Evolutionary Biology workshop, Basel

Courses/Master | Evolutionary Biology | Universit�t Basel
A one week workshop in the Swiss alps for Master students and early PhD students with a keen interest in evolutionary biology.

Guarda, Switzerland.
20. - 27. June 2009 (Saturday to Saturday).
The course will start on Saturday evening at 7 pm (19h00) and will end Friday night.

Faculty

• Dr. Richard Lenski (Michigan, USA)
• Drs. Rosemary and Peter Grant (Princeton, USA)
• Dr. Sebastian Bonhoeffer (ETH Zürich)
• Dr. Walter Salzburger (Uni Basel)
• Dr. Dieter Ebert (Uni Basel) (course organizer)

Information: http://evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/guarda/index.htm

ASPT Travel Grants for Students

American Society of Plant Taxonomists

2009 Travel Grants for Students

The ASPT is happy to announce a new grant program focused on increasing student participation at the annual meeting. The grants may be used to pay for travel, meeting registration, lodging, and/or food expenses associated with attendance at the annual meeting. Each applicant must be an active member of ASPT and may be an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in plant systematics (graduate students) or at least seriously interested in plant systematics (undergraduates). Up to 20 awards of $300 will be made in 2009.

The ASPT Membership Committee will use a lottery to select grant recipients, allowing at least 14 grants for students planning to present papers at the meeting, with the remainder (up to 6) going to those who will not be presenting. Grant recipients will be notified prior to the deadline for abstract submission and will pick up their checks at the ASPT banquet. Each recipient will also be awarded a free ticket to the banquet.

Completed applications should be received by Lynn Clark, chair of the ASPT Membership committee, by March 10, 2009. Please note that the application requires the signature of the student´s advisor to confirm that the individual is an active student, is seriously interested in plant systematics, and would benefit from attendance at the 2009 annual ASPT meeting. If possible, please send completed applications by e-mail (pdf file of scanned application) rather than by US mail or FAX.

Applications should be mailed to:

Dr. Lynn G. Clark

Chair, ASPT Membership Committee

Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Iowa State University

353 Bessey Hall

Ames, IA 50011-1020

FAX: 515-294-1337

Curso-Taller sobre el”Proyecto mexicano del código de barras de la vida”

Se les informa a los interesados que se realizará en las instalaciones del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., en La Paz, B.C.S., el Curso-taller (teórico-práctico) sobre el “Proyecto Mexicano del código de barras de la vida” durante los días 5 y 6 de marzo 2009.

Dirigido a Investigadores y profesores investigadores (curadores) que trabajen con la sistemática de algún grupo en particular y que estén interesados en participar en el proyecto iBOL (International Barcode of Life) enfocado al proyecto mexicano.

El taller es parte del proyecto “Mexicano del Código de barras para la vida” que se desprende de las redes del CONACYT, donde participan CONABIO, ECOSUR, IB-UNAM y CIBNOR, con laboratorios en las tres últimas instituciones. El curso será impartido por el Dr. Manuel Elías Gutiérrez (ECOSUR) y Dr. Sergio Ticul Álvarez Castañeda (CIBNOR).
Para más información ingresar al siguiente link http://www.cibnor.gob.mx/eplant1.php?pagID=anuncios/codigobarra/index

Debido a que el proyecto tiene cupo limitado de otorgamiento de becas completas (avión y hospedaje) y parciales (sólo hospedaje) los criterios de asignación de becas se basarán en la representatividad geográfica, institucional y de los grupos de estudio. Para participar en el evento enviar correo a Dra. Patricia Cortés Calva pcortes04@cibnor.mx

Dra. Patricia Cortés-Calva
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C.

Edificio “R” 9B. Mar Bermejo 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita

La Paz, B.C.S., C. P. 23090 México. Tel. 612 1238484 ext. 3332
Tel. Dto. 6121238493; Fax.6121253625
pcortes04@cibnor.mx