Dear friends ,
Our University has decided to open my professorship in Forest Pathology. Please feel free to contact for more information.
Best wishes,
Jan
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjo…
An appointment as Professor in Forest Pathology is vacant in the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. Our department provides a dynamic and international research environment that comprises experts who conduct fundamental and applied research on interactions between microorganisms and plants, mycology, microbial ecology and evolution, and biodiversity. Central themes are forest and plant pathology and nutrient and carbon cycling in agricultural and forest ecosystems. About half of the research in the department is in the area of pathology of crops and forest trees. The position is placed in the subject area of forest pathology. Current research focus on infection biology of forest pathogenic fungi and resistance biology of trees, and includes systematics and identification of fungi, fungal genomics and population genetics of fungi. Other research areas are biodiversity and invasive species in forest ecosystems, as well as applied research in forest management and resistance breeding. The department is responsible for and participate in teaching in forest and plant pathology in several programs and courses.
Subject Area
The subject area for the position is forest pathology. The subject includes disease on trees and forest ecosystems, primarily those caused by pathogenic fungi. The research can include, but is not limited to, interactions between trees and pathogenic fungi, fundamental biology (genomics, evolution, ecology) of forest pathogenic fungi, disease resistance, and research on invasive species. The research can address both fundamental and applied research questions of relevance for the subject area, forest ecosystems and forest health.
Application deadline: 2021-11-22
For more information and to apply: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjo…
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Dear All,
We are excited to announce that the third series of IUFRO Division 7 webinars will take place during October, November and December, 2021. The first webinar will take place on October 13 and is co-organized between D7 and D2 working parties 7.03.11 and 2.02.15.
It is necessary to register for the webinars through the FABI website in order to receive the link to attend the webinar. It is only necessary to register once.
Registration and the complete lineup of all of the webinars and speakers are available here:
https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/event/Forest%20Health%20Webinar%20Se…
Webinar 1: Tree resistance to diseases and pests - Interaction with and facilitation by the microbiome
Date: 13th October 2021
Time: 16:00 Johannesburg (14:00 UTC)
Format: 90 minutes with 3 speakers (20 min each) and 30 mins of a final panel discussion
Speakers:
1. Kathrin Blumenstein (University of Göttingen, Germany): Diplodia Tip Blight outbreak in Scots pine - influences of the mycobiome and abiotic factors.
2. George Newcombe (University of Idaho, USA): Pathogens in the trillion-tree era.
3. Steve Wakelin (Scion, New Zealand): Pinus radiata: a model tree-microbiome system for a rapidly changing world.
4. General discussion (30 min)
Organizers: WP 7.03.11 and WP 2.02.15; Caterina Villari (University of Georgia, US), Richard Sniezko (USDA FS, USA) and Dana Nelson (USDA FS, USA).
Contact: Caterina Villari (cvillari(a)uga.edu<mailto:cvillari@uga.edu>) and Richard Sniezko (richard.sniezko(a)usda.gov<mailto:richard.sniezko@usda.gov>)
Please join us and participate in these webinars. Although the webinars will occur every other Wednesday, the starting times will vary to accommodate the presenters. The start times are noted on the FABI website in both local Johannesburg time and UTC time, which you can convert to your local time.
October 13: Tree resistance to diseases and pests - Interaction with and facilitation by microbiome
October 27: Forest health in southern hemisphere commercial plantations
November 10: Molecular tools for the advancement of research on vascular wilt pathogens
November 24: Collaborative approaches to global tree health challenges
December 8: Updating information on forest diseases and insect pests in the tropics
Special thanks to Irene Barnes and the FABI team for facilitating the webinars and the registration process.
Regards, Tod
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
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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The program for the hybrid (in-person + remote) IUFRO conference
"Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology & Management" can be found
at
https://iufro.czu.cz/cache/article-data/IUFRO/IUFRO%20Prague%20Program.pdf
All times are given in Central European time. Scientific sessions will be
held at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague 21, 23 and 24
September and will be live-streamed with access via
*YouTube*:
Tuesday, 21 September - https://youtu.be/gfCag1_7yws
Thursday, 23 September - https://youtu.be/B2MCFgTnszc
Friday, 24 September - https://youtu.be/QGqpjOV8fxs
*Zoom*:
Zoom Meeting https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99218403860 Meeting ID: 992 1840 3860
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com
Northern Research Station 304-285-1512
USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX
180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile
Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
Dear colleagues,
We are presently advertising a postdoc position in Forest Pathology (or closely related fields) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria).
