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Botanical Survey Technician Position
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Sierra Pacific Industries
Summer Employment Opportunity
Job Description: A crew of summer field employees will conduct detailed botanical surveys on Sierra Pacific Industries’ timberlands under the supervision of a botany crew leader. Surveys may be conducted on multiple areas of the SPI ownership, so the Botanical Survey Technician must be willing to travel. The successful applicant will be able to work in remote field conditions and hike steep slopes over rocky ground. Technicians must also be willing to work full days surveying open ground in summer weather conditions.
Duties of the Botanical Survey Technician may include, but are not limited to:
• Plant identification of California flora to family, genus and species
• Measuring and recording topographic and geological characteristics of a site
• Surveying Timber Harvest Plan areas for rare plant species
• Measuring canopy using various instruments
• Navigating forest roads using a map
Qualifications:
Educational Requirements
• General Botany Course
• Plant Taxonomy
• General Biology
• Plant Ecology
• Experience with California Flora
Preferred Coursework
• Soil Science
• Geology
• Plant Physiology or Anatomy
Field Experience
• 1 season of botanical fieldwork desirable
Dates of Employment: Summer 2008, May-August or June-September
Base Location: Anderson, California or other California district office location.
This position will require overnight travel and work outside of the home-base area. Meals and lodging will be provided by SPI for employees when assigned to work from a location other than their base location.
Salary: Dependent on Experience and Qualifications
• Housing stipend may be available for qualified out of area applicants
Project Coordinator: Dr. Cajun James
Please send cover letter and resume to:
Vicky Lowery, Forestry Department Personnel Coordinator
Sierra Pacific Industries
P.O. Box 496014
Redding, CA 96049-6014
Or email: vlowery@spi-ind.com
Must be postmarked by March 1, 2008
Based on the information submitted in resumes, only the most qualified applicants will be contacted by Sierra Pacific Industries.
Equal Opportunity Employer
www.spi-ind.com
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:03 PM on December 3, 2007
Graduate opportunities
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Up to two graduate student opportunities are available in the Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, in the following areas:
(1) Phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in the Salicaceae
(2) Evolutionary and molecular developmental genetics of leaf morphology in poplar
(3) Evolutionary and molecular approaches to understanding flower morphology in legumes
(4) Other topics in the general area of plant evolutionary developmental genetics (plant evodevo)
see UBC Cronk Lab
Contact: quentin.cronk@ubc.ca with cv and note of scientific interests
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 5:32 PM on May 1, 2007
VanDusen Botanical Garden - Labelling Technician
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The labelling technician works closely with VanDusen's Curator of Collections. The labelling technician is responsible for: manufacturing metal accession tags using Fotofoil metal etching technology; making plastic display labels for plants in the garden using a Brother P-touch electronic label machine; labelling plants in the garden and VanDusen's nursery; conducting inventories of the garden's plant collections and identifying plants; researching and writing interpretive brochures and signs for the garden. The labelling technician also works with VanDusen=s labelling volunteers, to train new volunteer labeller recruits, coordinate the volunteer schedule, and provide technical support. He/she will work in the office, in the labelling lab and out in the garden.
Qualifications:
This position is partially funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program. To qualify, you must be no more than 30 years of age, you must currently be registered as a full-time student and intend to return to school full-time in the fall. You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and be legally entitled to work in Canada. All other qualifications being equal, preference will be given to aboriginal people, members of a visible minority or those with disabilities.
The ideal candidate for this job will have completed course work in botany or horticulture. They should have excellent plant identification skills and/or demonstrated observation/research skills, a good understanding of botany, botanical nomenclature and careful spelling. They should be competent with MS Office and experience working with a database would be an asset. He or she needs excellent attention to detail, the ability to work independently but to follow instructions carefully, and excellent communication skills. He/she must be physically able to work in the garden, off the main paths, and the nursery, and be able to work in the label lab, standing for long periods of time.
Wage: $15 per hour
Employed by the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association
Full time for 12 weeks from May 1, 2007 to September 1, 2007. May extend part-time into the Fall.
Closing Date: April 10, 2007
How to Apply
Submit resume, covering letter and availability (preferably in electronic format as an email attachment) to the attention of:
Cindy Sayre
Curator of Collections
VanDusen Botanical Garden
5251 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC, V6M 4H1
Email: cindy.sayre@vancouver.ca
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 12:33 PM on April 1, 2007
Botanical Survey Technician
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Summer employment opportunity.
