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.
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.
In this post, Carsten Brühl informs about their recent paper on the risk posed by herbicides to non-target plants. Continue reading
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
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
In this post, Diego Fernández informs about their recent paper on in-stream effects of fungicides on litter decomposition. Continue reading
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
In this post, Carsten Brühl reports about a workshop on pesticide effects on amphibians he attended. Continue reading
In this series of posts, alumni share their experiences gathered during their time in Landau. Today: Waleed Mansour. Continue reading
In this post, our student blogger Kym shares her poster “Systemic Fungicides Can Alter the Quality of Plant Material for Aquatic Shredders” that she presented during this year’s SETAC Europe Meeting. Continue reading