MSc or PhD Position available – Bark beetle pheromone ecology
This position is open until filled.
The successful candidate will work on a research project evaluating regional variation in pheromone production and response in bark beetle populations (e.g. spruce beetle, western pine beetle, southern pine beetle) across North America. The student will be co-supervised by Dr. Dezene Huber of UNBC and Dr. Deepa Pureswaran of the Canadian Forest Service (Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick).
The student will conduct field and laboratory experiments in both western and eastern Canada in collaboration with Canadian and US partners including provincial entomologists, USDA Forest Service scientists and industry to better understand the ecology and evolution of inter-population pheromone variation in tree-killing bark beetles. The project will involve chemical ecology techniques, analytical chemistry and could involve molecular techniques. The work aims to identify lure formulations for pest management that reflect regional variation in pheromone profiles.
Interested candidates should have experience in data collection and analysis, be willing to travel and do fieldwork in forests.
The University of Northern British Columbia is fully committed to creating and maintaining an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment that is accessible to all. We are devoted to ensuring a welcoming, safe, and inclusive campus free from harassment, bullying, and discrimination. This commitment is woven into our motto and mission. In the Dakelh language, UNBC’s motto ‘En Cha Huná translates to “he/she/they also live” and means respect for all living things. Through the respect for all living things, we are able to grow and learn better together, each bringing our own unique individual differences and contributions to inspire leaders for tomorrow by influencing the world today. Educational equity requires that we remove barriers and overcome both direct and indirect discrimination. In this way, the pool of excellent candidates increases substantially. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for this position without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, place of origin, age, physical disability, mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other prohibited grounds of discrimination as outlined in the BC Human Rights Code.
Interested candidates are invited to send a letter of interest, CV and transcripts to: Dezene.Huber(a)unbc.ca<mailto:Dezene.Huber@unbc.ca> or deepa.pureswaran(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca<mailto:deepa.pureswaran@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca>.
Deepa Pureswaran, PhD
Research Scientist, Forest Insect Ecology
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre
Scientifique, Écologie des insectes forestiers
Ressources naturelles Canada
Service canadien des forêts, Centre de foresterie de l’Atlantique
1350, Regent Street
Fredericton, NB E3C 2G6
Canada
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepa_Pureswaran/researchhttp://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/employees/read/dpureswa
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are advertising a PhD position in evolutionary biology of asexual
reproduction in poplar rust at INRAE, Nancy, France.
Please feel free to circulate to those whom might be interested to
apply. Deadline for applications is June 27th.
More information: https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?p=11635
Best regards,
Pascal Frey
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(a)inrae.fr
https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=731
Twitter: @pascal_frey
Dear Colleagues,
Purdue is pleased to announce an opening for an Exotic Forest Pest Educator to develop and manage a multi-agency outreach program for invasive forest pests including spotted lanternfly, spongy moth and Asian longhorned beetle. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in invasives and developing and evaluating new tools for outreach education. Details on how to apply are available at this link https://careers.purdue.edu/job-invite/20128/. We are accepting applications through July 18, 2022 or until a suitable candidate has been found. Please contact Cliff Sadof at csadof(a)purdue.edu<mailto:csadof@purdue.edu> if you have any questions about the position.
Please distribute this announcement to all those who may be interested.
Best,
Cliff Sadof
Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Entomology
Purdue University
765-494-5983
Dear all (forpath and forent mailing list members),
I am forwarding an invitation to two forest health and biosecurity events with online access that will take place on 5 May (Korean time). See below.
Kind regards
Ecki Brockerhoff
WSL Switzerland
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Date: 28/04/2022 16:32
Cc: "Sathyapala, Shiroma (NFODD)" <Shiroma.Sathyapala(a)fao.org>
Subject: INVITATION - Forest Health events at the World Forestry Congress, 5 May 2022
THIS MESSAGE IS SENT ON BEHALF OF DR SHIROMA SATHYAPALA, FORESTRY OFFICER, NFO
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to two Forest Health events at the upcoming World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 2 to 6 May 2022.
The Congress is being organized in a hybrid format and events will be held both in person and virtually.
