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Botany Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Ian Baldwin, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
Using transgenic plants to study plant-herbivore interactions
Host: Graduate Students
Date: THURSDAY, May 18, 2006
Time: 4:00 PM
Place: MICHAEL SMITH LABORATORIES
AUDITORIUM, 2185 East Mall
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 1:01 PM on May 17, 2006
Perennial Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Sunday May 14
The UBC Botanical Garden 16th Annual Perennial Plant Sale will be held at the Botanical Garden, this year the Perennial Plant Sale will include a quality selection of native plants.
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Admission is free.
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:03 PM on May 3, 2006
Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Plant Barcoding
Category(-ies): Opportunities
We seek qualified individuals with a Ph.D. and expertise in molecular techniques and a strong background in plant evolution or systematics for three post-doctoral fellowships to work with the Canadian Barcode of Life Network (CBOLN) to develop, evaluate and apply DNA barcoding to the
Vascular and non-vascular plants of Canada. The fellowships are for two years (salary $Can-45K per year) and are funded by a grant from Genome Canada to the Canadian Barcode of Life Network (CBOLN). Post-docs will collaborate with members of the Canadian Plant Barcoding Working Group composed of Spencer Barrett (Botany, University of Toronto), Sean Graham (UBC Botanical Garden, Univ. of British Columbia), Brian Husband and Steve Newmaster (Integrative Biology, University of Guelph). We would like to fill the positions this summer preferably by June. The three hires will be located in the laboratories of Barrett, Graham and Husband, respectively, but we anticipate considerable cross-fertilization among lab groups.
Post-docs will work on two main objectives: 1) the analysis of a local flora; 2) clade-based testing of barcoding and the analysis of intra-specific variation in taxonomically problematic groups.
Opportunities for additional projects related to barcoding and plant evolution are also available. Qualified applicants are encouraged to visit the websites of Barrett, Graham and Husband Husband where further details of the research focus of each investigator can be found. Applicants should contact individual investigators by e-mail if they are interested in applying for these positions and send a CV and arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted.
For further information on barcoding and CBOLN visit The Canadian Barcode of Life and the Barcode of Life site.
Please apply by May 15, 2006.
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 1:24 PM on May 3, 2006
Director, Regional Programmes (BGCI)
Category(-ies): Opportunities
A job posting from Botanic Gardens Conservation International:
“Based in Kew, but with significant international travel, you will develop, direct and support our overseas programmes. Reporting to the Secretary General, you will utilise your excellent project management skills, some of which will have been gained overseas, to supervise and support in-country programme and project staff.–
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:06 AM on May 3, 2006
