Welcome! The International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) is organized exclusively for scientific purposes, and specifically to promote the understanding of interactions between organisms and their environment that are mediated by naturally occurring chemicals. Research areas include the chemistry, biochemistry and function of natural products, their importance at all levels of ecological organization, their evolutionary origin, and their practical application.
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Annual Meeting: Stellenbosch, South Africa
The ISCE 2020 Organising Committee regrets to announce the postponement of the 36th annual meeting of the ISCE and associated symposia which was due to take place from 6–11 September 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The meeting is rescheduled for 5–10 September 2021.
The difficult decision was made in light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, and the subsequent restrictions placed on events in order to protect the public’s health and safety as well as travel restrictions and closed borders throughout the world. More information is available here and at the official meeting website.
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Recent News
20 June 2020:
PhD positions are available with the EXTEMIT-K project at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague to study the odorant receptor neurons of bark beetles. [view listing]15 June 2020:
Prof. Kyung-Saeng Boo, longtime ISCE member and founding member of APACE, has passed away at the age of 79. Please see here for more information.8 June 2020:
The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop procedures for metabolomic data analysis and a technician to assist in research on plant chemical ecology. [view listings]5 June 2020:
The ISCE echoes the message of protests calling out systemic racism in the U.S. and around the world. See here for a full statement from the society.21 April 2020:
The annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology has been postponed to 5–10 September 2021. See here for more information.6 April 2020:
The COVID-19 quarantine spurs an impromptu and historic meeting of 22 ISCE presidents.2 April 2020:
Three doctoral positions are available at the International Max Planck Research School in Jena, Germany, to study ecological applications of molecular, chemical, and neurobiological techniques. [view listing]See more in the news archives.
