Dear All,

Here’s a reminder that Early Bird registration and Abstract Submission for the 4th European Systematics meeting (BioSyst.EU) will close on 31 May.

The meeting will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, 17–19 August 2026, hosted by Uppsala University and the Swedish Systematics Society, in partnership with the Swiss, German, Austrian, French and UK societies, as well as the Swedish Species Information Centre (Artdatabanken) and Wallenberg and SciLifeLab Programme for Data Driven Life Science (Evolution and Biodiversity).

Meeting highlights include:

Keynote lectures by Paul Hebert (Barcode of Life, University of Guelph), Sandra Knapp (NHM London) and Fredrik Ronquist (NRM Stockholm).

Themed symposia accepting abstracts:

• Trait Evolution, Lineage Diversification and Historical Biogeography in a Big Data era. Confirmed invited speaker: Isabel Sanmartín, Botanic Gardens Madrid

• Evolution in Deep Time: Fossils, Phylogenies, and Reconstructing the History of Life

• AI and Automated Species Identification: Assets and Drawbacks

• Advances in Museomics for Biosystematics and Taxonomy

• Are biodiversity and ecosystems the same thing?

• Natural History Collections and their actors

• Taxonomic treatments and revisions and their accessibility in biodiversity databases

• Data-driven research in evolution and biodiversity

• Environmental DNA for species discovery and biodiversity inventory

• Speciation, Adaptation and Phylogeography: Microevolutionary Processes Shaping Biodiversity

• As well as open sessions for anyone who wants to present a topic that does not fit well in any of the above.

An early-career event the day before the main meeting (16 August), free of charge – with two invited speakers, Seraina Klopfstein (NHM Basel) and Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense, Madrid). The event will be followed by some mingling and discussions, and dinner/beers. So don’t miss out!

Post-conference excursion to Linnaeus’ summer house in Hammarby (20 August).

The journal Systematics and Biodiversity will host a ‘meet the editors’ session and are accepting submissions for a special collection of papers arising from the conference.

Conference dinner at Norrland’s Nation – a place that has been the heart of student life in Uppsala for 200 years. The dinner is included in ticket prices.

For more information and registration: https://www.trippus.net/BioSyst2026

We hope to see many of you there,

Mårten Klinth, Tobias Andermann, Emma Kärrnäs & Aelys Humphreys

Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to the fifth seminar of the series ”Nature and wars”, supported by the SAFIRE and Biodiverse Anthropocenes research programmes at the University of Oulu (Finland). This event will be online on May 4, 2026 (12:15–14:00, Finnish time). The topic will be “Research and education in wartime conditions”. Our speakers will include Dr. Natalia Shyian (M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine) with the presentation ”Ukrainian Herbaria in wartime conditions”, Dr. Olena Kozak (University of Oulu, Finland, and National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine), and Dr. Oleksandra Mashtaler (Vasyl` Stus Donetsk National University, Ukraine). Please find more details about speakers and their presentations here: https://www.oulu.fi/en/events/nature-and-wars-seminar-5-research-and-education-wartime-conditions

The registration deadline is April 29, 2026. The registration link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/17855C62CECDA83B

I will be grateful for sharing this information among all interested persons.

Kind regards,

Mykyta

* Registration is now open * for the 4th European Systematics meeting (BioSyst.EU) to be held in Uppsala, Sweden, 17–19 August 2026. The meeting is hosted by Uppsala University and the Swedish Systematics Society, in partnership with the Swiss, German, Austrian, French and UK societies, as well as the Swedish Species Information Centre (Artdatabanken) and Wallenberg and SciLifeLab Programme for Data Driven Life Science (Evolution and Biodiversity).

More information about the meeting, themed symposia and keynote speakers can be found via the conference website : https://www.trippus.net/BioSyst2026.

See you in Uppsala in August!

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The Department of Biology and Environmental Science at Gothenburg University invites applicants to two Botany lectureships, one specializing in Vascular Plant Systematics, the other in Systematics of non-vascular Plants and other Cryptogams. Each of the positions include 40% curational tasks at Herbarium GB. For more information and how to apply, see links below:

Göteborgs universitet | Senior Lecturer in Botany specialising in vascular plant systematics

Göteborgs universitet | Senior lecturer in Botany specialising in systematics of non-vascular plants and other cryptogams

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher in phylogenomics and evolution of fire adaptations in Malagasy Erica. Situated in Sweden’s dynamic capital, the university offers a world-class research environment where education and research thrive together.

For more information and how to apply, see: https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-ecology-environment-and-plant-sciences/news/articles/2025-12-18-2-year-postdoc-in-phylogenomics-and-evolution-of-fire-adaptations-in-malagasy–erica

Application deadline: 30 Jan 2026. Questions? Contact Jan Hackel .

We are delighted to confirm that the 4th European Systematics meeting (BioSyst.EU) will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, 17–19 August 2026. The meeting is hosted by Uppsala University and the Swedish Systematics Society, in partnership with the Swiss, German, Austrian, French and UK societies, as well as the Swedish Species Information Centre (Artdatabanken) and Wallenberg and SciLifeLab Programme for Data Driven Life Science (Evolution and Biodiversity).

More information can be found via the conference website : https://www.trippus.net/BioSyst2026 , which will be updated with further details about the programme and symposia in the coming weeks. In the meantime, feel free to share the link and distribute the attached poster. Registration will open in February 2026.

Wishing you all a peaceful end to 2025 – and looking forward to seeing you in Uppsala in August!

On behalf of the organising committee, 

Mårten Klinth, Tobias Andermann & Aelys Humphreys

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