Our former Senior Editor and Social Media Manager Ve, Dr. Verena Sesin, is engaging in new challenges in her professional career. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
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EcotoxBlog hiring new Editor and Social Media Manager starting September – NEW application deadline: August 22
Our current Senior Editor and Social Media Manager, Verena Sesin, is beginning a new chapter in her life, thus the EcotoxBlog is looking for a new Editor and Social Media Manager starting September 2021. Please apply by August 22. Please note that only affiliates of the University of Landau are eligible for this position.
Continue reading25. Jahrestagung SETAC GLB: Umwelt 2021: Anthropogene Stoffe in einer sich ändernden Welt – Bewertung auf dem Prüfstand der Realität
Die 25. Jahrestagung der SETAC GLB findet vom 7.9 – 8.9 virtuell statt mit dem Leitthema “Anthropogene Stoffe in einer sich ändernden Welt – Bewertung auf dem Prüfstand der Realität”.
Continue readingCongratulations! Elena Adams has completed her Ph.D. on pesticide effects on amphibians and consequences for their risk assessment
In June 2021, Elena Adams successfully defended her Ph.D. on pesticide effects on German amphibians and consequences for their risk assessment in the European Union.
Continue readingKnowledge Systems – Education about Ecosystem Services
This blogpost presents the subproject Knowledge Systems of the INTERRG project ecoserv, which deals with the knowledge transfer and communication of ecosystem services to pupils.
Continue readingChemical Monitoring Scheme for Surface Water Bodies in The Gambia
Lamin Jaiteh talks about his MSc thesis in which he planned and organized a national surface water monitoring scheme for his home country The Gambia, West Africa, where it is intended to be implemented to improve water quality and protect natural resources.
Continue readingVaccine Myth-Buster: Review cleans up with prejudices and dangerous misinformation
In this post, Paul Löffler, student in the MSc Ecotoxicology program at University of Koblenz-Landau, provides some background on the review paper on vaccine myths that he published in Frontiers in Immunology – Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics.
Continue readingWater and Climate Regulation: the self-purification of streams
This article presents the subproject Water and Climate Regulation of the INTERREG project ecoserv. The subproject further researches the self-purification potential of streams.
Continue readingHow can ecosystem services be preserved and improved?
The INTERREG project ecoserv investigated the ecosystem services of protected areas and adjacent regions over a period of three years, and developed tools and strategies to maintain and improve them in the long term.
Continue readingPesticides threaten vulnerable invertebrates in streams
In this post, Matthias Liess (UFZ) and Verena Schreiner share the highlights of their recently published paper entitled “Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams”.
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