A crew of summer field employees will conduct
detailed botanical surveys on Sierra Pacific Industries’ timberlands
under the supervision of a botany crew leader. Surveys
may be conducted on multiple areas of the SPI ownership,
so the Botanical Survey Technician must be willing to
travel. The successful applicant will be able to work in remote
field conditions and hike steep slopes over rocky ground.
Technicians must also be willing to work full days surveying open
ground in summer weather conditions.
Dates of Employment: Summer 2007, May-August
Base Location: Anderson, California or other California district office location. Meals and lodging will be provided by SPI if the employee is assigned to work from a location other than his or her base.
Salary: Depending on Experience
• Housing stipend may be available for qualified out of area applicants
Project Coordinator: Dr. Cajun James
For more information, please visit Sierra Pacific Industries
Please send cover letter and resume to:
Vicky Lowery
Sierra Pacific Industries
P.O. Box 496014
Redding, CA 96049-6014
Or email: vlowery@spi-ind.com
Must be postmarked by March 1, 2007
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:02 PM on January 12, 2007
Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Plant Barcoding
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The WWF has announced a call for the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature
Fellowships. This is a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship
(US$50,000/year stipend + $15,000 annual research allowance). Eligible
applicants will have earned a doctoral degree between January 31, 2002 and
January 31, 2007. Research proposals must be of importance to global
biodiversity conservation and relevant to WWF's mission and programme.
Proposed topics may include, among other themes:
Biodiversity, Community-Based Conservation, Conservation Policy, Ecosystem
Functioning, Forests, Global Climate Change, Landscape Level Conservation,
Protected Area Studies, Urban Conservation, Indigenous Knowledge
Conservation, Health Impacts of Conservation
Applicants must identify a scientist at an academic or international
research institution to serve as a co-supervisor along with the WWF
scientist. The host institute receives $2,500/year towards indirect
costs. Research can be carried out at an international research institute or
a U.S. institution. Deadline for applications is November 15, 2006. Two
awards will
be made.
See the web site for application information:
WWF Fellowships
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 9:49 AM on July 17, 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
Summer Student Positions
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Four summer student positions are available for the summer of 2006.
Students are hired for available summer positions at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research based on the following criteria:
Employment is limited to returning first, second and third year students enrolled in a recognized Agriculture, Botany, Horticulture or Plant Biology program at UBC or another university/college, and to returning UBC Masters of Landscape Architecture students.
Preference will be given to UBC students, and to students who have not had previous summer employment at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research.
The term of employment is generally May to August.
Please apply directly with resume and covering letter by closing date (April 11, 2006) to:
Ingrid Hoff
c/o UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
6804 Southwest Marine Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6T 1Z4
Please mark clearly on the envelope: “Summer Student Job Application”
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:40 PM on March 15, 2006
VanDusen Botanical Garden - Accessions Clerk
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The accession clerk works closely with VanDusen’s Interpretation Coordinator (botanist). The accessions clerk will be responsible for keeping the Plant Collection Records, VanDusen's custom database, up to date. This will include: accessioning new plant acquisitions, researching correct taxonomy, scientific and common names, family, and nativity; updating records to reflect new plantings, nursery propagations, bed renovations and the results of bed inventories; and producing reports from the Plant Collection Records for various parties. In addition, he/she will manufacture laminated display labels for the Plants-to-See display, and at times he/she will manufacture metal accession tags using Fotofoil metal etching technology, and make plastic display labels for plants in the garden using a Brother P-touch electronic label machine.
Required skills:
The ideal candidate for this job will have completed some course work in botany or horticulture. They should have excellent plant identification skills (or, alternatively, demonstrated observation/research skills), a good understanding of botany, botanical nomenclature and careful spelling. They should be competent with either Word or WordPerfect. Personally, he or she needs excellent attention to detail, the ability to work independently but to follow instructions carefully, and excellent communication skills.
$16.30 per hour plus 16% in lieu of benefits. CUPE 15 classification: Clerk II.
Funded by the Park Board, City of Vancouver.
Part-time, one day per week throughout the year (somewhat flexible).
Start date as soon as possible.
