NEWSLETTER
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
- From the Editor
- 2000 Annual Meeting Update
- Future meeting sites
- Results of referendum
- Letter from the President
- Member News
- Candidate for Vice-President
- Candidates for Councilor
- Positions available
- Upcoming Meetings of Interest
- Ballots
Editor: Jocelyn G. Millar
Department of Entomology
University of California
Riverside CA 92521 USA
Email: jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu
The ISCE Newsletter is published triannually, in October, February, and June. It is financed through member contributions. None of the material contained herein may be reprinted without the proper written acknowledgment of the editor. Address all correspondence and newsletter submissions to the editor. Deadline for the next issue is September 15, 2000.
- The membership renewal application forms are only sent out once a
year, usually in the October Newsletter. Not infrequently, the forms
are forgotten or misplaced, and consequently every year we lose track
of a number of members. However, the membership renewal form is permanently
available on the ISCE website at the address http://chemecol.org/.
If you have forgotten to renew your membership, or if you know colleagues
who would like to join (or rejoin) the Society, please access the membership
form on the webpage. Please address all correspondence regarding membership
issues or journal subscriptions paid through the Society to the Treasurer,
Dr. Steve Teale, at sateale@mailbox.syr.edu
A wealth of other information about the Society and its activities is available on the website, including all the forms and information required to renew memberships, register for the annual meetings, student travel award applications, and abstracts of the meetings for the past several years. The webpage is updated frequently, and it should serve as an up-to-date source of information on Society affairs for you. Please make use of it, and the membership list which is linked to it. The webpage address is http://www.isce.ucr.edu. I am very grateful to Adam Trickett for his ongoing efforts in creating and maintaining the website for the Society. - Please return your ballots for the election of our new vice-president and councilors to the secretary, Jocelyn Millar, at Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Riverside CA 92521, USA. If you wish, you may Email me your choices at jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu. Please include your full name somewhere in your message.
- Please send any news items, such as awards won by Society members,
announcements of conferences and symposia, listings of positions available,
and other items of general interest to the editor by Email or by regular
mail at the address above.
If you have not already done so, please pay your 2000 dues. Annual meeting participants who are not paid-up members will be charged membership dues at the time of registration for the meeting.
REMINDER For those people travelling to the ISCE Annual meeting in Poços de Caldas, Brazil, in order to have transportation from the Sao Paulo airport, Please send an email with your name(s), country of origin, arrival date and time, airline and flight number, departure date and time, airline and flight number to evaldovilela@insecta.ufv.br by July 16.
UPDATE ON THE 2000 ISCE ANNUAL MEETING,
Poços de Caldas, Brazil, August 15-19, 2000.
The preparations for the 2000 meeting, organized by Prof. Evaldo Vilela
and his organizational team, are almost complete. The meeting in Poos
de Caldas, a little norht of Sao Paulo, has been timed to fit perfectly
with the International Congress of Entomology; participants can go directly
from the ISCE meeting to the Congress, and air travel costs should be
the same whether participants attend only one meeting or both. Participants
may register at any time, right up to and including during the meeting.
General information about the meeting and the site, and the registration
forms were published in the February newsletter, and can also be found
on the the meeting website http://plecoptera.bioagro.ufv.br
, or the ISCE website at www.isce.ucr.edu/society/.
Please note that conference participants must send their travel itineraries
to the organizers by July 16th so that they can make arrangements for
transportation to and from Poços de Caldas and Sao Paulo airport.
Please send an email with your name(s), country of origin, arrival date
and time, airline and flight number, departure date and time, airline
and flight number to evaldovilela@insecta.ufv.br by July 16.
Further information about ecotours and the city of Poços de Caldas
can be found on the website www.pocos-net.com.br/pocosdecaldas/en/
Other scheduled meetings will be:
- July 7-12, 2001, Lake Tahoe, USA (organizer Gary Blomquist);
- 2002, Hamburg;
- 2003, South Korea;
- 2004, Ottawa, Canada;
- 2005, USA, possibly in the Washington D.C. area;
- 2006, Barcelona.
Donations from Fuji Flavors, Kluwer, and Trécé Inc.
Support ISCE Awards and Student Travel.
