Jon Yearsley

Looking for journalists in residence at UCD’s Earth Institute

Laboratory Analyst Biology in Celbridge | Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine Jobs Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine is looking to fill the role of Laboratory Analyst Biology in Celbridge. Apply today!

DAFM is #recruiting laboratory analysts.
A chance to do important work safeguarding public, animal and plant health.

Details at www.rezoomo.com/job/86322/

Eligible candidates will have at least a level 7 in a bioscience, closing date 31 October.

PhD Opportunity modelling Ireland's future forests.

Closing date extended to 3rd Oct.

Is Ireland ready for spruce bark beetles? An invasion is ‘only a matter of time’ Eight-toothed insect, which has killed millions of trees across Europe, has made landfall in England and could soon be in Ireland

#Forest #pests on the horizon in the @irishtimes.com
with #ips_typographus.

irishtimes.com/environment/...

@ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
UCD SBES and Forestry
research on resilient forests @teagasc.bsky.social
#OPRAM #ADAPTForRes

📢 Reminder: SIPP × EntoSoc Joint Conference, Oct 24 @ Backweston
Keynote talks on plant health 🌿, entomology 🦋, Asian hornet 🐝 + Plant Health Lab tour 🧪

📝 Abstracts due Sept 29 | 🎟 Tickets by Oct 15

Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...

Apply by 30th Sept 2025

@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

Rosie Mangan is our invited speaker for SBES postgrad seminar day. Great to see Rosie again and hear about her work @ucdscience.bsky.social

Great to see first year PhD projects at this year’s SBES postgrad seminar day @ucdscience.bsky.social

Ultan kicks off our SBES postgrad seminar day @ucdscience.bsky.social @ultanodonnell.bsky.social

Funded PhD opportunity:"Modelling the impact of rising temperature and seasonal drought on the productivity of key forest species in Ireland"

Deadline for applications: 20th June 2025

Further information is available at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...
#forest @ucdscience.bsky.social

Thermal limits of bumblebees and honeybees are modulated by different functional traits: predictions of a mechanistic model Local weather conditions are expected to have species specific effects on the activity of insect pollinators. However, the relationship between changing weather patterns and pollinator activity has no...

Bumblebees and honeybees predicted to have different responses to climate change.

Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour...
with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social

Work with us: #Research Assistant in a team from @ucdscience.bsky.social , AFBI and the DAFM Plant Sciences Division in tasks ranging from fieldwork to molecular laboratory techniques of #forest #pests

Deadline: 24th Jan 2025
Details on how to apply at:
drjonyearsley.github.io/forestpests....

Understanding observable historical pest dynamics through a data rescue approach - Biological Invasions Long-term historical data on the presence of invasive pests can inform current pest management. By examining correlations between shifts in pest occurrences and various potential drivers, we can bette...

Reconstructing historical pest dynamics by rescuing data. Our new #research paper explains the protocol and applies it to Ireland
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@ucdscience.bsky.social #data