In this post, Verena Sesin talks about her visit at the 2nd IIES Graduate Students Forum Asia themed “Soil Contamination & Remediation and Water Contamination & Management” in Hong Kong from November 1-3, 2018.
Tag Archives: pesticides
Insect decline & suggested political countermeasures – bring in your ideas!
In this post, Carsten Brühl provides some background on a new program for insect conservation by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), where he chaired a workshop on pesticide reduction.
Research position in Ecotoxicology at Lund University
The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research at Lund University in Sweden is offering a 1-year research position in ecotoxicology.
A visit at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology 2018
In this post, Verena Sesin reports on her visit at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) in Toronto from July 21-26, 2018, themed “Connecting biodiversity from urban to wild areas by connecting practitioners, managers and researchers”.
BSc Thesis/RPC/AMEO opportunity to develop a label for eco-friendly viticulture
The Institute for Environmental Sciences in Landau and nEcoTox are jointly looking for a student to develop a “viticulture verte” eco-label in the scope of a Bachelor thesis, research project course (RPC) or Applied Module at External Organizations (AMEO).
Predicting mixture toxicity of pesticides – concentration addition is often protective
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recent publication “Assessing the effects of field-relevant pesticide mixtures for their compliance with the concentration addition model – an experimental approach with Daphnia magna”.
SERIOR public lecture on chemical mixtures & their risks for humans and environment on July 3rd
The German/French Graduate Academy “Security-Risk-Orientation” (SERIOR) is hosting a public lecture on chemical mixtures and their risks for humans and the environment at Campus Landau on July 3rd, 2018.
Master Thesis Opportunity on Pesticides & Microplastics in Surface Waters around Landau
The Eußerthal Ecosystem Research Station (EERES) offers a master thesis on the topic “Pesticides and Microplastics in Surface Waters around Landau” to students of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences.
PhD position on detection & removal of aquatic xenobiotics
The Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research jointly offer a PhD position on detection of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other xenobiotics and their removal from surface waters, located in Leipzig.
Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 6
In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 6 is all about his guest lecture in the “Tropical Ecotoxicology” masters program at National University of Costa Rica.