Scientific Meeting —Volvox 2019 and Travel Fellowship Opportunities
Dates: July 26-29, 2019, University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus http://www.bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tayousei/Volvox2019/index.html The Fifth International Volvox Conference in Tokyo, Japan, will bring together international scientists working with Volvox and its relatives. We cordially invite experimentalists and theorists interested in these fascinating organisms. The volvocine algae grow in various freshwater environments worldwide and have important … Continued
Postdoctoral Position – Metacaspases in Model Green Algae: Mechanisms and Functions
Position Announcement – printable PDF This position is a part of recruitment campaign to launch 5-year project supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation and aimed to advance our mechanistic understanding of metacaspase family proteases. The project will develop through a close cooperation between five research groups located in Uppsala BioCenter, SLU and in … Continued
Scientific Meeting – Unity and Diversity of Ciliary Systems in Locomotion and Transport
Meeting Website Date March 18-19, 2019 Location Kavli Royal Society Centre, Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 9JJ View map Venue information Overview Theo Murphy international scientific meeting organised by Professor Gáspár Jékely, Professor Raymond Goldstein FRS and Dr Kirsty Wan. Scanning electron microscope image of a ciliated planula larva of the cnidarian Nematostella … Continued
Assistant Professor search at LSU for Plant Physiologist specializing in microalgae
The Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University invites applications for a tenure-track Plant Physiologist at the level of Assistant Professor. Please visit the website below for details. Assistant Professor – Plant Physiologist (Tenure Track)
Physics and Physiology of Motile Cilia conference
27 Jan – 30 Jan 2019 Where: Physikzentrum Bad Honnef Scientific organizers: Benjamin Friedrich, TU Dresden; Veikko Geyer, TU Dresden; Timo Strünker, UKM Münster Across the animal and plant kingdom, motile cilia and flagella serve many important biological functions, including cellular propulsion, fluid transport, and sensory signaling – to name only a few. Unraveling the … Continued
Two PhD positions available at Friedrich Schiller University-Jena in the Mittag lab
Please see the attached job posting: PhD Job offer 252_2018 M. Mittag lab
New genome annotation v5_6 now available
Go to Resources→Tools. Or, simply click here: Genome annotation v5_6
Evolution of Multicellularity and Germ-Soma Specialization Postdoc position available in the Umen lab
The Umen laboratory at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center www.umenlab.org is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF-funded project to work on the mechanism and evolution of germ and somatic cell differentiation in the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri. Candidates with training in molecular genetics and bioinformatics/genomics, including use of R and other script-based programming … Continued
Synthetic Biology Postdoctoral fellow and PhD student
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada Synthetic biology has the potential to revolutionize the production of biofuels, chemicals, and others materials. As part of a SynBio-MicroAlgae funded project, the Plant Specialized Metabolism & Engineering Division seeks to develop non-model Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain for production of valuable plant metabolites with opening for a Synthetic … Continued
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE (GRC) and associated GORDON RESEARCH SEMINAR (GRS) on Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions– SAVE THE DATE
RS: February 16-17, 2019, Barga, Italy GRC: February 17-22, 2019, Barga, Italy Dear all, We would like to invite you to attend the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions. In 2019, the GRC will be held in conjunction with the “Cilia, Mucus & Mucociliary Interactions” … Continued