PE&RC day 2023 has officially started! Topic of this year is Disease Ecology and Environment #PERCday2023

What can we do to stop the spread of the most dangerous viruses to humans – zoonotic viruses? With the increase in population and livestock production, we are in such danger. Wim van der Poel gave a nice talk about possible solutions. PE&RC Faculty of Science, Utrecht University

Have you ever been attacked by ticks? Sure, it's unpleasant, but ticks are actually very beneficial from ecological perspectives. They drive biodiversity and keep populations under control. Helen Esser Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group at WUR is very passionate about parasites and now I’m too. Thanks PE&RC

Thursday was the PE&RC Day 2023 on Disease Ecology with interesting presentations by Wim van der Poel, Helen Esser and Marjolein Bruijning. Congratulations again to Nina for winning the Call for Institutional Collaboration! 🥳

Call for abstracts! I co-organize this 'DNA session' at NAEM: "𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" 🧬🌿🦇 Will you join us and present your work?! 👨‍🔬 wilddna.nl/congres-biodiv…

Save the date: NAEM 2024 The Netherlands Ecological Research Network organises her annual conference on 13 - 14 February 2024. This conference is geared towards people working in the field of ecology and/or evolution. nern.nl/NAEM2024

The PE&RC PhD Council is looking for new members for several committees. Will you join us? pe-rc.nl/organisation/p…

🌲It's time for the PPC Secret Santa Christmas Card exchange! 🌲 Sign up before Friday the 8th of December! (Dutch addresses only) and Santa will randomly exchange addresses and email them to you! See pe-rc.nl/node/22827 for all info #christmascheer #HolidaysAreComing

After a long meeting at IBED, the PE&RC PhD Council went to Oceaan for the well deserved annual Christmas dinner. Happy holidays everyone! 🎄🎁🎆

On Friday, January 26th, Giuditta Beretta will defend her PhD thesis entitled "Surviving the Greenhouse: Thrips, Biocontrol, Antipredator Behaviours and Plant-mediated Interactions". The ceremony will be held at De Aula in Amsterdam at 11am. Good luck! 🕷️

On this last day of January, and to wish everyone a happy new year (for the last time, we promise), a little throwback to a few of the wonderful Christmas cards the PE&RC members have sent to each other.. 💌🎄

Are you also very interested in phenotypic plasticity? 🤩 In the end of April PE&RC is organizing a PhD level course on it! Info and registration: pe-rc.nl/Ecology-Evolut…

Jonas Steinfeld will defend his PhD thesis "On the complexity of agroforestry systems" on March 20th at 11am in the Omnia Auditorium in Wageningen. Good luck with the preparations! 🌳

Have you seen the many #statistical courses we organize? There are still places available, so if you are interested, register quickly! Check our long-term planning on our site: Long-term Course Planning | PE&RC (pe-rc.nl)

Are you a PE&RC alumni and would you be willing to share your career choices with our Last Year PhD's at the PE&RC Retreat? We would love to hear from you pe-rc.nl/node/23329. #alumnisessions #PERCretreat #careertips

📢 Please RT! May's WEES Seminar and Workshop Dr. Jonas Lembrechts (Jonas Lembrechts) "Microclimate change: The hidden driver of species redistribution" 📅Friday, May 24th 2024 🕖Seminar lecture: 13:00 📍Orion B4044 + 4045 Wageningen U&R More info: weeswageningen.nl

In two weeks, Anatol Helfenstein from the SGL group Wageningen group and Soil Science cluster - WUR will defend his PhD thesis "BIS-4D: A high-resolution soil modelling and mapping platform for the Netherlands in 3D space and time". You can support him on June 11th at 4pm in the Omnia Auditorium! 🌱🗺️

Last week was the annual PE&RC BBQ. The weather was great ☀️ and the atmosphere was gezellig 🍴🎵 Wishing everyone a nice summer break!

There are still spots available for our PhD course Mixed Cropping As A Means To Sustainable Agriculture! The course will be held from Monday 23 - Friday 27 September 2024 in the Bosrand in Ede For more details see: pe-rc.nl/Mixedcropping #phdcourse #mixedcropping