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Sol Balbuena

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Bióloga 🇦🇷 |PhD| Biologist. Bees, hawkmoths, pollination, insect-plant interactions, chemical ecology | Researcher CONICET-UBA

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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🐝 Are you advertising a job or PhD in social insect biology? Get the word out by adding it to the PhDs/jobs noticeboard on the main IUSSI website! www.socialinsects.org/positions @iussi-nwes.bsky.social @ceiussi.bsky.social @iussi-nas.bsky.social #IUSSI2026 #IUSSI
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Student and Postdoc Positions in Social Insect Biology
PhD, masters, and postdoc positions in social insect biology.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/08/2026
Nearly 400 Argentine researchers have been left jobless and uncertain about their future in science after a delay in the process for securing permanent research positions in the country. Learn more: scim.ag/4gzFjs6
Budget cuts and delays leave hundreds of Argentine postdocs in limbo
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Emilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept: Full details: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5... Please share! #ecology #job #phd
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Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Budget cuts and delays leave hundreds of Argentine postdocs in limbo | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Budget cuts and delays leave hundreds of Argentine postdocs in limbo
Many scientists are scrambling to make ends meet and reconsidering their future in research
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/08/2026
Like most insects, the wings of tobacco hawk moths are covered in tiny hairs. But the tobacco hawk moth’s wing hairs do something researchers haven’t documented in any other insect: they help the animal smell. Learn more: scim.ag/4fLx1Mk
These moths smell with their wings
Never-before-seen ability may allow the insects to home in on their favorite plants
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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica! Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
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Research Associate (Fixed Term)
A Research Associate position is available in the Social Fluids Lab, led by Dr. Adria LeBoeuf, in the Department of Zoology. The post is funded by a new 3-year international Human Frontier Science Pro...
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Jenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our lab at Rockefeller University is looking for a Research Technician to help with our studies of ant social behavior and evolution. 🐜 🧠 🐜 🧬 🐜 Please share and apply here if interested: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Research Technician I - Kronauer Lab
Primary Work Address: 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. About the Role: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is seeking ...
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨Job claxon🚨 4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies. Come join us, we are nice. 🧪 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
An immunostaining section through a Heliconius brain. Staining and imaging by Dr Max Farnworth.
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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
We (me and @njdowdy.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD student! Come work with us! We seek a PhD student to investigate the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera within a comparative evolutionary framework... Job closes this week! Apply ASAP! njdowdy.gitlab.io/balogh-fello...
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Kenneth F. Balogh Graduate Student Fellowship
A PhD position investigating the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera, co-advised by Dr. Nicolas J. Dowdy (Milwaukee Public Museum) and Dr. Chelsea Cook (Marquette University). Apply by June ...
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Plant Systems Biology @psb-vib.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The @therhizolab.bsky.social is looking for a Post-doctoral assistant to work on nodulation and/or arbuscular mycorrhization, and assist in teaching activities. @viblifesciences.bsky.social Please spread the news jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Po...
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Post-doctoral assistant department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Post-doctoral assistant department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📅 13 May – Don’t miss the first #InsectHour of the series! Join @DaveGoulson.bsky.social for a talk on #Pesticides & #InsectDecline - Discover how pesticide use affects ecosystems, wildlife and the insects that underpin biodiversity. 🌍 Free online event 🧑‍🔬 Open to all 🎟️ Register 🔽
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Dave Goulson - Pesticides, dogs and insect declines
Register now - It's free!
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Buenos Aires 🇦🇷) #bees #native #pollination #argentina
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Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
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3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior
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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy @avispatica.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🌟🌟Looking for a postdoc? Want to work with an amazing PI? 🐝
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A male of Centris looking for a partner around Stigmaphyllon - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'm pleased to share this new #openaccess review article on 🌻 flower constancy🌻 and how it shapes plant-pollinator interactions. I hope you'll find it useful 🐝🦋 🌺: tinyurl.com/mrx59pt3
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Flower constancy in pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners
Abstract. Plant–pollinator interactions have become a major research area because of their impact on key ecosystem services. One pollinator behaviour of pa
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New #PhD on #bees (BeeHd?)! Despite the ad saying "UK Students only", a limited number of scholarships are available for international candidates. So please apply!
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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc... #ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
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Mark Brown @markjfbrown.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Legal rights for stingless bees! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas. Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
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Nora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Golpe letal. El gobierno dio de baja la financiación a proyectos de investigación científica y tecnológica, los PICT. Rechazo unánime de investigadores de distintas orientaciones. www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
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El Gobierno dio de baja las convocatorias a proyectos de investigación
Solo se financiarán proyectos "implementables por empresas"; rechazo generalizado entre investigadores de todas las orientaciones
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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply! careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
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Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology
The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...
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Smith Bee Lab @smithbeelab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝 - Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date) - 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026) No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply! (no jerks, plz)
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Peter Stronach @macstronach.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A Starfish Has Captivated Argentina. It Didn’t Ask to Be Political. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w... Sin ciencia no hay futuro #conicet #argentina
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A Starfish Has Captivated Argentina. It Didn’t Ask to Be Political.
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I'm glad to be part of this team! Here, a new study of Florencia Palottini about the VOCs released by bumblebees when threatened. 2-heptanone and rose oxide are the key. Congrats! 🙌 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Volatile Organic Compounds Release Under Threat in Bumblebees: Chemical Identification and Antennal Detection - Journal of Chemical Ecology
Alarm behaviors have been widely studied in social insects such as termites, ants, honeybees and stingless bees. As part of this behavior, it is well known that alarm pheromones play a crucial role in...
