Vacancy - FOREST PATHOLOGIST
Crown Research Institute Scion undertakes research, science and technology development in forestry, wood product and wood-derived materials and other biomaterials sectors. Scion's purpose is to drive innovation and growth from these sectors to create economic value and contribute to beneficial environmental and social outcomes for New Zealand.
We are seeking a Forest Pathologist to carry out a programme of research with an emphasis on the identification and early detection of pathogens not established in New Zealand and on reducing damage from those already present. The role will include the use and development of molecular tools to support the programme. The successful candidate will join the Forest Protection team which is comprised of 30+ pathologists, entomologists, botanists, pest management and fire researchers.
Our ideal candidate will have a PhD or equivalent degree coupled with at least 5 - 10 years research experience in plant/forest pathology, with skills in molecular techniques. This is a full time permanent role.
Scion is proud to offer talented and motivated individuals the unique opportunity to pursue a fulfilling professional career. With its head office based on the edge of Rotorua's world-famous Whakarewarewa Forest, Scion also offers an enviable working environment with excellent work/life balance initiatives. Rotorua is one of New Zealand's leading tourist destinations owing to its outstanding natural environment and proximity to coastal beaches and inland lakes, native forests, geothermal areas and volcanic ski-fields.
Closing date: 28th January 2011
If you would like any further information, please contact Human Resources on (+64) 07 343 5475 or email: careers(a)scionresearch.com<mailto:careers@scionresearch.com> (please do not email applications to this address, these should be submitted through our website).
Amanda Popham
Human Resources Advisor
Scion
49, Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
DDI +64 7 343 5475
www.scionresearch.com<http://www.scionresearch.com/>
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Harry Potter and other misc stuff
Folks,
(!) What do you recommend for dissolving the glue on sticky traps?
I'm thinking of cutting up sections of a sticky trap and shaking them up
in misc solvents to find the best one
(!!) I believe I had read some place that mixing ethyl acetate
with alcohol would produce a mixture to mimic a declining tree. As I can
not, now find my reference, can any one confirm this ?
(!!!) Although I have never seen beech Bark Disease on a
European Beech, for a fraction of a second I thought I saw its symptoms
while watching the most recent Harry Potter movie. Can anyone confirm? It
is an insect mediated disease!
Yours,
Dr. Martin MacKenzie, Forest Pathologist
Southern Sierra Shared Service Area
(209) 532 3671 ext 242
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
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>From: Martin Steinbauer <M.Steinbauer(a)latrobe.edu.au>
>To: 'Florian Schiestl' <florian.schiestl(a)systbot.uzh.ch>, 'Caroline Mueller'
> <caroline.mueller(a)uni-bielefeld.de>, 'Frederic Marion-Poll'
> <marion(a)versailles.inra.fr>, "'hilker(a)zedat.fu-berlin.de'"
> <hilker(a)zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Olle
>Anderbrant <Olle.Anderbrant(a)ekol.lu.se>,
> "'sam cook (RRes-Roth)'" <sam.cook(a)bbsrc.ac.uk>
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:12:35 +0100
>Subject: PhD studentship & postdoc opportunity
>
>
>Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
>As some of you know, I am establishing an
>Insect-Plant Interactions lab at La Trobe
>University here in Melbourne. As far as I know,
>it will be the only so named lab in Australia!
>The recent award of my Australian Research
>Council (ARC) Future Fellowship gives me tenure
>and a lab that is to be given over to my
>research. I begin my new fellowship 17 March
>2011 and it continues till March 2015.
>
>I am writing to ask whether you could post this
>PhD studentship and postdoc opportunity on your
>notice boards? I am keen to get some skilled,
>hardworking people into the lab and strengthen
>linkages with my overseas colleagues.
>
>All the best for Christmas and 2011 and thanks for your help,
>
>Martin
>
>Dr Martin J. Steinbauer F.R.E.S.
>Charles La Trobe Senior Research Fellow
>Department of Zoology | La Trobe University
>| Melbourne, Victoria 3086, AUSTRALIA
>T: 03 9479 1672 | F: 03 9479 1551
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Olle Anderbrant, Prof. telephone +46 (0)46 2224997
Department of Biology mobile +46 (0)70 3724997
Lund University
Sölvegatan 37 telefax +46 (0)46 2224716
SE-223 62 Lund e-mail Olle.Anderbrant(a)ekol.lu.se
Sweden
internet http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/OA_HomePage.html
Greetings Forest Entomology Colleagues,
The 2011 North American Forest Insect Work Conference will be held May 9-12,
2011 in Portland, Oregon. Proposals for workshops should be submitted by
November 15, 2010. Please see the NAIFWC website for the call for workshop
proposals, presentations, and poster submissions:
http://kelab.tamu.edu/nafiwc2011/
I hope to see you in Portland next May!
Cheers,
Dan Herms
See attached graduate student and post-doc opportunities posted on behalf of Dr. von Aderkas, University of Victoria.
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought"
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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B. Staffan Lindgren, Professor
Ecosystem Science and Management
University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, BC
Canada V2N 4Z9
Tel.: 250-960-5846
Fax: 250-960-5539
E-mail: lindgren(a)unbc.ca
http://web.unbc.ca/~lindgren
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"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question"
-Stephen Jay Gould
Dear Colleagues,
Please find enclosed the first announcement for the next meeting of the
IUFRO 7-03-14 group "Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest
Ecosystems" (MEDINSECT) in Hammamet (Tunisia) May 17-20, 2011.
