In the third installment of the ‘Year in Review’ series, we present our readers a glimpse of the last lot of most visited posts in the year 2021.
Continue readingYear in Review – Part 3
Tag Archives: plant
Plants and invertebrates face increasing applied pesticide toxicity
Increased efficacy of pesticides comes along with decreased applied amounts in agriculture – but does this translate to lower risks to non-target species? The answer is NO, if you ask scientists at the University of Koblenz-Landau who recently published a study in Science assessing changes in the use of 381 pesticides and toxicity to eight non-target species groups over the course of 25 years. In our blog, the authors explain the shifts in applied pesticide toxicity they found, and which species are increasingly at risk.
Continue readingMeet jointPE – A long-term pot experiment of our SystemLink group
In this post, Kai Riess and Verena Rösch highlight a long-term pot experiment to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic stressors on native plants, soil organisms, and rhizosphere properties.
Continue readingPhD position in Environmental Science at Kiel University
The Department of Landscape Ecology at Kiel University is looking for a PhD student to work on the effects of anthelmintics (de-wormers) on plant reproduction.
Continue reading2 job offers for Regulatory Ecotoxicologists at tier3 solutions
The research organization tier3 solutions is hiring a Junior Regulatory Ecotoxicologist and an Experienced Regulatory Ecotoxicologist for their regulatory affairs team in Leverkusen.
Continue readingFull Professor position at RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen is currently offering a Full Professor (W2) position in Chemodynamics and Environmental Toxicology of Bio- and Geomaterials.
Team leader position @ Eurofins
Eurofins Agroscience Services Ecotox GmbH is searching for a leader of their aquatic plant testing team at their site in Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany. Continue reading
Herbicides and plant communities – field studies instead of single plant pot experiments in new risk assessment approaches
In this post, Carsten Brühl informs about their recent paper on the risk posed by herbicides to non-target plants. Continue reading
AMEO #1: The ultimate greenhouse experience
For the “Applied Module at External Organizations” (AMEO) the 2nd semester Ecotox students complete an eight-week internship, either performed at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute to apply the competences achieved during their study. Several students used this opportunity to explore new places in Germany, others went out into the big, wide world. This time, Verena Sesin tells us about her internship at Environment Canada in Ottawa, Canada.