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NEWSLETTER
INTERNATIONAL
SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
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Volume 19, Number 1, February
2002
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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 May 31, 2002.
Editor: Jocelyn G. Millar
Department of Entomology
University of California
Riverside CA 92521 USA
Email: jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu
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| FROM
THE EDITOR |
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 new
ISCE website at the address http://www.chemecol.org/
in a variety of formats. 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. If you are not sure whether
you renewed or not, go to the listing under your name in the membership
database at http://www.chemecol.org/steal/members/index.htm
and on the right hand side, the entry should list the last year for which
your dues are paid up. Also note that there is a membership update form,
in case your mailing or email address has changed. Please address all correspondence
regarding membership or journal subscriptions paid through the Society to
the Treasurer, Dr. Steve Teale, at sateale@mailbox.syr.edu
There is a lot of other information about the Society and its activities
on the website, and it is continually being improved and updated by our
Webmaster, Allard Cossé. For example, there are links to all the
forms and information required to register for the annual meetings, student
travel award applications, etc. The website also has general information
pertaining to the Society, including a description of the Society's purpose,
the Bylaws, the current officers, descriptions of Society awards, 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.chemecol.org/.
Please contact Allard Cossé if you have ideas for suggestions or
improvements for the website His contact information is listed on the new
ISCE website homepage.
- Please return your ballots
for the election of our new vice-president. Secretary, and councilors,
to Jocelyn Millar, at Dept. of Entomology, University of California,
Riverside CA 92521, USA. If you wish, you may email your choices to
jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu,
or fill out the electronic ballot form at http://www.chemecol.org/forms/ballot/ballot.htm.
However, please make sure that your full name is on the email somewhere,
so that I know that the email is from a legitimate member.
- 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 2002 dues. Annual meeting
participants who are not paid-up members will be charged membership
dues at the time of registration for the meeting.
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| UPDATE
ON THE 2002 ISCE ANNUAL MEETING, HAMBURG, August 3-8 |
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WEBPAGE http://isce2002.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/
The final plans for the
2002 meeting, organized by Wittko Francke, are being made. Professor Francke's
organizing committee and staff have prepared an excellent program with
four main symposium themes: chemical ecology of symbiosis, molecular biology
in chemical ecology, plant-insect interactions, and chemistry of pheromones.
The conference sessions will be held at the University of Hamburg in the
center of the city, with accommodations at several nearby hotels. All
details of the application and registration procedures, abstract submission,
student travel awards, and all required forms for the meeting can be found
at the meeting website at http://isce2002.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/.
If you cannot access the website, or have trouble downloading the forms,
please contact ISCE Meeting Hamburg 2002, Prof. Dr. Wittko Francke, Institut
für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz
6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, office@isce2002.chemie.uni-hamburg.de
and we will arrange to have paper copies of the forms and information
mailed to you. Payments for accommodation and registration can be made
with a credit card, or by bank transfer.
The meeting will begin with registration and a mixer on the afternoon-evening
of Saturday, August 3rd, with the scientific sessions starting the next
morning. Hamburg is well served by international airlines and train service,
and the conference site is located quite close to Hamburg airport, and
can easily be reached from the airport by bus or taxi. See the meeting
webpage for details. The conference will close with a banquet on the evening
of Wednesday, August 7th, with participants to begin departing the next
morning. Should you wish to arrive earlier or stay longer to spend more
time in Hamburg, please indicate on your accommodation forms.
There will be a final meeting
update in the May-June Newsletter.
Please note the following
deadlines:
Early registration: May 31, 2002.
Registration after May 31 and on-site registration will be available at
higher fees.
Accommodation: May 31, 2002.
Accommodation requests received after May 31 will be made only if space
is available.
Abstract submission: May 31, 2002. ABSTRACTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
WITHOUT PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES.
Student Travel Award application: April 2, 2002.
MEETING
FORMS AND PROGRAM
All required forms for
registration, accomodation, abstract preparation, student travel award
application, and meeting program can be accessed and downloaded directly
from the meeting website at http://isce2002.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/.
Forms may be downloaded and printed for submission by mail or FAX.
If you cannot access the forms from the web, please contact ISCE Meeting
Hamburg 2002, Prof. Dr. Wittko Francke, Institut fur Organische Chemie,
Universitat Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany,
email office@isce2002.chemie.uni-hamburg.de,
to arrange for paper copies of the forms to be sent to you.
Completed registration and accomodation forms and student travel award
applications must be returned by surface mail or FAX to the addresses
given because original signatures are required. Abstracts should be submitted
electronically.
