PhD student position plant phylogenetics and biome formation in Madagascar, Stockholm University

PhD student position on ”Reconstructing Madagascar’s biome history using plant phylogenetics”. You will join my new research group focusing on the evolutionary biogeography of plants at the DEEP department of Stockholm University (SU), Sweden. 4-year position with salary & benefits.

Info & application here: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:826108/where:4/

General info on doctoral studies at SU: https://www.su.se/english/education/top-reasons-to-choose-su/our-courses-and-programmes/phd-studies-at-stockholm-university-1.690164

Don’t hesitate to contact me for questions!–

Jan Hackel

Associate Professor/Universitetslektor

Evolutionary and Systematic Botany

Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP)

Stockholm University

https://www.su.se/english/profiles/jaha4643

Ledig tjänst som Biträdande enhetschef till Enheten för zoologi, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet

I rollen som biträdande enhetschef kommer du har personalansvar för ungefär 15 medarbetare som jobbar med både forskning och samlingar. Dina ansvarsområden innefattar att leda delar av samlingsverksamheten, där du ansvarar för personal, budget och arbetsmiljö. Du planerar, leder och följer upp arbetet utifrån myndighetens uppdrag, vision, strategiska plan och mål. Du kommer att vara en förebild, inspirera och motivera kollegor samt verka för en positiv arbetsmiljö. Dina arbetsuppgifter inkluderar även att delta i rekrytering, introduktion, instruktion, utvärdering och utveckling av personalen, samt att hantera eventuella konflikter. Vidare kommer du att representera arbetsgivaren och genomföra myndighetens prioriteringar inom enhetens verksamhetsområden, samordna delar av enhetens uppdrag från myndigheter och andra uppdragsgivare, samt verka för ökat samarbete inom Avdelningen för forskning och samlingar och mellan myndighetens övriga avdelningar. Du kommer ha ett nära samarbete med enhetschefen och fungera som ställföreträdande enhetschef vid dennes frånvaro. Du kommer ingå i museets Chefsforum (där samtliga enhetschefer och biträdande enhetschefer ingår). I tjänsten kan, beroende på kompetens, andra arbetsuppgifter ingå. Det kan till exempel vara: • Projektledning • Berika, organisera och tillgängliggöra samlingarna • Låneansvar för utvalda taxonomiska grupper • Gästforskarservice • Publikt arbete • Forskning inom på enheten prioriterade taxonomiska grupper • Fältarbete med insamling

Läs mer här och ansök senast 30 maj 2025.

Bidrag för nätverkande aktiviteter

Än finns det tid att söka bidrag för nätverkande aktiviteter! Sista ansökningsdag är 23 april. SLU Artdatabanken utlyser bidrag från Svenska artprojektet för nätverkande aktiviteter som stimulerar uppbyggnad av kompetens inom systematik och taxonomi. https://www.slu.se/artdatabanken/om-oss/svenska-artprojektet/svenska-artprojektet-ger-bidrag/bidrag-for-natverkande-aktiviteter/

https://www.slu.se/artdatabanken/om-oss/svenska-artprojektet/svenska-artprojektet-ger-bidrag/bidrag-for-natverkande-aktiviteter/

Several postdoc opportunities at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Please see below links to 5 postdoctoral positions, 4 years each, open until 20 April.

International applicants welcome.

The job adverts for Kew Research Fellows (aka FLFs) are now live:


Kew Research Fellow (Priority 4) – Careers | Kew Gardens

From Louis Ronse de Craene:

Dear Colleagues, students, and friends,

Following the successful courses of the last two years, we are again offering an international course in floral morphology and angiosperm diversification in Berlin from the 28th July until the 8th of August 2025. 

The course is open to anyone interested in flowers and floral evolution or with an interest in plant systematics.

 
Please share this announcement with anyone you think might be interested.

This is the third version of a highly successful two-week workshop based at the Biological Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Berlin Botanical Garden. The workshop benefits from extensive facilities, including functional microscopy laboratories and a huge plant collection of more than 20,000 species. The course is set up as lecture-based, laboratory taught, and interactive visits of the living collections.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Final year undergraduate students, PhD students, post-doctoral and advanced researchers, professionals (but no formal restriction). A basic knowledge of botany is preferred but not essential.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND CONTACT:

Dr. Louis Ronse De Craene, Research Associate Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (l.ronsedecraene@gmail.com) Prof. Julien Bachelier, Freie Universität Berlin (julien.bachelier@fu-berlin.de)

REGISTRATION FEE:

€800 (€600 for Undergraduate and Master students)
(Registration includes coffee breaks, daily lunches with snacks, but does not include travel and

accommodation).

TO APPLY, PAY AND SECURE A PLACE:
visit https://www.conftool.net/berlin-summer-course-2025/
For further information please contact Dr. Louis Ronse De Craene (l.ronsedecraene@gmail.com).

PROGRAMME:
Course Description and outline:
This short course will introduce students to the structure and development of flowers, with a focus on floral diversity and evolution and the significance of flowers for systematics. Major plant families will be studied within the framework of the main lineages of seed plants to understand their evolution and diversification. Additionally, students will learn to analyse, describe, and study the structure of inflorescences, flowers, and fruits, and based on their observations, to identify the main evolutionary patterns underlying their tremendous morphological diversity, as well as their potential pollination and dispersal mechanisms.

Course objectives and learning outcomes:

Through this course students will acquire the following skills:

  • guidelines to identifying plants using morphological characters in the context of the molecularclassification system.
  • a better understanding of the origin and evolution of floral structures, including their importance forclassification, and of the main developmental patterns and evolutionary trends which underlie thetremendous diversity of reproductive structures.
  • an ability to observe and recognise key characters through the study of live floral material and the buildingup of floral diagrams.
  • Contents:
  • Introduction to morphology of vegetative structures and flowers, inflorescence and flower structure(floral diagrams and formulas).
  • Overview of major groups of flowering plants; major characteristics of Flowers and special attributes(phyllotaxis, aestivation, merism, symmetry, floral tubes and hypanthia).
  • Floral evolution of the major clades of angiosperms with special emphasis on morphological adaptations and diversification.

ForBio course on DNA-barcoding

The Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio – is running its annual course on DNA-barcoding – From Sequences to Species at NTNU from March 10-14. There are still available places and deadline for registration is January 17th. The course is aimed at PhD-students and early career researchers, but master students can apply and be admitted if there is space.

Please see course description for more information and how to apply.

Post Systematikdagarna 2024 Göteborg

A big thanks to all the attendees of Systematikdagarna for a wonderful meeting with a record high attendance of 120 people. A special thanks to the organising committee who made sure the meeting flowed smoothely, kept us well fed and for the visits to the Botanical Garden and the Museum of Natural History. This was also the first year that we organized an early career meeting the day before the conference, with 20 attendees, something we are sure to continue doing. -Mårten Klinth

Congratulations to Jan Klink and Adrian Hill who won prices for best student presentations.

A full list of attendees can be found here:

And here is the book of abstracts:

Research fellow position, plant systematics, 4+2 years

Please share this 4+2 year research fellow opportunity in Marburg, 
Germany, with early career botanists who might be interested: 
https://stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/fe8c2d5de2055a0b6d79d07b0b7d3bb6aa3507650

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)!

Best – Jan

— 
Dr. Jan Hackel
Research Fellow
Biodiversity of Plants (AG Zizka)
Universität Marburg, Germany
https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb17/disciplines/biodiversity-of-plants/ag-zizka/team-1/dr-jan-hackel