Biological Science Laboratory Technician Closing date for this position is 08/08/2019. Please visit this link for more information and application instructions: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/540498200
Systematic Mycologist at the New York Botanical Garden Click here for the full position announcement and more information.
Announcing the 3rd Wild Plant Pathosystems Conference near Frankfurt, Germany, September 16-20, 2019. Last Date for Registration: June 30, 2019. Click the image of the flyer below for the full pdf and information. Please see www.wpp3.de for more information as well.
An informal study of growing fruticose lichens in greenhouses Carly R. Anderson Stewart1 1University of Colorado at Boulder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Boulder, CO, 80309 ABSTRACT – Two species of wild-collected lichens, Usnea lapponica (from Colorado) and Ramalina menziesii (California) were placed into wet and dry greenhouses at the Read more…
Video showing Bitunicate (or, jack-in-the-box) ascus dehiscence in Lindgomyces carolinensis, a freshwater Dothideomycete fungus Submitted by Huzefa A. Raja, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States The Dothideomycetes are distinguished from the other Ascomycota (ascus bearing fungi), mainly based on morphological Read more…
Are fungi hidden drivers of plant distributions and population persistence? An article written by Aaron S. David (recipient of MSA’s 2017 Forest Fungal Ecology Grant Award), Research Ecologist, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, Fort Lauderdale, FL By now it’s become a well-worn phrase, but the fungal communities that inhabit soils Read more…
The American Institute of Biological Sciences Awards MSA Graduate Student, Brian Lovett, with an Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award The AIBS describes the award and Brian: “The American Institute of Biological Sciences annually recognizes, with the Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award, one or two graduate students in the biological sciences Read more…
Post-doc position in fungal systematics at Swedish Museum of Natural History A one-year postdoctoral position is available in the Botany Department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. The position could possibly be extended for 2 years. The project, which is led by Dr. Karen Hansen, is funded by the Read more…
The Hynson (hynsonlab.com), Amend (amendlab.com) and Nelson (https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/Nelson.html) Labs at The University of Hawaii at Mānoa are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on a project recently funded study by the W.M. Keck Foundation titled “Establishing a Hawaiian Watershed as a Model Microbiome Mesocosm”. A synopsis of the project Read more…
Insect-Pathogen Interactions – Entomopathogenic Fungi. The USDA, ARS Emerging Pest and Pathogen Research Unit located on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY will be hiring a full time Mycologist/Insect Pathologist in the near future. The incumbent will serve as the Curator of the ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Collections Read more…