Jobb som lavintendent på Evolutionsmuseet

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100% tillsvidareanställning som intendent med ansvar för lavsamlingen vid Evolutionsmuseet, Uppsala universitet, tillgänglig från 1 februari 2016

Sista ansökningsdag: 20 november 2015

Fullständig utlysning: http://uu.se/jobb/detaljsida/?positionId=79429

Utlysning i sammanfattning nedan:

Arbetsuppgifter:
Anställningen innebär ett övergripande ansvar för Evolutionsmuseets samling av lavar. Primära arbetsuppgifter är generell samlingsvård och -organisering, service till forskarsamhället (inklusive lånehantering), digitalisering, artbestämning samt att aktivt verka för samlingarnas tillväxt genom egen insamling och kontakt med potentiella donatorer. Forskning inom lavarnas taxonomi kan ingå i arbetsuppgifterna under förutsättning att särskilt avtal sluts om omfattning och inriktning. I anställningen ingår att hålla sig informerad om pågående forskning och nya forskningsrön inom systematisk botanik, särskilt lavsvamparnas systematik och fylogeni. Dessutom ingår utåtriktad verksamhet, inkluderande förmedling av forsknings- och samlingsinformation till forskare, lärare, studenter och allmänhet. I samband med detta kan arbete under helger och kvällar förekomma i samband med museets utställningsverksamhet och utåtriktade arrangemang.

Kvalifikationskrav:
Vi söker kandidater med doktorsexamen i systematisk eller ekologisk botanik och med dokumenterat djupa kunskaper om lavarnas taxonomi och nomenklatur. Avancerad artkunskap om lavar och betydande erfarenhet av bestämningsarbete med lavar ska kunna styrkas. Goda kunskaper i ett skandinaviskt språk och engelska (muntlig och skriftlig) förutsätts. Initiativförmåga, god organisations- och samarbetsförmåga och personlig lämplighet kommer att beaktas vid tillsättningen.

Önskvärt/meriterande i övrigt:
Erfarenhet av arbete vid ett naturhistoriskt museum, särskilt hantering av botaniska samlingar, är en fördel, likaså erfarenhet av kunskapsförmedling inom ämnesområdet.

 

Reminder: register soon to attend Systematikdagarna at early-bird fee

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Registration for Systematikdagarna 2015 (23-24 November in Lund) is still open. Early-bird fee and oral presentation submission deadline is 30 October. After that date, the conference fee increases with 200 SEK and you will only be able to submit poster presentations. Absolute registration deadline is 15 November.

The registration form has recently been modified, and you can now register for Systematikdagarna without first having to create a user account on systematikforeningen.se.

More information and link to registration form: http://systematikforeningen.se/verksamhet/systematikdagarna/systematikdagarna-2015/

Reminder: Systematics/biodiversity symposium in Oslo November 5th

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REMINDER TO REGISTER:

 http://www.dnva.no/kalender/vis.html?tid=64174

 Systematics and Biodiversity Research in the Era of Genomics

Dr. Kirsti Strøm Bull, of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: Welcome

Dr. Per Sundberg, Chief Editor The Zoologica Scripta: Zoologica Scripta: past, present, and the future

Dr. Casey Dunn, Brown University, USA: New tools provide new perspectives on animal evolution

Dr. Gonzalo Giribet, Harvard University, USA: Genomics and the animal tree of life

Dr. Thomas Gilbert, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Phylo-, Populo-, Meta- and Palaeo-: The Expanding Possibilities of Genomics

Dr. Barbara Gravendeel, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands: Added Value of NGS Based Metabarcoding for Evolutionary Studies

Dr. Alexander Suh, Uppsala University, Sweden: Mobile Genetic Elements and the Complexity of Super-rapid Speciation in Birds

Dr. Scott Edwards, Harvard University, USA: Unifying Genome History and Function in Avian Phylogenetics

Dr. Matthew Webster, Uppsala University, Sweden: The evolutionary history of the honeybee revealed by genomics

Dr. Mark Blaxter, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom: The Evolution of Parasitism in Phylum Nematoda: Genomes Reveal Patterns

Trevliga radioinslag om taxonomisk forskning

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De senaste dagarna har två projekt som har stöd av Svenska artprojektet nämnts i Vetenskapsradion – Mathias Jaschhofs forskning om gallmyggor och Karen Hansens skålsvampsforskning. Lyssna gärna på de trevliga inslagen med hjälp av länkarna nedan!

1. Skålsvampar (Karen Hansen), 2. Gallmyggor (Mathias Jashhof).

Vänliga hälsningar
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Systematikdagarna 23-24 November, Registration open

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Draft programme for Systematikdagarna 23-24 November in Lund is now published at http://systematikforeningen.se/verksamhet/systematikdagarna/systematikdagarna-2015/. Registration is also open. Welcome!

For those who want to register to Systematikdagarna and already have an account on systematikforeningen.se: please log in before starting registration.

For those who do not have an account on systematikforeningen.se: you can register for Systematikdagarna without a user account. If you want to create a user account on systematikforeningen.se, you might experience some problems (unfortunately the form doesn’t tell you why your account can’t be created. Common errors include: e-mail address already associated with an account, you forgot one of the mandatory fields, password too short or you didn’t get the last question right. When you have succeeded with your account creation, instead of a ”Welcome to Systematikföreningen” e-mail, you might get a ”Password changed” confirmation e-mail). Sorry about that, will try to fix it.