We are grateful for continuing support from Fuji Flavors for the ISCE
Silver Medal Award, and from Kluwer Academic Publishers for the Silverstein-Simeone
Lecture. We are also grateful to Trécé, Inc. for their generous
donation in support of the Student Travel Fund, which sponsors student
travel to the annual meeting to make presentations. Student travel awards
are made on an annual basis, with 6-10 students and postdoctoral scholars
normally receiving awards.
Results of referendum in February Newsletter.
The February Newsletter contained a referendum form in which the Executive
Committee of the ISCE requested the membership's guidance on two issues:
1. Election of Officers. This question consisted of two parts,
dealing first with election of members of the Executive Committee, and
second, with the election of ISCE councilors. In the past, we have frequently
only had one person on the ballot for the positions of Secretary, Treasurer,
and Vice-President when these positions became open. We requested the
membership's guidance as to whether it should be ISCE policy to try and
have at least two nominations for each vacant Executive Committee position,
or whether the membership was happy with the current system in which there
may be only a single candidate for a position. This in no way means that
there will only be one candidate, only that we can proceed with the election
even though only one candidate may be nominated in a particular year.
The ballots cast were 75% in favor of the current system.
We are also reinstituting the election of councilors, as called for in
the ISCE bylaws, instead of councilors being appointed. We generally need
to elect four new councilors every year. Thus, a second part of this referendum
question concerned whether the membership was happy with a slate of only
four candidates if only four were nominated, or whether you would like
to see more than four candidates for the four available positions. The
membership again voted in favor (65%) of proceeding with the election
of councilors with the minimum number of candidates (4) if that is the
total number nominated in a particular year.
2. Newsletter in Electronic Format Only. The costs of printing
and mailing paper copies of the Newsletter form a significant portion
of the Society's annual budget. Each copy of the Newsletter costs about
$3 to format, print, and mail by first class mail. We could save approximately
$5,000 per year by switching to electronic format only, with the proviso
that for the few members who were not able to access the Newsletter in
electronic form, hard copies could be printed from the electronic edition
and mailed out.
75% of the ballots cast were in favor of switching to an electronic format,
so the Executive Committee will begin making plans to implement this change.
We envision that when a new Newsletter is ready for distribution, you
will be informed by email so that you can access and download it from
the ISCE Webpage. Consequently, it will be vitally important that you
inform the Treasurer, who maintains the membership database, of any change
in your email address. We will retain mailing addresses in the membership
database in order to send out other materials such as the registration
packets for the annual meetings.
Dear members of the Society:
In the last Newsletter we stressed the importance of your participation
in Society affairs. We need your input, support and advice. The scientific
program of our annual meetings is one of those instances. We have been
fortunate in having excellently organized and scientifically stimulating
meetings in the past and I am sure this will continue. The society is
traditionally strong in all subjects of plant and insect defenses and
interactions, as well as in pheromone research and related areas. This
is good and should not be changed. However, there are other fascinating
areas of chemically mediated communication such as mutualistic associations,
parasitism, and microbial ecology, just to mention a few. Moreover, marine
chemical ecology is expanding and due to the advances of molecular biology
evolutionary aspects of chemical ecology are becoming increasingly important.
One major task of our annual meetings is to give innovative or neglected
areas of chemical ecology a forum, both as a means of stimulating interdisciplinary
discussions and to catalyze collaborations among members of the chemical
ecology community. If you have suggestions for a newly emerging or neglected
subject area of chemical ecology, that in your opinion would make an fresh
and interesting topic for a symposium at a future meeting, please inform
either me or the ISCE secretary. Your suggestions will be extremely useful
for hosts of future meetings in helping them to organize stimulating and
well balanced scientific programs.