1/ SIDE EVENT: Forest Biosecurity as a Shared Responsibility – Towards A Global Framework
When? Thursday, 5 May 2022, 10.00-11.30am KST (Korean Standard Time)/3.00-4.30am CEST
How? For virtual participation in the Side Event, please register at https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YrmuLIJuSOiVPhh3V5MsjA
More details: https://programme.wfc2021korea.org/en/session/f874dee9-3499-ec11-a507-a04a5…
This Side Event brings together experts in this field to introduce the proposed programme and formulate a draft proposal for further development of a guide. It is expected that the programme could be repeated for other sectors, informing ‘One Health'.
2/ Sub-theme 2 - Session 5: The role of forest genetic resources and integrated management of pests and diseases in maintaining healthy and resilient forests
When? Thursday, 5 May 2022, 14.30-16.00pm KST (Korean Standard time)/07.30-9.00am CEST
How? For virtual participation, register through the conference platform website: wfc2021korea.org/en/registration/register? and please bookmark the session, adding it to your personalized agenda in your participant account— click on "My Account” in the menu and then on the “My agenda” tab to access.
More details: https://programme.wfc2021korea.org/en/session/4d1031f3-c889-ec11-a507-a04a5…
Healthy and resilient forests are crucial for safeguarding biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services. Genetic diversity and integrated pest management are nature-based solutions for continued adaptation of forests to climate change. Moreover, genetic diversity provides both resilience and resistance to stress factors and forest disturbances, such as outbreaks of pests and diseases.
This session will present recent advances in understanding the genetic basis of adaptive traits and resistance to pests and diseases, and integrated management of outbreaks of pests and diseases.
We are looking forward to welcome you in our events either in person or online.
With best regards,
Dr. Shiroma Sathyapala
Forestry Officer ( Protection & Health)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Email: shiroma.sathyapala(a)fao.org
It's time to register for the 2022 Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, 21-23 June 2022, at the Marriott Lexington City Center, in Lexington, Kentucky, USA!
IMPORTANT!!!: Please note that this year's schedule begins the morning of Tuesday, June 21 and ends the evening of Thursday, June 23! Please make your hotel reservations and travel plans with this in mind.
The SFIWC 2022 registration form is available exclusively online through Eventbrite again this year. Go to https://sfiwc2022.eventbrite.com to register. The registration fee is $445 ($195 for students and retired members), which includes a ticket to the Thursday night banquet for the registrant. Extra banquet tickets for guests are $65. Registration receipts and name tags will be distributed at the registration table.
Pre-registration on the Eventbrite website will be accepted until Friday, June 10, 2022. After this date, only on-site registration will be available.
IMPORTANT!!!: If you choose, you can pay your registration fee online at the Eventbrite website (https://sfiwc2022.eventbrite.com) with a credit card prior to the meeting! Please be aware that the deadline for paying via credit card is June 10, 2022. Credit card payments will NOT be accepted after this date! Credit card payments will NOT be accepted "at the door!"
IMPORTANT!!!: If you are not paying your registration fee with a credit card, please go to Eventbrite website (https://sfiwc2022.eventbrite.com) to fill out the registration form, indicating your payment preference. There is a "Pay Offline" option under "Show other payment options" on the online registration form for paying via mailing a check to me ("Pay By Check") or using a check or cash at the meeting ("Pay At The Door").
Please be aware that an additional $8.00 fee applies to all Canadian and other non-U.S. checks.
This year's banquet will have a choice of three entrees: Braised Beef Short Rib (white cheddar au gratin potato, pearl onion, baby carrot, asparagus, stout ale braising liquid), Chilean salmon (mixed baby beets, blackberries, rye crumble, cucumber yogurt, micro greens), and Vegetarian (Spring Pea Risotto - carrot jus, fresh mozzarella, mushroom, baby vegetable ratatouille, micro basil). Please contact me directly if you have special dietary needs! One banquet ticket (for yourself) is included in your registration fee. Children 12-and-under have their own menu choice: chicken tenders with a fruit cup and a chocolate chip brownie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Extra banquet tickets for adult ($65) and child ($30) guests can be purchased using the online registration form.
