Category: News & Announcements (& uncategoried)

Please see the attached newsletter for 2021 IUSSI updates.

The Organizing Committee for the 19th IUSSI International Congress is pleased to invite proposals for meeting symposia. These symposia will account for half of the talks presented at the Congress, with the remainder consisting of contributed talks organized by the Program Committee into thematic sessions. Speakers who commit to a symposium should be aware that…

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 who are interested in significantly advancing their research skills in the field, the laboratory, or…

A big congratulations to our IUSSI-NAS member Christina Grozinger. “Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University, will receive the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences for helping the world understand how to address the pollinator crisis. The award is presented with a $100,000 prize”   You can read more about the award here: http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/2021-awards/Grozinger.html

Please see the link for more information about the graduate student position open in the Rittschof lab. Rittschof_GraduateStudent2021

Please see the link for more information about the postdoctoral research position open in the Li-Byarlay lab. https://careers.centralstate.edu/postings/5482

Please see attached flyer for 2 opportunities for PhD positions in The Baudier Lab in the school of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi Graduate position social insect physiology and behavior Graduate position available in ant ecology Deadline Feb. 15, 2021.

Dr. Marla Spivak (Bee Lab, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota) and Dr. Declan Schroeder (Virologist, Dept of Population Veterinary Medicine, UMN) are seeking a post-doctoral researcher with microbiology and molecular biology skills to assist with honey bee related research related to mechanisms of social immunity and virus transmission. This is a two-year position. We…

The Goodisman Lab at the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech seeks a postdoctoral fellow interested in studying questions at the intersection of social behavior, evolution, epigenetics, and living-systems physics. The successful candidate would study the causes and consequences of the built environment on social behavior. The built environment, constructed by collectives of individuals,…

The Department of Biological Sciences at University of North Texas, a Hispanic-Serving Institution and a Carnegie Research Tier 1 institution, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position (Posting # F309P) with a research focus in Invertebrate Biology. This includes (but is not limited to) development, physiology, neuroscience, biomechanics and genetics of invertebrates or environmental…