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PostDoc position in Freshwater Ecology at Senckenberg

The Department of River Ecology and Conservation at Senckenberg in Gelnhausen and the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen jointly offer a PostDoc position in freshwater ecology.

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PhD & PostDoc positions in Environmental Toxicology at Eawag

The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is hiring one PhD and one PostDoc researcher in the field of environmental toxicology.

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Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment

We are hosting our International Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment from November 1, 2018, to January 31, 2019.

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Postdoc & PhD positions in Freshwater Ecology at University of Québec

The University of Québec and INRS-Eau Terre Environnement jointly offer a PostDoc and a PhD position in freshwater ecology based in Montréal.

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Things are not always as they seem – hidden herbicide effects in periphyton

In this post, Alexander Feckler talks about their recently published paper “Blinded by the light: increased chlorophyll fluorescence of herbicide-exposed periphyton masks unfavorable structural responses during exposure and recovery”.

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PhD course on Adverse Outcome Pathways in Ecotoxicology at NTNU Trondheim in October

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is hosting the PhD course “My AOP – Practical applications, methods and challenges of Adverse Outcome Pathways in environmental toxicology” in Trondheim from October 15-19, 2018.

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A visit at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology 2018

In this post, Verena Sesin reports on her visit at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) in Toronto from July 21-26, 2018, themed “Connecting biodiversity from urban to wild areas by connecting practitioners, managers and researchers”.

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MSc thesis opportunity: Impacts of chemical stressors on the enzyme activity in microbes

We offer a Master thesis on effects of different chemical stressors on the activity of biopolymer-cleaving enzymes in leaf-associated microbial biofilms.

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Fundamentals of Ecosystem Ecology short course in Millbrook, NY in January 2019

The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is offering a short course on “Fundamentals of Ecosystem Ecology” in Millbrook, NY from January 3-16, 2019, designed to provide an intensive overview of ecosystem ecology for graduate and upper level undergraduate students in ecology, environmental studies and related fields.

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PostDoc opportunity in modelling microplastic fate at SLU

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is hiring a PostDoc for modelling microplastic fate and transport in agricultural soils and surface waters withing its Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment located in Uppsala.

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