Letters of invitation
Letters of Invitation are available from meeting host Wittko Francke
(francke@chemie.uni-hamburg.de)
if they are required to help participants obtain funding from their home
countries and institutions.
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| Future
Meeting Sites |
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Other scheduled meetings will be: 2003, South Korea; 2004, Ottawa, Canada;
2005, USA, in the Washington D.C. area; 2006, Barcelona; 2007, Jena, Germany.
Further details will be forthcoming.
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| Authors
needed: Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) |
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The EOLSS is designed to represent a comprehensive database on the mechanisms
that coordinate life on our planet. It is intended to supply a database
for students, teachers, lecturers, scientists etc. It will also provide
a scientific basis for policy making in environmental issues. The project
is of immense scale (60-70 Million words) and will be available on CD-Rom.
There is a web-site www.eolss.com that
provides further information on the aims and relevance of the project.
A small financial contribution is provided for authors and first drafts
are required in about 6 months.
EOLSS is looking for authors in the following fields:
- Semiochemical Receptor
and Transduction Systems
- Chemical Ecology of
Symbiosis, Commensalism and Amensalism, IncludingAntibiotics
- Chemical Ecology of
the Vomeronasal Organ
- Applications of Chemical
Ecology
If you would be interested
in contributing to this UNESCO-sponsored project, and in ensuring that
Chemical Ecology is well represented in the database, please contact:
Dr. J.D. Hardege
Editor, EOLSS Theme 6.52 (Chemical Ecology)
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Hull University
Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, England
E-mail: J.D.Hardege@biosci.hull.ac.uk
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| MEMBER
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Professor John Pickett elected to the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher
Leopoldina
Professor
John Pickett, FRS, and past-president of the ISCE, has recently achieved
the distinction of election to the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher
Leopoldina (German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina). The Academy
claims an even longer pedigree than the United Kingdom's own Royal Society
and, indeed, in January this year John attended the 350th anniversary
celebrations in Schweinfurt, the city that saw its foundation. The Academy
consists of two classes, Natural Sciences and Medicine, and the membership
includes scientists from over 30 countries, besides principally Germany.
New members are proposed for election only if they have gained distinction
by outstanding achievements in their field.
Professor Jocelyn Millar Awarded the Recognition Award from the Entomological
Society of America
Jocelyn
Millar was recently awarded the Entomological Society of America's Recognition
Award in Entomology. The purpose of the award is to recognize entomologists
who have made or are making significant contributions to agriculture.
The award is sponsored by Syngenta, and includes a visit to Syngenta's
research facilities and farming operations in Europe. Millar is currently
a Professor in the Department of Entomology, University of California,
Riverside, where he has been for 13 years. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry
in 1979 from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada and his
PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1983 from the same institution. His research
interests include the identification, synthesis, and development of applications
for insect pheromones and related semiochemicals.
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Dr. Thomas C. Baker, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University,
USA
Thomas
C. Baker is Professor of Entomology at Iowa State University. He received
his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Entomology from Cornell University, and his
Ph.D. in Entomology from Michigan State. He has been working in the area
of insect sex pheromones and attractants since 1972, and is an author
of over 130 scientific journal articles and 20 book chapters and review
articles in this field. His major research interests are pheromone-mediated
behavior and sensory physiology, as well developing applications that
may be helpful to U.S. agriculture and defense. He has received numerous
awards and honors for his research and teaching, including most recently
being named the 2002 recipient of the Silverstein-Simeone Award from the
International Society of Chemical Ecology. He served as Chair of the Department
of Entomology, both at UC Riverside from 1988 - 1992, and at Iowa State
University from 1992 to 1999. Professor Baker served on the editorial
board of the Journal from 1983-1999, and has been a frequent participant
in ISCE meetings.
Professor Wilhelm Boland, Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany
Professor
Wilhelm Boland obtained his Doctorate in Chemistry at Cologne University
(1978) under the guidance of Prof. Dr. L. Jaenicke. After further postdoctoral
work at Cologne University he habilitated in Biochemistry in 1986. From
1987-1994, he was Professor of Organic Chemistry at Karlsruhe University,
before moving to Bonn University in 1994 to become Professor of Bioorganic
Chemistry. Two years later, hejoined the Max Planck Society and became
head of the department of Bioorganic Chemistry of the new Max Planck Institute
of Chemical Ecology in Jena.
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
200 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.
He also has served as an ISCE councilor since 2000.
