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SYNTHESYS application deadline approaching

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SYNTHESYS is back – funding available for short research visits

Call 2 Deadline Reminder: 16th October, 2014 (17:00 UK time).

The SYNTHESYS Office is pleased to announce the second call for applications of the SYNTHESYS3 project under the current European Commission’s FPVII European-funded IntegratingActivities funding scheme.

SYNTHESYS Access funding is available to provide scientists (Users) based in European Member, Associate and Candidate States to undertake short visits to utilise the infrastructure (comprising the collections, staff expertise and analytical facilities) at one of the 18 partner institutions (see full list below) for the purposes of their research.  This is the second of four annual calls for applications during the project’s four-year duration.

Access Call 2 is now open with a deadline of17:00 (UK time) Thursday 16th October, 2014 and awarded visits must take place within 2015 (calendar year).

APPLY HERE

Taxonomic Access Facilities (TAFs)

The 18 partner institutions are organised into 11 national TAFs. TAF Users will be hosted by a TAF staff member (Host).

The 11 TAFs represent an unparalleled resource for taxonomic research offering:

    • Collections amounting to over 324 million natural history specimens, including 3.3 million type specimens
    • Internationally renowned taxonomic and systematic skill base
    • Facilities including: molecular and imaging & chemical analysis,
    • **NEW**: Senckenberg Natural History Museum and State Natural History Museum Stuttgart are now offering Access under DE-TAF

Proposals for funding are welcomed from high-calibre scientists in any technical discipline seeking access for short-term research visits (average duration 15 days).  SYNTHESYS is able to meet the Users’ costs for:

    • Research costs (bench fees and laboratory consumables)
    • International travel & local accommodation while based at the TAF
    • A per diem contribution towards living costs

Seewww.synthesys.info for more information or contactsynthesys@nhm.ac.uk
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SYNTHESYS TAFs:

AT-TAF   Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien;

BE-TAF   Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences;
 Royal Museum of Central Africa;

CZ-TAF   Národní Muzeum, Praha;

DE-TAF   Museum für Naturkunde;
 Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum;

  Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Dresden, Görlitz and Müncheberg**NEW**

  Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart **NEW**

ES-TAF   Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales &
 Real Jardín Botánico Naturales (CSIC);

DK-TAF   The Natural History Museum of Denmark;

FR-TAF   Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle;

GB-TAF   Natural History Museum, London;
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew;
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh;

HU-TAF   Hungarian Natural History Museum;

NL-TAF   Naturalis Biodiversity Center;

SE-TAF   Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet.

Eligibility:

The SYNTHESYS TAFs are inviting Access applications from scientists based in the Member States of the EU:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Plus the Associated Countries of the EU:

Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of Moldova Republic of Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey.

Tyck till om ämnesöversikter inom natur och teknik

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Vetenskapsrådet har gett möjlighet att lämna synpunkter på ämnesöversikter inomm natur och teknikområdet, där systematik ingår. Se nedanstående länk. Man kan ju tycka att systematiken som vanligt behandlas mycket ytligt, om ens alls, men det är ju också en avspegling av hur den kollegiala bedömningen är. Lämna gärna synpunkter!

http://vr.se/omvetenskapsradet/verksamhet/forskningensframtid/webbforumnaturvetenskapochteknikvetenskap.4.fedc84a146881d2ef54389c.html

 

Svenska artprojektets medel för taxonomisk forskning och inventering utlysta

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Årets utlysning av Svenska artprojektets medel för taxonomisk forskning och inventering gällande dåligt kända organismgrupper är nu offentliggjord på vår hemsida.

The yearly announcement of grants for taxonomy and inventories on poorly known organismal groups from the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative is now available on our webpage.

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Systematisk botanist/mykolog sökes i Mexico!

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Position opening – Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Systematic Botanist or Mycologist

The Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IB-UNAM), whose principal mission is the study of national biodiversity and houses the national biological collections, invites applications for a full time position of Associate Researcher level ”C”, in systematic botany or systematic mycology at the main University campus, Mexico City.

Requirements for candidates: 1. A Ph.D. degree or equivalent, preferably in botany, mycology, systematics, evolutionary biology, or a related discipline. 2. Experience in systematic research of vascular plants or fungi, demonstrated by original, high quality publications, commensurate to age and academic trajectory. 3. Knowledge of the vascular flora or mycota of Mexico and/or the Neotropics, particularly in one or more groups whose diversity is exceptional in Mexico, as well as experience in the curation of scientific collections, techniques of field collecting, morphology, molecular systematics, or genetics. 4. A commitment to participate in activities complementary to investigation, such as teaching in educational programs at UNAM, direction of theses at the undergraduate and graduate level, activities of science outreach, and institutional participation. 5. Willingness to participate immediately in the academic activities of the IB-UNAM, practice leadership in his or her area of research, and demonstrate capacity to become part of a research group. 6. Demonstrable proficiency in Spanish.

Applicants should submit a letter of intent directed to the Academic Secretary of the IBUNAM with a detailed statement of purpose; a full curriculum vitae with contact information (supporting documentation is not necessary at this stage); PDF reprints of publications that the applicant considers the most important of their professional trajectory (maximum of five); a synthetic outline of research goals for the first year (5 pages maximum); and a letter of recommendation. The required documentation must be received by May 30, 2014. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a personal interview.

