Roger Schürch
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Assistant Prof. in Entomology at Virginia Tech. Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects, R on Emacs and Org-mode enthusiast.
Blacksburg, VA
Joined August 2013
PhD program (fully funded) for 6 students from groups currently marginalised within the natural sciences. Details in the link, but note the short turnaround for applicants (2nd August). Please get in touch if you have any questions. https://t.co/gKBuACgSF0
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🚨 JOB ALERT!!! 🚨 The AU Bee Lab (led by Geoff Williams) is hiring a bee technician! They're a good crowd of bee peeps, happy to answer any Q's about bees/life in Auburn. Apply here: https://t.co/rVx47gKk0Y
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Want a backyard beehive? 🍯 #VTCALS and @VaCoopExt beekeeping expert James M. Wilson has plenty of tips to offer about starting up and tending to a personal beehive. 🐝 ⤵️ https://t.co/wfjJVaUkKr
#Pollinators #Beekeeping #Bees #Honey #VCEresources #VaCoopExt
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1/ NEW! in @ScienceAdvances: ‘A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to increase cultural diversity awareness of research mentors of undergraduate students’ https://t.co/YQ1nfSyiMA
science.org
Mentorship education with cultural diversity awareness content facilitates culturally aware mentorship practices in science.
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We have a new Research Postdoc position open! The incumbent will work on a new USDA grant about pollinator ecology, silflowers, and improving crop and honey production! If you are interested, pls DM me!!!
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Reminder to all behaviorists: BORIS is leaving Twitter because it is no more a nice platform. I hope to see you on Mastodon https://t.co/U9n6GU38nJ and/or Spoutible https://t.co/z7qR7wRUzf 😉
spoutible.com
Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software
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New PhD opportunity! I'm recruiting a PhD student in #freshwater ecosystem ecology to start in Aug 2023 or Jan 2024 @VT_Biology @virginia_tech! Learn more on our website about how to join our fun, collaborative team: https://t.co/7wwsPyQ6yA & please RT! @GLEONetwork @aslo_opps
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Today at the Radford Public Library some of our graduate students showed off insects and other arthropods to very excited kids! 🕷🦂📖 They got to learn about beetles, grasshoppers, scorpions, spiders, aquatic insects and more. Thank you to the library for inviting us!
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Congrats to 3 VT students who won awards for their presentations at the @EntsocAmerica Eastern Branch meeting! PhD students Laura McHenry, Fernanda Vasquez-Valverde, and undergrad Lillian Chiang each won 1st place in the respective competition categories! Congratulations you 3!
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What a complete honor to share the stage with these incredible scientists, especially @fervasquezval!!! Couldn’t wipe the smile off my face for the last day of #EBEntSoc23 🤩🐝🦋🪲🐌 @VT_Entomology
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Best way to close #EBEntSoc23 Congratulations to all my fellow students awards winners! Specially to @LCMcHenry! #Hokies @VT_Entomology
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Call for papers! I'm excited to announce a special edition of @InsSociaux focusing on social insect #conservation. Find out more here: https://t.co/e2Dfqz2L00
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Come to Sussex to use comp NS to explore how learning emerges from the interaction of evolved brains, sensory systems and behaviours BBSRC RF on “Emergent embodied cognition in shallow neural networks” https://t.co/pBSMnTgeh1 Contact p.r.graham@sussex.ac.uk with enquiries
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JOBS: 2 new post-doc positions in our conservation social science research group at Virginia Tech. 2-3 year positions (with potential for extending, pending funding). We will begin reviewing applications for both positions on March 16, 2023. Please apply!@vt_cnre @vt_fishwild
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VT Giving Day is less than 24 hours away! I'd like to highlight a new Entomology fund devoted to funding VT Ento Graduate Student Travel to conferences and other professional development opportunities. Link: https://t.co/PWCFdKm3AP Giving Day: Noon Feb 15th- Noon Feb 16th ET
givingday.vt.edu
View Giving Day results here!
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