*Preference will be given to Candidates interested in accepting both positions (Labelling Assistant and Accessions Clerk) as there is considerable overlap in duties. Posted: Feb. 24/06.
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Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:49 PM on March 2, 2006
VanDusen Botanical Garden - Labelling Assistant
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The labelling technician works closely with VanDusen’s Interpretation Coordinator (botanist). The labelling assistant is responsible for: manufacturing metal accession tags using Fotofoil metal etching technology; making plastic display labels for plants in the garden using a Brother P-touch electronic label machine; labelling plants in the garden and VanDusen's nursery; conducting bed inventories out in the garden and identifying plants; researching and writing interpretive brochures and signs for the garden. He/she will work in the office, in the labelling lab and out in the garden. The labelling technician will also work with VanDusen’s labelling volunteers, to help coordinate the volunteer schedule, answer questions, and help train new volunteer labeller recruits.
Required skills:
The ideal candidate for this job will have completed some course work in botany or horticulture. They should have excellent plant identification skills (or, alternatively, demonstrated observation/research skills), a good understanding of botany, botanical nomenclature and careful spelling. They should be competent with either Word or WordPerfect. Personally, he or she needs excellent attention to detail, the ability to work independently but to follow instructions carefully, and excellent communication skills.
$15 per hour. Funded by the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association.
Part-time from April 2006 to September 2006 or later.
Start date: April 1st or as soon as possible. The position may extend into fall depending on applicant's availability.
*Preference will be given to Candidates interested in accepting both positions (Labelling Assistant and Accessions Clerk) as there is considerable overlap in duties. Posted: Feb. 24/06.
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Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:46 PM on March 2, 2006
Summer Research Internships for Undergraduates
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Are you interested in plant evolution and development?
The MORPH (Molecular and Organismic Research in Plant History) Research Coordination Network provides funding for 10-week summer research internships in plant evolution and development. You may work in a lab of your choice.
Evaluation of training grant applications will begin on April 1/06. Successful applicants will be notified no later than April 15. Applications will continue to be accepted until all annual funds have been committed.
For further information and how to apply see: "MORPH Research Coordination Network" or contact Professor William (Ned) Friedman: ned@colorado.edu or Dr. Quentin Cronk quentin.cronk@ubc.ca
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:41 PM on March 2, 2006
Career Fair 2006
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Opportunities
Don't miss this annual event that gives employers access to upcoming graduates and future graduates the opportunity to network and explore career choices.
Join us Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006 5 - 7:30pm in the SUB ballroom.
Students can expect to have a chance to network and connect with potential employers;learn about your field and career options and what you need to do to secure employment; and, increase your marketability and create a competitive edge.
What You Gain as Employers:
Cost-effective recruitment strategies; access to a large talent pool of skilled professionals; the opportunity to pass on knowledge about what employers seek in an employee.
For more information:
Career Fair 2006
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:13 PM on February 3, 2006
Primary Inspector - (Anticipatory)
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Department Name: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Location: Burnaby
Classification: EG - 01
Salary: $36,321 to $46,326 (per annum)
Closing Date: February 1, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: ICA06J-006661-000006
Department Number: 0506-CFIA-BCC-BBY-OE-501
Employment Tenure: Temporary full time position for 3-6 months
Vacancies: 11
Websites:
For further information on the department, please visit Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Interested candidates should apply to Public Service Commission of Canada.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:24 PM on January 27, 2006
Summer internships
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The Plant Genome Research Program at Cornell Univ. and Boyce Thompson Institute is sponsoring undergraduate summer internships in Ithaca, NY.
Internships are 8-10 weeks in length in one of the participating labs currently doing plant genome research. Student interns will be provided a stipend, housing, and some travel expenses.
For more information, visit Plant Research Genome Program
Deadline: March 1/06
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:51 PM on January 18, 2006
Botanical Survey Technicians
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Sierra Pacific Industries, located in Anderson, California is seeking ten botanists to assist with surveys on SPI Industries' timberlands from May to August 2006. Requirements for applicants include completion of courses in general botany, plant taxonomy, general biology and plant ecology along with experience with California flora. Knowledge of plant physiology, geology and soil science preferred. Botanical fieldwork experience is desirable.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 2:42 PM on January 17, 2006
Graduate Assistantship in the lab of Dr. Keith Adams
Category(-ies): Opportunities
A Graduate Assistantship (M. S. or Ph. D.) is available in the lab of Dr. Keith Adams at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the area of plant molecular evolution and genomic evolution, starting September 2006. Dr. Adams seeks a highly motivated graduate student to work on molecular evolution and gene expression in polyploid and hybrid plants. To learn more about Dr. Adams' research visit his webpage http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/adams.htm. Informal inquiries about the research area are welcome and can be sent to keitha@interchange.ubc.ca.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 2:33 PM on November 3, 2005
Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor
level in the area of Plant Ecology, commencing July 1, 2006.
