Looking for journalists in residence at UCD’s Earth Institute
UCD Earth Institute@ucdearth.bsky.social · 10mo agoAre you a journalist covering #environment or #sustainability? Would you like to work with @ucddublin.bsky.social's top researchers to break the best stories? Here's the good news - the 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open! Apply today 👉 tinyurl.com/5n835nk2
DAFM is #recruiting laboratory analysts. A chance to do important work safeguarding public, animal and plant health. Details at www.rezoomo.com/job/86322/ Eligible candidates will have at least a level 7 in a bioscience, closing date 31 October.
Laboratory Analyst Biology in Celbridge | Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine Jobs
Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine is looking to fill the role of Laboratory Analyst Biology in Celbridge. Apply today!
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PhD Opportunity modelling Ireland's future forests. Closing date extended to 3rd Oct.
Jon Yearsley@jonyearsley.bsky.social · 11mo agoWalsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
#Forest #pests on the horizon in the @irishtimes.com with #ips_typographus. irishtimes.com/environment/... @ucdearth.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social UCD SBES and Forestry research on resilient forests @teagasc.bsky.social #OPRAM #ADAPTForRes
Is Ireland ready for spruce bark beetles? An invasion is ‘only a matter of time’
Eight-toothed insect, which has killed millions of trees across Europe, has made landfall in England and could soon be in Ireland
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📢 Reminder: SIPP × EntoSoc Joint Conference, Oct 24 @ Backweston Keynote talks on plant health 🌿, entomology 🦋, Asian hornet 🐝 + Plant Health Lab tour 🧪 📝 Abstracts due Sept 29 | 🎟 Tickets by Oct 15
Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... Apply by 30th Sept 2025 @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
Rosie Mangan is our invited speaker for SBES postgrad seminar day. Great to see Rosie again and hear about her work @ucdscience.bsky.social
Great to see first year PhD projects at this year’s SBES postgrad seminar day @ucdscience.bsky.social
Funded PhD opportunity:"Modelling the impact of rising temperature and seasonal drought on the productivity of key forest species in Ireland" Deadline for applications: 20th June 2025 Further information is available at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD... #forest @ucdscience.bsky.social
Modelling the impact of rising temperature and seasonal drought on the productivity of key forest species: Ecological Modelling @ UCD: Research
Modelling the impact of rising temperature and seasonal drought on the productivity of key forest species
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Bumblebees and honeybees predicted to have different responses to climate change. Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour... with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social
Thermal limits of bumblebees and honeybees are modulated by different functional traits: predictions of a mechanistic model
Local weather conditions are expected to have species specific effects on the activity of insect pollinators. However, the relationship between changing weather patterns and pollinator activity has no...
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Work with us: #Research Assistant in a team from @ucdscience.bsky.social , AFBI and the DAFM Plant Sciences Division in tasks ranging from fieldwork to molecular laboratory techniques of #forest #pests Deadline: 24th Jan 2025 Details on how to apply at: drjonyearsley.github.io/forestpests....
Reconstructing historical pest dynamics by rescuing data. Our new #research paper explains the protocol and applies it to Ireland link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ucdscience.bsky.social #data
Understanding observable historical pest dynamics through a data rescue approach - Biological Invasions
Long-term historical data on the presence of invasive pests can inform current pest management. By examining correlations between shifts in pest occurrences and various potential drivers, we can bette...
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