Category: Misc.

2016 US Culture Collection Network Internship Program

The US Culture Collection Network is pleased to present a new activity for living microbe collection stakeholders.

Beginning immediately we will accept applications for a collection internship at one of the USCCN participating collections.

US Students and researchers interested in learning how to preserve, store, and document living microbe specimens are invited to apply to the US Culture Collection Network for 2 – 12 day internships at some of the country’s leading microbial repositories.

• The Phaff Yeast Culture Collection at the University of California, Davis, CA
• The Fungal Genetics Stock Center at the Kansas State University at Manhattan, KS
• The UTEX culture collection of Algae at the University of Texas at Austin, TX
• The National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota at Bigelow Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor, ME
• The USDA NRRL culture collection at Peoria, IL

To be considered for an internship please send a brief essay describing your reason for wanting to participate in the internship along with a CV/resume and a statement from your major professor/sponsor stating why this is important for your education to any member of the USCCN Steering Committee. The duration of lab visits will be decided by the applicant in discussion with the hosting laboratory. All applications will be reviewed by the USCCN Steering Committee. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2016 and internships should be completed by March 31, 2017. Support will include economy air-travel, local transportation and accommodations as well as a modest per diem. These internships should be educational in nature and not as a means to establish or conduct a research collaboration.

All participant expenses are to be compatible with the NSF recommendations: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/manuals/gpm05_131/gpm6.jsp#618

Participant support allowances may not be paid to trainees who are receiving compensation, either directly or indirectly, from other Federal government sources while participating in the project. A non-NSF Federal employee may receive participant support allowances from grant funds provided there is no duplication of funding of items and provided no single item of participant cost is divided between his/her parent agency and NSF grant funds.

The USCCN does not discriminate on the basis of on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military status, or veteran status, in this internship program or in any the networks programs and activities as required by applicable laws and regulations.

CPB Seminar Reminder for Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 4:10pm in 1022 Life Sciences

Speaker: Andrew Moeller
Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, Nachman Lab, UC Berkeley
Title: “The evolution of the human gut microbiome ”

QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGIST

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cornell University

We invite applications for a tenure track position in quantitative ecology, at the level of Assistant or early Associate Professor. We seek candidates with expertise in analyzing large data sets or modeling of processes from the ecosystem to regional or larger scales, with an emphasis on the interactions of human-accelerated environmental change with ecological structure and function and sustainability. We will consider applicants with a strong theoretical, statistical, and/or computational background studying the interactions between organisms (including humans) and the environment as this influences biogeochemistry, ecological function, climate change, community assembly, or broad-scale patterns in biodiversity. The area of expertise could be in any ecosystem. We are particularly interested in individuals who are developing and applying quantitative methods, who are interested in understanding underlying ecological processes, who work at various scales, and who will collaborate with ecologists and evolutionary biologists as well as scientists in related disciplines across Cornell.

Faculty Position: Assistant or early Associate Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Tenure track, academic-year (9-month) appointment with 50% research and 50% teaching.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a Ph.D., demonstrated excellence in research in some aspect of quantitative ecology, such as analyzing big data sets, remote sensing, ecological observation systems, or ecosystem-scale, regional-scale, or Earth system modeling. Candidates should have a strong interest in collaborative research, and a dedication to excellence in teaching. Post-doctoral experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to develop a well-funded, innovative research program with a national and international reputation, to teach in an introductory ecology course, and to develop an advanced course in quantitative methods in his or her specialty area.

Salary: Competitive, commensurate with background and experience.

Start Date: July 2017

Application Procedure: Applications should be submitted via the website https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/8040. Candidates should submit a short cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement, and a statement of teaching interests and experience. Candidates should also arrange for three letters of reference. Inquiries can be directed to Search Committee Chair, Christine Goodale, at quantecolsearch@cornell.edu. Applications from women and minority candidates are actively encouraged. Review of applications will begin Nov. 1, 2016, and continue until the position is filled.

Cornell University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.

