A NERC-funded PDRA position is available for 34 months working at the Natural History Museum, London, with Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace, on the recovery and analysis of DNA from bumblebee museum specimens. This work is part of a larger project investigating insect pollinator responses over a century of UK land-use change. The […]
A 3 year full time postdoctoral position is available starting 1 January 2018 in the research group of Professor Jeremy Field, based in the Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, UK. The successful applicant will work on a project investigating the evolution of queen-worker caste differences and social behaviour in sweat […]
Background: Organisms across the tree of life form partnerships with microbes for protection, metabolic and nutrition. In some cases, host and symbiont become so tightly associated that dependency evolves and the two organisms integrate both physically and genomically. Dependency on microbes is particularly prevalent among insects. These acquisitions have led many groups of insect to […]
ANT VENOMS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES This position is open to PhD. students or postdocs who have been working on ant venom related research work and would like to continue postdoctoral research in our institution in Beijing. Applicants need to apply for a special fund from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to support postdoctoral […]
Le psoriasis est une maladie auto-immune assez fréquente, qui touche environ 2 % de la population française. Ses causes sont méconnues, bien que des facteurs héréditaires interviennent. Le psoriasis est une maladie chronique inflammatoire de la peau souvent traitée avec des crèmes contenant des stéroïdes (dermocorticoïdes), mais aussi des analogues de la vitamine D3. Cependant, […]
Offre CDD Ingénieur de Recherche sur le suivi des colonies d’abeilles et des risques d’affaiblissement à travers l’utilisation de capteurs et de mesures de paramètres physiques et biologiques des colonies Unité Abeilles et Environnement, INRA Avignon Missions : Les populations d’abeilles domestiques sont de plus en plus fragilisées par l’évolution rapide de leur environnement […]
Des fourmis mutantes obtenues avec CRISPR http://cataglyphis.fr/Presse/Revue%20de%20presse2017.htm#CRISPR En mars 2017, Elizabeth Pennisi, rédactrice de Science publiait online un commentaire avec une vidéo sur le travail du labo de Daniel Kronauer à New York qui venait d’obtenir des fourmis mutantes de Ooceraea (Cerapachys) biroi. J’ai cherché la publication que je n’ai pas trouvé. J’ai demandé à […]
Postdoctoral research position on honey bee defences against Varroa Varroa destructor is the most important ectoparasite of the honey bee Apis mellifera and represents a major threat to colony survival and beekeeping. Breeding for bees that are naturally able to fight the varroa mite represents a promising control strategy. This is the case of bees […]
Des scientifiques ont récemment découvert un tout nouveau type de fourmi : cette espèce possède des parties buccales très pointues, renforcées de métal et utilisées pour aspirer le sang de ses ennemis. Heureusement pour leurs proies, cette espèce de fourmi est éteinte depuis très longtemps. Mais des chercheurs ont découvert un spécimen piégé dans l’ambre datant […]
A 2-year post-doctoral fellowship is available at the Insect Biology Research Institute (IRBI, University of Tours). Caste determination in termites: what is the role of social interactions? Context and challenges The reproductive division of labor is often considered as a keystone of social organization in insect societies, where few individuals monopolize reproduction, whereas the other […]
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN BEE HEALTH AND ECOLOGY, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Adler Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass, Amherst) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to assess how sunflower pollen and plantings affect bumble and honey bee health under the guidance and supervision of the Principle Investigator.The appointee is expected to establish some […]
Postdoctoral research position on honey bee chemical ecology Varroa destructor is the most important ectoparasite of the honey bee Apis mellifera and represents a major threat to colony survival and beekeeping. Breeding for bees that are naturally able to fight the varroa mite represents a promising control strategy. This is the case of bees that […]
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF DISEASE AND PESTICIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN BUMBLE BEES POSTDOCTORAL POSITION SALARY $43,000-$47,500 per yr. Applications are invited to join the Cameron Lab in the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois. Research will focus on experimental studies of the functional genomics and ecological effects of […]
Contexte et objectifs du stage : L’acarien Varroa destructor est l’un des principaux parasites de l’abeille domestique Apis mellifera, causant d’importantes pertes de colonies à l’échelle mondiale dû à une relation hôte-parasite déséquilibrée (Le Conte et al. 2011 ; Rosenkranz et al. 2010). Certaines colonies d’abeilles ont cependant développé des stratégies de défense naturelle face […]
We have an opportunity for an experienced postdoctoral bioinformatician to work on a three-year, NERC-funded project in a team supervised by Professors Andrew Bourke and Tracey Chapman. The aim of the project is to investigate costs of reproduction and the fecundity-longevity trade-off in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris and the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. The wider […]
An experienced postdoctoral researcher is sought to work on a three-year, NERC-funded project in a team supervised by Professors Andrew Bourke and Tracey Chapman. The aim of the project is to investigate costs of reproduction and the fecundity-longevity trade-off in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris and the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. The wider goal is to […]