Our research at University of Koblenz-Landau is going virtual at SETAC SciCon! In this three-part blog series, we highlight several poster and platform presentations of our researchers: Today, find out what Sara Goncalves and Ashvini Victor have planned for the conference.
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Impact of chemicals and their transfer across ecosystem boundaries – Join our session at SETAC SciCon
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about a session to be held at the SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, which is going to be virtual – as SETAC SciCon.
Continue readingSETAC SciCon is almost here!
The SETAC SciCon virtual space is getting ready to welcome you, starting with the opening ceremony on Sunday May 3rd! In this blog, Kelly Derom from SETAC Europe is giving us a sneak peek of what’s ahead from May 3-7.
Continue readingBti on TV: Canadian documentary showcases current research on the insecticide used for mosquito control
In this blog, Carsten Brühl highlights the recent Canadian TV production on the biocide Bti used for mosquito control, filmed partly in Landau.
Continue readingPhD position in Aquatic Ecotoxicology at Wageningen University
Wageningen University and Research is seeking a PhD student to assess the sublethal effects of psychotropics on aquatic species, populations and ecosystems.
Continue readingScientist position in Drug Ecotoxicology at UBA
The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is hiring a scientist to evaluate ecological impacts of drugs used in human and animal medicine, within its department of chemical safety located near Leipzig.
Continue readingModeling Environmental Threshold Levels
In this post, Lara Petschick talks about the recent publication “Modeling Regulatory Threshold Levels for Pesticides in Surface Waters from Effect Databases”, which explains how existing ecotoxicological effect databases can be used to generate high-quality effect thresholds for large-scale environmental risk assessments.
Continue readingFree online course: Using R to manage, analyse and visualise your data
How to get started in the statistics program R? In our free online course, you will learn to manage, analyse, and visualise your environmental data. The aim of this workshop developed by Landau researcher Jakob Wolfram is to teach environmental scientists the basics in R, so that they can further their career or studies.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Environmental Science at Uni Koblenz-Landau
We are looking for a PostDoc researcher to join our Working Group “Quantitative Landscape Ecology” which investigates the effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on river ecosystems, particularly invertebrates, microorganisms and ecosystem processes.
Continue readingWhat are the environmental and socioeconomic effects of using Bti for mosquito control?
In this blog, Carsten Brühl and his co-authors are introducing a review paper on the environmental and socioeconomic effects of mosquito control in Europe using the biocide Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) that is an outcome of a workshop held in Landau.
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