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| ISCE
ELECTIONS, 2002 Candidates for ISCE Secretary |
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Dr. Stephen Foster, Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University,
USA
Dr
Stephen Foster is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of
Entomology at North Dakota State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in
chemistry in 1983 at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, working
on the chemistry of germanium-cobalt carbonyl clusters. Following his
Ph.D., he was employed by the New Zealand Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR), Entomology Division where he got his first
exposure to chemical ecology through working with Dr. Wendell Roelofs,
who was on sabbatical leave in New Zealand for six months. During this
period they identified the sex pheromones of a group of New Zealand tortricid
moths and began to study the biosynthesis of the unusual sex pheromone
components of these species. Foster worked for 17 years on the chemical
ecology of New Zealand Lepidoptera, as well as the Hessian fly, at DSIR
and, as it later became, the Horticulture and Food Research Institute
of New Zealand, before taking up his current position in 2000. His research
interests focus on sex pheromone biosynthesis and regulation, and chemically-mediated
host selection behavior of insect herbivores. He is a frequent contributor
to the Journal of Chemical Ecology and a participant in ISCE meetings.
Dr. Tristram Wyatt, Department of Biology, Oxford University, UK
Dr.
Tristram Wyatt studied zoology as an undergraduate at Cambridge University
and stayed on to do a PhD on the ecology of parental care in a staphylinid
beetle, Bledius. He was introduced to chemical ecology by Martin Birch
and Ken Haynes' book on insect pheromones. A Wain post-doctoral fellowship
allowed him to study food choice by creosote bush grasshoppers with Reg
Chapman and Liz Bernays when they were at UC Berkeley. He then went to
Cardiff University, joining Peter Haskell to investigate commercial applications
of pheromones with Owen Jones. Other collaborations have included work
with Jean-Claude Grégoire (Brussels), Wittko Francke (Hamburg),
and the UK Forestry Commission on the response of a predator to bark beetle
kairomones, projects with Rick Hodges, Alan Cork and colleagues at the
Natural Resources Institute on the behavior of the stored product beetle
Prostephanus truncatus, and projects with John Pickett and his team at
Rothamsted.
In 1989 he joined Oxford University as Lecturer in Biology (equivalent
to Associate Professor). In 2001 he was appointed as Director of Online
and Distance Learning for the University. He is a founding fellow of Kellogg
College, Oxford. He also heads a group at the Zoology Department researching
insect pheromones, including pheromone binding proteins. He has been a
regular participant of ISCE conferences over many years.
Dr. Wyatt's book on pheromones and animal behavior will be published by
Cambridge University Press later this year. Research for the book has
brought him into contact with semiochemical researchers on every continent.
The help he has received reinforces his appreciation of the success and
important role of the ISCE in bringing together scientists from the many
disciplines that form the diverse field of chemical ecology.
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ISCE ELECTIONS,
2002 Candidates for ISCE Councilors |
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Dr. Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, CNRS, Tours, France
Dr.
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères holds the position of researcher
at the French CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). Since
the summer of 2001 she has been the lead researcher of a social insect
group at the Institut de la Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte (IRBI)
in Tours, France. Prior to that date, she worked under Professor Jean-Luc
Clément at the CNRS research center in Marseille. Dr. Bagnères
began her studies in physiology and neurobiology at the University of
Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris. In 1989 she was awarded a Ph.D. and won
the Chancellerie of the Universities of Paris Prize for her doctorate
thesis. In 1990, after completing a one-year postdoctoral program in analytical
chemistry with David Morgan at the University of Keele (UK), she passed
the CNRS entry concourse based on her experience at the interface between
biology and chemistry. In 1996 she received the French HDR diploma for
her work on Composition, Variation and Dynamics of Chemical Signatures
in Insects. During a sabbatical in 1996-97, she worked as a visiting scientist
in the laboratories of Gary Blomquist (UNR, Reno, USA) and Coby Schal
(NCSU, Raleigh, USA) on the biochemistry of insect chemical signals. In
her current research on the chemical ecology of social insects, she is
a leading proponent of the concept of chemical signatures. While her primary
area of interest involves termite chemical ecology, she also participates
in collaborative studies involving other insects (e.g., ants, wasps, and
bees), arachnids (e.g., scorpions, spiders), and mammals (e.g., marmots
and mice). She has published frequently in the Journal of Chemical Ecology,
and has participated in ISCE meetings since 1987. She was involved in
the organization of the 1999 ISCE meeting in Marseille. She is also a
member of the IUSSI and the Isoptera Society.
Dr. Heidi Dobson, Department
of Biology, Whitman College, Washington, USA
Dr.
Heidi Dobson is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology
at Whitman College. Dr. Dobson received a B.A. in Botany and B.S. in Agricultural
Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley, during which she
developed a keen interest in flower-insect relationships. She went on
to explore the biology of bees at the University of California at Davis
with under Robbin Thorp and became fascinated by the ecology and evolution
of pollen specialization in oligolectic bees. She earned her M.Sc. in
Entomology, with a thesis on a community pollination study in the California
chaparral, with focus on bee-plant associations. She returned to U.C.