Please circulate widely

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) Presents: 2016-2017 CAMPOS Cafecito/Coffee Breaks

Oct. 26, Dec. 1, 2016

Feb. 16, Apr. 6, Jun. 1, 2017

All Cafecitos/Coffee Breaks: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. | UC Davis ADVANCE Office 1100 Surge III “The Grove”

Pre-registration suggested.

For more information, visit edu/related-conferences-events or call 530-752-4792

Audience: Faculty members, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students

Topics:

Exploring the Relationship between Stereotype Threat and an Inclusive Environment

· This presentation should benefit educators, students and staff interested in deepening their understanding of the experiences of health professions students related to stereotype threat. Our research findings suggest that faculty and peers have a big impact (positive or negative) on the climate of inclusivity as experienced by underrepresented students. Through this presentation and discussion we will explore inter-relational best practices that foster inclusion and student success.

Improving Equity, Diversity, and Workplace Climate Among Faculty at UC Davis

· This presentation will provide an overview of the two main activities of the Inclusive Campus Climate Initiative of the Advance Program: The STEAD workshops for members of faculty recruitment committees and the COACHE faculty job satisfaction survey. These activities aim to increase equity and diversity in faculty recruitment and to assess (and thereby help to improve) faculty members’ satisfaction with the many aspects of their work at UC Davis. The goals, approach, and outcomes of each effort will be presented and offered for discussion.

Mentorship: Its Role and Importance for Latinas in STEM

· Our interviews with Latina President Postdoctoral Fellows and other STEM scholars yielded powerful narratives of the importance of mentorship within and outside the academic context for the development of a scientist identity and academic success i. This presentation will discuss our preliminary analysis of these findings.

Institutionalizing Inclusion: Policies and Practices that Sustain and Enable Inclusive Climates

· The policy and practices initiative has been reviewing polices as well as practices related to faculty recruitment, advancement and retention with the goal of breaking down barriers to inclusion in the faculty ranks. Some suggested changes have already been implemented and others will be presented in our final report to the campus. Come to the cafecito to discuss the draft of the findings and recommendations of this final report.

Capital Resource Network-Helping to Attract and Retain the Best and the Brightest

· The Capital Resource Network is a program created at UC Davis that serves as a collaborative regional resource to recruit and retain highly competitive, educated, skilled and diverse talent, both academic and staff appointees. The fee-for-service program uses a proactive and intentional approach to welcome, introduce, and integrate top talent and their families to the region. Seeking to attract and retain the best and the brightest, the program’s dual career support efforts strategically recognize the importance of employment opportunities for the accompanying spouse or partner, who is critical to the decision-making process.

2016-2017 ADVANCE CAMPOS Cafecitos-Coffee Breaks Flyer FINAL.pdf

University of California
PRESIDENT’S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
2017–2018 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

THE PROGRAM. The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. The contributions to diversity may include public service towards increasing equitable access in fields where women and minorities are under-represented. In some fields, the contributions may include research focusing on underserved populations or understanding inequalities related to race, gender, disability or LGBT. The program is seeking applicants with the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education in the United States.

AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS. Fellowships are awarded for research conducted at any one of the University of California’s ten campuses. The award includes a salary starting at $47,844 depending on field and experience, benefits including health insurance and paid vacation/sick leave, and up to $5,000 for research-related and program travel expenses. Each award is for a minimum of 12-months and may be renewable for an additional term upon demonstration of academic/research productivity.

ELIGIBILITY. Applicants must receive a Ph.D. from an accredited university before the start of their fellowship. Successful applicants must present documents demonstrating that they are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are encouraged to apply.

APPLICATION. Apply online at: ppfp.ucop.edu

DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

Berkeley Davis
Irvine
Los Angeles Merced
Riverside San Diego
San Francisco Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz

More information:
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
University of California
visit online: ppfpinfo

University Partnerships for Faculty Diversity – Partner Programs with University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, The California Alliance,UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs, and the UC-affiliated National Labs. Please visit: http://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/about-ppfp/partnerships.html

2017-18 Call for Applications.pdf

Of interest:

Dear colleague,

We are happy to inform you that we are organizing an EMBO Practical Course on the Plant Microbiota (26 March – 7 April 2017), a rapidly advancing research field. This Practical Course will cover a mix of lectures and hands-on training, including advanced bioinformatic analysis.

