Author: Horace Zeng
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Two graduate student position openings
1. Honey bee circadian biology, University of Kentucky Dr. Michael Tackenberg (Biology) and Dr. Clare Rittschof (Entomology) are recruiting a PhD student for a collaborative project involving honey bee circadian biology and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. The candidate will matriculate through the Department of Biology and participate in a recently funded project…
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IUSSI Updates – July 2025
Welcome to the latest updates from IUSSI. Below are some key announcements and opportunities from the main IUSSI organization: See more details in the July newsletter here.
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Congratulations to the 2025 IUSSI-NAS Spring Research Award Winners!
The IUSSI-NAS Awards Committee would like to congratulate our student award winners for the four Spring Research awards, made to support student research in each of the four major social insect groups. The Robert L. and Louise B. Jeanne Social Wasp Research Grant supports graduate student research on any aspect of the basic biology of social wasps.…
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The 11th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2025)
June 16, 2025. Huatulco, Mexico. In conjunction with PODC 2025. >>> BDA 2025 website <<< Introduction We are excited to announce the 11th workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA). The aim of the workshop is to foster and support collaborative research between biologists and distributed-computing theory researchers. Such research can lead to a better understanding of…
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PhD Student Fellowship opportunity at Auburn
Auburn runs a special Presidential Fellowship geared towards attracting superb students to our Ph.D. programs. The fellowship includes a $47,000 annual salary for 3 years ($22,000 annual fellowship on top of our department’s usual $25,000 annual graduate research assistantship). A tuition waiver is also included. Full details can be found here: https://graduate.auburn.edu/au-presidential-graduate-research-fellowships/. Start date would be…
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Extension Research Associate with USDA Baton Rouge Honey Bee Lab and LSU
An Extension Associate Position with Louisiana State University is now open for applications. This position will be located at the USDA-ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology laboratory under Dr. Mike Simone-Finstrom, though will be an employee of LSU. This is one of three positions (a second Extension Assoc position along with a postdoc that…
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SUNY Plattsburgh Assistant Professor Position in Genetics
The Department of Biological Sciences at Suny Plattsburgh is looking for a geneticist. The position is for a tenure-track assistant professor. We are primarily a teaching institution located in upstate New York. This would be an ideal match for someone who has excellent and innovative teaching skills, and who can run a research program with undergraduates. The main…
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2026 International Congress Updates and Election Results
Latest Updates from IUSSI 1. Call for Symposia: 2026 Congress The Call for Symposia for the 2026 Congress is now open! Submissions will be accepted until 31st March 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute your exciting ideas to help make the conference a success.👉 See the full Call for Symposia here and start preparing…
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REEU program at NC State
If you are an undergraduate science major who is interested in pursuing a career in STEM, there is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills while studying the interface between microbes and bees. BeeMORE is a USDA-funded Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates (REEU) who are interested in significantly advancing their research skills in the field, the laboratory,…
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Postdoc Position: impact of parasitic bees on a tropical bee community
Using eDNA to study the impact of parasitic bees on a tropical bee community The role The role holder will plan and perform research to study how parasitic robbers bees of the genus Lestrimelitta impact other social bee species in a tropical bee community in Brazil. You will develop an approach that uses eDNA metabarcoding to identify…