In this blog post, Carolina Honert is recommending the ARTE documentary ‘How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem’.
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Tag Archives: exposure
Avenues for future research to predict the effects of chemicals
Predicting effects of chemicals in ecosystems is complex due to many factors that influence the action of chemicals. Moreover, understanding chemical effects in ecosystems requires the integration of multiple levels of biological organisation such as cells, organs, organisms, whole populations, communities or ecosystems, which is rarely done. In this blogpost, Anke Schneeweiss and her research team provide a framework for how to integrate these levels by delineating connections between different ecotoxicological perspectives.
Continue readingInternship in Amphibian Exotoxicology at Agroscope
Agroscope in Switzerland is hiring an intern to assess the exposure of amphibians to plant protection products in agroecosystems.
Continue readingTraineeship in Chemical Exposure Analysis at the European Commission
The European Commission is offering a traineeship on analysing temporal trends in chemical exposure using their Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring (IPCHEM).
Continue readingSummer school “Dynamic Modelling of Toxic Effects” at Uni Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen is offering a summer school on “Dynamic Modelling of Toxic Effects” from August 10-19, 2020.
Continue readingResearch Internship (RPC) in Fungicide Ecotoxicology at Uni Koblenz-Landau
We are offering a research internship (Research Project Course) to compare the sensitivity of daphnids towards different fungicide formulations with the same active ingredient.
Continue readingMSc thesis opportunity in amphibian reproductive fitness at Uni Koblenz-Landau
We are offering a MSc thesis opportunity in reproductive fitness of common toads in agricultural and natural landscapes in our Working Group “Community Ecology and Ecotoxicology” at University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau campus.
Continue readingAre flower-visiting insects sufficiently protected by the European pesticide risk assessment?
In this post, Philipp Uhl talks about their recently published paper “The Impact of Pesticides on Flower‐Visiting Insects: A Review with Regard to European Risk Assessment”.
Continue readingMSc theses in the working groups “Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology” & “Ecotoxicology & Environment”
We are looking for students for the project “Looking back: Development of exposure and effect data for new chemicals over time”.
Continue readingHow do pesticides affect flower-visiting insects? Is the current European risk assessment suitable to protect them?
Philipp Uhl explains the newest technical report “Protection of wild pollinators in the pesticide risk assessment and management” to address these questions, published by the German Environment Agency.
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