GRADUATE POSITION: SYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN ANT SYSTEMS, OHIO STATE Master’s or PhD Position, The Adams Lab, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio I am currently looking for an exceptional graduate student with interests in symbiotic interactions in ant systems. Preferred applicants will have experience in evolutionary biology, chemical […]
TWO PhD SCHOLARSHIPS IN POLLINATION ECOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Jointly offered by The Insect Behaviour and Ecology Lab (http://www.tanyalatty.com/) and The Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Lab (http://sydney.edu.au/science/biology/socialinsects/) Two scholarships on offer, for 2018 start dates: 1. Pollination ecology of invasive bees in tropical Queensland 2. Pollination ecology and behaviour of honey bees We […]
The Kapheim Lab at Utah State University is recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2018 to study maternal effects in solitary bees, in collaboration with Dr. Theresa Pitts-Singer at the USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit. The primary objective of the project is to investigate the molecular mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of trans-generational effects. Graduate students […]
Declining bee populations have been widely covered in the news. It is a pressing issue worldwide as one in three bites of food that we eat relies on bee pollination. A key factor that affects bees is increasing urban development as people flock to cities. As cities develop, they sprawl into their surroundings, fragmenting animal […]
Les apiculteurs français sont furieux. Alors que la récolte de miel de 2017 se révèle aussi catastrophique que celle de 2016 – elle n’atteint pas 10 000 tonnes, soit trois fois moins que dans les années 1990 –, l’Union nationale de l’apiculture française (UNAF) a dénoncé, jeudi 19 octobre, l’autorisation de mise sur le marché par la […]