This week: Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists, Highlighted AMRI Research, WASP & DDLS open call, Baltic Breakfast, job announcements and more! This is what’s happening, Week 23.
Welcome to the AMRI roundup, our weekly newsletter to keep you informed on the latest happenings in and beyond our network.
This week’s news:
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists – celebrating excellent young researchers
DEADLINE TO APPLY: JULY 15 2021
Read more:
https://scienceprize.scilifelab.se/
https://www.sciencemag.org/science-scilifelab-prize-young-scientists
In order to promote young scientists early in their careers, SciLifeLab and Science magazine/AAAS have joined forces in creating a global prize awarding the best PhD thesis work in life science. An essay based on the thesis is submitted to the editorial board of Science and four winners are selected each year.
As a winner, you will have your essay published by Science, receive up to 30,000 USD and be invited to Sweden where you receive your award, present your research and meet with leading scientists in your field. The award banquet is held in the Hall of Mirrors at Grand Hôtel, the original venue of the Nobel Prize.
WASP and DDLS announce a joint call for research projects
The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) was launched in 2020 by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). DDLS is a 12-year funding initiative to support data-driven life science in Sweden with SciLifeLab as the host. The program will focus on four strategic research areas of data-driven research:
Cell and molecular biology
Evolution and biodiversity
Precision medicine and diagnostics
Epidemiology and infection biology
Highlighted AMRI Research:
Have a look at our newest section of the AMRI Website, where we illuminate recent, exciting publishings, new research and announcements from our network.
![The Long-time Orphan Protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a Centrohelid Heliozoan, and other publishings from Fabien Burki et al](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bab4e38b7c92ce336502225/1622627177140-ULR9DYKMUU2AYA7VLDM7/burki+lab+image.png)
Baltic Breakfast, June 18th, 8:30 - 9:15
Increased consumption of seafood from a sustainability perspective
Link to webinar: su.se/ostersjocentrum/balticbreakfast
Summer vacation is approaching with lots of chances of barbecues. But what shall we eat? Will increased consumption of seafood benefit food sustainability and the marine ecosystems? What can science tell us about environmental impact of increased seafood consumption? Are consumers interested in buying sustainable seafood?
Date: 18 June 2021, 8:30-9:15 (CET)
The webinar is broadcast at su.se/ostersjocentrum/balticbreakfast
No registration is needed.
Speakers
Sara Hornborg, PhD in natural science, researcher, Sustainable consumption and Production at RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden
Malin Jonell, PhD in system ecology, researcher, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Welcome!
E-mail your question to ostersjocentrum@su.se
Write your question on Sli.do using the code #22102
Discuss the topic on Twitter, using the hashtag #balticbreakfast
Special Issue in Applied Phycology - Abstracts due 15 November
Richard Dorrell from the CNRS in France, and colleagues, has organized a special issue in Applied Phycology on algal eDNA research. Abstract deadline is 15Nov21. A few topics include but not limited to:
• Molecular barcoding of environmental samples
• Understudied algal ecosystems
• Population genetics
• Species diversity and abundance
• Bio-geography and invasive species
• Meta-genomics and meta-transcriptomics
• Quantitative analyses of environmental sequence data
• Environmentally-informed phylogenetics, biochemistry and physiology
• Applied ecology, environmental change and conservation
• Global and community-led environmental sampling initiatives
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/global-view-algal-molecular-ecology/
Applied Phycology: Towards a global view of algal molecular ecology
think.taylorandfrancis.com
This special issue examines the composition and dynamics of algal communities, at local and planetary-wide scales.
Applications for free research week aboard SLU’s R/V Svea due June 13th - don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!
Photo: Armon, R/V Svea.
Applications should be sent in by 13 June.
Unique opportunity - free research on R/V Svea! | Externwebben
www.slu.se
SLU now offers researchers in Sweden the chance to carry out projects with R/V Svea. During an expedition from 25 - 29 October 2021, the research vessel is freely available to you.
Job Opportunities:
Recorded Research Talks on Aquatic Microbial Ecology - a great teaching tool!
Two of our AMRI co-PIs, Sarahi Garcia and Rachel Foster team up in teaching and the curation of recorded research talks on Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Check it out, and use it in your own courses and depts. Over 20 to choose from! If you want to contribute a talk, contact Sarahi or Rachel. Help us spread the resource.
We encourage our AMRI co-PIs to use these recorded talks on aquatic microbial ecology as a teaching tool!
ÅForsk call for repatriation grants for researchers who defended in the last five years. Application period 1-30 September 2021.
The board of the ÅForsk Foundation has announced a call for grants for researchers who want to re-establish themselves in Sweden as independent researchers after an international stay at postdoctoral level. The application is open to researchers who have defended their dissertations in the past five years and who have conducted research abroad for at least one year as an academic or industrial postdoc, or as an employed industrial researcher.
The grant can be used for the applicant's own salary during a fixed-term employment, such as research assistant at a Swedish university / university, or, for those who have a job as an assistant professor / assistant professor, as a start-up grant to e.g. be able to recruit an employee, obtain the necessary equipment or cover other research costs.
Women in Microbiology - Frontiers Research Topic
Frontiers in Microbiology now presents inaugural 'Women in Microbiology' article collection, a dedicated Frontiers special issue aimed at celebrating the achievements of women in science.
Among the topic editors for this collection is AMRI co-coordinator Rachel Foster (Stockholm University). Please see below for more information!
Submission Deadlines
25 June 2021 - Abstract
26 November 2021 - Manuscript
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/20117/women-in-microbiology#overview
ASLO 2021 is scheduled for June 22-2
The 2021 ASLO Aquatic Sciences virtual meeting is scheduled for June 22-27 with the theme Aquatic Sciences for a Sustainable Future: Nurturing Cooperation.
See the ASLO homepage for more details! https://www.aslo.org/2021-virtual-meeting/
EMBL Courses, Workshops, Conferences and Symposia, April - September 2021
Have a look at the EMBL events happening over the next six months!
You can find them all here, on our AMRI site EMBL Events or through the EMBL newsletter
Don’t miss some of the fantastic opportunities!
EMBL Courses
SciLifeLab Events
The Latest from Applied and Environmental Microbiology