IAPT Research Grants in Plant Systematics 2012

The IAPT announces a competitive grants program in plant systematics, with emphasis on funding students and young investigators in developing countries, but open to applicants world-wide. The program is based on the submission of research projects, taking into consideration the following guidelines:
1. The grant application period is open until 31 December 2011.
2. The award should be preferably used for supporting field work, travel to institutions, or laboratory investigations.
3. General information should be always included on the front page (complete name of the applicant, country, institution, project title, academic degree, telephone, fax and e-mail).
4. The projects should include brief ideas of an introduction, materials, methods, objectives, literature citation and other relevant information, especially noting if any other financial support for the project exists.
5. The length of the proposals should not exceed three pages.
6. In the case of Ph.D. students, in addition to the proposal, two recommendation letters should be included.
7. The projects are to be submitted to:

Patricia Dávila-Aranda
preferably by e-mail (pdavilaa@servidor.unam.mx)
or by regular mail:
Facultad de Estudios Superiores, Iztacala, UNAM
Av. de los Barrios no. 1
Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla
Edo. de México 54090
México

8. Applicants will be informed by e-mail of receipt of their proposals.
9. The total amount to be awarded is: US$10,000.
10. The maximum individual award is US$1,000.
11. The awarded projects will be announced on the IAPT web page and by e-mail to all the applicants on March 1, 2012.

Plant Systematics World. TAXON 60 (4) • August 2011: 1227–1229.
IAPT web site: http://www.iapt-taxon.org./s_grants.php

Curso: Evolutionary paleontology, evo-devo, and paleobiology

Curso: Evolutionary paleontology, evo-devo, and paleobiology

Curso de Postgrado de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina.

Evolutionary paleontology, evo-devo, and paleobiology

PhD. Michel Laurin

5 al 9 de diciembre de 2011

A dictarse en la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina,
Maipú 645 1er Piso CABA.
Buenos Aires

Mini-symposium on Bayesian inference of phylogeny, UC Berkeley

SYMPOSIUM / WORKSHOP on
Bayesian inference of phylogeny

Talks: Monday & Tuesday, August 15-16
Workshop: Wednesday to Friday, August 17-19

Where: UC Berkeley campus
(talks will be held in 155 Dwinelle Hall and the workshop will be held in 4110 VLSB)

There will be a mini-symposium on Bayesian inference of phylogeny to be held on the UC Berkeley campus from August 15th to 19th. There will be two days of talks (August 15th and 16th) on various aspects of Bayesian inference as it applies to the phylogeny problem. The following three days will be a workshop for people interested in developing for the RevBayes program. RevBayes implements an R-like language for specifying complex evolutionary models and (attempts) to perform solid statistical estimation of a model's parameters.

web site: http://cteg.berkeley.edu/events/201108Symposium.html

Job opening - curator of Diptera

The Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany (
http://www.zfmk.de) seeks to fill a research position
(curator of Diptera) in the Department of Arthropods. The position is
available from October 2011. Potential candidates will hold a PhD in zoology
or related areas, have their research focus on taxonomy and systematics of
Diptera, and present a substantial publication record in taxonomy,
phylogenetics and/or other aspects of biodiversity research. The candidate
is expected to work in these fields from a sound theoretical basis and be
able to apply an array of appropriate modern methods. He/she should be able
to combine collection-based work with modern phylogenetic and/or ecological
approaches. The candidate is also expected to integrate into ongoing
research projects at the ZFMK and teaching programs at the University of
Bonn, and to obtain competitive grant funds.



As a curator, the successful candidate will be responsible for caring,
managing and further increasing and developing the Diptera collections at
the ZFMK. He/she will also be involved in the self-administration of the
institute and is expected to demonstrate commitment to community engagement
in his/her field of research. Non-German candidates are expected to acquire
basic knowledge of German.



The successful candidate will be employed for an initial probation period of
up to five years - determined on his/ her experience - according to the
German legislation, after which he/she will obtain tenure depending on
his/her performance. Salary is according provisionally to grade TV-L/13 in
the German Public Service scheme).



The ZFMK is a fellow institute of the "Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz" (WGL Science Community) and works in close cooperation with
the University of Bonn. It comprises internationally important scientific
collections, libraries, electron microscopy unit, and bioacoustics,
histological and molecular laboratories.



The ZFMK is an equal opportunity employer. Women are therefore strongly
encouraged to apply. Equally qualified handicapped applicants will be given
preference.



Interested applicants should submit a CV, complete publication record, a
statement of teaching experience and research funding, certificates of
university degrees, and selected publications in hard copies to the
following address:



Heike Lenz, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee
160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, by August 31 2011. E-mail inquiries:
h.lenz.zfmk@uni-bonn.de.

Please note that application documents will not be returned.



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