Upcoming events

The course is focused on the concepts of genotype by environment interaction (G x E) and heritable variability in performance. Theory will be lectured and practical computer exercises will allow the participants to bring the theory into practice.

Global warming is most prominent in the Arctic with visible changes in ice and snow and enormous challenges for ecosystems and people to adapt to the new situation. Loss of the Arctic as we know it, coincides with new development in this area on conservation, cooperation, governance and security. New business opportunities should take account of the sensitivities of the natural environment and local people. Sustainable solutions require multidimensional knowledge and a prudent approach when coming from outside the Arctic.

On Tuesday February 4th, the next B-Wise meeting will take place at 12:30h in room C3030 in the Orion building. Lunch will be available from 12:00h onwards. Speakers will be Chaozhi Zheng (WU Biometris) and Carlos de Lannoy (WU Bioinformatics).

Looking for a position after your PhD, come to the WUR Career Day on the 4th of February, in Forum building, ground floor, from 13.30-17.30 pm. We have 50 organisations that want to give you some insights in their organisation and career possibilities. Free of charge, with registration. You can just walk in and have a look, have some career coaching, make a LinkedIn photo or register for an orientation interview.

This conference is particularly geared towards people working in the field of ecology and/or evolution. It aims to strengthen the network of ecologists in the Netherlands, Belgium, and surrounding countries and provides an overview of the work carried out by the people in the network.

The inaugural World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum will bring to­geth­er lead­ing re­searchers, ear­ly ca­reer re­searchers, prac­ti­tion­ers, rep­re­sen­ta­tives from dif­fer­ent sec­tors, de­ci­sion-mak­ers and so­ci­etal ac­tors to have a con­ver­sa­tion on the kind of fu­ture we want (and/or do not want) for bio­di­ver­si­ty.

Join the February’s Wageningen Evolution & Ecology Seminar (WEES) on Thursday, February 27th in Orion C2035, 16.00h (seminar), with a workshop earlier that day in Orion C3040 (13.30h). There will be free drinks with the speaker after the seminar in The Spot.

The meeting will be an international, broad-scope, interdisciplinary event reflecting the ethos of both People and Nature and the Valuing Nature Programme. It will cover many aspects of the multiple values of nature. The meeting aims to foster cross-disciplinary research collaborations and inform the agenda in this growing and fast-moving research area.

The main objective of this symposium is to fill some critical knowledge gaps and promote discussion among policy makers, food producers, scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders on solutions to live in harmony with nature, and ultimately, achieve the SDGs through the conservation and sustainable use of soil biodiversity.

The VIBes in Bioscience PhD conference is an initiative from the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) that takes place in Belgium. The Symposium is preceded by half a day of workshops to improve your personal effectiveness, communication skills and awareness on possible career opportunities.

On March 26, KeyGene offers a program that includes a presentation by the National Coordinator Marie Curie and two workshops (how to get influential & how to make a great research proposal).

Dutch Butterfly Conservation (De Vlinderstichting(Butterfly Organisation) will host its 5th international symposium on Future of Butterflies in Europe – and this includes moths, of course. We invite you to join us in Wageningen, the Netherlands, 2-4 April 2020.

The International Biogeography Society will be holding a special Early Career Conference in Amsterdam from 17 - 19 April 2020.

The 26th European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) will be held from 19-24 April 2020 in Killarney, Ireland. This conference is organized by and dedicated to PhD students in all disciplines linked to evolutionary biology.

During this yearly NLSEB conference, scientists from all disciplines working on evolutionary questions will be brought together, and build a broad community of evolutionary biologists based in the Netherlands. Therefore, the conference offers a broad overview of the topics and questions within evolutionary biology, reflected in three exciting plenary talks.

Life is a unique, inspiring, annual national congress covering all disciplines and scales in the Dutch Life Sciences, from femtometer to kilometer, from cell to planet. Life2020 will be the second edition.

The 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity Development will bring together scholars, decision-makers and practitioners to discuss the current and future role of capacity development within policy, operational practice and education. For this 6th edition, the Symposium will pay particular attention to effective implementation and aim to move towards a concept of implementation science for the water sector.

The 4th International Conference on Global Food Security addresses the topic of food security at all spatial levels from local to global, and from an interdisciplinary and systemic food systems perspective. It aims to better understand environmental, nutritional, agricultural, demographic, socio-economic, political, technological and institutional drivers, costs and outcomes of current and future food security. Interactions with contextual factors including climate change, urbanisation, greening the economy and data-driven technologies will be central.

The 3MUGIS summer school is an annual event, which addresses relevantcontemporary environmental consequences and opportunities of urbanization with special emphasis on soil functions. The event is organized under the umbrella of the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS), RUDN University (Russia) and the Urban Soil Institute (USA) with strong cooperation from universities, institutions and research teams from around the world.

100 biology students from all over Europe, from bachelors to PhD candidates, and all fields of life sciences will attend the symposium to network and present their research. The topic of this edition will be “Beyond frontiers”.

The United Nations have declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. To promote a global conversation about plant health and the future of sustainable agriculture as part of IYPH, CABI, Koppert Biological Systems and Wageningen University are organising a conference entitled Plant Health, Agriculture & Bioscience (PHAB 2020).