PhD position: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Laboratoire d’Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée

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 […]

Ph.D. student and postdoc positions in evolutionary genomics of ants at the University of Haifa, Israel.

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 […]

Offre de thèse : navigation des bourdons à Bielefed

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 […]

Offre de thèse : IPHC-CNRS (STRASBOURG) and the Institut COCHIN – INSB (PARIS)

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 ; […]

Offre de thèse : Régulation et dynamique de la signature chimique chez les insectes sociaux

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, […]