For your information, the titles of symposia organized at ISCE meetings
for the past 10 years are listed below:
1999 (Marseille):
Molecular Biology of Odor Reception
Plant Defence
Social Communication
Analytical Chemistry
Sensorial Physiology and Behavioral Communication
Venom and Molecular Targets
1998 (Ithaca):
Intraspecific Interactions
Function and Use of Bioactive Chemicals
Chemistry of Bioactive Chemicals
1997 (Vancouver):
Vertebrate Semiochemical Attractants and Cues for Blood-feeding Arthropods
Marine Chemical Ecology
Recent Advances in the Chemical Ecology of Scolytidae
1996 (Prague):
Physiology and Mode of Action of Semiochemicals
Chemically Mediated Interactions Within and Among Trophic Levels
Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites
Practical Applications of Semiochemicals
1995 (Chile):
Aphid-Plant Interactions
Multitrophic Interactions
Nitrogen in Plant Defense
Synthesis, Separation, and Biological Activity of Enantiomers
Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates
Allelopathy
Pheromones: Isolation, Mechanisms, Uses
General Topics in Chemical Ecology
Bioactive Substances from Living Organisms
1994 (Syracuse):
Plant Herbivore Interactions: Quo Vadimus
Chemical Prospecting
Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects
Chemical Ecology and Chemical Analysis: Advances in Detection and Identification
Interspecific Chemical Recognition
Semiochemicals of Beneficial Arthropods
1993 (Tampa):
Marine Chemical Ecology
Chemical Ecology of Terpenoids
Physical Stress and Chemical Ecology
Insect Pheromones and Hormones
Tropical Chemical Ecology
1992 (Kyoto):
Indigenous Medicinal Plants
Allelopathy
Chemical Ecology of Aqueous Biosphere
Pleanry Lectures on Natural Product Chemistry
Chemical Ecology of Fruit Flies
Utilization of Natural Products in pest Control
1991 (Dijon):
Semiochemicals in Vertebrates, Human Pheromones, and Perfumes
Plant-Insect Interactions
Evolutionary Perspectives on Semiochemicals in Insects
Thomas Hartmann, President
Jocelyn Millar, Secretary
Professor R. M. Silverstein elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
On
May 2, 2000, Professor Robert M. Silverstein was elected to membership
in the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S. in recognition of his
role in establishing the field of chemical ecology and his pioneering
work on the identification of pheromones. Professor Silverstein received
his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 and his M.S. (Chemistry,
1941) and Ph.D. (Chemistry, 1949) from New York University. For the next
20 years he worked as a Senior Organic Chemist and Research Fellow at
Stanford Research Institute, where he established a reputation as one
of the foremost natural products chemists in the world and literally wrote
the book on "Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds".
This book is now in its sixth edition, published in 1998, and has served
as the "bible" for identification of natural products by chemists
throughout the world. In 1969 Professor Silverstein moved to Syracuse,
NY, where he became Professor of Chemistry at SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, and where he remains as Emeritus Professor.Professor Silverstein is renowned for isolation and identification of pheromones. He collaborated with David Wood and colleagues to isolate and identify the first beetle pheromone. This was also the first multi-component pheromone to be identified and they were the first to demonstrate the importance of using a complete blend of pheromone components. He also wrote the definitive papers on the role of chirality in insect pheromones. He and his colleagues demonstrated the importance of host tree compounds in synergizing bark beetle pheromones and identified and synthesized the pheromones of over 20 species of beetles, several ticks, moths and ants, as well as mammals like the deer and pronghorn antelope. His pioneering work on pheromones provided the knowledge and the tools for successful monitoring and control programs for insect pests of forests, stored products and agricultural crops. An example is the pink bollworm moth sex pheromone, which he played a critical role in identifying, and which is used successfully for control of this important pest of cotton, thus avoiding the use of pesticides on thousands of acres.
Professor Silverstein helped define the term "chemical ecology" and establish a distinct field of study that involved chemically mediated interactions among many different types of organisms. He created the Journal of Chemical Ecology in 1974, and was a co-editor with Dr. John Simeone for 20 years. He was also a driving force in the founding of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (1983) and played a major role in its organization and functioning for the first 10 years.
Professor Silverstein has received numerous awards including the Sigma Xi (Syracuse) award, 1977; American Chemical Society (Syracuse) award, 1978; J.E. Bussart Memorial Award, Entomological Society of America, 1978; Freshwater Biological Research Foundation Award, 1980; Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture, 1983. He was also the first recipient of the ISCE Silver Medal in 1986, and was made an Honorary Life Member of the Society in 1994. In addition, the Silverstein?Simeone Award was established by the ISCE to honor his and John Simeone's contributions to this society and to the field of Chemical Ecology.
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Jeff Aldrich Promoted to Research Leader, USDA-ARS
In
December, 1999, Jeffrey R. Aldrich was appointed to the position of Research
Leader of the US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
Chemical Ecology Laboratory, at the Agricultural Research Center in ,
Beltsville, Maryland.