Preference will be given to candidates with a broad knowledge in
ecology of plant communities and plant taxonomy. The candidate will
develop a vigorous, quantitative research program focusing on
community and ecological processes at multiple scales for northern
ecosystems. Applicants should have relevant Ph.D. and post-doctoral
experience. The successful candidate will participate in the
undergraduate and graduate teaching programs of the Department, with
specific responsibility in botany and community ecology, including
experimental methods that employ multivariate statistics.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 11:30 AM on September 22, 2005
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH POSITION (WALSH FELLOWSHIP)
Category(-ies): Opportunities
A test of the insurance hypothesis of biodiversity
A full-time postgraduate research position for a doctoral candidate has opened at the Teagasc Research Centre, Johnstown Castle. The project will seek to test the insurance hypothesis of biodiversity, that when an environmental disturbance occurs, diverse ecosystems have a greater likelihood of containing species that are adapted to the changed conditions. Using a novel experimental design, we will test this tenet of ecological theory in an agronomic ecosystem. This research will experimentally investigate whether and how diversity of forage mixtures (of up to six species) improves: the total biomass and stability of production over time; the ability of diversity to reduce weed invasion; the ability of diversity to maintain biomass production in the face of an environmental disturbance. The doctoral candidate will be supervised jointly by Dr. John Finn, Teagasc Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, and Dr. John Connolly at the University College Dublin (UCD).
Conditions of the award: suitable candidates will have academic credentials to be admitted into a doctoral programme at the University College Dublin. Undergraduate and/or postgraduate experience in agricultural sciences or a related field is required. The starting date of the position is September 2005.
Amount of award: Candidates will receive Euro 17,000 per year for up to three years, out of which the candidate will be required to pay University College Dublin tuition fees as well as costs of living. Fees for doctoral students are currently Euro 3,800 per year for EU citizens and Euro 7,600 for non-EU citizens, and are likely to increase each year.
Application procedure: submit three copies of a current CV, a letter containing a statement of interests, and names and contact details of two referees to:
Dr. John Finn, Teagasc Research Centre Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford. Phone: 00 353 (0)53 71273 Fax 00 353 (0)53 42213 email jfinn@johnstown.teagasc.ie. Closing date: 1 July, 2005
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:01 PM on June 3, 2005
MSc Course in the Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants
Category(-ies): Opportunities , Systematics
Applications are being accepted for an MSc course in the Biodiversity and Taxonomy of plants at the University of Edinburgh in partnership with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Deadline for applications is March 31, 2005.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 3:38 PM on February 28, 2005
2004 Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Wendy A. Untereiner, Associate Professor of Botany at Brandon University sent us the following announcement: “Applications are now being accepted for the 2004 Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award which will be presented at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association / Association Botanique du Canada. If you are an undergraduate or a graduate student working with fungi, or if you supervise a mycology student who may be eligible for the award, please read this announcement carefully.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 3:16 PM on February 11, 2005
Lichen Monitoring Project in Vancouver
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Volunteers are needed for a Community Lichen Monitoring project in the Greater Vancouver Area sponsored by Environment Canada's EMAN (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network). The project will survey lichen communities around Vancouver to use as indicators to characterize air quality.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 5:50 PM on January 28, 2005
Tropical Plant Families of SE Asia Course
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden is offering a masters level course on the flora of Southeast Asia June 13 July 1, 2005. “Southeast Asia is one of the hotspots of global biodiversity: it contains more than 40,000 vascular plant species with a density ten times higher than the European flora” (from the course announcement).
