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Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Justin Bรผchel shares his AMEO experience working at the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University. Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/ukyshd

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The Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University is seeking to fill a PhD student position to conduct thesis work within the framework of the project โ€œ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐” ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐€๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐กโ€ Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/tdoznm

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A new scientific analysis of toxicity data for the fungicide fluazinam by researchers at Stockholm University has raised fresh concerns about how pesticides are evaluated in Europe. They found that harmful brain development effects were hidden during the approval process. Read more rptu.de/s/gduotz

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The SETAC GLB is organizing a webinar for young and early-career scientists on being and staying psychologically fit during a PhD from 5:00 โ€“ 6:30 p.m on Thursday, 16 July 2026. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง. Event Zoom link: uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/6911007002... Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/adbeck

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The third SystemLink cohort recently completed the first phase of a unique continental field study across Europe. The study aims to better understand how environmental stressors drive changes through interactions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Let's catch you up ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/voxtgb

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The Loughborough University is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project to lead fieldwork, ecological experiments, and contribute to interdisciplinary river science. Short deadline: 25th May, 2026 More info ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/tdvhsb

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Are you passionate about environmental toxicology and eager to unravel the effects of PFAS on aquatic organisms? A PhD position to assess the effects of PFAS on aquatic organisms is available in the Junior Research Group Gรถlz, BioQuant, Heidelberg University๐ŸŸ๐Ÿงซ๐Ÿ”ฌ Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/hubgzy

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Pollutant exposure can trigger rapid evolutionary changes in aquatic insects. In this blog post, Nina shares insights from a multigeneration experiment on how evolution can influence the effects of pollutants on the aquatic insect Chironomus riparius Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/tbwevf

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The Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences (iES Landau), Institute for Environmental Sciences at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (Campus Landau), is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Risk Prediction๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“ˆ Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ rptu.de/s/aynrqp

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Studying Ecotoxicology at RPTU Landau and still searching for a Master thesis? Join the PIA project within the Community Ecology & Ecotoxicology research group and investigate how exposed terrestrial insects are to pesticides in agricultural fields๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿœ

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