Two positions available at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), in association with the Department of Zoology and Entomology, at the University of Pretoria. FABI is a world-class, internationally recognized institute dedicated to understanding and promoting health in native and plantation forests, with a strong focus on insect and fungal ecology, genetics/genomics, systematics and biological control (http://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/) Specific projects can be tailored to student interests and background, but primary focal areas include: 1) understanding population feedbacks between the introduced pine woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) and various native and introduced organisms (including but not limited to: pine weevils, bark beetles, fungi, and baboons), and 2) assessing ecological and evolutionary processes driving insect community overlap between native and exotic trees (e.g, spillover of introduced insects from exotic hosts onto native trees, and host expansion/switching of native fauna onto exotic plantation species). More information is available upon request. Both projects are funded, and include a student bursary to cover University fees and living expenses.
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is a modern city situated in the northern center of the country in the highveld (high elevation savanna). The area is has a moderate climate with wet summers and dry winters, is culturally diverse with 11 official languages (English is the language of choice at FABI, where students come from over 40 countries). The University is located within driving distance of many amazing locations including the Drakensburg Mountains and Kruger National Park, with hiking and biking (together with giraffe, wildebeest and all manner of fascinating biodiversity) within the city limits.
PhD students will typically have completed an MSc degree (except under special circumstances). An interest in insect, plant and/or fungal ecology and evolution is essential, as is a working facility with English. Students with a drivers license and field/lab experience preferred. Please send a CV, statement of interest and a short writing sample to Dr. Jeff Garnas (jeff.garnas(a)fabi.up.ac.za)
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Regards,
Dr.Ravishankar Rai V
Professor and Chairman
Department of Studies in Microbiology
University of Mysore
Manasagangotri
Mysore- 570 006
India
Phone:+91-821-2419735
+91-9845950155
AAAS Annual Meeting Symposium
On Monday, 21 February, at 9:45 a.m. EST.
http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2011/webprogram/Session3092.html
On Monday, 21 February, at 1 p.m. EST Ian Baldwin(http://www.jsmc.uni-jena.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=221), a molecular ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, will discuss his studies of how plants use chemical signals to fend off hungry insects or attract helpful pollinators(http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2011/webprogram/Session3092.html) at a live web chat from the AAAS meeting in Washington DC.. He proposed the controversial "talking trees" hypothesis 25 years ago, and today agricultural researchers are keen to apply his findings toward improving pest resistance in crops. To join in or post questions, see http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/02/live-aaas---ian-baldwin-on-pl…
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I apologize for the duplicate emails you may receive.
Please accept our invitation to attend the 73rd annual meeting of the
Northeastern Forest Pest Council (Covering forest insects, diseases, and
weeds in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada since 1939). The meeting
will take place from 22-23 March 2011 at the Hotel Fauchère (401 Broad
Street Milford, PA 18337 USA).
Agenda: The developing agenda will include the Gerald N. Lanier graduate
student forum, eastern State and Province forest pest updates, invited
speakers, a field tour of long-term ecological research sites in the
Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area
(http://www.nps.gov/dewa/index.htm) or a tour of Gifford Pinchots ancestral
home (http://www.fs.fed.us/na/gt/) and the return of the Kodachrome slide
parade.
Lodging: Please make reservations by 1 March 2011. There are two lodging
options at the rate of $77.00/night, not including 9% tax and tips. For
reservations and directions, please choose the:
Hotel Fauchère (Only 14 rooms available, call for reservations as their
online system says they are booked, but they currently are not):
http://www.hotelfauchere.com/welcome/welcome.php
Hampton Inn in Matamoras:
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=SCRMAHX
Registration: Please pre-register by 1 March 2011 by returning the attached
registration form. The full meeting registration fee is $80.00, one day only
fee is $40.00, and $40.00 for non-presenting students. The registration
fees for presenting students and honorary life members of the council are
waived. Registration includes food & drink breaks and a lunch buffet.
Checks should be made payable to the ³NEFPC.² Please note: Cash and checks
are welcome at arrival.
