French Guiana, Petit Saut June 18-26 2020 The course will cover following areas: Organization of the research campaigns, arranging long-term research activities, collecting termites, termite taxonomy, termite communication, safety du ring the field work and many ethers. lmprove your skills, le a rn more, discoverthe pristine tropical rainforest! For more details see: https://termiti.fld.czu.cz/en/r-13004-news
A PhD position is available for 3 years at the Insect Biology Research Institute (IRBI, University of Tours). Reproductive differentiation in termites: study of the chemical signals and the behaviors involved Context and challenges The reproductive division of labor is the keystone of social organization in insect societies. Indeed, in these societies, few individuals monopolize […]
La reine des termites peut vivre jusqu’à 40 ans ! Quel est le secret de son incroyable longévité ? Dans ce reportage proposé en partenariat avec LeMonde.fr, partez en Afrique du Sud avec des scientifiques qui veulent recréer une termitière en laboratoire ! https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/le-mystere-de-la-reine-termite
We are excited to announce the 2019 University of Florida Termite Course. See the attached PDF for the full program. The event will take place on June 3-8 2019 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (USA) Please forward this email to your network of social insects friends. Registrations and information at: https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/termite2019 This year is going to be a […]
Modelling the morphogenesis, geometry and function of termite nests This is a fully funded PhD opportunity for UK or EU nationals who have or will achieve a Master’s degree by the 31st December 2018. The successful applicant will join the Centre for Research in Ecology Evolution and Behaviour of the University of Roehampton (London, UK) […]
– Lieu : Tours (37) – Dates: du mardi 02 au mercredi 03 octobre 2018 – Organisation : 1,5 jours De 3 à 8 stagiaires 3 intervenants pour la sortie terrain – Pré-requis : aucun – Responsable : Christophe LUCAS, chargé de recherche (IRBI, UMR 7261 CNRS / Université de Tours) – Programme & […]
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 […]
Postdoctoral fellowship on antimicrobial defences in fungus-farming termites A four-year postdoctoral fellowship on antimicrobial defences of termite fungus cultivars and microbial communities is available from October 1, 2018 in the Section for Ecology and Evolution within the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The fellowship will be part of a 5-year […]
Post-doctoral position in termite functional genomic Human Frontier Science Program Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher to join ourconsortium bringing international laboratories of H.S Sul from Berkeley-USA, W. De Beer from Pretoria-South Africa, E. Bornberg-BauerMuenster-Germany and M. Vasseur-Cognet iEES-Paris-France. The successful candidate will join the project “defying thereproduction-maintenance trade-off: role of diet in long-lived […]
See the original article Termites are the new cockroach. Literally. The Entomological Society of America is updating its master list of insect names to reflect decades of genetic and other evidence that termites belong in the cockroach order, called Blattodea. As of February 15, “it’s official … that termites no longer have their own […]