UR 4443, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (previously named Université Paris 13), is inviting applications for the position of an Associate Professor in Ethology, with tenure status and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should have a strong track […]
We are seeking field assistants to help with research social behaviour in the ground nesting sweat bee, Halictus rubicundus for periods of between 2 and 5 months. This could be early April to early June, or late June to late August, or both combined. Start and end dates can be negotiated to some extent […]
The European Congress of the IUSSI 2020, which was scheduled to be held at the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France in August this year has now been rescheduled for next year (presumably at the same location): Dear colleagues and friends, Given the progression of the coronavirus epidemics (COVID-19), the intensification of confinement measures […]
PROPOSITION DE STAGE DE M2 Sujet: Espèces florales invasives et pollinisateurs : sensorialité et apprentissage RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR L’EQUIPE D’ACCUEIL Intitulé: Experience Dependent Plasticity in Insects (EXPLAIN) Responsable(s) : Martin Giurfa & JM Devaud Laboratoire : Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CRCA) UMR 5169 CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier Site web : http://cognition.ups-tlse.fr/ RESPONSABLES […]
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, […]
Intitulé de l’offre : Ingénieur d’études en biologie moléculaire appliquée à l’abeille (H/F) Référence : UMR5169-MARGIU1-001 Lieu de travail : TOULOUSE Date de publication : lundi 13 janvier 2020 Type de contrat : CDD Technique/Administratif BAP : Sciences du vivant, de la terre et de l’environnement Emploi type : Ingénieur-e en techniques biologiques Durée du […]
No deadline given Monash U Australia/Graduate Position/Immediate start A fully-funded Ph.D. position is available examining thermal adaptation in native Australian bees. Bees are keystone species in many ecosystems due to their role as pollinators. Any changes in the abundance and distribution of bees will have significant knock-on effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Despite their […]
Deadline: 10 January 2020 The Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark is offering a Postdoctoral fellowship in fungal evolution and genomics, commencing 1 September 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The University of Copenhagen provides a top-notch research environment and the city of Copenhagen provides a […]
Deadline: 8 January 2020 We are loooking for a highly motivated student to join our team working on the social immunity in ant colonies. The PhD thesis will be integrated in an ERC project to elucidate how ant colonies as a whole reach disease defence by the cooperative actions of its members. In particularly, we study […]
Deadline: 6 January 2020 PhD: Studying bumblebee population dynamics and adaptations to understand plant-pollinator evolution under climate change Supervisors: Richard Gill, Jacob Johansson & Keith Larson To date our understanding of how insect pollinator declines are influenced by climate change remains limited. For instance, why have some species shown evidence of latitudinal range shifts in […]
HABILITATION À DIRIGER DES RECHERCHES Discipline : Sciences de la Vie Année universitaire : 2019/2020 Présenté et soutenu publiquement par Christophe Lucas Le mercredi 18 décembre 2019, Salle des thèses, Bâtiment L, Parc de Grandmont à 14h Communication chez les insectes : signaux, adaptation, spécialisation Les organismes vivants ne sont pas isolés dans leurs environnements. […]