The Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark, offers an attractive career opportunity for promising and talented researchers from around the world. We invite applications for a position as Tenure Track Assistant Professor focusing on agricultural entomology and pollination ecology to spearhead research in pollination in agricultural systems. Research topics could include but are not […]
UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNEApplication deadlines: 15 January 2022 and 1 February 2022 (Incoming applications will continue to be considered until the positions are filled)Two Ph.D. positions (graduate assistants) in evolutionary biology are available in the group of Prof. Michel Chapuisat at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The successful candidates will join […]
POSTDOC: ANT POPULATION GENOMICS, SOCIAL SUPERGENE EVOLUTION, UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNEApplication deadline: 15 January 2022 (Incoming applications will continue to be considered until the position is filled)A Postdoctoral position 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 […]
PhD: IMPRINTING AND PLOIDY IN BUMBLEBEES, LEICESTERDeadline for applications: 7 January 2022Project highlights– Building on NERC funded and CENTA PhD work on bumblebees, an important pollinator.– How are imprinted diploid genes used in a haploid sex?– Are different genes imprinted at different stages?OverviewThis project asks how can imprinted genes exist in a haplodiploid organism. Genomic […]
POSTDOC: THE GENOMIC BASIS OF SOCIAL NICHE CONSTRUCTION DURING COLONY FOUNDING, MÜNSTER, GERMANYDeadline for applications: 6 January 2022The Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Münster, Germany, is seeking to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in – salary level TV-L E 13, 100%) from the earliest possible date. The […]
PhD: NUTRIGENOMICS AND THE RESILIENCE OF BEES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE, HULLDeadline for applications: 5 Jan 2022To apply, and for more details: https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/research/nutrigenomics-and-the-resilience-of-bees-in-a-changing-climate/For details please contact Dr James Gilbert (james.gilbert@hull.ac.uk).Eligibility: UK, EU and International: see further info here: https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/how-to-apply/Funding: UK (NERC, Competition-funded; CASE partner)A fully funded PhD position is now open for applications at the […]
Offre d’emploi Assistant(e) ingénieur en écologie chimique : CDD mars – décembre 2022 (10 mois) – INRAE Avignon Structure et Contexte INRAE (Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) est le premier institut de recherche agronomique en Europe. Il mène des recherches au service d’enjeux de société majeurs. L’Unité Abeilles et Environnement […]
Résumé du poste Le/La post-doctorant(e) contribuera à la réalisation d’un projet de recherche BeeFeeDISporté par l’UMR 5174 EDBde l’Université de Toulouse et financé par le programme PREMATURATION Région OCCITANIE/SATT. Ce projet est intitulé : « Biocontrôle du principal parasite de l’abeille, Varroa destructor: perturbation de deux signaux nécessaires à sa fonction de nourrissage». Position […]
L’UMR 5023 LEHNA (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) ouvre un poste de Maître de Conférences sur le suivi et la mesure de la biodiversité. Le profil insiste sur les approches haut-débit (metabarcoding, capteurs acoustiques, optiques ou autres, sciences citoyennes) de caractérisation de la biodiversité, que le laboratoire souhaite développer. Une expérience préalable est souhaitée, mais […]
2 PhD POSITIONS: Ant population genomics & social supergene drive, University of Lausanne Two Ph.D. positions (graduate assistants) in evolutionary biology are available in the group of Prof. Michel Chapuisat at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The successful candidates will join a group studying the evolution and genomic basis of social […]
POST-DOC: Ant population genomics, social supergene evolution, University of Lausanne A Postdoctoral position 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 origin, evolution, and mechanisms of action of a supergene controlling social organization […]
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty, we have decided to move the NWE IUSSI Winter meeting to be predominantly online. If you have signed up to join in Oxford, Chris Pull is happy to still host a hublet at Oxford, so that the plenary can be attended in person and so that anyone who has booked […]
Application Review started 1 November 2021 but position will remain open until filledThe Hines Lab at The Pennsylvania State University (Biology Department, University Park, PA, USA; hineslab.org) is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar to perform research on an NSF-funded project examining the genetic basis of mimetic color diversity in bees. The postdoc will lead a project […]
Registration deadline: 20 January 2022Application deadline: 27 January 2022The Libbrecht group at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany) is offering a 3-year PhD position (DFG, fully funded with possibility of extension, 65% TVL E13) to study the role of gene regulation in the social control of queen behavioral specialization in ants. The PhD student […]
