In the last two weeks, our G4B project (www.grass4b.com) had wide coverage (8! presentations) at two important events: the IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress and Forum Carpaticum 2025.
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu 👇
Our Research Unit “Biodiversity and Conservation Biology” is looking for a “Head of Research”.
A bit more context on the two professorships that we are currently advertising:
- Human Geography and Global Transitions
- Geography of Global Environmental Change
haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
Deadline abstract submission: March 14, 2025
Join us at IALE 2025 iale2025.sav.sk within two sessions closely related to our G4B project:
S3G–Interdisciplinary Responses: Perspectives for Grassland Research and Conservation Projects
S4G–Remote Sensing of the Grassland-Dominated Landscapes
This #InternationalWomensDay we spoke to Senior Editor @loraxcate.bsky.social about her research, her inspirations, and how we can help to #AccelerateAction towards gender equality within ecology 🌲 🌎 🧪
Read more here 👇
appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/03/04/i...
Giraffe weevil on my finger in front of my face
Big male giraffe weevil on my finger
Poster for Bug of the Year with small pics of each contender
Don't forget to vote for your favourite Bug of the Year, which is of course pepeke nguturoa (giraffe weevil).
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
It's amazing to see how much landscapes changed. In the G4B project, we strongly believe that the biodiversity of grasslands depends on the past legacies of land-use management.
We look at historical maps, satellites & aerial imagery, landscape changes 🗺️, and relate them to grassland diversity.
There are still a few spots open on this course for anyone interested!
Niche packing, but not niche expansion, explains the co-occurrence of hummingbirds-visited plants | de Oliveira et al., Ecography, 2/2025
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Laboratory of Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution at the ETH Zurich is looking for candidates to fill a post-doctoral position as part of the fully funded SNSF Consolidator project “Burgeon”.
Check out the detail at: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Productive discussions on G4B grassland habitat and diversity remote sensing and protection with our partners at Humboldt University today. #G4B @g4biodiv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Speaking about the grassland diversity, how it really looks like? This timelapse gives some insights from a hotspot in the Carpathians. (author V. Sifra). Few more timelapses at our G4B project website: www.grass4b.com @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social
A new paper, also based on data collected within the G4B project, co-authored by Erich Tasser, describes the complex shifts in the species composition of grassland ecosystems in European mountain areas over 70 years as a result of climate and land-use change. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
University of Bristol Life Sciences Building
🚨We are recruiting one or more new Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Biological Sciences (broadly defined, including ecology & global change) here in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Apply and spread the word - Bristol is a wonderful place to live and work! Feel free to get in touch with questions.
Die Forschungseinheit Waldböden und Biogeochemie, welche die Auswirkungen von Umweltveränderungen auf die Funktionen und Eigenschaften von Böden sowie biogeochemische Prozesse in Ökosystemen untersucht, offeriert ab April 2025 eine Tenure Track Stelle als Wissenschaftliche/-n Mitarbeiter/-in Bodenfunktionen 80-100% (w/m/d) Sie forschen im Bereich der Bewertung von Bodenfunktionen unter dem Einfluss globaler Veränderungen und Bewirtschaftung mit primärem Schwerpunkt auf Waldböden und einer potenziellen Erweiterung auf urbane Ökosysteme. Dafür werben Sie erfolgreich Drittmittel ein und publizieren Ihre Ergebnisse in internationalen wissenschaftlichen und praxisorientierten Zeitschriften. Sie unterhalten die bestehende Bodendatenbank der WSL und das damit verknüpfte Bodenarchiv als Grundlagen zur Bearbeitung standortsrelevanter Fragestellungen im Schweizer Wald. Diese Daten nutzen Sie in Ihrer Forschung und Expertentätigkeit und setzen sie in Wert. Sie betreiben Expertentätigkeit und Lehre auf den Stufen Forstpraxis, Fachhochschule und Hochschule in den Bereichen Feldbodenkunde, Bodenfunktionsbewertung und Bodenschutz. Die Koordination der Arbeitseinsätze im bodenchemischen Labor der Forschungseinheit gehört ebenso zu Ihren Aufgaben. Sie verfügen über einen Doktoratsabschluss im Gebiet Umweltwissenschaften sowie eine erfolgreiche wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit im Bereich Bodenfunktionen. Sie haben erwiesene Kompetenzen in Feldbodenkunde, bodenchemischen Methoden sowie in Data Mining und Statistik. Als ausgesprochene/-n Teamplayer/-in mit guten Kommunikationseigenschaften fühlen Sie sich wohl bei der Mitwirkung in transdisziplinären Projekten, bei der Expertentätigkeit und Lehre auf unterschiedlichen Stufen sowie in Ihrer zentralen Rolle innerhalb der Forschungseinheit. Für die Umsetzungstätigkeit in der Praxis sprechen Sie mindestens eine Landessprache fliessend.
