Author: Kate Ihle
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Postdoc Opportunity
Laboratory for Animal Social Evolution and Recognition at Cornell University is looking for a postdoc to develop projects related to understanding the neurobiology and/or evolution of social recognition in paper wasps. We have NIH and NSF funding to study both the neural basis of individual facial recognition in paper wasp as well as the evolution…
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The Awards Committee looks forward to receiving applications for the Spring research awards, now due on May 8. .
2022 Michener Award flyer. 2022 Nutting Award flyer. 2022 Tschinkel Award flyer. 2022 Jeanne Award flyer. For additional information, please contact Dr. Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy (floria.uy@rochester.edu) or Dr. Rachelle Adams (adams.1970@osu.edu), Co-chairs of the IUSSI-NAS Awards Committee.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: The Tschinkel Ant Natural History Research Grant Due May 8, 2022
Purpose: The Tschinkel Fund was set up by Walter and Victoria Tschinkel to encourage graduate student research into basic natural history and biology of ants (in the broad sense), areas that have often been neglected. The thinking behind this grant program can be found in two essays: Tschinkel WR and Wilson EO (2014) Scientific natural…
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2021 IUSSI-NAS annual newsletter
Please see our annual IUSSI-NAS newsletter written by our past president Karen Kapheim. IUSSINAS_WinterNewsletter2022
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Postdoctoral Position in Bee Genomics and Metagenomics:
Professor May Berenbaum (https://sib.illinois.edu/profile/maybe) at the University of Illinois is looking for a post-doc in bee genomics and metagenomics. Review of applications will begin on immediately and continue until the position is filled. https://www.igb.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/Postdoctoral%20position%20in%20bee%20genomics%20and%20metagenomics_0.pdf
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Applications due for West-Eberhard Prize for a Junior Scientist
The Mary Jane West-Eberhard Prize for a Junior Scientist was established by the IUSSI in 2018 and will be awarded for the first time in 2022. Members of all IUSSI sections have been invited to nominate promising junior scientists from any section to represent those sections. Junior members of IUSSI sections in good standing can also self-nominate to…
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USDA Research Computational Biologist (Postdoctoral Research Associate) Position
Description of Duties: The USDA-ARS “Beenome100” Initiative will sequence 100+ reference quality genomes of diverse bee species and we seek an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to assist with this project and to co-lead efforts to analyze and publish new and existing data. This position is an ARS administrator-funded postdoc within the “Big Data/Artificial Intelligence” category and…
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BeeMORE undergraduate research program at NC State, Summer 2022
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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Summer 2022 Research Positions for Undergraduates at the University of Kentucky
Dr. Clare Rittschof’s lab at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) is recruiting undergraduate students to participate in research projects funded by the National Science Foundation during Summer 2022. Description of opportunity: Honey bees live in large cooperative colonies. Individual “worker bees” work together to manage the needs of the colony, including collecting food, producing…
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Remembering E. O. Wilson
We thought some of you might be interested in this tribute by one of our IUSSI-NAS members Mark Moffett remembering Edward O. Wilson. https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/remembering-edward-wilson-1929-2021-tribute-by-mark-moffett/