We now have an exciting preliminary program for Systematikdagarna (see below), which will take place via zoom on 29–30 November. The zoom link will be posted closer to the event.

There are some free slots for 20-min presentations, which we hope you will help us fill. There will also be a poster session for which posters will be needed. We will soon (today or tomorrow) post a web page where you can let us know whether you want to give a presentation or present a poster. No registration is required if you just intend to participate without presenting anything.

We hope to see you on zoom!

Per Alström, chairman, on behalf of organising committee

The Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio will have its Annual Meeting at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, at the end of November (29 Nov – 1 Dec). It will use a hybrid format to enable participation in person and ’in silico’. We will use our venues at the Climate House and Tøyen Manor to host a diverse and inspiring meeting. All MSc and PhD students, postdocs, supervisors, faculty and the broad biosystematics community are invited to attend.

Take a look at the meeting page for more information about the program, keynotes and registration. You can register until October 22^nd:

https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/meeting/2021/Annual%20Meeting%202021.html

Best, Hugo

Kallelse till Årsmöte för Svenska systematikföreningen

Tidpunkt och plats

Måndag 29 november 2021, via zoom i samband med Systematikdagarna, exakt tidpunkt och zoomlänk meddelas senare, när programmet för Systematikdagarna är spikat.

Dagordning

Mötet öppnas

Val av mötesordförande, mötessekreterare och två justeringspersoner

Fråga om mötet blivit i behörig ordning utlyst

Styrelsens årsberättelse inklusive ekonomisk berättelse

Revisionsberättelse

Fråga om ansvarsfrihet för styrelsen för föregående års förvaltning

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

Mötet avslutas

 Väl mött!

Styrelsen

Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Swedish Systematics Association

Date, place

Monday 29 November 2021, via zoom in connection with Systematikdagarna, the exact time and zoom link will be announced once the program for Systematikdagarna has been finalised.

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

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

Meting ends

Welcome!

The board

Systematikdagarna, the annual meeting of the Swedish Systematics Association, will be held on zoom 29–30 November. We were hoping to hold an IRL meeting, but decided that wasn’t possible. A group in Uppsala is working on the program. If you have any suggestions for sessions, speakers, workshops, etc., please write to me (per.alstrom@ebc.uu.se) asap.

The AGM will be held sometime during this meeting.

More later.

All the best

Per

Per Alström
(chairman)

Time and place: Oct. 11, 2021–Oct. 24, 2021, Kristineberg Marine Research StationAdd to calendar

DEST (Distributed European School of Taxonomy) and ForBio are pleased to announce that the popular Basics of Taxonomy Course will be organized again in 2020 with support from the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

This two week course gives a comprehensive theoretical overview and hands-on experience about different methodologies on how to describe, illustrate and communicate biodiversity. The course covers the following topics, each taught by an expert in the matter:

• Digital drawing
• Scientific illustration
• Scientific writing and communication
• e-Taxonomy and biodiversity informatics tools and workflows
• DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy)
• Short overview on macrophotography/photo-stacking

Teachers
Dr. Matz Berggren, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Dr. Charles Oliver Coleman, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Dr. Tomas Cedhagen, Department of Biosciences – Aquatic Biology, Aarhus University
Dr. Gábor Lövei, Department of Agroecology – Crop Health, Aarhus University
Dr. Dimitrios Koureas, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Selection and registration

Criteria for selection will be scientific merit, motivation and usefulness of the training course for the applicants. Students who complete this course will receive a 5 ECTS course certificate. For more information from DEST about the course see here.

You can register for the course here. There is a limited number of places available. The course has a minimum number of attendants for it to be taught.

The registration fee for this course will be roughly 400 €, and will include course attendance, teaching, course material, accommodation and meals. ForBio will cover the registration fee and travel for ForBio members based at Norwegian institutions.

Contact Hugo de Boer for more information.

Time and place: Sep. 12, 2021 9:00 AM–Sep. 18, 2021 5:00 PM, Askö laboratory – Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre, SwedenAdd to calendar

Сourse scope:

The course will present and provide an overview of macrophytes in the Baltic sea. It will cover the systematics, taxonomy and identification of different macrophyte groups, including macroalgae, phanerogams and bryophytes. Sessions will include lectures, fieldwork and laboratory exercises. The students will learn various techniques for identification and sampling.

Learning targets:

• General understanding of systematics and taxonomy of macrophytes
• Techniques for collecting macrophytes
• Techniques for species identification

Maximum number of participants: 20, in case of more applicants, participants will be selected based on the scientific, educational and/or professional merit of the course, with priority given ForBio members and students/researchers enrolled in the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI).

Target group: PhD students, master students, postdocs, researchers, consultants, government officials, museum staff with relevant background in biology.

Working language: English/Scandinavian

Course schedule: here

Assignment and credits: The course is equivalent to 2 ECTS. ForBio will provide certificates for those that successfully complete the course assignment. 

Registration: Late registration is open until August 31st. Register here. The course includes the boatride to Askö, as well as lodging and food. There is no course fee for ForBio members. ForBio associates will have to pay 2100 SEK to the station for use of the facilities and lodging. Food will be covered for all participants.

Find out about how to become a ForBio member/associate here.

Application deadline: August 31st.

Contact: ForBio coordinatorQuentin Mauvisseauor STI representative Maria Backlund

Time and place: 2021 September 12-18, Askö laboratory – Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre, Sweden

Course aims: The course will present and provide an overview of the macrophytes in the Baltic sea. We will cover the systematics, taxonomy and identification of different macrophyte groups, such as macroalgae, phanerogams and also couple of bryophytes. Sessions will include lectures, fieldwork and laboratory exercises. The students will learn various techniques for identification and sampling.

The target group is PhD students, master students, researchers, consultants, government officials/museum staff – with relevant background in biology.

Learning targets:

• General understanding of systematics and taxonomy of macrophytes
• Techniques for collecting macrophytes
• Techniques for species identification

Maximum number of participants: 20, in case of more applicants, participants will be selected based on the scientific, educational and/or professional merit of the course, with priority given ForBio members and students/researchers enrolled in the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI).

Target group: PhD students, master students, postdocs, researchers, consultants, government officials, museum staff with relevant background in biology.

Working language: English/Scandinavian

Assignment and credits: The course is equivalent to 2 ECTS.

Registration: Registration is open! Deadline August 1st.

For registration and more information: https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2021/Macrophytes.html

Contact: STI representative Maria Backlund (maria.backlund@slu.se) or ForBio coordinator Quentin Mauvisseau (quentin.mauvisseau@nhm.uio.no)

ForBio and the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative invite applicants to “Biosystematics, ecology and applied science of flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera)”. The course will be held at the charming and well-equipped Sletvik field station, about two hours drive from Trondheim, Norway. Time and place: Aug. 6, 2021–Aug. 13, 2021

See the ForBio course website for more information. Deadline for registration is May 31, 2021.

Ledig anställning som doktorand i växtsystematik vid Stockholms universitet. Sök senast 21 maj 2021. PhD Student Positions – Stockholm University (su.se)