The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig is offering two PostDoc positions within the project “CHEMO-RISK – Chemometers as novel tools for an integrative risk assessment framework of mixtures of pollutants”.
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Aquatic herbicide diquat threatens native plants at ecologically relevant doses
In this post, Verena Sesin talks about their recent publication “Macrophytes are highly sensitive to the herbicide diquat dibromide in test systems of varying complexity”.
Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
We are hosting our International Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment from November 1, 2018, to January 31, 2019.
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”.
Scientist position in Aquatic Chemistry and Ecotoxicology in Scotland
A job is available as Senior Specialist Scientist in aquatic chemistry and ecotoxicology in Stirling, Scotland.
PostDoc position in Computational Toxicology at NIVA
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is hiring a PostDoc as database developer and data scientist in computational toxicology in its section “Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment”.
Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 1
In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 1 is all about his first impressions and what he learned about pesticide use on tropical crops such as the bananas that get shipped to Germany. Continue reading
BECT 100th Volume Special Issue – Free access
In this post, we briefly highlight the 100th Volume Special Issue of the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (BECT), which is freely accessible until 23 March 2018.
PhD position in Ecotoxicological Modelling at Ghent University
The Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology at Ghent University is offering a PhD project with focus on fish population models to improve ecological risk assessment of copper and zinc.
New Amphibian Ecotoxicology project funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation
In this post, Elena Adams is presenting her new project “The impact of pesticides on amphibians – Effects of environmentally relevant pesticide mixtures and formulations on German Anura” for which she received a doctoral scholarship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation.