Dear all, I am looking for a highly motivated PhD student to participate in our project « Spatial-temporal evolution of Macaranga ant-plant lineages (Euphorbiaceae) in Southeast Asia ». This is a fixed term-position for three years (part-time, 65 % of a full-time employee), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Project description: In this project, we will […]
La reine des termites peut vivre jusqu’à 40 ans ! Quel est le secret de son incroyable longévité ? Dans ce reportage proposé en partenariat avec LeMonde.fr, partez en Afrique du Sud avec des scientifiques qui veulent recréer une termitière en laboratoire ! https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/le-mystere-de-la-reine-termite
Dear Colleague, the web site of the 6th International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC6), Perugia, Italy, 9-13 September 2019, is now available. Please link to www.ieic6.it for information on the Conference venue, registration fees, deadlines and preliminary program. In brief, the venue of the Conference is the ancient Monumental Complex of the San Pietro Abbey, which […]
Dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec l’INRA du Magneraud, nous ouvrons un poste niveau IGR (post doctorat) du 1er Mars au 30 octobre 2019. Les activités de recherches seront principalement basées sur le site du Magneraud. Pour les détails sur le profil souhaité et les modalités de candidature vous pouvez aller sur le site decandidature […]
School of Life and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science Research position focused on investigating the impact of stress on collective behaviour in honey bee colonies Full-time, 3 Years Fixed-Term, Camperdown Campus Academic Level A Base Salary: $92,682 p.a. – $98,940 p.a. plus leave loading and a generous employer’s contribution to superannuation. More details: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/128554/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-entomology […]
ExpoBee Exposure to pesticides and Bee health: an intercontinental project ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety – European Union Reference Laboratory for Honeybee Health; Section of Maisons-Alfort, Paris) is looking for an enthusiastic student that is interested in gaining research and data management experience. You will be working together with […]
2 PhD and 2 Post-doc positions to study transmission dynamics and disease defences in ant colonies (Switzerland) As part of a new ERC-funded project (ERC Starting Grant), I am looking for 2 PhD students and 2 post-doctoral researchers to address the following questions: 1. What are the effects of social network structure on disease […]
Bonjour a tous, Chaque année de colloque national, la section francophone de l’UIEIS décerne un Prix Jeune Chercheur/euse. Cette année le lauréat sera invité a donner une conférence pléniere lors du colloque qui se tiendra a Avignon (fin aout 2019), et se verra remettre le prix par le Président de la Section. Les candidats doivent […]
A 2-year post-doc position is available in the research group of Professor Nathalie Stroeymeyt in the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, to study the effect of social network properties on disease transmission dynamics in ant colonies. Background Group living offers favourable conditions for the spread of infectious diseases, because high population densities and frequent […]
A 3-year post-doc position is available in the research group of Professor Nathalie Stroeymeyt in the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, to study the role of caste-specific microbiota in the disease defences of ant colonies. Background Group living offers favourable conditions for the spread of infectious diseases, because high population densities and frequent social […]
A 4-year PhD position is available in the research group of Professor Nathalie Stroeymeyt in the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, to study the effect of group composition on disease transmission and relative investment in personal vs. social immunity in ants. Background Group living offers favourable conditions for the spread of infectious diseases, because […]
We are excited to announce the 2019 University of Florida Termite Course. See the attached PDF for the full program. The event will take place on June 3-8 2019 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (USA) Please forward this email to your network of social insects friends. Registrations and information at: https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/termite2019 This year is going to be a […]
Sujet de stage: L’alimentation est un phénomène régulé par les besoins nutritionnels de l’organisme et la disponibilité d’aliments. En fonction de l’état physiologique de l’individu et de l’éco système dans lequel celui-ci évolue, le choix pour un type d’aliment et les quantités ingérées varient. Le choix du type d’aliment ingéré et la régulation de l’activité […]
Résumé: L’île de Bagaud est une réserve intégrale du Parc national de Port-Cros située dans l’archipel des îles d’Hyères (Var, France) qui a été soumise à deux perturbations majeures au cours des derniers siècles : l’invasion par le Rat noir (Rattus rattus) et par les Griffes de sorcière (Carpobrotus spp.). La communauté des Arthropodes de […]
Le laboratoire d’Ecologie, Systématique & Evolution de l’Université Paris Sud Orsay (France), recrute, au 1er Mars 2019, un(e) Ingénieur de Recherche CNRS. Le poste est un CDD dans un premier temps, avec objectif de pérennisation en poste définitif. L’IR intégrera le groupe de recherche de Franck Courchamp et travaillera en priorité sur les invasions biologiques […]