If you do not want to pay for your extra banquet ticket(s) using a credit card, please select the number of tickets you want and then choose your preferred method of offline payment. If you are paying for your extra banquet ticket(s) separately from your registration fee, please fill out separate online forms for your registration fee and ticket(s).
Remember to reserve your room at the Marriott Lexington City Center no later than May 20. If you reserve your hotel room now, we will be able to determine if we need to open additional rooms at the group rate, and can ensure that everyone who needs a room gets one! Please be considerate to your fellow attendees and reserve your room as soon as possible. Mention the group "61st Annual Southern Forest Work Conference Block" when booking your hotel reservation by phone (888-236-2427) or reserve online here<https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=16431442…> to get the special rate of $125.00 per night plus tax. Please go to http://www.sfiwc.org/annual-meeting/ for details.
Self-parking is available for $8 per day plus tax.
Meeting details are available on http://www.sfiwc.org/annual-meeting/.
I hope to see you in Lexington!
William P. Shepherd, SFIWC Secretary-Treasurer
william.shepherd(a)usda.gov<mailto:william.shepherd@usda.gov>
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Dear friends and colleagues,
This is just a note to let you know that the early registration deadline for the IUFRO Forest Health conference in September 2022 in Lisbon is coming up at the end of April (in about 10 days). So, if you would like to take advantage of the reduced registration fee, please remember to register by 30 April.
Also note that abstract submission closes on 30 May.
For details about registration and everything else see https://iufro-lisbon2022.com/
We look forward to welcoming you to the conference
Ecki Brockerhoff, Manuela Branco, José Carlos Franco, and Tod Ramsfield
Dear colleagues,
I thought the position at our department would be of interest to several persons active within IUFRO.
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:474093/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Please spread the word.
Best wishes,
Olle
Olle Anderbrant, professor
Department of Biology, Lund University
Sölvegatan 37
SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
+46 (0)46 2224997
+46 (0)70 3724997
olle.anderbrant(a)biol.lu.se<mailto:olle.anderbrant@biol.lu.se>
http://www.biology.lu.se/olle-anderbrant
Internal mail: HS 50
Dear All,
On behalf of the organizers of the upcoming 7th International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree - Parasite Interactions. This meeting will immediately follow the All Division 7 meeting in Lisbon and transportation between the two meetings is being arranged.
Further information can be obtained from the conference organizers.
Regards, Tod
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7th Int. Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions in Forestry GTPI-2022: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Pontevedra, March 30th 2022
Dear Colleagues,
We are contacting you to share some exciting news! After a lengthy two-year delay, the 7th IUFRO International Workshop on 'Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions in Forestry - GTPI2022' will take place in Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain) from September 12-16th 2022. Please, feel free to disseminate this email and the accompanying flyer and announcement among your colleagues.
The call for abstracts is now open until May 15th.
Please submit your abstract at: https://forms.gle/TA1gtU4dAhEo8QvQ7<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle…>
Due to the uncertainty regarding the number of attendees, we encourage you to please answer this email (lsampedro(a)mbg.csic.es<mailto:lsampedro@mbg.csic.es>) and let us know if you are willing to attend the meeting.
Please also find a list of tentative session topics in the attached announcement. If you are interested in organizing or leading a specific session on a particular topic of your interest, please contact us.
In addition, the announcement also contains essential meeting information; this includes lodging and tentative registration fees, which are subject to change depending on the number of attendees and sponsorship. Although this will be an in-person meeting, we will offer online access (via live stream) to the conference for those unable to travel.
We will be offering several different ways for IUFRO members to receive financial support to attend this meeting. These funds are intended for those who have limited access to financial support from their home institutions. These funds are available only for those who have submitted an abstract for an oral or poster presentation.
The IUFRO all Division 7 (Forest Health, Pathology and Entomology) 2022 conference has been scheduled in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6 to 9 September 2022, precisely for being able to attend both meetings. Pontevedra is a five-hour drive from Lisbon. We are planning to charter a bus from Lisbon to Pontevedra for those interested in attending both meetings.
The full conference information, including sponsorship and programme details, will be regularly updated on our website www.GTPI2022.csic.es<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtpi20…>, which be launched by April 15th. Please also feel free to email Luis Sampedro for more information: lsampedro(a)mbg.csic.es<mailto:lsampedro@mbg.csic.es>
Looking forward to seeing you in Pontevedra.
