In this post, Erin Bennett, the Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, informs about the journal’s anniversary and recent publications by Landau’s researchers. Continue reading
The aquatic-terrestrial model ecosystem – a possibility to integrate riparian food webs in stream mesocosm testing
In this post, Matthias Wieczorek informs about their recent paper on the use of an aquatic-terrestrial model ecosystem to study cross-ecosystem effects of contaminants. Continue reading
Café Lingua!
IPAS – short for “Intergrative Project for International Students” – proudly presents: Café Lingua for all! Café Lingua is an offer from us to give international students the opportunity to get in touch with locals and vice versa, to talk about your experiences in your trip abroad or just a place to talk in your mother tongue. Continue reading
German Language Classes
During the semester the Language Center offers German classes for international students of 4 hours per week. In order to estimate the language level of the participants, they will hold a placement test. Any student who would like to join one of the classes is welcome to join the placement test. Continue reading
And the winners are….
The Welcome Center Landau had set a competition for the best depiction of experiences in the working world during the internship which is part of the master’s program in Ecotoxicology. The decision was not an easy one since all contributions included vivid descriptions and great photos of the internships. However, now the winners have been announced. Continue reading
nEcotox on delegation trip to China
Dr. Frank Seitz and Dr. Ricki Rosenfeldt were, on behalf of the University, but as well as representatives of their spin-off company nEcoTox Consult, on a delegation trip in China. Along with Minister Eveline Lemke they visited different cities, where they had interesting discussions with university representatives, researchers and Chinese as well as German entrepreneurs. Continue reading
Poster on neonicotinoids’ effects on leaf-shredding invertebrates presented at ICCE Leipzig 2015
In this post, PhD student Dominic Englert shares his poster „Effects of systemic neonicotinoid insecticides: the importance of exposure pathways“ that he presented during the 15th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment in Leipzig, Germany. Continue reading
AMEO #5: Rain forest adventures
For the “Applied Module at External Organizations” (AMEO) the 2nd semester Ecotox students complete an eight-week internship, either performed at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute to apply the competences achieved during their study. Several students used this opportunity to explore new places in Germany, others went out into the big, wide world. This time, Daniel Campos tells us about his internship at AIDER in Puerto Maldonado, Peru.
Summer Academy 2015 is over – a review
On the last weekend, the Summer Academy ended. In this post, we want to share some experiences and insights.
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EU – European Union or Environment Unprotected?
In this post, Sebastian Stehle informs about their recent paper on shortcomings and failures of the regulatory EU pesticide risk assessment procedures. Continue reading