Plant phylogenetics and evolution, ideally with an interest/focus on South American taxa. This is my current position, I’m happy to answer any question (I’m moving on to Stockholm, Sweden, early next year)!
We would like to invite you to participate in the Early Career Systematists in Sweden event on Sunday the 17th of November!
This event is free of charge and will take place in Gothenburg on the afternoon before Systematikdagarna (18th-19th of November). It will be a kickstart event for new systematists in Sweden, where you can network and get to know like-minded people in a relaxed environment! At this kickstart event, we will also have Dr. Jadranka Rota, curator of the Entomological Collections at Lund Biological Museum, Lund University, talking about her exciting career in systematics. Afterwards, we are planning to go for a joint dinner somewhere nearby.
Just choose “Early career event Sunday 17th November” for 00,00 kr. If you are not attending Systematikdagarna, you can still register for the event by contacting me (emma.karrnas@biol.lu.se) or Mårten Klinth (marten@stationlinne.se) directly.
We are very much looking forward to this first early-career event and we hope to see many of you there!
Cambridge University Botanic Garden is searching for an enthusiastic and dynamic Expedition Botanist to lead plant-collecting expeditions around the world.
The annual Young Systematists’ Forum represents an exciting setting for Master’s students, PhD students and young postdoctoral researchers to present their work, often for the first time, to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematics. This well-established event provides an important opportunity for budding systematists to discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also encouraged to attend.
Prizes will be awarded for the most promising talk and flash presentation as judged by a small panel on the day.
When you register you will be asked to supply your name, contact information and tell us whether you wish to give a full talk or flash presentation. Please also tell us your academic stage – e.g., Masters, PhD or postdoc and affiliation. Abstract submission and registration are separate portals, both on the YSF event page.
Abstracts must be submitted via the registration portal on our website no later than Saturday, October 19th 2024 (11:59PM GMT+1). The body text should not exceed 150 words in length. Title, authors, and their professional affiliations/addresses should be included with the abstracts.
Spaces will be allocated subject to availability and for a balanced programme of animal, plant, algal, microbial, molecular, and other research. Non-presenting attendees are also very welcome – please register as above.
If you have presented a talk at the YSF before, we ask that you submit only for a flash presentation, as speaker slots are limited and we want to give as many people a chance as possible. If you are a more senior postdoc, please be aware that it’s unlikely we will be able to give you a chance to present here, as the aim is to give more junior researchers their first experience in a supportive international setting.
All registered attendants will receive further information about the meeting, including abstracts, by e-mail one week in advance. This information will also be displayed on the Systematics Association website (www.systass.org/young-systematists-forum/).
If you have questions, feel free to contact us at ysf@systass.org
Last year’s meeting was very dynamic, with wide international attendance and great interactions.
We’re looking forward to meeting you online!
YSF 2024 Organising Team: Ellinor Michel, Ana Serra Silva, Kalman Konyves, Peter Mulhair, Katie Collins, Karen Siu-Ting, Pablo Munoz-Rodriguez
Måndag 18 november 2024 klockan 16, Konferenscentrum Wallenberg Europa-salen, Göteborgs universitet, Medicinaregatan 20, Göteborg. Årsmötet hålls i samband med Systematikdagarna 2024.
Dagordning
Mötet öppnas
Val av mötesordförande, mötessekreterare och två justeringspersoner
Fråga om ansvarsfrihet för styrelsen för föregående års förvaltning
Ändring av föreningens stadgar för att inkludera en 6:e medlem i styrelsen. Denna medlem ska representera systematiker som är i början av sin karriär (andra omröstningen).
Ändring av föreningens stadgar för att inkludera en 4:e medlem i valberedningen (första omröstningen).
Val av ordförande för föreningen
Val av övriga styrelseledamöter
Val av en revisor och en revisorssuppleant
Val av valberedning på tre personer
Fastställande av eventuell årsavgift
Ärenden, som styrelsen förelägger årsmötet
Övriga frågor som med motivering inkommit till styrelsen senast fyra veckor innan årsmötet
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Swedish Systematics Association
Date and place
Monday 18 November 2024 at 16:00, Konferenscentrum Wallenberg Europa-salen, Göteborgs universitet, Medicinaregatan 20, Göteborg. The meeting will take place during Systematikdagarna 2024.
Agenda:
Meeting opens
Election of meeting chair, meeting secretary and two attestors
Question: has the meeting been advertised according to the statutes
The board’s yearly report, including financial report
Auditor’s report
Question about discharge of liability for the board for the previous year’s administration
Changes to the associations statues to allow a 6th member of the board, representing an early career systematist (second time voting)
Changes to the associations statues to allow a 4th member in the nomination committee (first time voting)
Election of chairman of the association
Election of other members of the board
Election of one auditor and one deputy auditor
Election of nomination committee consisting of 3 persons
Decision on annual membership fee (if any)
Other matters which the board submits to the meeting
Other matters submitted to the board at least 4 weeks prior to the meeting
Now you can register for Systematikdagarna in Gothenburg (18–19 November 2024). Systematikdagarna is a yearly conference on systematics arranged by the Swedish Systematists Association. The meeting is open for anyone interested in systematics; amateurs, working systematists, and users of systematics in any form.
Early Career stage participants are also welcome to the half day event Early Career Systematists in Sweden event on Sunday 17 November.
Swedish Taxonomy Initiative and ForBio course: Nomenclature codes in biology
What to consider when naming and describing taxa
An in-person course directly following the Swedish Conference “Systematikdagarna” in late November 2024
A three day course (Wed, 20 Nov – Fri, 22 Nov) at Göteborg Natural History Museum, following Systematikdagarna (Mon, 18 Nov – Tue, 19 Nov) at Göteborg University, Sweden
Time and place: Nov. 20, 2024 9:00 AM – Nov. 22, 2024 4:30 PM, Göteborg University, Sweden
Course scope:
The course will present an overview of the different nomenclature codes with special focus on the botanical-mycological-phycological (ICNafp), zoological (ICZN) and prokaryotes (ICNP) codes. Sessions will include lectures and exercises, and the participants will learn what is required for a name and a description as well as for the scientific work itself to be code-compliant.
Learning outcomes. Participants will acquire an understanding of:
– which are the existing nomenclature codes.
– the difference between nomenclature and taxonomy.
– what is a ”scientific name” and what is meant by authorship.
– what is a ”scientific work”.
– rules of nomenclature with special focus on proposing new scientific names.
– the differences between botanical and zoological nomenclature.
– implications of names and their practical use in biology/management/conservation including examples of issues with misidentifications, misspellings, changed combinations, synonymy, ethics, etc.
Target group: MSc students, PhD students, postdocs, researchers, consultants, government officials, museum staff with relevant background in biology.
Course language: English.
Course schedule: Not yet available.
Course fee: Free.
Registration: Please register here before 15th September
Teachers: Thomas Pape (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen), Micah Dunthorn (Natural History Museum, Oslo), Torbjörn Tyler (Lund University, Botanical collections).
Assignment and credits: The course is equivalent to 2 ECTS. Active participation is required for full credit. ForBio will provide certificates for those who attend the in-person section and successfully complete the course assignments.
