Author: Nathalie.Stroeymeyt

There are currently four projects being advertised to start a PhD in the ant lab to work on ant nest architecture and/or alarm communication. Those are available to candidates worldwide and one is ring-fenced for candidates of Black heritage. Please have a look at the PhD advertisements below and get in touch if you are interested in applying!

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/funded-phd-synergies-between-nest-architecture-and-division-of-labour-in-ant-colonies/?p178463

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/funded-phd-nerc-gw4-dltp-responsive-building-by-social-insects-how-do-ants-reshape-their-nest-architecture-in-response-to-the-environment/?p177607

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/funded-phd-architectural-immunity-in-ants/?p176204

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/funded-phd-open-to-uk-domiciled-home-fee-applicants-of-black-african-black-caribbean-or-other-black-or-mixed-black-heritage-disease-signalling-in-insect-societies/?p176162

The Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Bristol is currently offering 5 fully-funded PhD studentships for international students, with one available project to work in our lab and study how temporal activity cycles affect disease transmission dynamics in ant colonies. Prospected starting date: September 2022. See Open Positions for detail and don’t hesitate to contact me for enquiries!

One fully-funded one-year MSc position is available in the lab, with a prospected flexible starting date of Autumn 2022 (see Open Positions for detail).

Do not hesitate to contact me for enquiries!

One PhD position is available in the lab, with a prospected flexible starting date of May 1st 2020 (see Open Positions for detail).

Do not hesitate to contact us for enquiries!

From September 2nd 2019, the ant epidemiology lab will relocate to the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol. Stay tuned for more news on open positions!

Disease risk and Immune StratEgies in SociAl InSEcts – DISEASE

In this 5-year project, we will use ant colonies as a model to study disease transmission in groups using an experimental approach. The aim will be to understand how social organisation influences the risk of transmission of disease between individuals, and how this in turn affects their need to invest in immunity. To this end, we will use a variety of methods ranging from automated behavioural tracking to gene expression analysis to understand how ant colonies adjust their disease defences depending on the group’s architectural and social complexity, and on the risk of encountering pathogens.

Two PhD and two post-doc positions will open in spring 2019 at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. If you are interested in joining the team, please email your CV and a brief description of your research interests to Nathalie.Stroeymeyt@gmail.com

This project will be funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon 2020 funding program.