For the announcement of the position (in German and English) see the following links:
https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2021/KZ172_m…https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2021/KZ172_m…
The positions are limited to 6 years, plus the potential option of a permanent position after this period.
I encourage interested candidates to apply. Likewise, please circulate the announcements to potential applicants. Deadline for applications is
3 October 2021, but depending on the number of potentially interesting candidates applying, this deadline may be extended.
With kind regards,
Thomas Kirisits
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(IFFF)
Department of Forest and Soil Sciences (WABO) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
(Schwackhöferhaus)
1190 Wien
Tel.: ++43 1 47-654-91611
E-Mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
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Hello Everyone,
During October, November and December, various working parties within Division 7 will be hosting webinars.
Mark your calendars for September 21-24, October 13, October 27, November 10, November 24 and December 8.
* The joint 7.03.12 / 7.03.07 / 78.02.04 hybrid (online and in-person) conference in Prague "Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management" will be live-streamed and include some remote presentations.
* The webinar on October 13 (10:00 am EDT) has been jointly organised by Division 7 working party 7.03.11 Resistance to Insects and Pathogens, and Division 2 working party 2.02.15 Breeding and genetic resources of five needle pines. The title of the webinar is "Tree resistance to diseases and pests - interaction with and facilitation by microbiome". The speakers are Katherin Blumenstein (University of Göttingen, Germany), George Newcombe (University of Idaho, US), and Steve Wakelin (Scion, New Zealand).
The other future webinars are being organised are:
* October 27: WP 7.02.13 - "Forest Health in Southern Hemisphere Commercial Plantations"
* November 10: WP 7.02.03 - "Vascular Wilt Diseases"
* November 24: WP 7.03.15 - "Social Dimensions of Forest Health"
* December 8: WP 7.02.07 - "Diseases and Insects of Tropical Forest Trees"
Details regarding registration for the webinar series will be announced in September.
Best Regards,
Tod Ramsfield, Maartje Klapwijk, Jeremy Allison and Ecki Brockerhoff
tod.ramsfield(a)canada.ca<mailto:tod.ramsfield@canada.ca>
Maartje.Klapwijk(a)slu.se<mailto:Maartje.Klapwijk@slu.se>
jeremy.allison(a)canada.ca<mailto:jeremy.allison@canada.ca>
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Dear Colleagues,
We have extended the deadline for early registration for the IUFRO meeting,
“Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management”, Prague
(20-24 September, 2021 https://iufro.czu.cz/en ) through this Friday, 6
August. Late registration will be available through 31 August.
Please contact me (aliebhold(a)gmail.com) if you experience problems with the
online registration system.
You do not need to register if you only wish to listen to the live-stream
of the conference as this will be freely available.
-Sandy Liebhold
Dear All,
Please see the message below from Matteo Garbelotto.
All the best, Tod
Dear IUFRO colleagues, forest and plant pathologists and Phytophthora enthusiasts,
We have extended the deadline to sign up for an "intent to participate" in the next IUFRO Phytophthora meeting in June 2022, until the end of August 2021 . I think that as of last week, we were shy of about ten, so I strongly encourage you to share your intent to participate with us if you are interested in attending and realistically think you will be able to travel to the USA. If you have already signed up, you do not need to do this again. See message below.
It is with excitement and optimism that I am writing to you to announce that the 10th Meeting of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Working Party S07-02-09 "Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems " is currently scheduled to take place in June 2022 in California. The Meeting will start in San Francisco on Sunday morning June 19th 2022 at 830 am, and will end at noon, Saturday June 25th 2022, in Sacramento. As of yesterday, thanks to a massive vaccination program, California is extremely close to reaching herd immunity, and the State is going back to being fully open. Given the current epidemic data, there is no better and safer place than California to host an International Meeting.
While the California news is promising, the world situation remains fluid, and absolute certainties remain elusive: much will depend on the surge of new variants and on the efficacy of the vaccines. However, several IUFRO meetings are scheduled for next year, and so we have decided to go ahead and plan for it. Keep in mind that without a one year advance planning, it would be impossible to organize the meeting. The current plan is to host the meeting in California from June 19th to June 25th 2022: whether the meeting will actually happen will depend on several factors including but not limited to: a) The worldwide pandemic situation, b) The California and USA situation and travel restriction to and from the USA, and, c) The number of attendants.
