Environmental Research Institute
@waikatoeri
Fostering collaboration and innovation in environmental research at the University of Waikato
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https://www.waikato.ac.nz/eri/ 14-10-2019 23:55:55
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π’Five upcoming #seminars, including this Wednesday by David Shuker (University of St Andrews)! π’ Wide range of upcoming seminar topics:π#insect mating and evolution,π¦ #microbe transport, π³#forest systems, and π#ocean thermoclines. waikato.ac.nz/research/instiβ¦
Join us today (12-1pm) for an ERI #seminar by Dr. David Shuker (University of St Andrews). He will share sexual selection and behavioural #ecology insights from two decades of studying #Lygaeus bugs. To RSVP (in-person The University of Waikato π or via Zoom): forms.office.com/r/n04ruKG7fb
I'm seeking a PhD student for a funded scholarship to explore the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in sexual signaling & the trade-off between desiccation resistance & communication in NZ giraffe weevils. More details here: chrissiepainting.com/opportunities/ Please help spread the word!
π To boldly go where no #microbe has gone before! π¬ Join us tomorrow (12-1 pm) for a #seminar by Professor David Schmale III (Virginia Tech) titled, "Transport of Microbes at Interfaces". For in-person (The University of Waikato π) or Zoom attendance: forms.office.com/r/qF9PQjpaR8
π² Join us Monday (2 Sept, 12-1pm) for a seminar by Graham McCulloch (University of Otago) about how #deforestation is impacting endemic #insect evolution in Aotearoa New Zealand. π To RSVP (for in-person The University of Waikato π or via Zoom): forms.office.com/r/YtaF4xwjz8
πIf insect #evolution changes in a #forest, does anyone notice? π³ Join us Monday (2 Sept, 12-1pm) for a seminar by Graham McCulloch (Graham McCulloch University of Otago) about how #deforestation impacts endemic #insect evolution in Aotearoa. RSVP (The University of Waikato π or Zoom): forms.office.com/r/YtaF4xwjz8
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality? We discuss the major gap in research on how warming will affect the capacity of food web structure and function to resist and recover from future disturbances Trends in Ecology & Evolution authors.elsevier.com/a/1jh7x_3sj9ipβ¦
Hey students looking for PhD opportunities π I'll be at ISBE2024 in Melbourne in a few weeks time & would love to chat to you about a funded scholarship I have looking at CHCs & sexual signaling in giraffe weevils & how climate change may affect them. waikato.ac.nz/research/find-β¦
π²Save the date (Wed 18 Sept, 12-1pm) for a seminar by our very own A/Prof Chris Lusk (The University of Waikato π)! He will shed some light on the relationships of #mycorrhiza #fungi and #forests in Aotearoa.π² Registration (in-person or Zoom): forms.office.com/r/GWHEsx2vfD
Join us next Wednesday for the next ERI Seminar about #forests and #fungi by A/Prof Chris Lusk (The University of Waikato π)!
PhD alert! We have two fully funded PhD opportunities examining coupled biogeochemical and physical processes in freshwater river/lake systems. The positions are The University of Waikato π University in beautiful Aotearoa-New Zealand. Environmental Research Institute Adam Hartland Lincoln Agritech ASLO Opportunities
π³Forests. Fungi. Feedbacks of nitrogen and light.π³ Join us tomorrow (12-1pm) for a #seminar by A/Prof Chris Lusk (The University of Waikato π)! He will explore the relationships of #mycorrhiza #fungi and #forests in Aotearoa. Registration (in-person or Zoom): forms.office.com/r/GWHEsx2vfD