Deadline for applications: 8 January 2022The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is looking for highly qualified candidates to apply for our PhD program. We offer fully-funded PhD positions in the natural and mathematical sciences in a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna. The research groups that might interest evolutionary biologists […]
Deadline for applications: 17 December 2021The Rehan Lab (www.rehanlab.com) is hiring 2 postdoc positions to study 1) behavioural genomics of maternal care and 2) molecular ecology using museomics. The Rehan lab is a collaborative group of researchers, staff, and students focusing on bee behaviour, ecology and evolution. The candidates will join a vibrant team of […]
Open until filled, but deadline of 15 December 2021 to be included in recruiting eventsThe Kapheim Lab (https://www.kapheimlab.com/) at Utah State University is recruiting a PhD student to study the relationship between life history evolution and social behavior in bees starting Fall 2022. The project will focus on the facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis, with […]
Deadline: 7th January 2022Application: https://www.iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-applyBackground:Bumblebees are agriculturally important pollinators, but are currently declining in abundance in the UK and around the world, in part due to climate change (Soroye et al. 2020). Understanding these declines requires research on the biology and ecology of these species. Bumblebees are thought to be generalists, pollinating a variety of […]
Application Review started 8 November 2021 but position will remain open until filledThe Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate as part of a project using honey bees, genomics, comparative genomics, and molecular neuroscience to advance our understanding of the mechanisms […]
Application deadline: 1 December 2021 1) The first project is on the « Importance and sustainability of endangered communities of bee pollinators in the machair, a changing coastal ecosystem ». This is a 3.5 years CASE project, part of a competition funded by QUADRAT NERC DTP and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org) and in collaboration with Dr […]
L’assemblée générale de la section aura lieu le 1er décembre 2021 à 13h00 par visioconférence (après la remise du prix et la conférence d’Hugo). Raphaël Jeanson
Après examen des candidatures (5 dossiers reçus), le Conseil d’Administration a le plaisir d’attribuer le Prix Jeune Chercheur de la Section Française IUSSI à Hugo Darras dont les recherches sont consacrées à l’étude des mécanismes de reproduction chez les fourmis. Hugo présentera ses travaux le mercredi 1er décembre à 12h00 par visioconférence avant l’assemblée générale […]
Two PhD projects on Bee Behavior & Ecology We invite applications for two PhD project opportunities to work on social bee behaviour and ecology in Christoph Grueter’s group at the University of Bristol, UK. Project #1 proposes to study the links between honeybee behaviour, nutrition & maternal effects. The supervisor team also includes Dr. Sinead […]
Modelling honeybee colony resilience from field data – a 2-year postdoc position Working places: Unité Mixte de Recherche EGCE – Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Écologie – Gif-sur-Yvette – France (IRD, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Saclay; www.egce.cnrs-gif.fr), and fieldwork in several French study sites. Job description: We open a 2-year postdoc position related to the ongoing H2020 […]
Un poste de Maître de Conférences va être très prochainement ouvert à l’Université de Tours à l’Institut de Recherche sur le Biologie de l’Insecte (IRBI), dont voici les détails : Fiche-emploi MCU – IRBI IUT
Nous mettons les détails du programme au fur et à mesure sur le site web: https://eu-iussi2020.sciencesconf.org/ Program overview 05/10: When, why and how does sociality re-shape life history trade-offs? Organisers: Alice Séguret, Boris Kramer, Romain Libbrecht, Judith Korb 07/10: Not just cogs in the machine: functional morphology and biomechanics of social insects Organisers : Vincent […]
Publiée le: 12 juillet 2021 Contact: kathleen.grignet@rural.gov.pf; herve.jourdan@ird.fr; ClementG@spc.int Date de fin de validité: 2021-08-29 Ce stage s’inscrit dans le cadre des activités du 11è FED régional du Pacifique, dont le thème est la transition agro-écologique et le développement de l’agriculture biologique dans les PTOM. Les systèmes de production agricole polynésiens évoluent et la Direction […]
We are glad to announce that EU-IUSSI 2020 will take place in the form of a virtual symposium series in October and November 2021, every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 to 15:00 (UK time). We are welcoming applicants for talks. Please send your abstract (title, list of authors, affiliations, 200 words description max) by email […]
Contact: elise.buisson@univ-avignon.fr Date de fin de validité: 2021-11-01 Titre du sujet de stage : Suivi des communautés d’arthropodes de l’île de Bagaud (réserve intégrale du Parc national de Port-Cros) suite au contrôle simultanée de deux espèces exotiques envahissantes. Structure : IMBE – Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologue UMR CNRS-IRD Avignon Univ. Aix Marseille Univ. […]
L’Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte (CNRS –Université de Tours) recherche un stagiaire dans le cadre du volontariat pour une durée de 6 à 8 semaines à partir du 10 Juillet 2021. Ce stage s’effectuera au sein de l’équipe ESORE et plus particulièrement au sein du groupe FRELON. Le stage a pour but […]