[ECOLOG-L] micro CT for leaf anatomy?

2011-09-23 Thread John Skillman
Hello all, I have colleagues that are looking into purchasing a micro-CT scanner for comparative animal morphology work. I'm interested in whether this method can be used for internal anatomy studies of leaves. There seems to be very little literature where microCT has been used for leaf studies

[ECOLOG-L] Deanship at University of Hawaii

2011-09-23 Thread Christopher A. Lepczyk
Dean, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, and Director for Research and Cooperative Extension As the founding College of the University of Hawai‘i in 1907, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) is central to the land-grant mission of the University of

[ECOLOG-L] Two Faculty Positions - University of Cincinnati

2011-09-23 Thread Matter, Stephen (mattersf)
Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati (http://www.artsci.uc.edu/biology), at the Assistant level. We seek individuals studying (1) SENSORY BIOLOGY, using cellular/molecular approaches to understand the function and/or evolution of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Work/Life balance from AWIS in Action! September 2011

2011-09-23 Thread Clara B. Jones
In 2005, the journal *Science *published an essay addressing the topics being discussed on this listserv. In particular, the essay concerns "women in science", and it generated several comments (link attached). I am one of the respondents; however, independent of that fact, I recommend the complete

[ECOLOG-L] Student research assistantship in dissolved organic matter reactivity

2011-09-23 Thread Natalie Mladenov
Motivated PhD or MS-level students are sought for a research assistantship at Kansas State University to study the reactivity and transport of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in reducing groundwater and DOM interactions with metals, microbes, and arsenic. Applicants are expected to have a strong ba

[ECOLOG-L] Research assistantship in alpine environmental science at Kansas State

2011-09-23 Thread Natalie Mladenov
Motivated PhD or MS-level students are sought for a research assistantship to study the chemical character and bioavailability of organic matter in atmospheric deposition and its influence on alpine environments. There is an urgency to improve our understanding of how biogeochemical cycling and sur

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: Institute of Ecology & Evolution

2011-09-23 Thread David Inouye
Postdoctoral Research Associate Institute of Ecology & Evolution Posting: 11377 Location: Eugene Closes: Open Until Filled Jessica Green (http://biology.uoregon.edu/people/green/) and Brendan Bohannan (http://biology.uoregon.edu/ceeb/faculty_pages/Bohannan/) are currently seeking a bioinformatics

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Work/Life balance from AWIS in Action! September 2011

2011-09-23 Thread Georgina Cullman
Having programs in place to support people who do chose to have families and do not have the option or the inclination to rely on spouses or others for caregiving doesn't take away from those who want to spend all their time working. Power to them! They will probably make tenure faster! But I th

[ECOLOG-L] U. of Toledo -- Faculty Position in Global Environmental Change (rank open)

2011-09-23 Thread Stacy Philpott
Faculty Position in Global Environmental Change (rank open) The Department of Environmental Sciences (DES) in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at The University of Toledo seeks an environmental scientist with strong quantitative expertise to commence Fall 2012. The successful candid

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position in Behavioral Biology or Biological Anthropology

2011-09-23 Thread Sakulich, John B
FULL-TIME, TENURE-TRACK POSITION AVAILABLE AUGUST 2012 BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGISTORBIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST TITLE: Assistant Professor of Biology The position's appointment will be in the Biology Department and any Animal Behavior (behavioral ecology

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate student in search of job in Northern California

2011-09-23 Thread Subscribe Ecolog-L Derek M. Lin
I have recently completed my BS at the University of California, Santa Cruz in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and am currently looking for employment near San Francisco in the bay area. I have had 2 years of experience working in John Thompson's lab at UC Santa Cruz researching tri-