Please report any other web site errors to webmaster—snabela—systematikforeningen.se

Symposium ”Systematics and Biodiversity Research in the Era of Genomics”, Oslo, November 5th

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Registration (free) is now open for the one-day symposium ”Systematics and Biodiversity Research in the Era of Genomics”

Please email Eirik Lislerud:

eirik.lislerud@dnva.no

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The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters &
The Editors of the Zoologica Scripta
Systematics and Biodiversity Research in the Era of Genomics

Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Premises of the Academy, Oslo, Norway (Drammensveien 78)

9.00 Doors open
9.30 Dr. Kirsti Strøm Bull, President DNVA: Welcome
9.35 Dr. Per Sundberg, Chief Editor The Zoologica Scripta: Zoologica Scripta: past, present, and the future
9.45 Dr. Casey Dunn, Brown University, USA: Next Generation sequencing – Potential and Challenges
10.30 Dr. Gonzalo Giribet, Harvard University, USA: Genomics and the Animal Tree of Life
11.15-11.45 Coffee break
11.45 Dr. Thomas Gilbert, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Phylo-, Populo-, Meta- and Palaeo-: The Expanding Possibilities of Genomics
12.30 Dr. Barbara Gravendeel, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands:  Added Value of NGS Based Metabarcoding for Evolutionary Studies
13.15-14.15 Lunch
14.15 Dr. Alexander Suh, Uppsala University, Sweden: Mobile Genetic Elements and the Complexity of Super-rapid Speciation in Birds
15.00 Dr. Scott Edwards, Harvard University, USA: Unifying Genome History and Function in Avian Phylogenetics
15.45 Coffee break
16.15 Dr. Matthew Webster, Uppsala University, Sweden: The evolutionary history of the honeybee revealed by genomics
17.00 Dr. Mark Blaxter, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom : The Evolution of Parasitism in Phylum Nematoda: Genomes Reveal Patterns

ForBio and UiB course: Introduction to phylogenetic methods

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Time and place: Nov 2 – Nov 6, 2015, University of Bergen

ForBio opens for participation of up to 8 students from Nordic universities in the regular University of Bergen (UiB) course Phylogenetic methods (http://www.uib.no/en/course/BIO332).

The course is aimed primarily at students who will do phylogenetic computation in their thesis work, but who have no hands-on experience with some of the more frequently used software applications. Introductory lectures will cover topics such as properties of data and trees, models of evolutionary change, phylogenetic signal, model testing, and hypothesis testing. The students will learn how to prepare their data, explore the properties of the data, how to use distance, parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian methods in computation in packages such as PAUP*, MrBayes, BEAST, RaxML, and how to present results with graphical applications.

Click here for more information about the course.

Application deadline is October 5th, 2015, and applications should be sent directly by email to: endre.willassen@uib.no. The application must indicate the academic background of the applicant and the topic and the present state of progress in the thesis work. Please add a recommendation from your supervisor.

Contact Endre Willassen (endre.willassen@uib.no) for questions about the course or Hugo de Boer (hugo.deboer@nhm.uio.no) for more information about ForBio.

Systematics/biodiversity symposium in Oslo November 5th

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First announcement

Zoologica Scripta, and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, invite you to a one-day symposium on the theme:

”Systematics and Biodiversity Research in the Era of Genomics”

In Oslo on November 5th

Speakers (confirmed)

Casey Dunn, Brown University
Scott Edwards, Harvard University
Gonzalo Giribet, Harvard University,
Mark Blaxter, University of Edinburgh
Thomas Gilbert, University of Copenhagen
Barbara Gravendeel, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Matthew Webster, University of Uppsala
Alexander Suh, University of Uppsala

more information to follow
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Per Sundberg

Zoologica Scripta
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291463-6409

per.sundberg@gu.se

ForBio workshop: Bayesian inference using BEAST

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Time and place: Nov 2, 2015 09:00 AM – Nov 6, 2015 05:00 PM, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

The workshop aims to help those that have some experience of Bayesian model-based phylogenetics. The course focuses on issues relating to identification of priors, and the impact of different priors on posterior results.

Maximum number of participants is 26. If there are more than 26 applicants priority will be given to ForBio applicants best fulfilling the prerequisites given.

Application deadline is September 18, 2015.

For more information about the course: http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2015/beast_workshop_2015.pdf

To apply: https://nettskjema.uio.no/answer/67500.html

Contact Hugo de Boer (hugo.deboer@nhm.uio.no) or Stephan Nylinder (stephan.nylinder@nrm.se) for more information.

Assistant Professor Position in Integrative Genomics

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The Department of Biology (http://biology.louisiana.edu) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to complement our strengths in evolutionary, molecular, and coastal biology.  We are searching for an outstanding scientist using genomics, bioinformatics and molecular biology tools to address important questions in evolution, behavior, physiology, or environmental biology.

Minimum qualifications are a Ph.D. in a relevant field and postdoctoral experience. Successful applicants will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally-funded research program, provide instruction to undergraduates and participate in our Ph.D. program in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology. Cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, statement of teaching interests, and a list of three references (including postal and email addresses) should be emailed as a single pdf attachment to: genomicssearch.search@louisiana.edu. Please refer to Integrative Genomics search in the subject line. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 16, 2015.

UL Lafayette is an EEO/AA employer.