The 62nd annual Southern Forest Insect Work Conference will be held 25-27 July 2023 (Tuesday - Thursday) in Raleigh, North Carolina USA!
We have chosen the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel for our meeting. Although meeting registration is not yet open, I encourage you to make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. We have a block of 80 rooms (Tuesday-Thursday nights) and 70 rooms (Monday night) set aside for the group until June 24, 2023, so make your reservations by this date. Don't miss out on the special pricing!
IMPORTANT: For the second year in a row, we will hold the entire meeting on Tuesday-Thursday, making Monday and Friday travel days. The opening business meeting and plenary session will begin after lunch on Tuesday. A full day of concurrent sessions, the closing business meeting, and awards banquet are scheduled for Thursday. Depending on your travel plans, you may want to reserve a room for Monday night even if you haven't needed to do this for past meetings.
Here are the details:
Date: 25-27 July 2023
Place: Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, 421 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Phone reservations: 800-325-3535. Mention the group code: SFI.
or
Online reservations link:
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Self-parking is available at the hotel for $15 per day plus tax.
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Room rates are $149.00 per night plus tax for up to 4 occupants and are good for the nights of 24-27 July, 2023. Remember, this low rate is valid only until June 24, 2023, and only for the first 80 rooms (first 70 on Monday, July 24). Make your reservation right away!
I hope to see you in Raleigh in July!
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Dear all,
I would like to encourage students, early and mid-career, and other
researchers to submit their abstracts to one of three sessions we have
organized for ICPP in Lyon, France. The deadline is in two weeks (Feb 15),
speakers will hear back by mid to late March, and early bird registration
ends in April.
Below is a link to abstract submission as well as descriptions of the
sessions we have organized. Please note that the organizing committee does
not have funding to support speaker travel, except in the case of some
speakers from developing countries.
https://www.icpp2023.org/call-abstracts
*9.02/18.06 Advances in the use of novel monitoring programs and exotic
sentinel trees to detect incipient threats posed by forest pathogens in
forest ecosystems *
Emergent diseases caused by invasive pathogens in forest ecosystems have
substantial and well-characterized impacts on human wellbeing, livelihoods,
ecosystem services, economies, the biosphere, and nature-based climate
solutions. Unlike agricultural systems, invasive forest diseases are
difficult to detect due to their cryptic nature and lag in detection. Due
to the intractability of forest biosecurity based on reactive approaches,
scientists have experimented for the last fifteen years with novel
techniques to monitor for invasive pathogens. These new approaches include
the use of sentinel trees—host specimens growing outside their native
range—to document diversity and virulence of exotic pathogens before they
enter the home range of native tree species. This session will present
results of the use of sentinel trees in newly established gardens,
botanical gardens and urban forests to identify future threats and cover
efforts to monitor invasive pathogens introduced in nursery trade.
*9.07/18.02 Understanding emergence of pathogens in commercial and public
forest ecosystems*
Along with farmlands, oceans, and the atmosphere, the sustainability of
forests are threatened by a long list of interconnected threats, including
climate change and plant pathogens. Novel, destructive host-pathogen
associations continue to accumulate as a result of biological invasions.
Meanwhile, climate change and landscape degradation continue to increase
the susceptibility of forests to disease. Emergent diseases in managed and
unmanaged forest ecosystems have substantial and well-characterized impacts
on human wellbeing, livelihoods, ecosystem services, economies, the
biosphere, and nature-based climate solutions. This session will explore
genetic bases for pathogen emergence, and how it can be used to predict and
understand the history and future of forest diseases; emergent diseases
with insect vectors that are spreading as a result of climate change in
Asia; emergent diseases in emergent economies in Africa and South America.
*10.02/18.05 Social and cultural dimensions of international forest health*
Along with farmlands, oceans, and the atmosphere, the sustainability of
forests are threatened by novel, destructive host-pathogen associations
that continue to accumulate as a result of biological invasions, with
substantial and well-characterized impacts on human wellbeing, livelihoods,
ecosystem services, economies, the biosphere, and nature-based climate
solutions. Despite current scientific advances, introduction of exotic
pathogens and resulting emergent forest diseases continue to be under
detected. The problem goes beyond globalization and anthropogenic movements
as it pertains to different social, political, and economic issues
worldwide. This session will promote discussion and interdisciplinary
collaboration among experts in the scientific and social dimensions of
emergent pathogens in forests. Topics will cover indigenous perspectives
and indigenous-led efforts to manage invasive pathogens, local and
community knowledge and perceptions of forest health, and the contribution
of social science, political science, and collective action frameworks for
international frameworks to ensure resilience of forests and society to
emergent pathogens.
