[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc in conifer microbiome research at UC Merced
Postdoctoral position available in the Frank lab at the University of California Merced. The Frank lab is recruiting an exceptional and highly motivated postdoc to work on diversity and function of the conifer foliage microbiome. The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing research that seeks to understand the diversity, function, and transmission routes of the microbiome associated with foliage of western high elevation conifers. The specific research focus involves characterizing the taxa responsible for nitrogen fixation in conifer foliage. Recent findings suggest that both evergreen and deciduous trees have the potential to directly access atmospheric N via N2-fixing bacteria in the foliage. These findings are important to our understanding of how plants in N-limited ecosystems meet their N demand, and to balancing ecosystem N budgets. Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene has shown that the conifer microbiome is largely consistent across species and geographic sites, with several potential N2-fixing uncultured taxa dominating the community. The successful candidate will use a combination of enrichment of bacterial cells and DNA; metagenomics and single cell genome (SAG) sequencing; amplification of nitrogenase (nif) genes using PNA PCR blockers to exclude conifer nif homologs; designing and using nif primers for specific groups of bacteria; and bioinformatics analysis of metagenomes and SAGs. Metagenome- and SAG sequencing is performed in collaboration with Tanya Woyke’s group at the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, CA. There are also opportunities for collaborating with Jennifer Pett-Ridge’s group at Lawrence Livermore National Lab for fluorescence in situ hybridization. The project involves sampling lodgepole pine in nearby Yosemite National Park. Applicants should have a PhD, completed or completion imminent, in microbiology, evolution, genomics, bioinformatics, or related fields. Programming and bioinformatics experience is desirable. This position begins in January and is funded for 12 months with the possibility of extension for a total of 2 years. Salary is based on the University of California Academic Salary Scales. Prospective applicants should contact Carolin Frank at cfra...@ucmcerced.edu to discuss the project. The University of California, Merced is a dynamic new university campus in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university in the 21st century. The campus is centrally located with easy access to the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the California coastline. U.C. Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff and students.
[ECOLOG-L] 8th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop!
Dear Colleagues, The Eigth annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop will take place on May 4th-6th, 2018 at the Sierra Nevada Research Station, Yosemite National Park. This has become a great venue for a diversity of symbiosis researchers. We hope to continue to attract a diverse group in 2018! Keynote speaker 2018: Dr. Tadashi Fukami from Stanford University! Information about our meeting: Why: Our continuing goal is to better integrate the broad groups of scientists that focus on symbiosis and microbiome research. Yosemite serves as an ideal site as it is both beautiful and secluded. This will be our 8th annual meeting and we have been consistently attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas. Who: The meeting is small by design (~50 participants) and we seek to focus on scientists interested in the microbiome, cooperation, mutualism, and symbiosis. In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems. We would like to make room for a diverse group of people so we will initially accept up to 3 lab members per group (including the PI) on a first come first served basis. When: The talks and formal meeting will be held May 5-6, 2018, though we make accommodation arrangements available for attendees to arrive on Friday the 4th to provide opportunities to enjoy the park. Since time at the conference is limited, we ask attendees to submit an abstract and a preference (talk versus poster). Priority will be given to those presenting. Past attendees and talks can be found here: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php Abstract and early bird registration are due on March 16th, 2018. Where: SNRS has a set of cabins in Wawona and all within a short walk of the conference room. Costs: See details in the registration page. We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year. Link to meeting information: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php The registration form for the 2018 Symbiosis Workshop is active: https://snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbiosis-workshop-2018-registration Please direct any questions to the organizers: Carolin Frank cfra...@ucmerced.edu Joel Sachs jo...@ucr.edu
[ECOLOG-L] Seventh annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop May 5th-7th, 2017