We would be pleased if you could encourage interested PhD students or post-docs to submit application documents at http://events.embo.org/17-plant-microbiota/

Please find the EMBO practical course poster attached. We kindly ask you to post it in your institution.

17-plant-microbiota.pdf

The faculty of the Biology Department in the College of Natural and
Behavioral Sciences at California State University Dominguez Hills invites
applications from individuals for a Tenure Track position in the Biology
Department. Applications will be reviewed starting October 1, 2016.

The Position
We are seeking either a marine biologist or computational biologist
who has passion for teaching biology and conducting research with
undergraduates and Master’s students. Teaching responsibilities may
include general education, introductory biology, non-majors courses,
as well as upper-division and graduate courses in the candidate’s
specialty.

Biology Department, College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Biology offers four baccalaureate programs, an M.S.
program, and two Minor programs. Recognizing the crucial role of research
in science education, the Biology Department is committed to offering
research opportunities to all interested and qualified students.
The Department also offers courses that satisfy General Education
requirements, and service courses for majors in Clinical Sciences,
Health Sciences, Liberal Studies, Physical Education, and Human Services.

Mission
The fundamental mission of the Biology Department is to provide an
intensive, progressive, and balanced learning experience in cell and
molecular biology, organismal biology, microbiology, and environmental
biology to serve a student population that is highly diverse, both in
educational and ethnic background, and in academic and career goals.

For more information see: http://www4.csudh.edu/biology/index

The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will be committed to teaching, mentoring, and
advising a highly diverse student population. The position requires
the establishment of an active research program, as well as service to
the university. The candidate may have the opportunity to work with the
Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) to innovate K-16 education.

Qualifications
Background Checks
The successful candidate is required to complete a thorough background
check and the employment offer can be rescinded if the background check
reveals disqualifying or falsified information.

Minimum Qualifications
• A Ph.D. in biology or a related field is required.
• Experience in teaching undergraduates from diverse age,
socioeconomic, cultural, and academic backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications
• The applicant must have demonstrated potential for effective
teaching of lower and upper division undergraduate and graduate courses
in biology and related fields, with high academic standards using
a variety of methodologies. The applicant must possess scholarly
and professional competence as demonstrated by a record of research
publications. The applicant must be interested in mentoring and working
closely with undergraduate and Master’s students both in the classroom
and in research. The applicant must be willing to participate actively
in curriculum development and to work cooperatively within a multi-
disciplinary department and college. The applicant must have demonstrated
ability and/or interest in working in a multiethnic, multicultural
environment.

For more information please visit
https://my.csudh.edu/psp/paaprd/EMPLOYEE/HDHPRD/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?
Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId)43&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1

Forwarding

Dear Colleagues,

We are actively recruiting strong undergraduates from the physical sciences, biological sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computing to join an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Quantitative Biosciences (QBioS) at Georgia Tech. Applications are welcome by December 2, 2016 for entrance in August 2017:

http://qbios.gatech.edu

The QBioS Ph.D. at Georgia Tech was established in 2015 and we welcomed our inaugural class of 9 Ph.D. students in August 2016:

http://bit.ly/qbios_phd2016

The QBioS program includes an interdisciplinary group of over 50 participating program faculty from six schools in the College of Sciences, including Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology:

http://qbios.gatech.edu/people/faculty

The mission of QBioS at Georgia Tech is to enable the discovery of scientific principles underlying the dynamics, structure, and function of living systems – at scales spanning molecules to organisms to ecosystems. The Ph.D. training program is designed to prepare students from a diversity of backgrounds for fulfilling careers in academia, industry and government. The training program features:

