In this second and final installment of the ‘Highlights of 2023’ series, we give our readers a glance of another 3 most visited posts in this year.
Continue readingHighlights of 2023 (Part 2)
Tag Archives: environmental risk assessment
AMEO experience – nEcoTox, Germany – Veronica Rodriguez and Lorenz Witt (2023)
In this blogpost, Veronica Rodriguez and Lorenz Witt share their internship experience at nEcoTox, Germany. Students of the Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) Program complete an 8-week internship each year, the so-called “AMEO”. The AMEO is performed either at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute where students learn to apply the competences achieved during their study. Students also use this opportunity to travel and explore Germany.
Continue readingTroubled Water: Pesticides are Long-Term Pollutants of European Surface Waters
In this blogpost, Larissa Herrmann talks about her latest research on pesticide reoccurrence in European surface waters, revealing that over 76% of compounds reoccur in aquatic ecosystems, with 40% previously unknown for long-term pollution. Her study, conservative in scope, highlights the need to reassess environmental risks, emphasizing the importance of understanding the long-term occurrence of pesticide impacts on water ecosystems.
Continue readingBio-QSARs: the inclusion of physiological trait information in machine learning QSARs allows predictions across species
In this blogpost, Jochen Zubrod talks about developing an innovative machine learning approach for ecotoxicity predictions. These cutting-edge models show impressive predictive power for acute pesticide toxicity in freshwater organisms, holding promise for applications in environmental risk assessment and pesticide research and development.
Continue readingPosition as Research Associate at UBA, Germany
The Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt / UBA) is accepting applications for the position of a research associate in the field of ERA. The position has to be filled before 1st April, 2023.
Continue readingNeonicotinoids in global surface waters – risks and challenges
In this blog post, Sebastian Stehle presents a meta-analysis on the exposure and risks of the most widely used insecticides in the world, neonicotinoids, for global agricultural surface waters. Although acute risks for aquatic organisms from neonicotinoid exposure appear to be low, risk assessment results also show chronic risks to be of critical concern. Importantly, official regulatory threshold levels (RTLs) determined for pesticide authorization differed widely between countries, indicating large uncertainties and regulatory challenges in defining robust and protective threshold levels for neonicotinoids.
Continue readingPhD in developing New Hazard Indicators for the Evaluation of Replacement Products at UFZ, Leipzig
The Department of Cell Toxicology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig invites applications for a PhD Researcher. The position starts in March 2023.
Continue readingEcotoxBlog welcomes newbies of Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) for the year 2022
In this post, Carsten Brühl and Jakob Wolfram welcome the cohort 2022 of the Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) here in Landau. Twenty-three students will study how environmental stressors can adversely impact our environments and how these risks can be alleviated.
Continue readingPosition as Ecotoxicologist / Environmental Risk Assessor at Syngenta (Canada)
The agrichemical company Syngenta is hiring an ecotoxicologist in its Canadian location. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.
Continue readingPosition as Technical Assistant at UBA
The Federal Environment Agency of Germany (UBA) is hiring a Technical Assistant for drug exposure assessment in the Department of Medicine. The position begins immediately and is unlimited (part-time is also possible).
Continue reading