Modelling the morphogenesis, geometry and function of termite nests This is a fully funded PhD opportunity for UK or EU nationals who have or will achieve a Master’s degree by the 31st December 2018. The successful applicant will join the Centre for Research in Ecology Evolution and Behaviour of the University of Roehampton (London, UK) […]
Un insecte africain à la morphologie très particulière creuse des galeries dans les arbres. Vous ne les verrez jamais. Déjà, avec 2 mm de longueur, elles font partie des plus petites fourmis du monde. Ensuite, elles ne sortent jamais à l’air libre et vivent toutes leur vie dans des tunnels situés sous l’écorce des arbres. […]
Description: Two full-time Graduate Research Assistantships (Ph.D.) are available beginning Summer/Fall 2019 in the laboratory of Dr. Brock Harpur (beemolevo.com) in the Department of Entomology at Purdue University. North American honeybee populations are non-native. They originate from European settlers who brought colonies from at least two highly-diverged source populations. How does admixture of highly diverged […]
The Hunt Lab is broadly interested in how evolution produces variation in insect form and function. We use ants and bees as models for studying how evolutionary mechanisms shape variation in social behavior. We have two, recently-funded projects in the lab to support graduate students; both use functional genomic and transcriptomic methods to study the […]
The Gibson lab in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA invites applications for a Masters Degree in insect evolutionary genetics to begin Spring 2019. The research focus of the lab is on the genetic/genomic basis of traits in social and solitary Hymenopteran insects. Current projects/systems in the lab include: 1) […]
The Evolutionary Biology & Ecology lab (ULB Belgium) and the Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels (ULB and VUB Belgium, ibsquare.be) are recruiting a 2-year postdoc researcher to study how desert ants have evolved their extreme degree of thermophily. The project is based on a comparative approach to examine how similar desert conditions have led […]
Offre de CDD : Technicien de recherche à l’INRA d’Avignon (Unité Abeilles et Environnement) – Toxicologie expérimentale Missions La personne sera intégrée à l’unité Abeilles et Environnement (INRA Avignon) dont l’axe de recherche majeur est l’étude des causes du déclin des populations d’abeilles, et ses conséquences sur la pollinisation et la biodiversité dans les […]
PhD position on honey bee health Nutritional modulation of pesticide effects UR 406 Abeilles & Environnement, INRA Avignon, France Pollinators face multiple threats including agrochemicals, pathogens, habitat loss and climate change. A major new project PoshBee (Pan-European Assessment, Monitoring and Mitigation of Stressors on the Health of Bees) aims to understand the impacts of […]
Introduction Since the Industrial Revolution increased international trade and human movements have resulted in the accidental movement of many species worldwide at an unprecedented level. This ongoing movement of species has brought about the breakdown of biogeographic boundaries that have historically limited the distributions of organisms and some of these species become invasive. Invasive species […]
Introduction Invasive species are among the greatest threats to global biodiversity, playing a key role in the majority of known animal extinctions. In addition to major ecological damage worldwide, biological invasions impose a tremendous cost on society. It is crucial to develop a better understanding of the conditions under which invasive populations are able to […]
PhD Position (salary level TV-L E13, 65%) to study evolutionary genomics in invasive ants, specifically rapid adaptive change in Cardiocondyla obscurior The fixed-term position is available for three years and will begin on 1 November 2018 or as soon as possible. Currently, the regular weekly working hours for a full-time position (100%) are 39 hours […]
L’acarien Varroa destructor est l’un des principaux parasites de l’abeille domestique Apis mellifera, causant d’importantes pertes de colonies à l’échelle mondiale dû à une relation hôte-parasite déséquilibrée. Certaines colonies d’abeilles ont cependant développé des stratégies de défense naturelle face au parasite, ce qui leur permet de survivre à l’acarien. Plusieurs mécanismes de défense ont été […]
– Lieu : Tours (37) – Dates: du mardi 02 au mercredi 03 octobre 2018 – Organisation : 1,5 jours De 3 à 8 stagiaires 3 intervenants pour la sortie terrain – Pré-requis : aucun – Responsable : Christophe LUCAS, chargé de recherche (IRBI, UMR 7261 CNRS / Université de Tours) – Programme & […]
POSTDOC: JERUSALEM Diversity in body size underlies two of the organization principles of bumblebee societies: worker division of labor and caste determination, but little is known on the proximate mechanisms regulating body size and how they are socially regulated. This project explores how social cues such as pheromones, behavior, and queen regurgitates, interact with endocrine […]
POSTDOC: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE The Woodard and Yamanaka Labs in the Department of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to study bumble bee larval development. The postdoc will use a variety of molecular methods (including but not limited to RNAseq and RNAi) to explore the proximate […]