* Foundational courses in Quantitative Biosciences
* Rotations in computational and/or experimental groups
* Selection of thesis advisor from all program faculty
* Rigorous and personalized quantitative training
* Five-year program of study from entrance to defense

Please forward this email and pdf flyer to undergraduate students at your institution. Interested students should apply via the links here:

http://qbios.gatech.edu/prospective-student/overview

Students are encouraged to email us at admissions for more information, as well as consult the FAQs for information on courses, research, and applications materials:

http://qbios.gatech.edu/prospective-student/faqs

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Joshua Weitz
Professor of Biological Sciences
Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences
Georgia Institute of Technology

on behalf of the QBioS graduate committee

Young-Hui Chang, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Jennifer Curtis, Associate Professor of Physics
James Gumbart, Assistant Professor of Physics
Christine Heitsch, Professor of Mathematics
Taka Ito, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Patrick McGrath, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Christine Payne, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Soojin Yi, Professor of Biological Sciences

qbios_gt_flyer_current.pdf

See https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/jobs/dsi-academic-coordinator.php

Academic Coordinator

Data Science Initiative
University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis, Data Science Initiative (DSI) is looking for an innovative, enterprising individual with a passion for bringing data science to researchers and students and developing programs to build and support a vibrant, multidisciplinary data science community and culture on campus. The Academic Coordinator will work closely with the DSI Directors to further develop and realize the goals and plans for the initiative and also to coordinate the many varied activities of the initiative. The incumbent will engage with researchers from across campus, identify collaboration opportunities, develop and manage projects, and organize research. The Academic Coordinator will play a significant role in planning the long-term structure of data science services on campus. She/he will also develop working relationships with industry affiliates and other institutions, including national laboratories.

Salary: $64,920-$126,468 (Appointment rank and salary based on qualifications and experience).

For additional details and information on how to submit an online application, please visit
https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/jobs/dsi-academic-coordinator.php

Candidates applying by October 12, 2016, will receive first consideration. The position will remain open until filled.

UC Davis is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

UC Davis is a smoke- and tobacco free campus effective January 1, 2014.

Forwarded from Titus Brown
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Dr. Cameron Neylon will be giving a talk, “Excellence is Bullshit”, on Thursday, Sep 15th, 2016 at 3:30pm in the Data Science Initiative space (Shields Library, 3rd Floor, SE corner).

Dr. Neylon is a scholar of open access and open science, and the economics and governance of sustainable infrastructure. He contributes broadly to the global conversation on how to do science more openly, and how to support and maintain scholarly communities. He is currently a Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. He has previously worked for PLOS, the Open Access publisher and at the Science and Technology Facilities Council UK. His online home is at http://cameronneylon.net/.

His visit is hosted by C. Titus Brown (UC Davis SVM) and the Innovating Communication in Scholarship project. Dr. Neylon is available for meetings on Thursday; please contact Titus at ctbrown with your availability if you are interested in meeting with him.

Talk abstract:

Excellence is Bullshit:

“Bullshit” is a technical term, referring to a statement which is neither true nor false, in which the speaker’s goal “is to impress the listener and the reader with words that communicate an impression that something is being done or has been done, words that […] obscure the facts of the matter being discussed”. You might think that “excellence” (and its bedfellows “quality” and “impact”) are also technical terms, defined with a similar precision.

On occasion effort is made to define these words, but in use this precision fails. Their deployment in guidelines, assessment criteria, and mission statements usually functions as a way of avoiding difficult questions: questions of values and the political argument over whose values are more deserving of being supported and resourced. In this sense “excellence” in the way we use it in the academy is a textbook example of bullshit.

I will argue that the rhetorical and political power of excellence (and quality and impact) as concepts is a result, not of any imposition from the outside by administration or government, but of the stories we academics tell ourselves. That the negative effects of quantitative research assessment practice on diversity, creativity, and indeed the ability of the academy to achieve positive impacts in the wider world, is a consequence of our own rhetorics, and that it is up to us to change them.