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 3:36 PM on January 19, 2005
Biodiversity Research Centre Post-Doc Position
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The Biodiversity Research Centre has sent the following email regarding a biodiversity research postdoctoral fellowship position available at the University of British Columbia, starting in September 2005.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:28 PM on December 12, 2004
Conservation and Land Management Internships
Category(-ies): Opportunities
The Chicago Botanic Garden is seeking college graduates to fill 20 five-month paid internships to assist professional staff at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state and field offices or National Parks in the US with work in conservation and land management. Deadline for application is February 15, 2005. For more information and application instructions see the online announcement. (PDF)
Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 10:16 AM on December 10, 2004
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships application information and forms are now available for the 2005-2006 competition at the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies. The fellowships, valued at $44,000 per annum, are awarded for two years and is subject to review at the end of the first year.
For more information, visit Killam Postdoctoroal Fellowships or contact killam@interchange.ubc.ca.
Deadline for submission of applications to the Botany office is Monday November 15, 2004.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 8:50 AM on September 20, 2004
Computational Phylogenetics Postdoc Position
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Wayne Maddison, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Departments of Zoology and Botany at UBC, has sent the following email regarding a computational phylogenetics postdoctoral position available at the University of British Columbia.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:08 PM on July 12, 2004
International Course on Economic Botany
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Join Dr. David Mabberley at the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland at Leiden University for two weeks from September 6 to 17 and learn about the human side of plant-animal interactions.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 1:54 PM on May 12, 2004
Summer Student Jobs at UBC Botanical Garden
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Five summer student positions are available for the summer of 2004.
Students are hired for available summer positions at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research based on the following criteria:
- employment is limited to returning first, second and third year students enrolled in a recognized Agriculture, Botany, Horticulture or Plant Biology program at UBC or another university/college, and to returning UBC Masters of Landscape Architecture students
- preference will be given to UBC students, and to students who have not had previous summer employment at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
- the term of employment is generally May to August
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:53 PM on March 16, 2004
Plant Evolutionary Ecology Positions
Category(-ies): Evolution , Opportunities
Dr. Elizabeth Elle, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University, has graduate student positions available in her laboratory, with a start date of summer 2004.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 11:51 AM on March 15, 2004
Two Positions in Plant Conservation Research
Category(-ies): Opportunities
From the email:
"Two 12-month paid internships are available for individuals with a
bachelor's degree in biology, botany, ecology, or a related major and a
commitment to the study and practice of native plant conservation and
restoration. If you are graduated or a soon-to-graduate student with a
background in biology and want to start a career in ecology, botany,
environmental science or if you have a strong background and interest in
flora of the upper Midwest, we encourage you to apply.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 11:31 AM on February 17, 2004
Graduate Assistantship - Molecular Evolution
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Update: This position is now filled.
A Graduate Assistantship (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) is available in the lab of Dr. Keith Adams at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Plant Research in the area of plant molecular and genomic evolution, starting fall 2004. Dr. Adams is looking for a highly motivated graduate student to work with him on molecular evolution in polyploid and hybrid plants. Research will focus on expression and silencing of genes duplicated by polyploidy. Inquiries about the research area are welcome.
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:20 PM on January 30, 2004
M.Sc. Opportunity
Category(-ies): Graduate Student News , Opportunities
Garry Oak Ecosystems
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Dr. Ze'ev Gedalof is working on a research project with Marlow Pellatt, the goal of which is to better understand some of the past patterns of variability and critical ecological processes in Garry oak ecosystems in British Columbia. The project is looking to recruit an M.Sc. student to take on a component of this project.
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Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 10:56 AM on January 30, 2004
Short Course in Molecular Systematics
Category(-ies): Opportunities , Systematics
The Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics at The University of Reading, England is offering an intensive Short Course in Molecular Systematics from March 23 to April 2, 2004.
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:21 AM on January 30, 2004
Position for Plant Evolution Biologist
Category(-ies): Evolution , Genomics , Opportunities
Please be aware of the following position which appeared on the PDE (Plant Development and Evolution) list-server:
The University of Edinburgh will shortly advertise a faculty position for a plant evolutionary biologist jointly with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).
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Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:52 PM on September 30, 2003
UBC Postdoc Opportunity
Category(-ies): Evolution , Genomics , Opportunities
A post-doctoral position is open in the laboratory of Kermit Ritland to investigate questions in theoretical and/or statistical aspects of genome evolution in populations.
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 3:51 AM on August 28, 2003
