Dr. Eric Boehm is selling part of his collection of mycology books and journals, including a number that are valuable and/or hard to obtain. Please see the booklist and contact him directly at <eboehmjr@gmail.com> with your inquiries.
Posted in news on Jun 22nd, 2011 Comments Off
International Botanical Congress 2011: Melbourne, Australia (23-30 July 2011)
The ASPT/BSA are pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to support our efforts to enable participation by students and early-career scientists in this year’s International Botanical Congress. Awards will be $2,000 for grad students and $2,200 for postdocs/faculty. We particularly encourage applications groups underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities).
These travel awards to students, postdocs, and early career faculty (in first 3 years of first faculty position) will help offset the cost of attending for those who will benefit most from participating. To be eligible for a travel award you must be either presenting a poster or speaking in a symposium. The NSF funds are restricted to American citizens and permanent residents, or to foreign nationals working in US institutions in accord with NSF policy.
Preference will be given to members of the various supporting societies, including the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS), American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), American Fern Society (AFS), Botanical Society of America (BSA), the Mycological Society of America (MSA), and the Society of Economic Botanists (SEB).
Application deadline: March 15, 2011
Go here to apply for a travel award: http://www.botany.org/2011-IBC/
Go here for more information and to register for the IBC: http://www.ibc2011.com/
Cheers,
Dick Olmstead
President, ASPT
Posted in news on Feb 24th, 2011 Comments Off
PHYTOPHTHORA TRANSFORMATION WORKSHOP, March 9-11, 2011
We will be holding a workshop on the DNA-mediated transformation of
Phytophthora on March 9-11, at the University of California,
Riverside. Training will be provided in protoplast and
electroporation-based methods for transformation, using Phytophthora
infestans.
The workshop should be of value to current oomycete workers that wish
to incorporate transformation into their research program, and to
individuals planning to work on Phytophthora or related oomycetes in
the future. The workshop will be restricted to ten participants.
The workshop is timed to come just before the Oomycete Molecular
Genetics Workshop in Pacific Grove, California (March 13-15), and the
Fungal Genetics Conference (also in Pacific Grove, March 15-20).
While there is no fee for the workshop, participants will be
responsible for the cost of their housing and subsistence.
For more information, contact:
Howard Judelson
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
University of California
Riverside, California 92521 USA
email: howard.judelson@ucr.edu
Tel: 1-951-827-4199
Posted in news on Dec 5th, 2010 Comments Off
The Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education Group would like to introduce undergraduate biology instructors to a new set of tools that enable students to research and publish species accounts to the Encyclopedia of Life (www.eol.org).
The EOL Learning + Education Group, based at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, works in collaboration with three partners (Animal Diversity Web, AmphibiaWeb and Mushroom Observer) who provide online collaborative tools to facilitate the writing of species accounts by undergraduate biology students for specific taxonomic groups. EOL’s Education LifeDesk is another species page authoring tool suitable for any taxonomic group. The opportunity to research and publish these accounts to the Encyclopedia of Life is a challenge that many students find highly motivating and rewarding.
If you are interested in incorporating writing species accounts into your course, visit http://education.eol.org/collaborations/undergrad_init2 or email us at education [at] eol.org
About The Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL, www.eol.org) is a global collaboration between scientists and the general public to make authoritative information about all 1.9 million named species freely accessible online. Please visit http://education.eol.org/collaborations/under_init1 to hear some first-hand accounts from students and professors.
Posted in news on Nov 30th, 2010 Comments Off
Please be advised that the deadline for submitting a symposium proposal for the 2011 MSA meeting to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska from August 1-6 is October 31 of this month.
Proposals should include: proposed title and chair, brief paragraph describing the symposium focus, list of potential speakers (listing their country and university or other professional address), and potential sponsors/funding.
Please send symposium proposals to:
Kerry O’Donnell
NCAUR-ARS-USDA
1815 N. University St.
Peoria, IL 61604
email: kerry.odonnell@ars.usda.gov
phone:(309) 681-6383
fax: +1 309 681 6672
Posted in news on Oct 13th, 2010 Comments Off
The Seventh International Congress on the Systematics and Ecology of Myxomycetes (ICSEM7) will be held on the campus of the Federal University of Pernambuco and also at the Vila Rica Hotel, Recife, Brazil, from September 10 to September 17, 2011. The congress will feature mini-courses, posters, and power point presentations on topics related to the systematics and ecology of Myxomycetes and Protostelids. A web site will be available in the near future. Please direct inquiries to: Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti, Laboratório de Myxomycetes, Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil. Email: icsem7@gmail.com
Posted in news on Oct 12th, 2010 Comments Off
Early registration and abstract submission for the 2010 MSA meeting have been extended through April 30. Please join us at our annual meeting, June 28 to July 1, along with the International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses (ISFEG).
Posted in news on Apr 20th, 2010 Comments Off
The 2010 Mycological Society of America Annual Foray will be held at Bernheim Forest in Bullitt County, Kentucky where no voucher myxomycete collections have been published. Our ongoing study of Myxomycetes of Kentucky began in 1977 and still continues with several possible new species that require additional collections. Please bring any myxomycete collections you have made in Kentucky to the foray and share any made on June 27 that will help us document a more complete myxomycete survey for Kentucky.
Harold W. Keller, Ph.D. (Dr. Myxo)
Visiting Professor
Department of Biology
W. C. Morris 306
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Telephone (660) 543-4933 Biology Office
E-mail address: KELLER@UCMO.edu
Posted in news on Apr 20th, 2010 Comments Off
We’re happy to announce that MYCOLOGIA has launched a publish ahead of print feature on our HighWire site. Subscribers can now view articles that have been accepted and copy edited about 8 weeks before they will appear in print. Articles will be formally published as soon as they are posted online and will have a DOI assigned. Prepublication articles will be replaced with updated versions until the final print version is published.
submitted by MYCOLOGIA Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Stone.
Posted in news on Apr 8th, 2009 Comments Off
Dear Colleagues
I wanted to let you know about a new class that is being offered next year through the Gulf Coast Research Lab’s Summer Field Program. I will be teaching a class on marine fungi that will introduce marine fungi and emphasize collection, isolation and identification techniques. This class can be taken for credit by undergraduate and graduate students. It will also benefit amateur mycologists, field biologists, and researchers who are interested in learning new skills for pursuing academic, career-related or independent studies of fungi.
The class is offered from July 27 to August 7, 2009. Please see the flier for more information.
Dr Jinx Campbell
Asst. Professor, Marine Mycology
Department of Coastal Sciences
University of Southern Mississippi
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs
MS, 39564
Posted in news on Dec 15th, 2008 Comments Off
