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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

To apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/159179 Postdoctoral Research Scholar: Function and Evolution of Insect Societies Location Tempe Campus, Arizona State University Open Date Nov 14, 2024 Description We are seeking an excellent recent Ph.D. for a postdoctoral position focused on the function and evolution of insect societies. Multiple models of southwestern species are possible, but harvester ants and…

The lab of Dr. Beryl Jones at the University of Kentucky (Department of Entomology) is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2025. Students will join a growing research group focused on the genomic and environmental factors shaping social plasticity in bees. Research Focus Student projects will investigate gene regulatory changes associated with evolutionary transitions in bee…

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 theinterface 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,…

Dr. James Makinson‘s lab at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University, Australia, is seeking two outstanding PhD candidates to join a groundbreaking research project funded by Hort Innovation. The project, titled “Progress on bumble bees as commercial pollinators in Australia: update on risks and opportunities”, focuses on studying the ecology of…

The Department of Biology at York University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Animal Social Behaviour to commence July 1st, 2025. Please see the link for more details. Please note that the deadline for complete applications is December 15th, 2024.