Professor Bernard Fried, Krieder Professor of Biology at Lafayette College and an internationally known parasitologist, has recently coedited a new book with T.K. Graczyk entitled "Echinostomes as Experimental Models for Biological Research". Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates, and are important in human and animal health, and they make good experimental study systems because they can be easily maintained and manipulated in the laboratory. The volume consists of 15 chapters describing all aspects of the basic biology, systematics, behavior, lab rearing, and medical importance of echinostomes. The book is intended for advanced undergraduate students on up to professional parasitologists and physicians. The book is published by Kluwer, ISBN 0-7923-6156-3. Dr. Fried's studies also were highlighted recently in a special program on parasites that will appear on the Discovery Channel.
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Dr. Murray Isman
Professor
Murray Isman has been a very active member of the ISCE, having served as
a councilor, the chair of the student travel awards committee, and the host
of the 1997 ISCE meeting in Vancouver. He received BSc and MSc degrees in
Zoology from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD in Entomology
from the University of California at Davis (1981). After 2 postdoctoral
years at University of California Irvine, he joined U.B.C. in 1983 as an
Assistant Professor of Entomology and Toxicology. In 1994 he was promoted
to Professor. In the summers of 1986 and 1987, Murray was a Visiting Scientist
in the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Technische Universitat Braunschweig
(Germany), and in February 1998 was a Visiting Lecturer in the Department
of Chemistry at the Federal University of San Carlos (Brazil).At UBC, Dr. Isman teaches courses in introductory entomology, integrated pest management, pesticide toxicology, and insect physiology. He has previously supervised 8 graduate students, 10 postdoctoral fellows and 4 visiting scientists, and currently supervises 6 graduate students, 1 postdoc and 4 technicians.
The focus of Dr. Isman's research is the discovery and development of natural insecticides from plants. He has authored or co-authored almost 100 refereed publications including 10 book chapters, co-edited two books, given over 50 invited lectures, and received over $1.8 million in extramural research funding. He has served as a peer reviewer for 30 journals and 10 granting agencies, and is on the editorial board of four journals, including the Journal of Chemical Ecology and the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. He serves on the scientific advisory board of three companies, on the consultative committee of The Neem Foundation, and is a former president of both the Phytochemical Society of North America (1991-92) and the Entomological Society of British Columbia (1987-88 and 1998-99). Dr. Isman also organized and chaired the World Neem Conference in Vancouver in 1999
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Professor Wilhelm Boland, Germany
Professor
Wilhelm Boland obtained his Doctorate in Chemistry at Cologne University
(1978), and did further postdoctoral work at Cologne University, obtaining
hi Habilitation in 1986. From 1987-1994, he became Professor of Organic
Chemistry at Karlsruhe University, before moving to Bonn University in 1994
to become Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry. Two years later, he joined
the new Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology in Jena, where he is currently
a director and Scientific Member of the Institute. Professor Boland has
conducted research in many areas of chemical ecology, including the identification
and synthesis of algal pheromones, biosynthesis of defense compounds in
plants and insects, and the role of volatiles and other chemicals in plant
insect interactions. He has published about 170 papers, reviews, and chapters.
His contributions to cutting-edge chemical ecology research were recognized
by the ISCE when he was elected as the first Silverstein Simeone Lecturer
at the ISCE meeting in Chile in 1995. TOP
Professor Ben Burger, South Africa.
Professor
Dr. Barend (Ben) Burger, Professor and Head of Organic Chemistry at the
University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, is a long-term member of the
ISCE. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Mathematics, the M.Sc. in Inorganic
Chemistry and the D.Sc. in Organic Chemistry under Prof C.F. Garbers at
the same university. As Alexander von Humboldt Fellow he did post-doctoral
work with Prof. L. Birkofer at the University of Cologne and spent a sabbatical
year with Prof. H. Schildknecht in Heidelberg in 1975.Prof. Burger started semiochemical research in 1967, working on the sex attractant of the Pine Emperor Moth and later became involved in the identification and synthesis of constituents of the exocrine secretions of South African antelopes and other mammals, and dung beetles. He has also developed methods for analysis of volatiles in gaseous and aqueous samples for use in his semiochemical research and in the analysis of volatile pollutants. A current project focuses on the development of simplified 2-dimensional GC and GC-MS instrumentation for semiochemical analysis. He has hosted 7 postdoctoral associates from Europe and graduated 23 postgraduate students. He has published over 70 papers, four patents, and two books.
