CLOSED - Vacancy RUMC: PhD candidate SPRINT - exposure assessment
Our SPRINT partner - Radboud University Medical Center - has opened up an interesting vacancy for a motivated Ph.D. candidate!
Do you have an MSc in chemistry, biomedical sciences, environmental sciences or comparable ‘life or natural science’ field with an interest in kinetic modeling in the context of pharmacology and toxicology studies and risk assessment. Are you interested in contributing to the development of pesticide exposure estimates in humans and farm animals by developing and applying physiology-based biokinetic (PBK) models? Then don't hesitate any longer and apply for this PhD position.
New plenary meeting is planned
The coordination team always has something to do with such a big consortium as SPRINT. After a successful meeting in Ljubljana, it is already time to start thinking about our third plenary meeting. In consultation with our partners in Croatia, we will host the 2022 meeting there. For everyone involved in SPRINT as a consortium member: Save the date: 12-16 Sept. 2022!
Transitioning away from pesticide use: Perspectives from Slovenian organic farmers
During our recent plenary meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, we met with Toni Kukenberger, an organic dairy farmer. In this video, he explains how his farm became organic and transitioned away from pesticide reliance. He provides advice for other farmers considering doing the same and shares insights about his farming enterprise which produces milk, cheese and yoghurt.
We also spoke with Gregor Zabukovec, an organic livestock farmer in Slovenia gives an overview of why they decided to transition away from pesticide use and into organic farming. He also shares advice for farmers considering a similar transition and explains how the government could better support sustainable farming.
SPRINT consortium publishes first joint article
The SPRINT consortium has a new paper published in PLOS ONE. Here they describe in detail the study protocol that has been used for the collection of the samples in WP2 (Field Campaign) adressing all sampling matrixes and sampling protocols. Click for the full article on the title below!
| Visualization of the Case Study Sites across Europe and Argentina |
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Blue on the map = Northern Europe, Green = Central Europe, Red = Southern Europe. |
