In this series of posts, alumni share their experiences gathered during their time in Landau. Today: Bogdan Dehelean. Continue reading
AMEO #3: Bees, bees, bees and wasps
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, Bianca Frombold tells us about her internship at Innovative Environmental Services (IES) in Witterswil, Switzerland.
Poster spotlight on neonicotinoids’ effects on leaf-shredding invertebrates presented at SETAC Europe Barcelona 2015
In this post, PhD student Dominic Englert shares his poster „Are neonicotinoids a threat for leaf litter breakdown? A laboratory approach with leaf shredding invertebrates“ that he presented during this year’s SETAC Europe Meeting.
Discovering principles of toxicology
All good things come in threes. Besides terrestrial and aquatic ecotoxicology, human toxicology also plays a role in the master’s program Ecotoxicology. The toxicology and pharmacology lab course covers three relevant principles of human toxicology. It provides both theoretical background and hands-on experience – featuring coffee drinkers, liver and mutagenicity detectives.
Herbicides and plant communities – field studies instead of single plant pot experiments in new risk assessment approaches
In this post, Carsten Brühl informs about their recent paper on the risk posed by herbicides to non-target plants. Continue reading
Novel particle for groundwater remediation elicits no effects in zebrafish
In this post, Mirco Weil presents his recent paper “The oxidized state of the nanocomposite Carbo-Iron® causes no adverse effects on growth, survival and differential gene expression in zebrafish”. Continue reading
Ecotoxicology for developing countries – International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology
September 7-20, 2015, Landau’s Institute for Environmental Sciences organizes for the third time the “International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment, Using an Open Community Approach”. Continue reading
Fungicides: a glimpse outside the laboratory
In this post, Diego Fernández informs about their recent paper on in-stream effects of fungicides on litter decomposition. Continue reading
Become a Student Tutor!
The International Office and IPAS (Integrative Project for International Students) are looking for students who would like to support newly arriving international students at the beginning of the winter semester. Continue reading
Expert workshop on amphibians and pesticides at EAWAG in Switzerland
In this post, Carsten Brühl reports about a workshop on pesticide effects on amphibians he attended. Continue reading