While we have no control of points a) and b), above, we can work towards ensuring we have sufficient interest to have an in-person meeting. Our last meeting in Italy had 95 or so participants. Accordingly, we have set the minimum attendance to 50 people, meaning that if we have 50 or more people pre-registering, then the in-person meeting will go on, otherwise we will have three 5-hour Zoom sessions (8 am to 1 pm) , one in the am (Pacific Standard Time) of Tuesday June 21st 2022, one in the am of Wednesday June 22nd 2022, and one in the am of Thursday June 24th 2022.
We do hope the in-person meeting will happen. In order for us to be able to go on with the meeting organization it is essential that all of you let us know if you are going to attend in person. The sooner we know, the more likely it will be that the meeting will actually happen. Because of Covid-19, organizing larger gatherings has become more difficult, more pricey , and registration deadlines will be sooner rather than later.
Below, find some key deadlines:
1- Now until end of July: please fill in the form below to let us know if you intend to participate in the 10th IUFRO " Phytophthora in forests and natural ecosystems" meeting ,June 19th-25th 2022, in California. We need to have more than 50 positive responses to move forward!
https://www.cognitoforms.com/UCB2/phytophthorainforestsandnaturalecosystems…
2-In October 2022, we will reach out again to you and provide you with approximate registration costs. Each participant will have until December 31st to preregister at the cost of USD $ 100 per person. That down payment will count towards the meeting registration costs. If the in-person meeting has to be canceled, that $ 100 fee will be the full registration cost to attend the meeting via Zoom on June 21st-24th, 2022
3- A final decision on the meeting (in person vs. zoom) will be made by February 28th, 2022 ( sooner if the pandemy allows) and promptly communicated to all pre-registered participants
4- Participants will have until April 30th, 2022 to complete their registration. If the meeting will be on zoom, registration cost will be $100 per person. The exact registration cost for the in-person meeting will be communicated by February 28th. Full payment will be required by April 30th 2022.
Please be informed that due to current University of California regulations, participants must show proof of vaccination to participate, or produce evidence for an exemption (only exemptions for medical reasons are currently valid). This requirement may change, but it is currently strongly enforced.
The meeting will be in some of the most beautiful locations in California and the world. While, due to the current situation, we have decided not to have an additional pre-meeting field trip, the meeting will have two field trips and will start in downtown San Francisco, offering attendees endless opportunities to organize their own activities. Whether driving along the famed Highway 1 on the majestic Big Sur coast line, touring the Monterey peninsula, visiting the awe-inspiring redwood groves on the coast, or tasting wine in the famous Sonoma and Napa Counties you are sure to have a blast. Or you may decide to stay in San Francisco, consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The meeting will end in Sacramento and we encourage participants to book their return flight from Sacramento International Airport, easily reachable from the meeting venue. However, participants may decide to spend a few days touring the nearby Gold Country and especially the rugged Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is less than 2 hours away from Sacramento: in that case you may opt to book your return flight from Reno International Airport.
I hope this email finds you well: I know the epidemic has hit some of us harder than others, and I wish all of you a speedy recovery and a return to normality.
I wanted to conclude by reiterating that the meeting will happen (or not) depending on the response we get from you. Again, we need at least 50 participants (of course we hope for more) and we need to know your intentions/availability as soon as possible to allow us to go on with the planning of a group event in these dynamic and unprecedented complex times. Again, review the different phases and deadlines above, and fill in the questionnaire ASAP. I copy the link to the questionnaire once again below (please paste in your browser if link is not active)
https://www.cognitoforms.com/UCB2/phytophthorainforestsandnaturalecosystems…
Once again, I hope you are pleasantly surprised by the news, and as your host, I promise I will make this meeting unforgettable. People change their emails frequently and our lists are incomplete, so please forward this email to as many people as possible.
Matteo
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Matteo Garbelotto Ph.D.
Director U.C. Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory
Statewide U.C. Forest Pathology Extension Specialist
Adj. Full Professor, Department of ESPM, University of California at Berkeley
www.matteolab.org<http://www.matteolab.org>
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Matteo Garbelotto Ph.D.
Director U.C. Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory
Statewide U.C. Forest Pathology Extension Specialist
Adj. Full Professor, Department of ESPM, University of California at Berkeley
www.matteolab.org<http://www.matteolab.org>
Dear colleague,
In my previous email I forgot to mention the website address of the meeting.
This link will take you to the conference web page and registration: https://iufro.czu.cz/en Please contact Andrew Liebhold (aliebhold(a)gmail.com<mailto:aliebhold@gmail.com>) if you experience problems with the online registration system.
Regards,
René.
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