Prof. Burger received the Havenga Prize for Chemistry from the South African Academy for Arts and Science in 1989 and the Shimadzu Trophy for Outstanding Contribution in Chromatography in 1991. He was a Tamkan Chair Lecturer at the Tamkan University in Taiwan in 1990 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal for High Resolution Chromatography and is a Member of the Board of the International Foundation for Environmental Assistance for Russia.
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Dr. Susanne Dobler, Germany
Professor
Susanne Dobler received her Diploma degree in Biology in 1990 from the University
of Erlangen, Germany. She then went on to do a PhD under the supervision
of Dr. M. Rahier at the University of Basel, Switzerland, studying the chemical
ecology of plant insect interactions. Her research focused on the evolution
of food spectra in phytophagous insects, and the way that sequestration
of plant compounds evolves and influences later host switches. After finishing
her PhD in 1993, she did several years of postdoctoral studies, first with
Prof. J.M. Pasteels at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, and then
two years at the University of Colorado with Profs. B.D. Farrell and M.D.
Bowers. Currently, Dr. Dobler is an Assistant Professor at the University
of Freiburg, Germany, and her research investigates the repeated switch
to sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and iridoid glycosides in the
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Dr. Nelida Gomez, Panama
Dr.
Nélida E. Gómez is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute (STRI), in the Republic of Panama. She received her B.Sc.
in Chemistry from the University of Panama, her M.Sc. in Pharmacognosy from
the University of Rhode Island, USA, and her PhDin Natural Sciences from
the Technological University of Braunschweig, Germany, in 1997. Dr. Gómez worked as a research associate at the University of Panama from 1988-89, where she carried out in-house bioassays, and isolated and purified bioactive compounds from terrestrial and marine plants, and as scientific coordinator of the research station on Barro Colorado Island administered by STRI from 1989-1992, where she oversaw the day-to-day scientific operations. She was honored as an Outstanding Young Person by The Junior Chamber, Panama, in 1998 for her efforts to strengthen science and technology in Panama, and received fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Fulbright program to pursue graduate studies.
Her current research interests include chemical ecology of chrysomelid larvae from Panama; histochemistry of cassidine larvae (Chrysomelidae); chemical, biological, and ecological studies of the plant genus Cordia (Boraginaceae); chemical polymorphism of Cordia curassavica, a plant species containing lower terpenoids; and the role of nutrient availability in allocation to defense.
Dr. Gómez serves as a liaison to the STRI academic programs, and as advisor in several committees of Panamanian institutions that promote and support science and technology. She speaks Spanish, English, German, and French.
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Dr. Ann Hagerman, USA
Dr.
Hagerman received her BSc in biology and chemistry from Occidental College,
Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Purdue University, working
with Larry Butler on the specificity of tannin-protein interactions. After
postdoctoral work at Purdue, she joined the faculty of the Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry at Miami University in Ohio, where she is currently
a full professor.Her research interests are in the areas of polyphenolic chemistry and biochemistry. In particular, I am interested in the effects of phenolics on mammals, including mammalian herbivores and humans. Phenolics are found in virtually all plants, so relatively high levels of these secondary compounds are routinely consumed along with plant constitutents of the diet. High molecular weight phenolics have unique characteristics including the ability to tightly and specifically bind proteins, the ability to serve as potent antioxidants, and the tendency to remain intact withing the gastrointestinal tract. These characteristics combine to make polyphenolics a class of natural products with unique biological availability and effects. Many of our studies in the past have focused on the effects of polyphenolics on protein metabolism. More recently, we have focused on their antioxidant activities. A major continuing component of my research program is in the development of simple, specific analytical methods which serve the needs of ecologists to obtain chemically accurate data on large numbers of samples. My work has been funded by NSF and NIH in addition to several corporations.
Dr. Hagerman has reviewed numerous manuscripts for JCE, and has served on the editorial board of the journal. She is committed to ensuring that the chemical underpinnings of our discipline remain strong. Growth in our discipline depends upon attracting the interests of chemists who can provide us with tools, mechanisms, and understanding of the chemical basis for interactions between organisms. In order to attract chemists we must ensure that the work we do includes rigorous, detailed chemistry as well as rigorous and detailed ecology and biology. Chemical ecologists are poised to make substantial contributions to interdisciplinary efforts in research, and Dr. Hagerman is committed to making sure that the Society continues to grow and encourage this enterprise.
