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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION IN HONEY BEE BIOLOGY, NORTH CAROLINA, USA North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC), Life Sciences Branch—U.S. Army Research Office (Research Triangle Park, NC), and University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) We are looking for one PhD-level scientist to join a collaborative research team on a project studying honey bee health, stress resistance, and…

The program for the International Termite Course 2022 is available and registration to the event is now open! Please share ! It will take place in Florida, just before the IUSSI meeting in San Diego. https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/termite/

This is a full-time, regular position in the Pollinator Health program located at the Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, MS and in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology in Starkville, MS. The research goal of the lab is to promote the health of all bees; therefore, the incumbent will be…

The executive committee is very pleased to announce that the North American Section anticipates funding graduate student, postdoc and early career travel to the IX International Congress of the IUSSI, to be held in San Diego, CA, July 3-7th, 2022 . This quadrennial meeting is the largest entomological meeting focused on social insects, and is the…

The positions are in 1) Genetics and 2) Pedagogy of Biology.  Both are fairly broadly defined. See links below. 1) Genetics https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=177659108&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Genetics 2) Pedagogy of Biology https://www.higheredjobs.com/region/details.cfm?JobCode=177662840&Title=Assistant%20Professor%2C%20Pedagogy%20of%20Biology Please contact Dr. Jon Seal with any questions. Dr. Jon N. Seal Center for Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation Department of Biology University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd Tyler,…

Please see the copy of the SIRG (social insect research group) magazine from ASU. SIRG 2021 Print Final

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2021 George C. Eickwort Student Research Award is Maddie Ostwald! A brief description of her research: “My research asks how and why social groups form among non-relatives. Using a facultatively social carpenter bee species as a model, I investigate the ecological and physiological drivers underlying the evolution of…

Teaching responsibilities will include Immunology, Pathogenic Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and other courses as needed by the department. We also welcome development of new courses that will enhance department offerings. The successful candidate will provide support for the graduate program and the biomedical programs. Additionally, the ideal candidate will develop a research program involving graduate…

The Kapheim Lab (www.kapheimlab.com) at Utah State University is recruiting a PhD student to study the relationship between life history evolution and social behavior in bees starting Fall 2022. The project will focus on the facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis, with a combination of behavioral field work, physiological assays, and analyses of gene expression. Field work…

The Rehan Lab (www.rehanlab.com) is hiring 2 postdoc positions to study 1) behavioural genomics of maternal care and 2) molecular ecology using museomics. The Rehan lab is a collaborative group of researchers, staff, and students focusing on bee behaviour, ecology and evolution. The candidates will join a vibrant team of integrative biologists passionate about social evolution and…