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
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.
Vänliga hälsningar/Rikard
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.
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
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
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
Welcome!
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
Ett 12 månaders jobb för en disputerad lichenolog finns tillgängligt vid Naturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo. Se länken nedan för utlysning och information!
http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/898883/71922?iso=3Dno
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.
Stina Weststrand (Systematisk biologi, Uppsala Universitet) vann i fredags tävlingen Forskar Grand Prix i Uppsala då hon under tre minuter beskrev sin forskning om mosslumrar. Grattis Stina!
Mer information om tävlingen hittar ni på Uppsala universitets hemsida: http://www.uu.se/nyheter/nyhet-visning/?id=1984&area=1%2C2%2C5%2C13%2C16&typ=artikel&na&lang=sv