Berkeley for a PhD in Botany with Herbert and Irene Baker, studying the
role of pollen lipids in flower selection by specialist bees. During postdoctoral
research in Sweden, she developed protocols for collecting and analyzing
pollen volatiles in collaboration with Gunnar Bergström in Göteborg,
while also continuing investigations on the role of pollen odor in flower
selection by bees. Her current research focuses on the interplay of visual
and chemical stimuli in host-plant selection by bees and the influence
that learning has on this process. She has also engaged in collaborative
studies of floral chemistry, histochemistry of pollen digestion, and the
genetic/imprinting basis of pollen specialization in bees. She has been
an ISCE member since the late 1980's and has participated in ISCE meetings
since 1990, She reviews manuscripts regularly for the Journal of Chemical
Ecology.
Dr. Jocelyn Millar,
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA
Dr.
Jocelyn Millar, currently the Secretary of the ISCE and editor of the
ISCE Newsletter, will be stepping down from both of those positions in
August, 2002, after the Hamburg meeting. Millar is currently a Professor
in the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside,
where he has been since 1988. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry in 1979
from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada and his PhD in
Organic Chemistry in 1983, working on aggregation pheromones of cucujid
beetles with Dr. Cam Oehlschlager as part of the Chemical Ecology group
at Simon Fraser University. He then took a postdoctoral position for a
year with Prof. R. M. Silverstein in Syracuse, New York, to work on host
attractants for native elm bark beetles. He did a second postdoctoral
fellowship for 2 years, studying pheromones of geometrid, noctuid, and
arctiid moths, with Dr. Ted Underhill at the National Research Council
of Canada's Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon. After a 2-year
stint in industry as the scientific director and manager of a toxicology
laboratory, Millar joined the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside
in 1988. His research interests include the identification, synthesis,
and development of applications for insect pheromones and related semiochemicals.
He has been a frequent participant in ISCE meetings since 1985, and has
served as the ISCE Secretary and Newsletter editor for five years. He
is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Dr. Coby Schal, Department
of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA.
Dr.
Coby Schal obtained his B.Sc. in biology in 1976 from the State University
of New York at Albany. During these studies, he spent a summer at the
Cranberry Lake Biological Experiment Station in New York, where under
Gerald Lanier's tutelage, he became interested in insects and chemical
ecology. His graduate research at the University of Kansas (Ph.D. 1983,
Entomology, with William J. Bell) focused primarily on chemical ecology,
sexual selection, and community organization of tropical rainforest cockroaches.
He then did a postdoc with Ring Cardé at the University of Massachusetts
studying calling behavior and field ecology of the tiger moth Holomelina
lamae, and chemo-orientation of gypsy moths to sex pheromone. From 1984
to 1993, he was Assistant and Associate Professor of Urban Entomology
at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In 1993 he started his current position,
the Blanton J. Whitmire Endowed Chair at North Carolina State University,
Raleigh. His research focuses on the biology and integrated management
of urban pests, particularly cockroaches. Current projects represent both
short-range problem solving and fundamental longer term investigations.
Recent projects include: Chemical characterization of cockroach pheromones
and food attractants, pheromone biosynthetic pathways, and neuroendocrine
regulation; Cuticular hydrocarbons as semiochemicals and waterproofing
agents, their biosynthesis and transport through the hemolymph; Peripheral
events in pheromone reception, including molecular characterization of
pheromone-binding proteins in cockroaches; Genetic architecture of pheromone
production in heliothine moths; Behavioral endocrinology, particularly
regulation of cockroach reproductive behaviors and use of insect growth
regulators to disrupt reproduction; Use of molecular markers (rDNA) in
phylogenetic studies of cockroaches and to understand gene flow in cockroach
populations; and Biological control of cockroaches with fungi, and molecular
characterization of densoviruses as biocontrol agents. In 1999 he co-founded
the W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, a cross-disciplinary program
that focuses on physiological and genetic mechanisms that underlie behavior.
Dr. Schal teaches Insect Behavior, Chemical Ecology, and Urban Entomology,
and has graduated 18 students and sponsored 15 post docs. He has published
frequently in the Journal of Chemical Ecology. He also has organized symposia
at ISCE and Entomology meetings, and currently serves the editorial boards
of the Journal of Chemical Ecology and 4 other journals.
Dr. Sadahiro Tatsuki,
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Dr.
Sadahiro Tatsuki obtained his BSc & MSc degrees at the University
of Tokyo in 1968 and 1970, respectively, doing studies on insect toxicology.
