This week: ! AMRI Fika, ALSO next week, Baltic Sea Science Congress, Job Announcements, Environmental Boating Conference, This is AMRI, Week 24.
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:
Last AMRI Fika before summer: Wednesday, 23 June at 13:00 - 13:30
https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/61665996121?pwd=QmxQS3dzS3hMY3c0bVM0U0FDeGJxdz09&from=addon
We hope to see you there!
Deadlines & Events approaching…
Women in Microbiology - Frontiers Research Topic - 25 JUNE 2021 (Abstracts)
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, June 22-27
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/
Job Announcements:
Baltic Sea Science Congress 2021 in Aarhus 18 - 22 October
THEMES: https://conferences.au.dk/bssc2021/scientific-programme/overarching-themes/
SPEAKERS: https://conferences.au.dk/bssc2021/themes
More:
It is with great pleasure, that we can inform you that the BSSC2021 will be held in Aarhus on 18-22 October, 2021. After more than one year haunted by uncertainty about the health situation and countless virtual meetings, we believe the time is right and it is safe for us to meet again face-to-face. Therefore, we have decided that the BSSC2021 will be organised as a physical meeting in the beautiful Lakeside Lecture Theaters at Aarhus University campus.
We hope that many of you will join us in October to discuss Baltic Sea science. The congress will not be held as a hybrid meeting, i.e. talks and keynotes will not be transmitted online. In Denmark, all restrictions related to COVID-19 are expected to be lifted well before the congress.
Warm welcome to this year’s Environmental Boating Conference! , 26-27 October
Please visit this PDF to learn more
Where: Marstrands Havshotell
When: 26-27 oktober 2021
Price: 2 500 kr per person
(inkl. moms, boende och middag)
Highlighted AMRI Research:
![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)
Previously announced but still relevant!
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
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.
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.
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