Dear Systematikföreningen!

There are still a few places left on this unique ForBio course. DialPast and ForBio course “Innovation in science through science communication”, taking place at Natural Science Library, University of Oslo, September 14 – 18, 2015.

In this course you will get training in communicating your own research and field to different target groups. You will get an overview of the different genres and new ways to communicate in order to achieve what you want. In addition to the basics, you will gain skills in scientific storytelling, essay writing, graphic design, oral presentations and interviews. You will learn how to visualise your own hypotheses and research, how to write a killer essay and news items, how to use essay writing in order to improve your own research process, how to talk to the crowd and journalists, and how to think more strategic about science communication. You will be coached to publish a killer essay or news item made during the course in suitable media. Other writing and designs are intended to contribute directly to your own research and scientific publications.

Deadline for applying is July 31, 2015.

More information about the course and how to register can be found at http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2015/scicomm.html

Welcome!

ForBio/Hugo and Magnus

Svenska artprojektet och ForBio ordnar med stöd av Stiftelsen Oscar och Lilli Lamms minne en kurs om artbestämning av lavar 4–8 maj 2015. Göran Thor från SLU håller i kursen. Anmäl dig senast 10 april 2015. Läs mer om lavkursen: http://www.slu.se/Global/externwebben/centrumbildningar-projekt/artdatabanken/Dokument/Svenska%20artprojektet/Forskarskola/Lichen%20Course%202015.pdf

Info from Hendrik Gheerardyn:

Dear all,

The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST) http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/, an initiative under the CETAF umbrella and managed by RBINS, has launched its NEW website and training programme for 2014-2015!

Check out the Modern Taxonomy programme http://taxonomytraining.eu/content/modern-taxonomy-2014-2015 offering intensive theoretical courses in various subjects. Also, have a look at the Expert-in-training programme http://taxonomytraining.eu/content/expert-training-2014-2015 enabling trainees to develop and strengthen their taxonomic research skills through on-the-job-training.

Thank you for spreading the word!
With best regards,

DEST Training
Coordination – Dr Isabella Van de Velde
Secretariat – Dr Hendrik Gheerardyn

This course is arranged by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI) and the Research School In Biosystematics (ForBio), and is given in Uppsala at the Ecology department, SLU in 10-14 november 2014.

The course will cover the most important soil fauna groups. Teaching consists of lectures by internationally renowned experts followed by practical seminars to give students hands-on determination experience. Emphasis will be on understanding the diversity in a soil sample, in addition to acheive a deeper knowledge of identification and sampling in at least one of the studied organism groups: Potworms (Enchytraeidae, småringmaskar); springtails (Collembola, hoppstjärtar); soil nematodes (Nematoda, marklevande rundmaskar); oribatid mites (Oribatida, hornkvalster); woodlice (soil living Isopoda, gråsuggor); or soil living insect larvae (Insecta, marklevande insektslarver).

More information about the workshop and instructions on how to register can be found on the webpages of ForBio, Svenska artprojektet (Swedish Taxonomy Initiative) and Artsdatabanken. Application deadline is October 20, 2014.

Contact Sanna Nordström at STI (sanna.nordstrom@slu.se) or Aino Hosia at ForBio (aino.hosia@um.uib.no. ) for more information.

Dear all,

ForBio invite you to the course ”Introduction to GPS and GIS” in Oslo October 13-14, 2014.

The course will provide basic understanding of GPS devices and the recording of geographic coordinates during field work. We will also explore map making using GIS tools such as Quantum GIS and R. The participants will learn how to access and download species occurrence data from the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) portal and how-to share and publish data from own field work to GBIF.

More information about the course can be found at http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/gis_intro.html.

Application deadline is September 15, 2014.

Contact Heidi Solstad (Heidi.solstad@ntnu.no) if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Magnus

Dear all,

The Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio – invites to the course ”Introduction to Bioinformatics for Biosystematics”.

Basic programming skills are becoming essential for handling large datasets and performing complex analyses in biosystematics. This course aims to provide the students with tools to solve practical problems often encountered in biosystematic research. Course topics include Python, R, and SQL. An introduction is arranged September 14-15 for participants without previous experience of GNU/Linux and Bash.

Place and time: Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway; September 15-19, 2014.

GNU/Linux and Bash introduction September 13-14, 2014.

Application deadline is August 8, 2014.

More information about the course and how to apply can be found at www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/bioinfointro2014.html

The course is arranged by the Research school in biosystematics – ForBio. There is no course fee, and PhD students/postdocs registered at Nordic universities can become ForBio members and will then have travel accommodation costs covered. For information about ForBio and membership etc, please see www.forbio.uio.no/membership/

Welcome!
ForBio/Magnus

Dear all,

We are happy to invite you to our first-time-ever course on biodiversity informatics and data management.

When: 29 July -1 August 2014

Where: Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/

What: A course for graduate students, postdocs, and researchers which explores data tools beyond MS Excel and R! What are the modern, efficient, mistake-proof ways to collect and manage field and lab data, identifiers, traits, and environmental variables? How can you store your data to easily integrate with external databases? This course covers basics of data collecting and data management but leaves out data analysis to other courses.

How much: No course fee. Nordic PhD students and postdocs are encouraged to join ForBio – the Research School in Biosystematics, since members are reimbursed for course-related travel costs and accommodation in shared rooms and food at Kilpisjärvi Station. ForBio may also support masters students registered at Nordic universities who provide compelling evidence that they need the course for their thesis work. ForBio will not cover any expenses (e.g., food, travel, or accommodation costs) for ForBio associates attending the course.

Registration deadline: June 11, 2014 – so hurry!

More info: http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/biodiv_informatics.html

All welcome!

Luomus/Dmitry and ForBio/Magnus

Dear all PhD-students,
Remember to apply (last day 30 June) for the 2 week PhD-course in the shift of Sept-Oct 2014 focusing on taxonomy and systematics of marine invertebrates with lectures given by experts in the field. See http://www.science.gu.se/digitalAssets/1475/1475736_taxkurs-web-and-syllabus-eng.pdf for more information. Remember since ForBio is supporting this course, travel and boarding will be reimbursed (http://www.forbio.uio.no/membership/)!!! It also means it is open for PhD-students from all Nordic countries to apply (however, students from outside the Nordic countries can not be reimbursed) – http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/invertetax.html
Enjoy the weather right now!
matz