A fully funded position is available to study the social regulation of stinging behaviour of honeybees. Honeybees defend their nest against large predators thanks to a collective effort to harass and sting the intruder. The stinger apparatus has evolved to detach upon stinging elastic skin (such as ours) to maximize venom delivery, but the drawback […]
Contact: bertrand.schatz@cefe.cnrs.fr Date de fin de validité: 2019-12-20 Contexte et problématique La pollinisation connait une crise mondiale, qui concerne à la fois les abeilles domestiques et sauvages, ainsi que l’ensemble des insectes pollinisateurs. Les problèmes de la filière apicole a permis de sensibiliser plus largement le grand public au déclin de l’ensemble des insectes pollinisateurs. […]
For details please contact Dr James Gilbert (james.gilbert@hull.ac.uk). To apply, and for more details: https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/research/nutrigenomics-and-the-resilience-of-bees-in-a-changing-climate/ Deadline: 6 Jan 2020 Eligibility: UK and EU students only Funding: UK (NERC, Competition-funded) Ecosystem stability and global food security depend upon healthy populations of bees, our foremost pollinators. Bees provide pollination services worth hundreds of billions of pounds […]
POLLINATOR HEALTH & BEE ABUNDANCE, VIRGINIA TECH The Couvillon Lab and the O’Rourke Lab, both at Virginia Tech, seek 2 (1 Ph.D., 1 M.S./Ph.D.) highly motivated students with a keen interest in pollinator health & native bee abundance and diversity to join our research groups. Students will begin in Fall 2020 or Winter 2021. […]
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER: BEE BIOLOGY, JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Position Overview: We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with interest and analytical skill in either social behavior, population genetics, comparative genomics, evolution, microbiology or molecular ecology. The applicant has complete freedom to develop his/her own research project. The funding package is available for 2 years and the […]
PhD: BEE-PLANT INTERACTIONS, MUNICH A PhD position is available at the Plant-Insect Interactions group as part of the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Starting date is March 1st 2020. The position is fixed-term (36 months). Salary scale: TV-L 13, 65%. Project description As part of […]
« Conservation physiology in wild bees » dans le cadre d’un projet européen Biodiversa. Most of studies on wild bee decline have focused on species richness and distribution patterns through large (national to continental) scales. However, those patterns (species range contractions and diversity erosion) depict the outcome of extinction processes. Conservation biologists urgently need to identify alternative […]
Modulation de l’apprentissage visuel par le neuropeptide sNPF chez Apis mellifera. Contact: louise.bestea@univ-tlse3.fr Date de fin de validité: 2020-08-01 Contexte : La plupart des comportements peuvent être modulés par l’action de composés biochimiques, tels que des neuropeptides. Par exemple, des études ont permis de démontrer chez les mammifères que la recherche et la prise de […]
Context and project description In eusocial insects such as the honey bee, Apis mellifera, the tight cooperation of individuals that live in close contact as well as food and chemical communication signals that are exchanged widely between colony members can make the colony superorganism vulnerable to disease outbreaks. In the face of this threat, […]
The Plant Evolution group at the University of Stirling (UK) is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented assistant for fieldwork in the Cape mountains (South Africa) during austral Spring 2019 (September/October). PROJECT: Many plant species use pollen as reward for pollinators. Some species have evolved a complex mechanism where pollen is contained within closed (i.e. […]
A 2 year full time ERC-funded postdoctoral position is available starting 1 June 2019 in the research group of Professor Jeremy Field, based in the Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, UK (http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Jeremy_Field). The successful applicant will work on a project investigating the evolution of queen-worker caste differences and social behaviour […]
Ouverture des inscriptions du 30ème congrès de l’UIEIS à Avignon Site web pour les inscriptions : https://colloque.inra.fr/insectes-sociaux2019/ Un deuxième flyer avec l’adresse du site sera diffusé à cette période. Comité scientifique Cédric Alaux Luc Belzunces Axel Decourtye Yves Le Conte Fanny Mondet Maryline Pioz Comité d’organisation Cédric Alaux (responsable) Maryline Pioz (co-responsable) Luc Belzunces […]
Structure et Contexte L’INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) 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 de l’INRA d’Avignon conduit des recherches pour étudier les causes du déclin des populations d’abeilles, et ses conséquences sur la pollinisation et […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Le sommaire : numéros entiers Articles – Première mention de Nomada numida LEPELETIER 1841 (Apoidea – Apidae – Nomadini) pour la France continentale Par E. GABIOT, E. DUFRÊNE – Dasypoda morawitzi RADCHENKO 2016 (Apoidea – Melittidae – Dasypodaini), une espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France Par G. GHISBAIN, V. G. RADCHENKO et D.MICHEZ – […]
Jusqu’à présent, la qualité du bois des ruches a été peu explorée pour améliorer les conditions de vie à l’intérieur des ruches d’abeilles domestiques, et notamment pour trouver des solutions de lutte biologique contre l’acarien Varroa destructor. Cependant, d’après des savoirs locaux, certains bois contenant beaucoup de tannins comme le châtaignier et étaient fréquemment utilisés […]
We invite applications for 7 PhD positions within the framework of the new Research Unit *Sociality and the reversal of the fecundity/longevity trade-off* (FOR 2281) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) www.so-long.org Why do organisms age? The genetic underpinnings of ageing seem to be highly conserved from nematode worms to humans. Across animals, ageing […]
Bernard Vaissière (Institut national de recherche agronomique) est spécialiste de la pollinisation et de l’écologie des abeilles. A l’heure où les apiculteurs dénoncent les pertes hivernales d’abeilles domestiques, il évoque la situation des abeilles sauvages et les menaces qui pèsent sur les insectes pollinisateurs. Des apiculteurs se sont mobilisés pour dénoncer des pertes hivernales catastrophiques. […]
Structure et Contexte L’INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) 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 de l’INRA d’Avignon conduit des recherches pour étudier les causes du déclin des populations d’abeilles, et ses conséquences sur la pollinisation et […]
What is our position offer? If you have an Engineer or a PhD degree with at least two-years of experience, this offer for a 40-month position is for you. What is the context of our need? Following the Call: H2020-SFS-2016-2017 Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains, our project entitled “PoshBee” has been […]
PhD position in Genomic basis of honeybee foraging and decision-making Application deadline: 1st April 2018 More informations : http://www.socialinsect-research.com/resources/PhD_position_Mainz2018.pdf
Application deadline: 1st APRIL 2018 We invite applications for a 3-year DFG (German Research Foundation) funded PhD position (65% TVL E13) at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. We are looking for a highly motivated student to study the genomic basis of honeybee foraging behaviour. Honeybees exhibit sophisticated communication and decision-making processes. Their behaviour […]
To ensure sustainable pollination services to crops, bees and other pollinators, need both forage and a place to live. There is a substantial body of research on how to enhance food resources for bees on farms, but the importance of nesting resources is poorly studied. This highly novel PhD provides an opportunity to work with […]