Best regards,
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*Geoff Williams, PhD International Sentinel Network Coordinator*
*Forest Service *
*International Programs*
*Office of the Chief*
*Office: +1 (202) 263-9231*
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*Caring for the land and serving people*
Hello all
Mark your calendars! I just wanted to let you know that our session for
IUFRO in Stockholm, 2024 was approved. The title is “*Mini-Symposium:
Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic
Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban,
and Agroforestry Landscapes*”
This has been organized by myself, Jill Wagner, Sean Hoban, Lara Salido and
Denita Hadziabdic. I shared with the rest of you because I would love for
you to submit for a talk, a poster, or to participate in a panel discussion
and/or spread the word to others. The submissions will open soon (details
coming February 10). The speakers will be selected by the organizing
committee as well as the session organizers.
Here is a link to the meeting and submission details and description:
https://iufro2024.com/iufro-world-congress-2024/aim-and-scope/https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract
*Mini-Symposium: Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and
Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and
Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes*
*To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground.
This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who
focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat
assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action
and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic
resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity,
and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and
climate change.*
*Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore,
protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting
local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native
ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees
for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale
reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops,
global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of
emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide
extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for
threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species.*
*In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and
arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition
to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species,
public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places
for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels,
trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease
threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public
engagement, and local expert knowledge, “think global, act local” could be
applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the
next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can
accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native
environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests.*
*Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical
solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest
epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to
protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks
and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior
understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for
their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial
characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those
populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species.*
We look forward to seeing the submissions of you and your colleagues to
this event.
Best regards,
*Geoff Williams, PhD International Sentinel Network Coordinator*
*Forest Service *
*International Programs*
*Office of the Chief*
*Office: +1 (202) 263-9231*
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Dear All,
The call for abstracts for the International Congress of Plant Pathology, which is being held in Lyon, France, from 20-25 August 2023, is open. The deadline for abstract submission is February 15 and the early registration deadline is April 15.
The meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for forest pathologists to gather, and to interact with plant pathologists that don't work on trees but share common research interests.
There are several forest pathology sessions at the congress (https://www.icpp2023.org/call-abstracts)
* 18.01 Current and emerging forest pathology issues
* 18.02 Understanding emergence of pathogens in commercial and public forest ecosystems
* 18.03 Forest pathogenic fungi interacting with insect pests: research fronts and perspectives
* 18.04 Bioinvasion in the urban environment: pathways, early warning, mitigation measures, institutional frameworks and policy implementation
* 18.05 Social and cultural dimensions of international forest health
* 18.06 Advances in the use of novel monitoring programs and exotic sentinel trees to detect incipient threats posed by forest pathogens in forest ecosystems
* 18.07 Botryosphaeria dieback, which culture is affected, what we know and how to fight?
* 18.08 A mechanistic approach of the varietal mixture effects on plant pathogens
* 18.09 CRISPR crops: plant Genome Editing Toward Disease Resistance
* 18.10 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: interactions with parasitic plants
* 18.11 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: plant-bacteria interactions
* 18.12 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: plant-fungus interactions
* 18.13 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: plant-nematode interactions
* 18.14 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: plant-oomycetes interactions
* 18.15 MOLECULAR ASPECTS: plant-virus interactions
* 18.16 Plant pathogens interactions in multi stress conditions (abiotic and biotic stresses): viruses and other pathogens?
* 18.17 Plant responses to pathogen
* 18.18 Towards structure-based design of disease resistance genes
* 18.19 Insights in Plant Immune Receptors
Hopefully, many of you will be able to attend and participate in the congress.
Best regards, Tod
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 - Forest Health
Research Scientist Forest Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
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Chercheur, Pathologie forestière, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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Hello Colleagues,
I hope this finds you all well and happy!
I would very much appreciate it if you could please share the attached description of a postdoc available immediately in my lab with anyone you know who is (1) qualified and (2) a quality scientist.
