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The National Park Service (NPS) is exploring the feasibility of developing a “Taxonomists-in-Parks” program. The primary goal of such a program will be to encourage taxonomists, especially those specializing in traditionally under-surveyed taxa, to participate in new and ongoing biodiversity discovery activities (e.g., All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories, Bioblitzes). The program will also provide opportunities for beginning and advanced students of taxonomy to learn and gain practical experience in national parks. Attached you will find a summary of some critical components of the Taxonomists-in-Parks program as we currently envision it. Of course, the success of such a program relies entirely on enthusiastic participation by the NPS staff involved with planning and managing biodiversity discovery activities, as well as amateur and professional taxonomists. To ensure that this be a viable and successful program, we want as much feedback as possible from taxonomists and NPS staff regarding both the general goals as well as the finer details of the program. Please take some time to read over the summary and provide feedback on any of the sections, especially as they relate to previous experiences you have had in NPS-sponsored biodiversity activities. If you think we’ve overlooked something important, or have new ideas to add, we’re eager to hear those too. We need your input to create a ground-breaking program that promotes, supports, and trains taxonomists in national parks, including some of the country’s most diverse and unspoiled places! Download a description of the program model here. The formal comment period is past but additional input is still welcome. Please send any comments to jrykken@oeb.harvard.edu. (posted January 5, 2012)
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Invitation to Participate in the i5K Arthropod Genome Sequencing Initiative Colleagues, i5K is an international initiative with the goal to sequence 5,000 arthropod genomes. Funding is already available for the first 50 genomes, some of which are very likely to be non-mite arachnids. I5K seeks input broadly from the scientific community, and therefore participation by arachnologists is particularly important. You may both nominate species for sequencing, and vote for species already nominated. Community support is crucial. Forty-nine species of chelicerates have been nominated already. The main page of the project is: http://arthropodgenomes.org/wiki/i5K . To vote or nominate species, you must first create an account at: http://arthropodgenomes.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=i5K. After creating an account, you should log in, choose the “edit with form” tab, and from that tab choose “i5K information.” On that page you will see a box labeled “i5K Nominated species (adding a species name here will indicate your support for genomic sequencing).” Add species, separated by commas, to vote for them. (posted 26 October 2011)
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Tenure track faculty position in ecology at Ohio State University Marion campus (posted 30 July 2011)
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Postdoctoral opportunity (spider behavior and ecology) in Israel for US citizen (posted 31 March 2011)
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Subject: Post-doctoral fellowships in Israel for US Citizen
Description: Fulbright fellowships for US citizens to conduct post-doctoral research in an Israeli university are available. However, the Fulbright fellowship is insufficient on it's own and needs to be supplemented by other fellowship sources.
If you are interested in a postdoc in spider ecology and behavior research in my lab (Dr. Yael Lubin), please contact me.
Additional post-doc funding may be available from The Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation (BCSC) of Ben-Gurion University which offers 1/2 or full postdoc fellowships.
The next deadline for application is 1 Feb 2012.
Further information can be found at the following URL: http://www.bgu.ac.il/BIDR/bic/fellowships.htm
Submitted by: Dr. Yael Lubin,
Professor
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Ben-Gurion University, Sede Boqer Campus
84990 Israel
Tel. 972-8-659-6782
Fax: 972-8-659-6772
Email: lubin@bgu.ac.il
Prof. Lubin's website: http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/Faculty_Members/Lubin.htm
Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology: http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/Departments/EnvironmentalResearch/Mitrani
Subject: Availability of the Guide d’identification des Araignées du Québec
Recently, the entomological association who was distributing the Guide d’identification des Araignées du Québec by Paquin & Dupérré (2003) decided to stop this activity. This resulted in the authors acquiring the remaining copies and now insuring the distribution of the monograph. This book (250 pages, spiral bound) contains 2700 illustrations leading to species level identification of 670 spiders and constitutes a precious taxonomic tool.
Complete ref: Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003) Guide d'Identification des Araignées du Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 11, 1–251.
Originally, this book was sold for $50.00 (+ taxes + shipping), but could be acquired now for 25.00 ($CAN) + shipping (or with arrangements to save shipping charges).
Maybe a few copies could be brought to the next international meeting in Poland, simply let us know if you would be interested in acquiring one.
For more information, please contact Pierre Paquin (ppaquin@swca.com) or Nadine Dupérré (nduperre@amnh.org)