Två tjänster vid ArtDatabanken

Lediga tjänster

Vill du jobba på Artdatabanken? Just nu söker vi en kommunikationschef samt en expert med inriktning mot fåglar och andra ryggradsdjur.

Artdatabanken är en viktig aktör inom svensk naturvård och ett kunskapscentrum för information om biologisk mångfald. Nu behöver vi förstärka vår organisation med två nya medarbetare: En kommunikationschef, samt en expert med samordningsansvar för fåglar och andra ryggradsdjur.

Sista ansökningsdag är 13 oktober (kommunikationschef) respektive 20 oktober (expert ryggradsdjur).

Annons kommunikationschef: http://www.slu.se/sv/om-slu/fristaende-sidor/aktuellt/lediga-tjanster/las-mer/?Pid=1580

Annons expert ryggradsdjur: http://www.slu.se/sv/om-slu/fristaende-sidor/aktuellt/lediga-tjanster/las-mer/?Pid=1592

SYNTHESYS application deadline approaching

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.

Time to register for Systematikdagarna 2014

It is now time to register for years most important event of the year, Systematikdagarna, this year held in Gothenburg at Wallenberg Center!

We are looking forward to many interesting symposia and workshops. Everyone who wishes to are welcome to contribute witha poster or a talk.

Please find more information and the registration form at

http://systematikforeningen.se/systematikdagarna2014/

and please feel free to distribute this e-mail to people outside of the Swedish association of systematists!

We hope to see many of you there, regards

Svenska systematikföreningen

Training course on identification of soil fauna

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.

Systematikdagarna 2014 is drawing closer!

It is soon time for all of us to meet in Gothenburg for the yearly Systematics event! Those of you who wish to propose a workshop, please contact Bernard Pfeil before september 15th. A registration page will soon be opened, but you can already now submit a symposium abstract, again please contact Bernard Pfeil. Symposium abstract submissions are due october 1st.

Hope to see you all there!

Curator for lichens, mosses and fungi – Berlin (B)

The Herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin is seeking a curator for lichens, mosses, and fungi.

The herbarium collections at B comprise approx. 3.6 million specimens, of which nearly one million belong to cryptogams (370,000 mosses and 300,000 lichens and fungi, respectively). The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the further development and scientific use of the collections. In close collaboration with the curators of our other collections (e.g. living plant, seed and DNA collections) the curator will contribute to the development of our collections databases together with our research and development group on biodiversity informatics. The curator is also expected to augment our research activities within our focus areas and foster future projects of the BGBM, more specifically in the Neotropics and/or in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Applications should be sent to:
Freie Universität Berlin
Zentraleinrichtung Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum
Frau Sylke Gottwald
Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)

The closing date for applications is 2nd October 2014.

For more details (unfortunately only in German) please refer to:
http://www.fu-berlin.de/service/stellen/st_2014/st_20140825.html

Tyck till om ämnesöversikter inom natur och teknik

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

 

Postdoctoral position in systematics and evolution

Tips från Johannes Bergsten:

A two-year postdoctoral position in Systematics and Evolution is available in the Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm.

 Project description

“Species-level phylogeny and delimitation in a biodiversity hotspot”

Madagascar is well known for its high level of endemism, basically across every organism group. The combination with severe habitat degradation has “rewarded” the island with a top placement among biodiversity hotspots. The increased evolutionary research interest last twenty years has focused on vertebrates and surprisingly little is yet known about the colonization and speciation history of most insect groups. Using Hydradephagan water beetles as model organisms this project will use dated phylogenetic frameworks to analyze colonization and speciation patterns across replicated endemic radiations and clades with representatives but seemingly without radiations. Intraspecific genetic variation will be sampled to estimate parameters in the multispecies coalescent model as a window into the speciation process. The project also includes evaluation of species delimitation methods on endemic radiations with non-reciprocally monophyletic species in gene-trees.

Tasks

The position is part of a research project and group (Bergsten Systematic Entomology Lab: http://www.nrm.se/english/researchandcollections/researchdivision/entomology/staff/johannesbergsten.6881_en.html) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History on the taxonomy, faunistics, phylogeny, colonization, speciation and evolutionary history of Hydradephagan water beetles on Madagascar. The work includes DNA labwork, fieldwork, data analyses, help with supervision of student projects, article- and grant writing. The DNA labwork will be conducted at the Molecular Systematics Laboratory at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Qualifications

To be qualified for the postdoctoral position the applicant needs to have a PhD degree (or have a PhD thesis ready with a date fixed within 2014 for thesis defense) in Systematics/Phylogenetics/Evolutionary Biology or similar direction of studies. The PhD degree should have been received no more than six years before the deadline for applications.

Criteria for selection

Among qualified applicants selection is made according to scientific merits, quality of the PhD thesis, personal skills, the applicant´s documented knowledge in subjects of relevance for the research area, ability to master English language (both spoken and written), analytical ability, creativity, initiative, independence, teamwork and ability to cooperate. Previous experience with molecular (DNA) lab work and knowledge of relevant theory and methods (phylogenetic, dating, species delimitation, biogeographic and diversification rate analyses) weigh heavily. Experience with entomological fieldwork, taxonomic work and French language (spoken in Madagascar) are consider as additional qualifications.

Terms of employment

The position is for two years full time. Start of position should be in 2014 but exact date up to negotiation with the successful candidate. The position is financed by a grant from the Swedish Research Council, VR.

For more information, please contact Johannes Bergsten (johannes.bergsten@nrm.se). Union representative is Bodil Kajrup, SACO-S. Both can be reached at telephone number + 46 8 519 540 00.

To be included in the application

Maximum one A4-page of personal presentation and your reasons for applying (letter of intent). Curriculum vitae with publication list. Copy of three selected publications. Copy of PhD thesis and PhD degree certificate or date of scheduled defense within 2014. Also provide a list of two persons who may act as references (with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses).

Please send your application, marked with dnr 2.3.1-603-2014, to rekrytering@nrm.se or to Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden,no later than September 9, 2014.

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

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