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨Ecology lecturer job x 2🚨 Monash university currently has two openings for ecology lecturers! Apply here: careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e... #science #sciencejobs #ecologyjobs
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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Ecology (2 positions)
The School of Biological Sciences have two exciting opportunities for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Ecology to contribute to the advancement of the School’s academic and research objectives.
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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology & Evolution - apply by July 31. Supports US-based PhD programs No citizenship req, but non-US applicants responsible for obtaining appropriate Visa Spreading the word. Of course, would also love to host! :-) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Looking for a postdoc on bacterial-insect symbiosis, combining evolution and molecular mechanisms? I'll have one open in my lab starting Sept 2025. If interested contact me (or find me at the GRC on Animal-microbe symbiosis if you'll be there). #SymbioSky
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'm very happy to share our recent research on gustatory responses and gene expression in the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi. #bees #nectar #genes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sugar response and gustatory gene expression in the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi
Sugar detection and gustatory responsiveness are critical for foraging success in bees, influencing their ability to locate and exploit nectar and pol…
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🥁New #ABCMicrogrants Funding Round!!🥁 More details to follow 🐝🐝🐝 Help us spread the word 🐝🐝🐝
Our second round of microgrant applications will open on May 26th..
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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us: 👉 Apply to the Senior Group Leader position by May 20: bit.ly/gmi-groupleader-sr 👉 We are also recruiting for a Junior Group Leader position. Apply by May 20: bit.ly/gmi-groupleader-jr
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Senior Group Leader Position
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
If you are an early-career researcher in the Global South, you could qualify for one of the 20 funded places to attend this fabulous @biologists.bsky.social Workshop, Integrative Ecology in the Global South, in Assam, India, 8-11 March 2026 The application deadline is 6 June 2025
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Integrative Ecology in the Global South
Integrative Ecology in the Global South Integrative ecology uses diverse approaches and methods to study ecological processes across scales, from the sub-organismal to organisms, communities, ecosyste...
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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher: - Teaching in ecology and nature conservation - Research on plant-pollinator interactions - Supervision of students - Contribution to our major collaborative projects Start 01.09.2025 Salary according to TV-L E13, 100% 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
bumblebee on flower by Felix Fornoff
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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 07/05/2025
Smithsonian (Not normal Fed) is hiring an IPM Entomologist to manage the pest control programs for the National Zoo in Washington DC. Salary Range: $84,601 - $109,975 per year #entomology
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Entomologist
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world&rsquo;s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.&nbsp; This position is located in&nbsp;Park Management, Natio...
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 05/05/2025
Open university professor (W3) position for #BehavioralPhysiology in Würzburg, Germany @uni-wuerzburg.de: ↘️ www.nature.com/naturecareer... ↙️ Share or apply 🤗 #InsectResearch 🧪🐝🐜🦟
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University Professor (m/w/d) for Behavioral Physiology (grade W3) - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg - Faculty of Biology | 12839249
The University of Würzburg is offering a position of a University Professor (m/w/d) for Behavioral Physiology (grade W3) (Chair of Zoology II).
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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
📣 Imperial College Research Fellowships! Prestigious 4yr fellowship ✔️ Salary from £48k ✔️ Up to £45k for research ✔️ A supportive, inclusive research environment ✔️ UK or international ✔️ <4 yrs post-PhD Drop me a pm if you are interested in bee/microbe related research! tinyurl.com/mr3k5a93
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Kaja Wierucka @kajawierucka.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📢 Fully-funded PhD opportunity! Explore the links between social & communication networks in ring-tailed lemurs! Exciting fieldwork, interdisciplinary team, and innovative technologies! Apply now and join @primatenzentrum.bsky.social & @unigoettingen.bsky.social for this cutting-edge research!
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Plebeia droryana. Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 #bees #stinglessbees
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#plant-insect
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
PhD project offer: With six feet on the ground – How insects sense vibrations Supervisors by Prof. Manuela Nowotny, FSU and Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MP for Chemical Ecology. More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319498/Proje... Apply now: www.ice.mpg.de/296534/how-t... (c) Jan Scherberich
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins underlying social insect behavior Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
PhD project offer: Metabolic exchanges, regulation and equilibrium of an ancient insect symbiosis Supervisor: Dr. Mariana Galvao Ferrarini, Prof. Martin Kaltenpoth, Dr. Tobias Engl, MPI-CE More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319554/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin... (c) Julian Kiefer
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
PhD project offer: Plant secondary metabolites and the barley microbiome Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Agler, FSU www.bio.uni-jena.de/en/18304/pla...; Dr. John D'Auria, IPK Gatersleben More information: www.ice.mpg.de/402506/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin...
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Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis
Dr Matthew T. Agler
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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of adaptation and counter-adaptation between Brassica and beetles Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nicole van Dam, Dr. Franziska Beran, IGZ Großbeeren More information: www.ice.mpg.de/402520/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin... (c) Anna Schroll
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Sol Balbuena @msbalbuena.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"Lejos de una estrategia de desarrollo, desde el gobierno se transmite un mensaje de desprecio hacia la ciencia" www.perfil.com/noticias/opi...
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El desmantelamiento del sistema de investigación argentino
La Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica, que financia buena parte de la investigación en el país, fue desactivada. Los becarios del CONICET ganan por debajo de la línea de pobreza y las universida...
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