With our best wishes,
Francois Lieutier
Mohammed Lahbib Ben Jamaa
Timothy Paine
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Professeur Francois Lieutier
Université d'Orléans
Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie
Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures
B.P. 6759 - 45067 Orléans Cedex 2
France
francois.lieutier(a)univ-orleans.fr
Tel.: 33 2 38 41 72 30
Fax.: 33 2 38 49 43 26
HERBARIUM CURATOR
FOREST PROTECTION
Crown Research Institute Scion is committed to enhancing the environmental and economic transformation of New Zealand, working toward a more sustainable, bio-based future. With more than 60 years of heritage in forestry science, Scion today demonstrates national leadership, world-class innovation and excellence in research and development.
We are seeking a Herbarium Curator to manage the herbarium collections and databases, oversee curation of herbarium specimens to the best international standards, and conduct related research. This position is based in our Rotorua office.
Our ideal candidate will have a PhD or equivalent experience in plant taxonomy or closely related subject. A demonstrated knowledge of herbarium curation and management combined with a high level of computer skills is essential. Experience in taxonomy of forestry tree species or New Zealand native flora would be an advantage.
Scion is proud to offer talented and motivated individuals the unique opportunity to pursue a fulfilling professional career. With its head office based on the edge of Rotorua's world-famous Whakarewarewa Forest, Scion also offers an enviable working environment with excellent work/life balance initiatives. Rotorua is one of New Zealand's leading tourist destinations owing to its outstanding natural environment and proximity to coastal beaches and inland lakes, native forests, geothermal areas and volcanic ski-fields.
Closing date: 30 November 2010
Applications can be lodged through our website www.scionresearch.com<http://www.scionresearch.com> where you will find a position description and online application form (please do not email applications to this address, these should be submitted through our website).
For further information please contact Human Resources Ph: +64 (07) 343 5874
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We are looking for outstanding students to fill 3 MSc positions. All 3
students would work on an NSERC funded project focusing on how
mycorrhizal fungi facilitate pine regeneration following mountain pine
beetle attack. We are exploring whether needle deposition and overstory
tree mortality alters ectomycorrhizal abundance, community composition
and networks, and in turn whether these affect seedling regeneration.
This project will combine field and greenhouse experiments, 454
Pyrosequencing technology and expertise from ecology, physiology,
mycology, entomology, chemical ecology and silviculture to identify
management practices to enhance forest sustainability.
Funding is a combination of TA and summer support. There are
opportunities for paid positions prior to the commencement of MSc
studies in September 2011. This is an interdisciplinary, integrative
project drawing on strengths from the labs of James Cahill, Suzanne
Simard, Janice Cooke and Nadir Elbilgin. Two MSc positions will be
through the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of
Alberta, and the other through the Department of Renewable Resources at
the University of Alberta. Admission general details can be found here:
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/depts/biosci.htmhttp://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/depts/renewresources.htm
If you are interested in working on this project please contact:
James F Cahill, jc.cahill(a)ualberta.ca
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/cahill_lab/
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Nadir Erbilgin
Canada Research Chair in Forest Entomology
Assistant Professor
Department of Renewable Resources
442 Earth Sciences Building
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Canada, T6G 2E3
Phone: (780) 492- 8693
Fax: (780) 492-1767
http://www.ualberta.ca/~erbilgin/
Dear Forenters
we are able to offer a two-year
post-doc on modeling spruce bark beetle population and infestation dynamics in Switzerland.
For more details please refer to the attachment. Thank you for distributing the announcement to interested people in your labs.
Best wishes
Beat Wermelinger
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Dr. Beat Wermelinger
Entomologe
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Forschungseinheit Walddynamik
Postfach
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Schweiz
Tel: +41-44-739 22 58
Fax: +41-44-739 22 15
E-mail: beat.wermelinger(a)wsl.ch
http://www.wsl.ch/personal_homepages/wermelin
125 Jahre WSL, 75 Jahre SLF
Feiern Sie mit uns Jubiläum! Weitere Infos: www.wslf.ch
PhD position at Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
"Chemical ecology of cone feeding insects"
The aim of the proposed PhD project is to
increase the knowledge about the reproductive
biology and chemical ecology of species within a
spruce seed-feeding guild of insects. Wood
production has a large socioeconomic role in
Sweden and will also be important for the
sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere in
the future. Seed orchards serve an important role
for the production of high-quality seeds and thus
in the generation of new forests. However,
insects are chronic pests and cause great losses
in seed production. Therefore, more knowledge is
needed about the most important insect species in
order to be able to design reliable and
sustainable monitoring and control strategies.
Within the project different aspects of chemical
ecology of the target species will be studied,
e.g. the role of flower odours for orientation
and selection of oviposition sites, pheromone
communication for mate location, and the role of
odours for attracting natural enemies. Also
studies on dispersal, competition and
climate-induced modifications of life history
strategies might be included.
Last day of applying 2010-11-09
For eligibility/entry requirements, application
process and contact information please visit
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=360102&Type=EU
Please excuse possible double/multiple posting!
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Olle Anderbrant, Prof. telephone +46 (0)46 2224997
Department of Biology mobile +46 (0)70 3724997
Lund University
Sölvegatan 37 telefax +46 (0)46 2224716
SE-223 62 Lund e-mail Olle.Anderbrant(a)ekol.lu.se
Sweden
internet http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/oa_homepage.html
