Centre for Ecology and Evolution

29/05/2019

Our next CEE Event is the Spring Symposium taking place on 13th June, 10-5pm at Roehampton University. The topic this year is "The Ecology and Evolution of Urban Areas"

Tickets and further details - www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-ecology-evolution/events-and-seminars/spring-symposium-2019

A one day symposium focusing on the ecology and evolution of urban areas, including ecosystem services, biodiversity monitoring, conservation and restoration.

26/11/2018

A quick reminder that tickets for this year's Wallmas event (1st Dec) at Kew Gardens are on sale until Weds. 28th Nov.

Tickets are £2 for adults and £5 for a family of 5.

15/11/2017

Our next CEE Event will be Wallmas - a chance to celebrate the life of Alfred R. Wallace (and Christmas!) - we will be at London Zoo on 2nd December 10-4pm- book tickets via Facebook events, or

Come and join CEE celebrate the life and work of Alfred Russell Wallace (and Christmas) This year the CEE Wallmas event will be held at ZSL London Zoo, Huxley Lecture Theatre on 2nd December 2017 Agenda 10:00 Registration opens in the Huxley Lecture Theatre & time to explore the zoo13:00 Return to t...

15/09/2017

Just a quick reminder - there is only a few days left to register for the CEE Autumn Mixer event - details can be found here:

CEE Autumn Symposium Friday 22nd September 2017 13:00 to 19:00 Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF CEE’s autumn symposium 2017 will highlight the diverse array of research conducted by CEE members and provide opportunities for discussion and mingling to foster collaboratio...

07/06/2017

TODAY - CEE event, joint with ZSL Science, Huxley Lecture taking place at UCL 12-1pm - full details can be found at
www.ucl.ac.uk/cee/events

30/03/2017

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity founded in 1826, is a world-renowned centre of excellence for conservation science and applied conservation. ZSL’s mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. This is realised by carrying out field cons...

23/02/2017

Research Assistant / Associate looking at Sustainable solutions to controlling pest species in small island ecosystems (Maldives)

Supervisor: Dr Richard Gill
Location: Silwood Park, Imperial College London & Grantham Institute & Maldives (6 month position, with intention to extend)

Application deadline: 27th Feb 2016 (midnight GMT); Estimated start date: April or May 2017

Small island ecosystems are increasingly under threat, with isolated islands considered to be in a state of delicate ecological balance and susceptible to anthropogenic activities and climate change. A further threat is the impact and damage caused by [often invasive] insect pests and their management. Small islands are susceptible to outbreaks of pest species therefore effective control is important for the stability of these small island ecosystems. Yet ironically the most common method of control is the widespread use of insecticides which may be having direct impact on the natural balance of these ecosystems.
Insect pest control on small islands has primarily involved the heavy and spatially non-targeted use of insecticides. The inadvertent effect this has on local wildlife is not fully understood and rarely monitored, but there is concern that pesticide residues filter through the food chain (and ecological network) including harming pest natural enemies (organisms that predate or parasitize insect pests), as well as leaching or running-off into the surrounding marine environment. We must therefore better understand how island populations respond to pesticide exposure including the evolution of resistance across different species.

Approximately three months of the project will be based on two Maldivian islands and look to achieve a number of milestones, including: establishing a robust and standardised monitoring scheme and experimental designs to monitor island invertebrate abundance and diversity across spatial and temporal scales relative to locations of insecticide application; identify pest hotspots and initiate development of new methods to target pests and allow more sustainable control. This will likely involve focusing on: the control of mosquito and hairy caterpillar populations using trap methods and spatial mapping; and revealing pesticide resistance by conducting standardised pesticide exposure assays and quantify vegetative damage.

For further detail and application guidelines please see: to view the advert on the College website please go to: www.imperial.ac.uk/job-applicants click job search and enter NS2017013NT in "keywords". To view the advert on the jobs.ac.uk website please go to: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWX761/research-assistant-associate

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03/02/2017

The next CEE EVENT is Darwin's Birthday Debate. This year's debate is on the origins of the domestic dog. 15th Feb 4pm at the Natural History Museum

29/11/2016

CEE Event: Wallmas at Kew - A Christmas Celebration of Scientific Exploration in the Spirit of A.R. Wallace

Saturday 10th December 2016 10:30 to 16:00
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, TW9 3DS

A family-friendly event featuring short, accessible talks of scientists who went that extra mile and ventured into the most remote regions of the world. Hear about Wallace's adventures and its current-day relevance, see how the vegetation of tropical caves is explored, travel along to the heart of the Amazon jungle, and much more.

To book a free ticket, please visit: https://wallmas2016.eventbrite.co.uk

A Christmas Celebration of Scientific Exploration in the Spirit of A.R. Wallace A family-friendly event featuring short, accessible talks of scientists who went that extra mile and ventured into the most remote regions of the world. Hear about Wallace's adventures and its current-day relevance, see…

04/11/2016

Job Opportunity:

Research Associate: Evaluating Biological Interpretations of Urbanism

We are seeking to recruit a Research Associate (full-time, up to 4 months) with a background in Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science, Science Communication or related areas to work on the Self-Organising Built Environment project.

Research Associate: Evaluating Biological Interpretations of Urbanism We are seeking to recruit a Research Associate (full-time, up to 4 months) with a background in Life Sciences, Philosophy of Sc…

03/11/2016

The 20th Annual Grant Lecture: Nature for Us?
Thursday 17 November, 6.30-9pm
Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6DE

Event organised by Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL