Dear friends and colleagues,
I hope this finds you well despite the challenging times and lack of face-to-face meetings. Fortunately, with vaccinations gathering pace, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel.
Attached is the annual newsletter and report for 2020 of IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health) which includes the Pathology and Entomology research groups and working parties. There are news about conference plans, changes of coordinators and deputies, gender balance and geographic balance, etc.
We now have more concrete information on the long planned All-Division 7 conference which will take place from 6 to 9 September 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. This will run back to back with the next ‘International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions in Forestry’ (12-17 September 2022) in Pontevedra, Spain, with a shared pre-/post-conference tour over the weekend between the two meetings.
We trust you find the newsletter interesting. Please share it with colleagues who have not subscribed to our email mailing lists (our main way of distributing it).
Best wishes
Ecki Brockerhoff
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health)
Head of Research Unit 'Forest Health and Biotic Interactions'
Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tel +41 79 819 0882
eckehard.brockerhoff(a)wsl.ch
Hello Forpathers and Forenters,
This may be of interest to some of you. See below and attachment.
Cheers!
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> / https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/pierluigi-enrico-bonello
Pronouns: he/him/his
Specialty Chief Editor: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Pests, Pathogens and Invasions<https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pes…>
Center for Applied Plant Sciences<https://caps.osu.edu/>
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,
Registration is now open for our 2nd International Beech Leaf Disease Workshop. This will be a virtual meeting held on April 15th via Adobe Connect. We expect to have a wide variety of presenters, including University partners, State and Federal agencies, and private agencies. We will discuss current research results, recent survey and monitoring work, and future projects.
Please click this link for registration and a list of presentations:
Beech Leaf Disease Workshop Registration Page <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/events-na11.adobeconnect.com/content/con…>
We look forward to your participation.
Warm regards,
Dani
[Forest Service Shield]
Danielle K. H. Martin
Forest Pathologist
Forest Service
Forest Health Protection
Morgantown Field Office
p: 304-285-1531
c: 304-276-4171
f: 304-285-1505
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180 Canfield Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
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Dear Forest Pathology community,
I forward you this postdoctoral position announcement, about QTL mapping
for disease resistance in Eucalyptus.
Best regards,
Pascal Frey
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Sujet : [iufro.treebiotech] Postdoctoral Position: Systems genetics of
disease resistance
Date : Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:44:07 +0200
De : Ronishree Mangwanda <ronishree.mangwanda(a)up.ac.za>
Répondre à : ronishree.mangwanda(a)up.ac.za
Pour : iufro.treebiotech(a)up.ac.za
Dear Tree Biotech community,
A two-year postdoc position is available with Prof Sanushka Naidoo
within the /Eucalyptus/ and Pine Pathogen Interactions group (EPPI)
based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Please see the attached advert for more information.
Kindly note that applications will be accepted until 31 January 2021.
Thank you,
Kind Regards,
*Dr Ronishree Mangwanda*
*Programme Manager*
*Forest Molecular Genetics Programme (FMG)*
Tel +27 (0)12 420 5320 | Email_ronishree.mangwanda(a)up.ac.za
<mailto:ronishree.mangwanda@up.ac.za>_
**
*Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences*
Room 6-30 | Agricultural Sciences Building | University of Pretoria |
Private Bag X20 | Hatfield 0028 | South Africa
Dear Colleagues,
With great optimism, the Scientific Organizing Committee would like to
announce the new dates of 20-24 September, 2021 for the IUFRO conference,
"Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management" to be held
in Prague, Czech Republic. This is a joint meeting of IUFRO units:
7.03.12 - Alien Invasive Species and International Trade
7.03.07 - Population Dynamics of Forest Insects
8.02.04 - Ecology of Alien Invasives
The conference is hosted by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Beginning in February we will accept submissions of abstracts for oral and
poster presentations on topics including:
- Invasions of non-native insects, tree pathogens, plants and other
organisms in forest ecosystems
- The role of trade and travel as pathways for invasions
- Ecology and impact of non-native species in forests
- Management of invasions / biosecurity
Registration will also open in February.
For more information, please visit the conference website:
https://iufro.czu.cz or email:
Andrew Liebhold
USDA Forest Service
aliebhold(a)gmail.com
Rene Eschen
CABI
R.Eschen(a)cabi.org
Petra Jiroudková
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
jiroudkova(a)fld.czu.cz
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,
My best wishes for a very beautiful year 2021.
With its share of bad news, the end of the year 2020 was no exception to
the rule. Just before Christmas, we learned that our former colleague
Michel Morelet passed away at 82.
Michel was a great mycologist and taxonomist, specialist in the
systematics of Deuteromycetes. His contribution to etiology and
systematics in forest pathology has been substantial. He was one of the
"founding members" of the Forest Pathology Laboratory of INRA in Nancy,
France. All those who knew him will remember him as a passionate man,
jovial and endowed with a very sharp sense of humor.
You can find here <https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?p=10663> an obituary
of Michel Morelet.
Best regards,
Pascal
Dr Pascal FREY
INRAE, University of Lorraine
Department of Tree - Microbe Interactions
Ecology of Forest Pathogenic Fungi team
UMR1136 IAM
F-54280 Champenoux
FRANCE
Office: +33 (0)383 39 40 56
Mobile: +33 (0)631 45 94 07
E-mail:pascal.frey@inrae.fr
https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=731
Twitter: @pascal_frey
Posted on behalf of Dr. Carlos Rodas; for further information please approach Carlos directly at: carlos.rodas(a)smurfitkappa.com.co<mailto:carlos.rodas@smurfitkappa.com.co>
Tod
Dear friends and colleagues
We have the great pleasure to share you the book entitled ¨IMPORTANT INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES of Pinus and Eucalyptus in Colombia¨,
Written by Carlos A. Rodas and Mike Wingfield.
To download it use the following link: https://we.tl/t-eZcsTKeC45 (Available during the next five days)
We hope you enjoy it.
Carlos and Mike
......
Carlos Alberto Rodas Peláez, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Director of Forest Health Protection
Smurfit Kappa Colombia
Calle 15 # 18-109 Yumbo, Colombia
...
Cel: +57 3206778695
Tel: +57 (2) 6414000 Ext 2485 - 2927 - 2411
Fax: (57-2) 691 4173
www.smurfitkappa.com<http://www.smurfitkappa.com/>
Dear colleagues,
Please find attached a job announcement for the Head of the newly
founded Institute of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation at the Federal
Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
(BFW) in Vienna (Austria). The announcement is written in German, and I
assume that knowledge of German is a big advantage for potential
candidates.
The application deadline is tight and ends already on 16 December
2020.
Please make potential candidates aware of this opportunity and spread
the information in your professional networks.
With kind regards,
Thomas Kirisits
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
Department for Forest and Soil Sciences
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Vienna (BOKU)
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82 (Schwackhöferhaus)
A-1190 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 47-654-91611
E-mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
Im Auftrag von Julio Diez
Gesendet: Montag, 30. November 2020 19:50
An: Julio Javier Diez
Betreff: PostDoc Positions at UVA, SP
Dear colleagues,
The Forest Pests and Diseases lab at the UVa offers 3 postdoctoral positions
to work on Forest Pathology issues:
A. One postdoc position to work on a project funded by the Spanish Ministry
"RNAi technologies for the control of Pine Pitch Canker by Fusarium
circinatum " (reference: PID2019-110459RB-I00).
B. Two postdoc positions to work on the project financed by the Junta de
Castilla y León "Study of RNA viruses in forest ecosystems in Castilla y
León and its application for the prediction of future pandemics "
(reference: VA208P20).
The profiles should include experience in forest pathology, molecular
techniques capacities and advanced knowledge in bioinformatics. More
information in this link
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/16LDqR_PsTNrGgNJyO-k3HyipYMuA92rm/view>
People interested, please send a message, (including CV) to the following
email address: jdcasero(a)pvs.uva.es
Sincerely,
Julio J. Diez
Julio Javier Diez Casero
http://sostenible.palencia.uva.es/sites/default/files/iufor_iugfs-completo.p
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Catedrático de Universidad / Chair Professor (Forest Pathology)
Universidad de Valladolid
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Agrarias
Campus Yutera Edificio E, despacho 204.
34071, Palencia. España
Tel. 0034 979108420 Fax. 0034 979108440
http://sostenible.palencia.uva.es/ e-mail: jdcasero(a)pvs.uva.es
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Antes de imprimir este e-mail piense bien si es necesario hacerlo: el medio
ambiente es cosa de todos
Dear all:
Because of current travel restrictions we have decided to reschedule this meeting to June 2022, second announcement attached.
Best regards,
[Forest Service Shield]
Isabel Munck
Plant Pathologist
Forest Service
State and Private Forestry
p: 603-868-7636
c: 603-833-5575
isabel.munck(a)usda.gov<mailto:isabel.munck@usda.gov>
271 Mast Road
Durham, NH 03824
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Dear FORENT and FORPATH colleagues,
Songlin Fei and I are filling a postdoc position focused on quantitative
analysis of forest insect and disease invasions. I attach the announcement
here. The postdoc will be located in Dr. Fei's laboratory at Purdue
University in the US though there are no citizenship requirements.
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