Thank you all for your help. Have a happy and successful 2023!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Plant Pathology
201 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5401 Office / 614-292-4455 Fax
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Dear international colleagues,
First of all, happy holidays everyone!
I am writing to you in my role as Specialty Chief Editor representing the editorial team of Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Pests, Pathogens and Invasions<https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pes…> (IF: 4.332). I would like to invite you all to consider submission of research topics or individual research papers. We are specifically interested in regionally focused research topics or articles. For example, topics and papers around pests and pathogens in Southeast Asia, or pests and pathogens in Central Africa, etcetera.
Other topics of interest revolve around the issue of invasions by non-native pests and pathogens, specifically the issues of prediction of invaders and target countries/continents, and analyses of introduction pathways, including means of introduction (lives plants for planting, dunnage, etc.) and predominant global trade routes. Other topics around aspects of biotech and machine learning to exploit biological and genetic data are also of high interest.
I hope you will consider submitting to the journal soon, and with this I wish you all the best for a successful 2023!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Plant Pathology
201 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5401 Office / 614-292-4455 Fax
bonello.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu> / Website<https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/pierluigi-enrico-bonello>
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Infectious Diseases Institute<https://idi.osu.edu/>
Sustainability Institute<https://si.osu.edu/home>
Environmental Science Graduate Program<http://esgp.osu.edu/>
The STEAM Factory<https://steamfactory.osu.edu/>
Hello!
The "Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security " cluster is recruiting a new faculty member with experience working in interdisciplinary teams with Phytophthora and fungal population genomics. Please pass on this posting to anyone who may be interested.
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/172923
Thank you!
Justin G. A. Whitehill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Christmas Tree Genetics Program Lead
Co-Director Forest Biotechnology Group
2526 Partners II
840 Main Campus Drive
Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University
Raleigh North Carolina, USA 27606
Office: 919-515-5851
Mobile: 919-614-5019
https://research.cnr.ncsu.edu/sites/whitehilllab/
Dear colleagues,
Scion is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Scientist - Molecular Forest Pathologist.
This role will undertake fundamental and applied research that aims to protect New Zealand's planted and indigenous forests.
The scope of the position is quite broad and could include population genetics, functional genomics, plant-pathogen interactions, systematics, diagnostics, and molecular control tools.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to build a body of impactful research in these areas.
Closes on: 10 Sep 2022
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Please share with anyone who you think may be interested in this role.
Cheers,
Stuart Fraser
Research Group Leader, Ecology and Environment
Scion
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Hi Everyone,
This a quick reminder that the deadline for session proposals has been extended to October 31 (technically 2022-10-31 23:59 GMT+2).
I know that there are several proposals from Division 7 that are under development, and there is still time to develop a session if you wish. All are welcome to develop sessions that match the congress themes as listed on the website. When suggesting speakers, please remember to incorporate diversity in age, gender and geographic location.
https://iufro2024.com/session-proposals/
All the best, Tod
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
Coordinator IUFRO Division 7
Research Scientist Forest Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel: 825-510-1303
Chercheur, Pathologie forestière, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel : 825-510-1303
On behalf of Jess Hartshorn.
All, please consider completing the survey as the results will inform future discussions on how to improve diversity within IUFRO.
Regards, Tod
Hello everyone,
Thanks to everyone who participated in the session on Gender Issues in Forest Entomology and Pathology at the Division 7 meeting in Lisbon! Based on the discussion at the end of the session, I would like to invite you all to take a brief (< 5 min) survey about activities that IUFRO could create or participate in that would serve to promote gender equity and inclusion within the organization. All survey responses are anonymous.
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At the bottom of the survey is a link to enter your information into a publicly-available directory which can be used to connect researchers, students, and others interested in continuing the conversation of diversity, equity, and inclusion in forestry research. The directory will be available here (I’m currently the only person listed 😊): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hy1CgtKljbP5MBhcEjtTr1Ji-aUPe4iCMI8…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…>
If you have any questions about the survey or directory, please do not hesitate to contact me at jhartsh(a)clemson.edu<mailto:jhartsh@clemson.edu>.
Thank you!
Jess
JESS HARTSHORN, PhD CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor of Forest Health, she/her
Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Clemson University
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