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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 Fully funded PhD at the University of Bristol (UK) on how ant colonies remodel their nests to optimise performance under pressure, combining experimental work, quantitative analysis, and field work. Detail/how to apply: stroeymeyt-lab.co.uk/open-positio... Deadline: 5 June 2026

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Open positions – Ant epidemiology Lab

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The funding will (hopefully) allow us to study how ants can use nest architecture to protect themselves against epidemics whilst maintaining collective performance - and maybe reveal new architectural principles that could inspire human buildings in a distant future…?

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I’m incredibly honoured to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to work on ant nest architecture over the next 5 year!🐜🏛️ Huge thanks to my collaborators, students, mentors, and colleagues for their support along the way! #ERC #EUfunding #ResearchExcellence #Science

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

We had two papers out in Science and Scientific Reports in the past week - I couldn't be happier! Science paper on architectural immunity: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Scientific Reports paper on the synergistic interaction between new-generation pesticide and disease: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Architectural immunity: Ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics

In animal groups, spatial structure shapes social interaction patterns, thereby influencing the transmission of infectious diseases. Active modifications to the spatial environment could therefore be ...

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Fully-funded PhD position on optimal network design in ant nests and slime mould, which will be split between the University of Bristol (UK) and Macquarie University (Australia) - application deadline: Friday 21st March. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Please check the links and contact me if you are interested in applying!

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

3: Responsive building by social insects findaphd.com/phds/project... 4: Disease signalling in social insects www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Dr Nathalie Stroeymeyt @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Looking for candidates for four competition-funded PhD (start Sep 2025). 1: Synergies between nest architecture and division of labour findaphd.com/phds/project... 2: Architectural immunity in ants www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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