Student symposium: The Gerald N. Lanier Graduate Student Symposium gives
students from the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada a friendly and
relaxed setting in which to practice their presentation skills, and it
affords an opportunity to discuss their work with practitioners and other
scientists. Students who are willing to give a 15 min. presentation on
their forest health research will receive one night¹s lodging at the meeting
at no cost and the registration fee will be waived. In addition, a panel of
judges will select three presenters for $50, $100, and $200 awards. To
participate, see the attachment for more details. Please submit an abstract
for the presentation by February 25, 2010.
Poster session: A limited number of easels for posters will be provided. On
the registration form, please indicate if you plan to bring a poster.
Kodachrome Slide Parade: To honor Kodachrome film, whose production was
terminated in 2009 and the NEFPC ³Slide Parade² social in the 1960¹s, we
request that you bring one or two traditional photographic slides pertaining
to forestry, forest health, entomology, pathology, invasive weeds. We will
supply a projector, reels, and screen in the Delmonico Room in the Hotel
Fauchère on Tuesday 22 March at 7:00 pm - ?. On the registration form,
please indicate if you plan to bring a slide(s).
Field trips: On the registration form, please indicate if you would like to
attend the optional trips to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational
Area and to Gifford Pinchot¹s ancestral home ³Grey Towers². Weather and
interest permitting.
Sincerely,
Dave Mausel, Secretary/Treasurer NEFPC
(413) 577-2478
UMASS-Amherst
dmausel(a)psis.umass.edu
<https://umail.oit.umass.edu/webmail/dmausel@psis.umass.edu>
Attached is a job announcement for a Forest Health Specialist with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry. The job is located in St Paul, Minnesota. For more information click on the link below or call the Bureau of Human Resources at 651-259-5888
Working Title: Forest Health Specialist
Class/Option: NR FORESTRY REGIONAL SPEC
Position: 00577920 Location: St. Paul
Bargaining Unit: MAPE
Employment Condition: Unlimited Full-time - 100%
FLSA Status: exemptpro Temporary Position End Date:
Days of Work: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday Hours of work: 08:00 AM-04:30 PM
Work Area: Previous Incumbent: Ed Hayes
View at: https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/JobPosting/View?_posting=11DNR000022
You can view all job postings at http://www.careers.state.mn.us/
Supervisors and managers are responsible for ensuring that all job postings are posted at each work site. To print a copy of this posting, click on the print button in your web browser.
If you have any questions about the above postings, contact the Bureau of Human Resources at (651) 259-5888.
Attached is the early announcement for a forest pathologist job with USDA
Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, located in Sandy, Oregon.
US citizenship is required. For more information, please contact
Beth Willhite, bwillhite(a)fs.fed.us
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Elizabeth A. Willhite
Forest Entomologist
phone: (503) 668-1477
e-mail: bwillhite(a)fs.fed.us
Westside Forest Insect and
Disease Service Center
Mt. Hood National Forest HQ
16400 Champion Way
Sandy, Oregon 97055
fax: (503) 668-1423
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Dear colleagues,
I apologize if you receive this multiple times.
Please make interested candidates aware of an open PhD assistantship at The Ohio State University to work on molecular mechanisms of ash resistance to the emerald ash borer. The position is available beginning in Autumn 2011 and is housed in the Dept. of Plant Pathology. The student will be advised by me and will be part of a large project working on this topic area, including the groups of Daniel Herms and Omprakash Mittapalli in Entomology at OSU, Donald Cipollini in Biological Sciences at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and Jennifer Koch at the US Forest Service Northern Research Station in Delaware, Ohio.
Candidates already possessing a Masters of Science in entomology or plant pathology with expertise in modern molecular and/or chemical analytical tools are preferred, but this is not an absolute requirement. Outstanding candidates should apply as soon as possible through our website: http://plantpath.osu.edu/graduate-programs/prospective-students/application….
Please let me know if you have any questions and feel free to distribute as you see fit.
Thank you for your assistance in publicizing this opportunity.