#Sciencejob Alert! Doktorabschluss #Umweltwissenschaften o.ä., wissenschaftliche Kompetenzen im Bereich #Bodenfunktionen und #Statistik sowie Flair für Kommunikation- und Teamarbeit? Wir bieten eine #Tenure Track Stelle in der Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeit! apply.refline.ch/273855/1681/...
I'm a month behind on hearing about it, but Germany is convicted by European Court of Justice of inadequate protection of species-rich meadows
Hey look! The City University of New York (@cuny.bsky.social) is hiring a tenure-track quantitative ecologist.
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... 🧪 #EcoECRcareer #NYC
Job Ad: The WSL Research Unit Forest Health and Biotic Interactions investigates the influence of biotic factors on forest health and develops the scientific basis for the protection of forests against potentially harmful organisms. For an international cooperation project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Phytopathology Group is looking from April 2025 or up on agreement, for a period of 2 years with the option of extension, for a PostDoc for a study of tree-associated fungal diversity 80-100% (f/m/d) As part of a team in Switzerland and Azerbaijan, you will study fungal diversity in leaves and bark of selected tree species from Azerbaijan, with a focus on pathogenic fungi. This includes participation in field work in Azerbaijan; responsibility for performing molecular analysis of leaf material using amplicon sequencing; bioinformatic and statistical analysis of molecular data; presentation of the study results at congresses; publication in peer-reviewed journals, and collaboration with an Azerbaijani doctoral student in statistical analyses and in the publication. You have a PhD degree in phytopathology, ecology, biology or a related field. You have previous experience in mycology, molecular techniques, and good knowledge of bioinformatics and statistical analysis of metabarcoding data, preferably with R. You have a passion for scientific understanding and an interest in fungal pathogens and forest ecology. Experience in the cultivation of fungi is desirable. In addition, you have a good command of English and have a demonstrated ability in carrying out research projects, including publication of the results in peer-reviewed scientific journals. You are used to work independent, structured and meticulous and have a high level of self-motivation as well as a good team spirit. In the Phytopathology group, you can expect a dynamic research team of established and young scientists as well as highly qualified lab technicians working together to stud…
#PostDoc Alert! Interested in tree-associated #fungi and being part of a team in #Switzerland and #Azerbaijan? Experience in #mycology & molecular techniques & good knowledge of #bioinformatics? Our #Phytopathology Group is offering a #PostDocPosition: apply.refline.ch/273855/1679/... #ciencejobs #R
We are looking for a post-doc in genomics and hybridization in white oaks! See here, I am collaborator in the project:
www.bfw.gv.at/wp-content/u...
The Phytopathology group at @wslresearch.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc with experience in metabarcoding of fungi from the environment.
More info: apply.refline.ch/273855/1679/...
Wanted: an enthusiastic team member who is an experienced laboratory #technician, skilled in a variety of molecular biology techniques, to join our team.
Find out more: https://buff.ly/3V6u53a
Please only apply if you are eligible to work in NZ
#SciJobs
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We are currently advertising two fully-funded PhD scholarships to work on a new project preventing extinctions of Australia’s threatened mammals with ancient DNA.
#sediments #aDNA #eDNA
For further details, please see:
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
Our first starter pack is here! A list of members and alumni of @wslresearch.bsky.social working on biodiversity research and outreach. It will updated as more people join.
Let us know if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3Gzw93e
If you haven’t signed the petition, do it now. It takes no time at all.
It closes at midnight and will be delivered to parliament tomorrow.
Send it to your mates, to your whānau. Make sure we’re all heard.
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ka...
Panorama view onto the old town of Bern and the alps behind it on a sunny day.
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
