Author Archives: Danisa Lione

Why coffee makes you alert after a heavy lunch: Mixture neurotoxicity explained through the lens of zebrafish behaviour

In this blogpost, Fola Ogungbemi talks about the effects of mixtures of neuroactive substances. Risk assessment of chemicals is usually conducted for individual chemicals whereas mixtures of chemicals occur in the environment. Considering that neuroactive chemicals are a group of contaminants that dominate the environment, it is then imperative to understand the effects of mixtures of neuroactive substances.

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Position as Postdoc Environmental Data Science (100%) at iES, Landau

The Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at Campus Landau is looking for a Postdoc in the working group ‘Ecotoxicology and Environment’, starting as soon as possible.

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Diversity Workshop : Creating a culture of inclusion in academia

A diversity workshop is being organized by SystemLink at University of Koblenz – Landau to explore how you experience diversity in your project in a safe and fun environment.

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Position as Research Assistant in Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology at iES, Landau

The Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at Campus Landau is looking for a research assistant in the working group ‘Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology’, starting 1st April, 2022.

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Antibiotics as a silent driver of climate change?

In this blog post, Eric Bollinger provides a brief overview of their recently published paper regarding the effects of antibiotics on methane production in sediments. The study links topics from ecotoxicology, environmental physics, and molecular ecology in the context of climate change.

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Pesticides fly under the radar of official monitoring

The governmental monitoring under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) shall monitor the status of European water bodies. By carrying out a refined monitoring, a group of scientists from Leipzig and Landau now showed that pesticide risk in surface waters remains widely unnoticed in the WFD monitoring.

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Stronger effects of fungicides in the hyporheic than in the benthic zone

In this blog post, Eric Bollinger provides a brief overview of their recently published paper regarding fungicide effects on microbial leaf decomposition in sediments.

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12 doctoral research positions in SystemLink at Campus Landau

The DFG-funded research training group ‘SystemLink’ at University of Koblenz – Landau is offering 12 doctoral research positions as part of its second cohort.

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4 Tenure-Track positions in School of the Environment at Peterborough Campus, Trent University

Different departments under the School of the Environment at Peterborough Campus of Trent University are offering full-time tenure-track positions. This blogpost gives a short description of these positions and their requirements for aspiring applicants.

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And its a wrap: Happy New Year 2022!

As the year comes to an end, the blogteam of EcotoxBlog and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at the University of Koblenz – Landau everyone a very happy and prosperous new year 2022!

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