Best wishes,
Luis Sampedro, Rafael Zas and the GTPI2022 scientific committee.
You are on this mailing list because you have attended previous events or previously expressed interest in GTPI2022. Please reply to this email and let us know if you are no longer interested and you will be removed from the list.
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Dr. Luis Sampedro
Grupo de Xenética e Ecoloxía Forestal
Misión Biolóxica de Galicia
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
<genecolpines.weebly.com>
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Dear colleagues
We are very pleased to announce the very *first meeting* of our *new
IUFRO Working Group (7.03.17) *on *Tree Health in Urban Forests*.
The workshop will be *part of the IUFRO all Division 7 “Forest Health”
Lisbon 2022 Conference, 6-9 September, Lisbon - Portugal*.
We invite you to register without delay for this conference
(https://iufro-lisbon2022.com/) and submit your abstract to the
dedicated session “Tree Health in Urban Forests”
Looking forward to seeing many of you in Lisbon
Best regards,
Hervé, Johanna and Steven
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Hervé JACTEL
Directeur de Recherches
Entomologie Forestière & Biodiversité
Forest Entomology & Biodiversity
UMR BIOGECO - INRAE
69, route d'Arcachon
33612 CESTAS cedex, France
Tel + 33 (0)5 35 38 53 11
See below for an entomology job opportunity in New Zealand.
Cheers
Beccy
[Science New Zealand]<https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org>
Hi
A new Plant & Food job - 45678 Scientist – Team Leader-Temperate Fruit Crop Entomology - Plant & Food Research (45678) has just become available.
Scientist Team Leader
Temperate Fruit Crop Entomology
Location Havelock North (Hawke’s Bay)
Vacancy 45678
A bit about us
At Plant & Food Research (PFR), we believe science can create a better future. By finding smarter, greener options today, we're helping secure the world we want to live in tomorrow. With our partners, we use world-leading science to improve the way they grow, fish, harvest and share food. Every day, we have 1,000 people working across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to help deliver healthy foods from the world's most sustainable and innovative systems.
What you'll be doing
Are you excited by the opportunities presented by a science group in the area of Ecological Pest Management? Keen to bring your science leadership skills into a team that delivers national crop protection and sustainability capability for temperate fruit crops including both apples and summerfruit?
Your strong leadership skills will be advantageous to developing a highly collaborative team environment and to provide scientific guidance and mentoring a small team of research staff. Your expertise, technical input and science leadership will be valuable working across a range of projects focusing on pome fruits and other temperate fruit crops.
Using your strong communication skills you will work collaboratively and share research findings with other project members, industry and conference attendees and prepare client and internal reports and where appropriate publish manuscripts in high quality scientific journals.
What you'll need
* A PhD in entomology, plant horticultural sciences, or related area
* Proven experience in fruit crop entomology, pest management, biological control and an understanding of disease management
* Ability to develop and submit funding applications and lead a science programme, conduct independent research, supervise science and technical staff and manage research projects, as well as working outside of normal working hours or off-site if required.
* Experience in presenting and reporting results to clients and with them collaboratively develop and deliver on future research opportunities
* Ability to identify opportunities to take research concepts and develop them into end-user ready tools
* Build and maintain positive collaborations with other researchers including other science disciplines e.g. plant pathology and plant physiology
* An ability to collaborate with others together with a growth mind-set and openness to develop new skills if needed
* A track record of successful research, peer-reviewed publications and implementation of research fostered by proven industry relationships
* A full drivers licence, and ability to travel within NZ. The position involves travels to field sites, industry meetings and other PFR sites.
What you will get
The opportunity to contribute to a friendly, team-based environment, deliver impact for PFR's national and international partners, and support shaping the future for an organisation that has an excellent reputation for being a great place to work!
Use this below URL to apply for this job:
45678 Scientist – Team Leader-Temperate Fruit Crop Entomology - Plant & Food Research - Careers at Science New Zealand<https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails/ajid/q7pt9/45678-Scientist…>
Please complete your application before 11:55 PM Thursday 31 March.
If you have any queries or concerns don't hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team.
Regards,
HR team
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