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 […]
This is a PhD position fully funded for three years available at the University of Roehampton in London to work on the morphogenesis of social insect nests. Our project involves field data collection (mainly in Australia, through a collaboration with Dr Jerome Buhl and Prof Nathan Lo), analysis of built nests (using micro-CT and other […]
PostDoc/Senior Scientist (fixed term) (Akademischer Rat/Akademische Rätin auf Zeit) (m/f/d) Research Position in Evolutionary Animal Ecology, University of Bayreuth The University of Bayreuth, Germany, is a research-oriented university with internationally competitive, interdisciplinary focal areas in ecology & environmental science. The Department of Evolutionary Animal Ecology headed by Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger studies various aspects […]
La section à le plaisir de vous annoncer que cette année la section francophone délivre 5 bourses de 200 euros chacune pour permettre a des étudiants de participer au 30eme congres de la section qui aura lieu a Avignon du 28 au 30 aout (https://colloque.inra.fr/insectes-sociaux2019). Les lauréats sont: Romain HONORIO (iEES-Paris, Molet/Doums) Adam KHALIFE (iEES-Paris, […]
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 this will only be possible with contributions from symposium organizers. Therefore, we would […]
3 PhD positions in evolutionary biology of social insects at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany The Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution is seeking candidates for 3 PhD positions (starting October 1st 2019) to study the molecular regulation of ant social life within the Research Training Group GenEvo. Position 1 – Molecular regulation […]
A PhD position is available for 3 years at the Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology (LEEC, University Paris 13, France). Phylogeography of the Neotropical soil-feeding termite *Embiratermes neotenicus* (Termitidae, Syntermitinae) in South America Soil-feeding species occur in several lineages of Termitidae (most evolved termite family) and represent over one-third of all described termite species. […]