University of Gothenburg in Sweden is hiring a PhD student in environmental science to test the toxicity of pristine and weathered nanoparticles on fish derived cell lines and fish embryos.
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PhD position in Aquatic Ecology at Uni Duisburg-Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen is offering a PhD position in aquatic ecology with focus on the effects of multiple stressors on the quality of aquatic systems.
Continue readingHow do pesticides affect flower-visiting insects? Is the current European risk assessment suitable to protect them?
Philipp Uhl explains the newest technical report “Protection of wild pollinators in the pesticide risk assessment and management” to address these questions, published by the German Environment Agency.
Continue readingCourse on using GUTS models in risk assessment in Wageningen, Oct. 16-18, 2019
Wageningen University & Research offers the hands-on training course “Using the General Unified Threshold Model of Survival (GUTS) in risk assessment of plant protection products” in Wageningen from October 16-18, 2019.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Environmental Chemistry at Umeå University
Umeå University in Sweden offers a PostDoc position to address water treatment implementation challenges, with focus on developing biochar adsorbents.
Scientist Position in Sediment Ecotoxicology
The Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology is seeking an environmental scientist with a strong background in sediment ecotoxicology for their group located in Lausanne.
Continue readingEFSA calls for trainees in Parma, Italy
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy is opening positions for trainees in all units and departments.
Continue readingPhD position on microplastics in freshwater foodwebs at SLU
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, is offering a PhD position in ecology to investigate the impacts of microplastics on the structure and function of freshwater food webs.
Continue readingJoin us in Landau for the 23rd annual meeting of SETAC GLB!
In this post, Jochen Zubrod announces this year’s annual meeting of SETAC GLB in Landau on September 4-6, 2019.
Continue readingDoes the treatment of contaminated groundwater with a nanoscaled zero valent iron-based remediation agent increase or decrease the environmental risk?
In this post, Mirco Weil reports on their recently published paper “Environmental risk or benefit? Comprehensive risk assessment of groundwater treated with nano Fe0-based Carbo-Iron®.”
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