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E V O L D I R E v o l D i r April 1, 2013 Month in Review Foreword This listing is intended to aid researchers in population genetics and evolution. To add your name to the directory listing, to change anything regarding this listing or to complain please send me mail at [email protected]. Listing in this directory is neither limited nor censored and is solely to help scientists reach other members in the same field and to serve as a means of communication. Please do not add to the junk e-mail unless necessary. The nature of the messages should be \bulletin board" in nature, if there is a \discussion" style topic that you would like to post please send it to the USENET discussion groups. Instructions for the EvolDir are listed at the end of this message. / Foreword ...................................................................................................1 Conferences . .2 GradStudentPositions . .26 Jobs ....................................................................................................... 49 Other ......................................................................................................72 PostDocs .................................................................................................. 84 WorkshopsCourses . .112 Instructions . 122 Afterword ................................................................................................ 122 2 EvolDir April 1, 2013 Conferences Aberystwyth MarineEvolution May8-10 . .2 Manchester LandscapeGenetics Sept9-12 . 15 Beltsville MD FungalEvolution Apr26-28 . .3 Montpellier Speciation May27-29 . 15 BuenosAires PlantEvolution Nov20-23 . .3 Montpellier France SPECIATION2013 May27-29 . 15 Cambridge UK GMOD Community Meeting Apr5-64 Munich PopulationGenomics Mar13-15 . 16 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 BalancingSelection . .4 NHM London BSPB LinneanSoc Apr10-12 . 16 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 FunctionalEvolution . .5 NHM London ProtistEvolution Apr10-12 . 16 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 JunkDNA . .5 NewYork MonocotEvolution Jul7-13 . .17 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 NoncodingRNAs . .6 Oslo 2013Galaxy Jun30-Jul2 . 17 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 SymposiaDescriptions . .6 Portugal EcologicalSpeciation Apr29-30 . 18 Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 UndergradAwards . .7 QueenMaryU InsectEvolution May31 . 18 Cornwall UK EMPSEB 19 Sep3-7 DeadlineExtended7 Roscoff France EvolCancer Nov2-6 . 19 DalhousieU Endocytobiology Aug18-22 . .8 Suva Fiji Barcode Jul8-12 CallForAbstracts . 20 FieldMuseum Chicago PlantEvolution Apr20 . .8 Trento Italy SIBE Evoluzione2013 Aug28-31 . .21 Galapagos Evolution Jun1-5 TravelAwardDeadline . .9 UAB Spain RupicapraEvolution Oct24-25 . 22 IST Austria EvolutionShape Apr26 . .9 UBath EvolutionaryBiology . 22 IST Austria MorphologicalEvolution Apr26 . .10 UNSWSydney GeneticsSocietyofAustralAsia 14-17Jul Ithaca AGA2013 Jul20-22 SpeciationContinuum . 10 23 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 ColourPolymorphisms 11 UNewSouthWales SocialEvolution Feb2-5 . 23 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 DeadlineExtended . 11 UNotreDame ArthropodGenomics Jun12-15 . 24 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 EvolutionMulticellularity UNotreDame ArthropodGenomics Jun13-15 Travel- 12 Grant ............................................. 24 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 ImmunePriming . 12 UStAndrews EvolutionMatingSystems Sep4-6 . 25 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 RecentHumanEvol Last- Utah Evol2013 Jun21-25 UndergradDiversity Trav- Call ............................................... 13 elAward . .25 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 SpeciesRecognitionSys- Zurich TreeAdaptation Sep1-5 . .26 tems .............................................. 13 Lisbon ESEB2013 Aug19-24 TradeOffs . 14 THIS FRIDAY 22nd March 2013. This year, the con- ference is to be held at Aberystwyth University, Wales, from 8-10th May 2013. Aberystwyth MarineEvolution May8-10 The conference is aimed at PhD and Masters students but Postdocs are also very welcome to attend. It is a fantastic opportunity for students to present their work in a friendly yet rigorous environment, and provides 10th Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Con- a superb opportunity for forging professional relation- ference ships that will last a career. ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED: FRIDAY A fundamental theme of the conference will be the evo- 22ND MARCH 2013 lution and conservation of marine biodiversity. Dear colleagues, Registration is just $70 (including delegate fee, refresh- The abstract submission deadline for the 10th Ma- ments during the conference, conference dinner, tour of rine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference is the National Library of Wales, and an optional field April 1, 2013 EvolDir 3 trip). There is plenty of affordable accommodation in morning fungal foray. the town and reduced travel tickets to Aberystwyth are Advanced registration & abstract submission deadline: available when booking in advance. April 12, 2013. Registration and abstract submission is open now Advanced registration is $60, or $40 for students via our conference website http://users.aber.ac.uk/- and post-docs. For more information and to register mpcstaff/index.html You can also keep up to date with for the conference, go to: https://sites.google.com/- information on keynote speakers, important dates and site/masmc2013a/ MASMC 2013 Organizing Com- more by like-ing us on Facebook and following us on mittee Priscila Chaverri ([email protected]) Jo Twitter: Anne Crouch ([email protected]) Steve http://www.facebook.com/AberMbaConference Rehner ([email protected]) Amy Rossman https://twitter.com/MBAConference Key dates to ([email protected]) note are: [email protected] Extended abstract deadline - 22nd March 2013 Ex- tended registration deadline - 5th April 2013 All enquiries should be directed to: ibers-mba- [email protected] We look forward to welcoming you to Aberystwyth in BuenosAires PlantEvolution May! Nov20-23 [email protected] 32nd New Phytologist Symposium Plant interactions with other organisms: Molecules, ecology and evolu- tion Beltsville MD FungalEvolution Universidad Cat´olica,Puerto Madero Campus, Buenos Apr26-28 Aires, Argentina 20 23 November 2013 The goal of this symposium is to bring together re- searchers working in a wide range of disciplines in plant biology, ecology and evolution to explore how plants in- 34th Annual Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference teract with other organisms. Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28, 2013. The central objective is to discuss and integrate infor- Please visit us at: https://sites.google.com/site/- mation from different approaches and perspectives in masmc2013a/ MASMC 2013 is hosted by the Sys- order to create a synthetic framework for understand- tematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory, USDA- ing these interactions. Our hope is to have a diverse ARS, Beltsville, Maryland. and dynamic group of scientists, who are willing to step out of their disciplinary comfort zone and engage The Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference has in an effort to participate in discussions spanning the taken place every spring since 1979. MASMC provides range from molecular approaches to ecosystem implica- new students, postdocs, and mycologists the opportu- tions. The symposium will take place over three days nity to present research findings and obtain inputs from at the Universidad Cat´olica,Puerto Madero Campus, learned colleagues, in a less formal venue than larger Buenos Aires, Argentina. Twenty-two invited talks will national and international meetings. form the basis of discussion at what will be a relatively Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marc Cubeta, North Carolina small meeting (up to 120 participants). There will be State University \Min Fulbright sabbats˚armed Rhizoc- a poster session and conference dinner for all delegates tonia svampar och orkid´eer"(My Fulbright sabbatical to attend. with Rhizoctonia fungi and orchids) Confirmed speakers Marcelo Aizen Universidad Na- Events include oral presentations, poster session, morn- cional del Comahue, Argentina Amy Austin Univer- ing and afternoon coffee breaks, guided tour of the U.S. sity of Buenos Aires and IFEVA, Argentina Ian Bald- National Fungus Collections, lunch, student awards win MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany Car- presentation, keynote talk by Marc Cubeta, Saturday los Ballar´eUniversity of Buenos Aires and IFEVA, Ar- evening social (includes dinner and drinks) and Sunday gentina Richard Bardgett Lancaster University, UK Joy 4 EvolDir April 1, 2013 Bergelson University of Chicago, USA Elizabeth Borer better serve its community and direct future develop- University of Minnesota, USA Ray Callaway Univer- ment of the project. The survey can be found at http:/- sity of Montana, USA Marcel Dicke Wageningen Uni- /gmod.org/survey.html . Thank you all for your at- versity, the Netherlands Edward Farmer University of tention. If you have any questions, please feel free to Lausanne, Switzerland Martin Heil CINVESTAV, Gua- contact me at [email protected]. najuato, Mexico Richard Karban UC Davis, USA Toby { Amelia Ireland GMOD Community Support jj http:/- Kiers Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands /gmod.org [email protected] Anna-Liisa Laine University of Helsinki, Finland Steven Lindow UC Berkeley, USA Richard Lindroth Cornell University, NY, USA Ariel Novoplansky The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ralph Panstruga RWTH Aarchen University, Germany Ronald Pierik University of Utrecht, the Netherlands Corn´ePieterse University Chicago SMBE2013 Jul7-11 of Utrecht, the Netherlands Natalia Requena Karlsruhe BalancingSelection Institute
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