Dear Colleagues The Seventh annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop will take place on May 5th-7th, 2017 at the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Yosemite National Park. This has become a great venue for a diversity of symbiosis researchers. We hope to continue to attract a diverse group in 2017! Keynote speaker 2017: Dr. Corrie Moreau from the Field Museum of Natural History. Information about our meeting: Why: Our continuing goal is to better integrate the broad groups of scientists that focus on symbiosis research. Yosemite serves as an ideal site as it is both beautiful and secluded. This will be our 7th annual meeting and we have been consistently attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas. Who: The meeting is small by design (~50 participants) and we seek to focus on scientists interested in cooperation, mutualism, and symbiosis. In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems. We would like to make room for a diverse group of people so we will initially accept up to 3 lab members per group (including the PI) on a first come first served basis. When: The talks and formal meeting will be held May 6-7, 2017, though we make accommodation arrangements available for attendees to arrive on Friday the 5th to provide opportunities to enjoy the park. Since time at the conference is limited, we ask attendees to submit an abstract and a preference (talk versus poster). Priority will be given to those presenting. Abstract and early bird registration are due on March 6th, 2017. Where: SNRS has a set of cabins in Wawona and all within a short walk of the conference room. Costs: See details in the registration page. We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year. Your registration is not activated until you have completed the payment process. NOTE that the payment link is at the top of the registration page. The registration fee includes room and board. The registration form for the 2017 Symbiosis Workshop is active: http://snri.ucmerced.edu/symbiosis Please direct any questions to the organizers: Joel Sachs jo...@ucr.edu A. Carolin Frank cfra...@ucmerced.edu
[ECOLOG-L] YosemiteNatlPark.Symbiosis.May6-8
ADVANCED REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO MARCH 8th Dear Colleagues, The Sixth annual Symbiosis Workshop will take place on May 6th-8th, 2016 at the Sierra Nevada Research Station, Yosemite National Park. This has become a great venue for a diversity of symbiosis researchers,so we hope to continue to attract a diverse group: Keynote speaker 2016: Dr. Betsy Arnold from the University of Arizona. Information about our meeting: Why: Our goal is to better integrate scientists that focus on symbiosis research. We plan to continue annual workshops at Yosemite as this site is both beautiful and secluded. This will be our 6th annual meeting and we have been attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas. Who: The meeting is small by design (~50 participants) and we seek to focus on scientists interested in both cooperation and symbiosis. In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems. We would like to make room for a diverse group of people so we will initially accept up to 3 lab members per group (including the PI) on a first come first served basis. When: The talks and formal meeting will be held May 7-8, 2016, though we make accommodation arrangements available for attendees to arrive on Friday the 6th to provide opportunities to enjoy the park. Since time at the conference is limited, we ask attendees to submit an abstract and a preference (talk versus poster). Priority will be given to those presenting. Abstract and early bird registration are due on March 8th, 2016. Where: SNRS has a set of cabins in Wawona and all within a short walk of the conference room. Costs: See details in the registration page. We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year. Link to meeting information: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php The registration form for the 2016 Symbiosis Workshop is active: http://snri.ucmerced.edu/symbiosis Payments should be made at: https://intelforms.ucmerced.edu/Form/Symbiosis Please direct any questions to the organizers: Joel Sachs jo...@ucr.edu A. Carolin Frank cfra...@ucmerced.edu
[ECOLOG-L] Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop 6-8 May 2016
Dear Colleagues, The Sixth annual Symbiosis Workshop will take place on May 6th-8th, 2016 at the Sierra Nevada Research Station, Yosemite National Park. This has become a great venue for a diversity of symbiosis researchers, so we hope to continue to attract a diverse group: Keynote speaker 2016: Dr. Betsy Arnold from the University of Arizona. Information about our meeting: Why: Our goal is to better integrate scientists that focus on symbiosis research. We plan to continue annual workshops at Yosemite as this site is both beautiful and secluded. This will be our 6th annual meeting and we have been attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas. Who: The meeting is small by design (~50 participants) and we seek to focus on scientists interested in both cooperation and symbiosis. In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems. We would like to make room for a diverse group of people so we will initially accept up to 3 lab members per group (including the PI) on a first come first served basis. When: The talks and formal meeting will be held May 7-8, 2016, though we make accommodation arrangements available for attendees to arrive on Friday the 6th to provide opportunities to enjoy the park. Since time at the conference is limited, we ask attendees to submit an abstract and a preference (talk versus poster). Priority will be given to those presenting. Abstract and early bird registration are due on February 15, 2016. Where: SNRS has a set of cabins in Wawona and all within a short walk of the conference room. Costs: See details in the registration page. We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year. Link to meeting information: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php The registration form for the 2016 Symbiosis Workshop is active: http://snri.ucmerced.edu/symbiosis Payments should be made at: https://intelforms.ucmerced.edu/Form/Symbiosis Please direct any questions to the organizers: Joel Sachs jo...@ucr.edu A. Carolin Frank cfra...@ucmerced.edu
