In this post, Gabriela Kalčikova talks about her recently published paper on microplastics being a source or sink for aquatic biofilms. Microplastics interact with aquatic biofilms, which crucially impacts the fate and behavior of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems.
Continue readingThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is hiring a PhD researcher in microbial community ecotoxicology as part of their stream biofilm research.
Continue readingThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is hiring a PostDoc in Molecular Community Ecotoxicology for research on aquatic biofilms.
Continue readingThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is hiring a PostDoc researcher in community ecotoxicology to assess how stream biofilms respond to exposure to micropollutants from wastewater treatment plants.
Interested in pesticide-induced effects in autotrophic food webs in streams? The team “Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology” offers theses dealing with pesticide impacts on biofilm-grazer systems.
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is offering a PHD position on using biofilms for water quality assessment. Continue reading