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Dr. Steven Seybold, USA
Steve
Seybold has been an active participant of the ISCE since the mid-1980's,
attending numerous ISCE meetings, publishing frequently in the Journal of
Chemical Ecology, and serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal. He
is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Entomology and
Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. He has a B.Sc. in Forestry
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983) and a Ph.D. in Entomology from University
of California at Berkeley (1992), where he studied the chemical ecology
of conifer-feeding bark beetles and natural products chemistry with Drs.
David Wood and Isao Kubo. His postdoctoral work with Gary Blomquist focused
on the biochemistry and molecular biology of bark beetle pheromone production.
His current research projects include studies of pheromone biosynthesis
in Ips spp. and Dendroctonus spp. scolytids; isolation and identification
of sex pheromones for wood-destroying anobiids, lyctids, and bostrichids;
and field studies of the biological activity of aggregation pheromones of
nitidulid species that vector oak wilt disease in Minnesota (in collaboration
with R.J. Bartelt, USDA Peoria). Steve is also a member of the Entomological
Society of America and the American Chemical Society and is a frequent reviewer
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1. Postdoc position in chemical ecology - entomology - phytopathology
Plants possess various defense mechanisms against pathogens and herbivory. Understanding how plants optimize defense strategies against a range of assailants requires insight into cost-benefit trade-offs. Possible trade-offs in multiple-defense/multiple-target systems will be identified comparing temporal and spatial defense distribution over a range of plant species. Candidate will address interactions between below- and above-ground defenses, starting with a comparison of wild cotton species and continuing to plant-pathogen-herbivore systems native to the Netherlands. Requirements: PhD in biology with specialization in either botany, soil ecology, entomology or phytopathology. Experience with HPLC and/or GC-MS desirable, but not mandatory. Salary: Dutch standard Postdoc conditions, and depending on experience. Duration: 2 yr, possibility of a 1 yr extension. Information: Dr. Felix Wäckers, Tel: (0031) 26 479 1306, Fax: (0031) 26 472 3227, E-mail: waeckers@cto.nioo.knaw.nl. or Dr. Wim van der Putten, Tel: (0031) 26 479 1203, E-mail: putten@cto.nioo.knaw.nl. See also our website at http://www.nioo.knaw.nl. Send your resume to Mr. A.M.A. van Oploo, head of personnel, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, PO Box 40, 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands.
2. Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Positions, Defense Strategies in Herbivorous Hymenoptera.
At least 7 postdoc and 1 predoctoral positions of 18-42 months available during 2000-2004, to study defense strategies in herbivorous hymenoptera, as part of a research training network. Requirements: Applicants should be from European Union or Associated states, applicants expected to work in country other than country of origin. Locations of 7 collaborating laboratories: Bruxelles, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Pisa (Italy); Delémont (Switzerland); Leiden (Netherlands); Ulm, Geissen (Germany). Information: www.kbinirsnb.be/incheco, or Dr. Jean-Luc Boevé, email boeve@kbinirsnb.be
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XXI International Congress of Entomology. Iguassu Falls, Brazil, August 20-26, 2000. Email: ice@sercomtel.com.br.- International Organization for Biological Control, Working Group, 25th Anniversary Meeting, "Use of Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Control", Samos, Greece, Sept 25-29, 2000. Information: http://phero.net/iobc; contact: Maria Konstanopoulou, Email mkonstan@mail.demokritos.gr.
- Combined annual meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, and Quebec, Montreal, Dec. 3-7, 2000. Information: Judy Miller, email meet@entsoc.org, www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/2000/2000.html
CUT OUT BALLOTS AND MAIL TO ISCE SECRETARY. You may also register your votes by email to the secretary at jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu. Please ensure that your email contains your full name. Ballots or Emails must be received by August 4, 2000 in order to be registered.
BALLOT
VICE-PRESIDENT, ISCE
______ Dr. Murray Isman ______ Other__________________
BALLOT
COUNCILORS, ISCE
Please vote for only 4 of the 6 candidates.
_____ Dr. Wilhelm Boland, Germany
_____ Dr. Ben Burger, South Africa
_____ Dr. Susanne Dobler, Germany
_____ Dr. Nelida Gomez, Panama
_____ Dr. Ann Hagerman, USA
_____ Dr. Steven Seybold, USA
Jocelyn
G. Millar, Editor
Department of Entomology
University of California
Riverside CA 92521, USA
Email: jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu
Visit the ISCE Webpage at http://chemecol.org/