Student blogger Lara and Prof. Ralf Schäfer report from the EFSA’s Conference “Environmental risk assessment of pesticides: 25 years of scientific advancements since the adoption of Directive 91/414/EEC”.
As you might know from previous posts of this blog, students of the Ecotoxicology Master’s Program spent the last summer term in internships at external organisations such as industrial companies, universities, research facilities or authorities. This time, student blogger Lara reports on her experience with the AMEO module at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy.
In this post, our new student blogger Adnan says hello. Continue reading
Large-scale experiments give us a more realistic idea of pesticide toxicity than single-species tests. Mesocosm studies for example simulate natural ecosystems and can include several trophic levels, which help us to detect both direct and indirect pesticide effects. However, large scale means large workload. In the scope of my master thesis I set up and performed a mesocosm experiment at the National Wildlife Research Center in Ottawa, Canada. Follow me through my 10 steps of set-up.
To get some practical work experience, the students of MSc. Ecotoxicology have to perform an eight-week internship at an institute/organization of their choice, named AMOE. In this post, I will give you an inside view of my research work at the University of Örebro (Sweden). Continue reading
For my semester colleagues and me, it is time to spread our wings to perform an internship at another university department, an agency or a company, in Germany or abroad. This first part will provide impressions from my studies on wildlife monitoring in Denmark and Stefan’s AMEO on effects of pesticides in Romania. Continue reading
Are you in Nantes? Then let’s meet and chat at the poster corner of the session “Communicating research findings and uncertainties: Strategies, tools, and new platforms for environmental sciences”. Continue reading
In this post, student bloggers Lara and Kati report on their uniqe and exciting first-hand experiences during their Toxicology Lab Course. Continue reading
We welcome three new student bloggers on board of the BlogTeam. Continue reading
Landau and its small river the Queich just belong together. Concerned about the river’s water quality, the masters students of Ecotoxicology investigated the influence of wastewater treatment sewage inlets within the scope of the optional module “Water Analysis Lab Course”.