Inquiries regarding this announcement should be addressed to Dr. Atilano Contreras-Ramos, Academic Secretary of IB-UNAM, e-mail: acontreras@ib.unam.mx. Applications will be received at the email address sacademica@ib.unam.mx.

ForBio annual meeting 2014

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Dear all,

We are happy to announce the ForBio annual meeting 2014 that will be held February 24 – 26, 2014 at the Tromsø University Museum.

The goal of ForBio annual meetings is to bring together prominent scientists from a variety of fields and backgrounds working in biosystematics with ForBio members, associates, and their supervisors. Leading international experts from various fields will give plenary lectures, and we invite our members and associates to use this meeting as an opportunity to present and discuss their own research. The meeting is open to anyone interested in biosystematics and ForBio members presenting their research (oral or poster) will get their travel and accommodation costs covered.

To find more information about the meeting and to register please visit the meeting website: http://forbioannualmeeting2014.weebly.com/

We hope to see you in Tromsø!

ForBio/Sergei V. Drovetski

ForBio taxonomy travel grants

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Dear all,

ForBio arranges courses to train new taxonomists, but for some organism groups the number of interested students is too small for a full-scale course to be worthwhile. In those cases ForBio can fund collaboration between ForBio members and taxonomic experts. These funds aim to allow the student to work with particular collections, to learn new preparation techniques directly from the expert, and to discuss taxonomic problems with a group of people with similar scientific focus but situated at another institution.

ForBio will fund members (PhDs and postdocs only) who will benefit from such collaboration for a stay of one to five weeks at the institute of the expert.

The grant covers costs for travel and provides a weekly allowance of 2600 NOK towards accommodation or other costs. Please note that we have a limited budget for travel grants and we will prioritize grant applications based on the scientific quality of the planned work and on how the collaboration is going to help the applicant’s scientific project.

You can apply here: http://www.forbio.uio.no/travel-grant/

Best regards,

Heidi

ForBio course: Phylogeographic methods

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Time and place:
Sep 16, 2013 12:00 PM – Sep 24, 2013 05:00 PM, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Extended deadline: first come, first serve!

Teachers: Dorothee Ehrich (University of Tromsø) and Andreas Tribsch (University of Salzburg)

Phylogeography combines phylogeny with biogeography and investigates the geographic distribution of intra- or interspecific genetic variation. In this course we will introduce the theoretical basis of phylogeography, genetic markers used, and data analysis. The main part will be a computer course in analyzing and interpreting phylogeographic data. We will start with basic analyses and introduce more advanced methods. The course is also meant to be a workshop, where it will be possible to discuss concepts, ideas and analyses, so participants are encouraged to bring their own data to analyse. Participants will also receive a number of scientific articles on the topic to study before the course.

Contact Sergei Drovetski (sdrovetski@gmail.com) for registration. Find more information at www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2013/phylogeography.html

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Postdoc: worm genomics in Stockholm

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Post-doctoral researcher

 

A postdoc position is available in the research group of Ulf Jondelius at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm.
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc with interest in animal evolution for a project using data from genome sequencing of microscopic marine worms (Acoelomorpha). Acoelomorpha are simple animals lacking many features present in other Bilateria (e.g. circulatory system, body cavity, excretory organs). Their phylogenetic position is highly contested: they have been proposed to be either the earliest extant bilaterians, part of the flatworms, or deuterostomes closely related to echinoderms and hemichordates. The conflicting hypotheses imply widely disparate interpretations of their morphological evolution as either primitively simple or secondarily reduced in complexity. We will sample genomic data to cover acoelomorph diversity aiming to reconstruct their phylogenetic position within the Metazoa and study the structure of the genomes expecting to find either a simple basal metazoan genome or higher bilaterian and deuterostome signatures. The succesful candidate will work on assembly and analysis of genomes from several acoelomorph species together with the PI, collaborators, students, and technicians and will be responsible for analyzing results, writing manuscripts, and contributing to the development of the project.

 

The project is a collaboration with SciLife lab in Stockholm and Uppsala and colleagues at the Sars Centre in Bergen, Norway.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has a recent PhD in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular or Evolutionary biology or related fields, experience in analyzing next-generation DNA sequence data, and a record of publishing in scientific journals.  Programming experience in a scripting language (such as Python or Perl) is desirable.

 

Starting date is September 1, 2013. The appointment is for two years.

 

Informal inquiries should be directed at  Ulf Jondelius (ulf.jondelius@nrm.se). The union representatives are Bodil Kajrup, SACO-S and Yvonne Arremo, ST can be reached at telephone number + 46 8 519 540 00.

 

How to apply:  Applicants should submit (1) a cover letter describing your
research interests and background, (2) a detailed CV (including
publications), and (3) the contact details of three references as a single pdf document to rekrytering@nrm.se or to Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden, no later than May 10, 2013. Mark your application with dnr 2.3.1-144-2013

ForBio field courses on Greenland

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The Research school in biosystematics – ForBio invites members and associates to participate in field courses on Greenland 2013.

We offer a terrestrial course covering vascular plants and arthropods July 15 – August 1, and a marine course September 9 – 27.

More information can be found at http://www.forbio.uio.no

Questions regarding the terrestrial course can be directed to Heidi Solstad (heidi.solstad@ntnu.no) and Christiane Todt (Christiane.Todt@um.uib.no) can answer questions about the marine course.

Registration deadline is January 31.