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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 4d

Join Ramona as she recounts her #internship experience at the School of Life Sciences in Switzerland, where she joined the Environmental #Biotechnology research group to work on the #bioremediation of pharmaceuticals 💊

Read the full post here 👉 rptu.de/s/qfnupd

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 9d

The Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Section for Environmental Chemistry and Physics, invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in “The effect of formulations of dsRNA based pesticides on non-target species”🔬🧪🧬

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/dwfupz

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 11d

Join Adetola Adebowale as he shares his AMEO experience in the Invertebrate and Residue Field Studies department at RIFCON GmbH in Hirschberg🐝🪱🕷️🌱.

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/svtnkr

#AMEO #Bees #earthworms #plant #effectmodelling #GLP

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 15d

A new study examining the effects of an antibiotic, a fungicide, and their mixture on the gut microbiome of Gammarus fossarum found that antimicrobial exposure altered the relative abundance of the gut microbiome bacterial classes💊🦐☠️

Read more👉 rptu.de/s/fmvkcz

#antibiotics#fungicide#gutmicrobiome

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 18d

A new study investigating temporal and spatial trends in pesticide pressure in France from 2008 to 2022, using the Total Applied Toxicity (TAT), highlights the importance of TAT for evaluating pesticide pressure and identifying areas for mitigation strategies.

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/hswkzn

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 22d

The RPTU Landau and the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) offers a PhD student position in Soil chemistry, with the earliest possible starting date in January 2026 and a project duration of 3 years🌱🔬🧪

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/fsxenc

#phdposition #soilchemistry #carboncycling

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · 25d

Join Krishna Venugopalan Variyer today, as she tells us about her AMEO experience in the Aquatic Department at the BASF Agricultural Center in Limburgerhof🔬🧪🦐.

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/aqwfhc

#internship #aquaticecotoxicology #shrimps

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Sep 10

Join Bailey on her blog post, where she shares her internship experience at the Bayer Monheim campus, working on a mesocosm study examining the impacts of herbicides on periphyton growth 🌱🧪🔬

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/qmdtcg

#internship #ecotoxicology #GLP #herbicide #periphyton

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join Vivien and Janna on their blog post, where they share their internship experience at Fraunhofer IME, working on Fish Embryo Toxicity Testing 🧪🔬

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/brxaqw

#internship #ecotoxicology #animalhealth

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Aug 29

A new extensive review article assessing the state of global chemical pollution highlights the challenges for global chemical assessment, regulation and management systems🧪🌍🏭⚠️

Read the full article 👉 rptu.de/s/sqbvwt

#chemicalpollution #pesticide #PCB #PFASs #regulatoryriskassessment

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Aug 22

The SETAC 13th Young Environmental Scientists meeting took place last week in York, United Kingdom. Ecotoxicology student Verónica Rodriguez gives us a glimpse of her experience there

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/cegazf

#SETAC #york #ecotoxicology

Veronica and Katharina at the reception of the SETAC 13th YES Meeting
Text: #Events. SETAC 13th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting by Verónica Rodriguez

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Aug 20

For its River Ecology and Conservation Division, the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt is looking for a #postdoctoral #ecologist to work in the Biodiversity Meets Data Project

Find all the details here 👉 rptu.de/s/zonpwf

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nanoparticles are a significant component of air pollution, and they are in the air we breathe. Read our new blog post to learn more about nanoparticles in the air and what it means for our health🔎🫁 👉 rptu.de/s/bzhwtq

#airpollution #nanoparticles #humanhealth

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pesticides on the peaks: Alpine study made the Top 25 of 2024 in Communications Earth & Environment. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the project! ⛰

You can read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/dhcuqz

#agriculture #biodiversity #ecotoxicology #Alps

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Background picture: Students taking samples in the mountains

Text: #Resarch: Top 25 papers of 2025: pesticides spread in an Alpine Valley By: Carsten Brühl

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jul 21

The University of Bremen at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences - is seeking to fill 15 PhD positions 🌊🐠

Find out more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/qwnxbh

#marineecology #phdfellowship #carbonsequestration

Background: A person snorkeling next to a coral reef and fishes.

Logos: The EcotoxBlog; marum

Text: #JobPosting
15PhD positions in Marine Environmental Sciences

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research at the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a doctoral student in Environmental pollutants in wild animals and their food chains 🐈🦅🔬

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/stemgr

#foodweb #environmentalpollution #phd #pollutant

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jul 12

The Research Centre One Health Ruhr, Department of #Ecotoxicology, is looking for a Doctoral researcher in Theoretical Ecotoxicology or Ecotoxicological #DataScience to start in October

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/wfsmcr

#phdposition

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jul 8

#FreshwaterEcosystems perform vital functions like breaking down organic matter, cycling nutrients, and producing oxygen. But how reliably can we predict the impact of #ChemicalPollution on these functions?

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/qopyhn

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jun 20

A new study on water monitoring data from a six-decade period highlights the challenges and opportunities of large-scale chemical monitoring and data analysis to assess environmental risks

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/mfanup

#riskassessment #waterpollution #heavymetals #pesticides

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Wageningen Marine Research Institute is looking for a PhD candidate to join their research team on biofouling in offshore wind farms

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/gxwyvk

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · May 30

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology is looking for a PhD researcher to work in the unit “Forest function under stress”, to study the relationship between drought and pollution deposition in forests.

Find out more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/tkgahs

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · May 9

The Umweltbundesamt is looking for an Ecotoxicologist for an unlimited employment relationship for the field IV 2.4 “Ecotoxicological laboratory” 🧪📊🔬🧬

More details in our blog 👉rptu.de/s/nygqcx

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Apr 28

The University of #Vienna is offering a #PhDposition to explore the role of extracellular enzymes in the #biodegradation of water-soluble polymers in aquatic environments 🌊🧫

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/mgvzon

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Background picture: Close-Up Photo of Plastic Bottle by Catherine Sheila, from Pexels

Text: #JobPostings: PhD position on Polymer Biodegradation & extracellular Enzymes in aquatic environments

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The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Apr 23

The SCAHT at the University of Basel is seeking a highly motivated Scientific Coordinator to lead and advance an International Stakeholder Network initiative for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity testing.

More details in our blog 👉 rptu.de/s/moywbu

#postdocposition #regulatorytoxicology

The EcotoxBlog @ecotoxblog.bsky.social · Apr 16

RIFCON is looking to fill a full-time vacancy for an Ecological Modeller / Statistician / Computational Biologist for their Ecological Modelling and Statistics team in Hirschberg 💻📊

Read more about it 👉 rptu.de/s/wtpukd

#jobopportunity #ecologicalmodelling #statistics

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