NEXT EUROPEAN IUSSI CONGRESS: TOULOUSE 2020 Dear colleagues and friends, The next European meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (EU-IUSSI) will be held in Toulouse, France, on 24-26 Aug 2020 at the University Paul Sabatier. We hope to fill this conference with many great talks and posters, and […]
A PhD course in « Social Evolution » will be held at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, from 4-8 November 2019. This PhD course will introduce the key concepts in social evolution and the use of social insects as a model system to understand the evolution of sociality. The following topics will be covered by […]
PhD COURSE: TAXONOMY, IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY OF EUROPEAN ANTS, COPENHAGEN The course « Taxonomy, Identification and Ecology of European Ants » will be held for the fourth time this year at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, From 19-24 August. The course is designed to give an introduction to the diversity of the European Ant fauna, […]
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. […]
Are you interested in pursuing an exciting PhD project on a unique ant species, at a supportive, world-class institution in a beautiful part of the world? I am looking for a highly motivated PhD student to participate in our project « Ant-inspired rules for self-assembly in swarm robotics and complex systems » at Macquarie University in […]