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University
201 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 688-5401
Lab: (614) 688-5409
Fax: (614) 292-4455
http://plantpath.osu.edu/people-and-programs/faculty-directory/bonello-pier…
Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP)
http://esgp.osu.edu/
President's Council on Sustainability
http://president.osu.edu/sustainability/
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB)
http://pmbb.osu.edu/
Dear Forpath and Forent members,
The 3rd meeting of IUFRO Working Unit
7.03.12 "Alien invasive species and international trade"
will be held on October 16-21, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.
More information is on the web page:
http://hyoka.nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/alien.html
Please forward this mail to anyone who are interested in
this topic.
Best regards,
Kenji Fukuda
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Prof. Kenji FUKUDA
Department of Natural Environmental Studies
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-city
Chiba 277-8653, JAPAN
Phone +81-4-7136-4766, Fax +81-4-7136-4756
e-mail: fukuda(a)k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Dear all,
The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) and
the National Agricultural Research Institute of Uruguay (INIA) are
glad to invite forest pathologists and entomologists from all over the
world, to the IUFRO Forest Entomology – Forest Pathology Joint Meeting
to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, on 8th – 11th November, 2011.
Uruguay, as other countries in South America, has experienced an
amazing development in forestry in the last 15 years, reaching a
million hectares planted with Eucalypt and Pine species and an
increase in the research on the potentialities of a sustainable
forestry of the more than 800,000 hectares of native forests.
The meeting will be held in Colonia del Sacramento, a former
Portuguese settlement declared UNESCO world heritage in 1995. This
enchanting place will attract attendees and speakers from around the
world, making this a unique experience for forest pathologists, forest
entomologist and tree health scientists.
Information about the venue and call for papers will be announced soon
at http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/current/
Save the Date!
November 8-11, 2011
Best Regards,
Dr. Guillermo Perez
guillermoiufro2011(a)gmail.com
gperez(a)inia.org.uy
Dear Forpathers,
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in distributing this job
announcement to anyone that you feel would be interested in applying for
this tenured junior scientist position at INRA (French National
Institute for Agronomic Research), Nancy, France. Thank you in advance
for your assistance.
We are looking for a highly motivated junior research scientist to
develop a population genomics project on forest fungal pathogens/./
Candidates should have a strong background in evolutionary ecology and
above all population genetics. Skills in next-generation sequencing
analysis are required. Knowledge on host-parasite interactions would be
a plus.
Details on how to apply and the guide for applicants can be found at
http://www.inra.fr/drh/cr2011/index.php?langue=EN
Deadline for application is February 24^th .
Below is an abstract of proposal context.
The field of population genomics has recently emerged at the cross
between traditional population genetics and the development of
high-throughput techniques, with the aim to decipher the strength of
selection events on genome evolution. Although not yet widely applied to
plant pathology studies, these approaches seem particularly well suited
to reveal the genetic bases of the adaptive potential of fungal plant
pathogens. While the rapid pace of pathogen evolution (which result from
intensive selection pressure through the massive deployment of
resistance genes) presents a major impediment to sustainable
agriculture, it also provides interesting opportunities to better
understand the evolutionary biology of host--parasite interactions.
The project stands at the core of the joint unit Tree-Microorganism
interactions (located near Nancy, North-eastern France) and lies at the
interface of its two major teams "ecology and population biology of tree
fungal pathogens" (directed by Benoit Marcais) and "eco-genomics of
interactions" (directed by Francis Martin). The hired junior scientist
will thus benefit from the complementary skills and resources of these
two teams, i.e. advanced population genetics knowledge, large and
historical population samplings, great genomic tools and molecular
resources, genome sequences and transcriptomic analyses performed on
model pathogen species, including the poplar rust fungus (Melampsora
larici-populina).
For any further query, please contact Fabien HALKETT
(halkett(a)nancy.inra.fr) or Pascal FREY (frey(a)nancy.inra.fr)
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Dr Pascal FREY
INRA, Nancy-University
Forest Pathology Group
UMR1136 "Tree - Microbe Interactions"
F-54280 Champenoux
FRANCE
Phone: 33 383 394 056
Fax: 33 383 394 069
E-mail: frey(a)nancy.inra.fr
