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DOKTORAND I BIOLOGI MED INRIKTNING MOT SYSTEMATISK BIOLOGI

Publicerat av BertilStahl --

Projektet fokuserar på neotropiska angiospermer och behandlar systematiska och evolutionära frågeställningar på olika taxonomiska nivåer. Projektet är primärt tänkt att fokusera på grupper som förekommer i Anderna och kan innehålla frågeställningar på släkt- och artnivå, liksom sådana som berör differentiering inom och mellan närstående arter i relation till historiska miljöförändringar. I projektet ingår egen datainsamling i fält, liksom olika typer av systematiska metoder. Projektets slutliga omfattning och inriktning beslutas i samråd med den blivande doktoranden.

Kvalifikationskrav: Masterexamen inom biologi, eller motsvarande, samt erfarenhet av arbete med angiospermer. Erfarenhet av taxonomiska och molekylärsystematiska metoder samt fältarbete är meriterande. Den ideala kandidaten ska kunna arbeta både självständigt och som en del i ett team. En hög standard på talad och skriven engelska krävs. Kunskaper i spanska är en merit.

Tillträde: 2015-09-01, tidsbegränsad anställning t.o.m. 2019-08-31.

Anställningens omfattning: 100 %

Ansökan senast den 8 juni 2015

Ansökningsförfarande: se https://mp.uu.se/web/info/vart-uu/lediga-jobb/-/jobb/65780

Upplysningar om anställningen lämnas av Bertil Ståhl, bertil.staahl@ebc.uu.se.

 

 

Symposium on Biodiversity and DNA barcoding in Trondheim, November 11-12, 2015

Publicerat av Torbjørn Ekrem --

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The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre and the Norwegian Barcode of Life Network (NorBOL) have the pleasure of inviting you to a symposium on Biodiversity and DNA barcoding in Trondheim November 11-12, 2015. The goal of this conference is to communicate new knowledge on Norwegian species and show how DNA barcoding contributes to our understanding of species diversity, biology and ecology. We think the symposium will be an attractive venue for researchers, student and managers of biodiversity and are pleased to have distinguished speakers from Canada, UK, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Among the confirmed participants are Paul Hebert, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Natasha de Vere and Tomas Roslin. For more information on the conference, speakers and registration, please visit the symposium website: Biodiversity and DNA barcoding. Welcome!

The organizing committee
Ingrid Salvesen
Ingrid Ertshus Mathisen
Aina Mærk Aspaas
Torbjørn Ekrem

 

Researcher in Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Publicerat av Mats Wedin --

A position as Researcher (Senior Curator, with the possibility of promotion to Professor) in Botany (Systematic Botany in the widest sense, including mycology and lichenology) is open at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Deadline for application June 18th 2015. More details in the pdf on the nrm website:

http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4a349ce514c29d2b7519738f/1431086492505/Forskare+BOT+engelsk.pdf

GBIF awards six capacity enhancement grants for 2015

Publicerat av GBIF.org --

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GBIF has selected six projects to receive support through its capacity enhancement programme in 2015. The projects involve 16 national Participants, three organizational Participants and other partners to address specific capacity needs in Africa, Latin America and Europe.

The selected projects focus on mobilization, access and use of digital biodiversity data as well as translation of essential technical and training documentation.   

The projects to receive support this year are:

  • A Latin American collaboration to establish a national biodiversity website and data publication workflow for Uruguay led by GBIF Uruguay1
  • A European project led by the Belgium Biodiversity Platform, host to the Belgian Node, to translate the technical documentation and user-interface required for reusing Atlas of Living Australia’s software to develop national biodiversity portals
  • An African project in which the lead agency, Endangered Wildlife Trust, will train seven GBIF nodes in ecological niche modelling and make the training material available to the community
  • A project in Africa headed by GBIF Portugal2 to promote GBIF in Portuguese-speaking African nations
  • A GBIF Malawi3-led project to identify training and infrastructure needs related to biodiversity data management in the country and to achieve stakeholder commitment in implementing GBIF activities
  • A project in which GBIF France will mentor GBIF Madagascar in strengthening their national network and publishing new data.

The GBIF capacity enhancement support programme builds on previous successful mentoring and regional support programmes and applies the GBIF Capacity Enhancement Framework.

For 2015, the programme provides over €70,000 in financial support, which is in addition to €62,000 in funding that other sources have committed to the selected projects.

Read more about the projects awarded support for 2015.

Notes
1 – GBIF Uruguay is hosted by the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. The project is co-funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, SIB Colombia and Canadensys.
2 – GBIF Portugal is hosted by the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical.
3 – The Malawi National Commission for Science and Technology is the host institution of GBIF Malawi.