He then took a position as research entomologist at the Institute of Physical
and Chemical Research, Japan and began research on the sex pheromone of
the rice stem borer moth, Chilo suppressalis. He obtained his Ph.D. from
the University of Tokyo with his thesis on the mating behavior and sex
pheromone of the rice stem borer. Along with the identification of the
pheromone, he conducted many trials of mating disruption with his co-workers.
The 3-component pheromone system discovered by his group has been used
very effectively both for monitoring and control with mating disruption
in Japan and other countries. Owing to these contributions, he received
the Prize of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology in
1985. In addition to Chilo, he has also conducted pheromone research,
from basic physiological to practical studies, on other agricultural pests,
including the yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas, the oriental
tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta and the rice leaffolder moth, Cnaphalocrocis
medinalis.
He moved to the University of Tsukuba in 1982 and later to the University
of Tokyo in 1989. Since 1993 he has been a professor in the Laboratory
of Applied Entomology at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental
Biology. In recent years, his interests have extended to phylogenetic
studies in crambid moths such as C. suppressalis, C. medinalis and Ostrinia
furnacalis and related species. Some off his current research involves
investigation of speciation in lepidopteran systems, integrating data
from a wide variety of approaches including DNA, behavioral, and pheromonal
analyses. He is a member of both the ISCE and the Asia-Pacific Association
for Chemical Ecology (APACE).
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| Positions
Available |
- Ph.D. student position,
ETH Zürich, Evolution of orchid pollination syndromes
A 3 year Ph.D. position is available at the Geobotanical Institute,
ETH Zürich to investigate odour communication in relation to the
evolution of orchid pollination syndromes. The project investigates
floral odour compounds and their behavioural impacts on pollinator insects
in orchids with different pollination syndromes. Field work will be
done in Switzerland and Australia. Starting date: March 1, 2002. Techniques
involved are: Odour collection, GC-EAD, and behavioural experiments
with pollinator insects; experience with one of these methods is an
advantage but not a prerequisite. Candidates should have a Diploma or
Masters degree in Biology or related subject. Salary: 35.000 Sfr. (approx.
USD 20.000) p.a.. Inquiries and/or applications including CV, list of
publications, and e-mail-addresses of potential referees to Dr. Florian
Schiestl, Geobotanical Instiute, ETH Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107,
CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland, schiestl@geobot.umnw.ethz.ch;
the ETH is a world class University located in the beautiful city of
Zürich. The institute is located in the botanical gardens and is
equipped with a HP 6890N gas chromatograph with electroantennographic
detector and state-of-the-art molecular lab. For further information
about the institute: www.geobot.umnw.ethz.ch
- Post-doctoral position
in analytical biochemistry.
The successful candidate will join a group investigating fish endocrinology
from molecular biology to behavior (website: http://www.ualg.pt/ccmar),
and will be involved in the isolation and chemical identification of
putative pheromone molecules. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in biochemistry
with experience in HPLC and/or GC-MS. Fluency in English and/or Portuguese
would be an advantage, but motivation and independance are more important.
The post will be initially for two years (salary €17,400 p.a.),
with the possibility of extension. Ideally, the successful candidate
would start before the end of May 2002. Applications (application letter
and C.V. plus the names and addresses of two referees), as soon as possible
to (before 15th February, 2002) to: Dr P.C. Hubbard, Centro de Ciências
do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-810 Faro,
PORTUGAL. Enquiries and applications by e-mail are encouraged (phubbard@ualg.pt).
- Postdoctoral position,
Molecular Basis of Olfactory Processing
A postdoctoral position is available to study the molecular basis of
the early olfactory processing in mosquitoes. A Ph.D. in a relevant
discipline such as biochemistry, bio-organic chemistry, entomology or
cell biology is expected. Knowledge of basis techniques in molecular
biology and experience with expression and purification of proteins
are essential. The position (PGR I) is funded for two years by a Special
Cooperation Agreement between the University of California at Davis
and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
Please send resume and list of references to Walter S. Leal, University
of California, Department of Entomology, Maeda-Duffey Lab, 37 Briggs
Hall, Davis, CA 95616 or contact by email (wsleal@ucdavis.edu).
The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal opportunity
employer.
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| Upcoming
Meetings of General Interest |
- Feb. 25-26, 2002. 10th
Pacific Entomology Conference, Honolulu Hawaii, Information: Thomas
W. Culliney, email culliney@elele.peacesat.hawaii.edu,
phone 1-808 973-9528, FAX 1-808 973-9533
- March 3-8, 2002. 2nd
Gordon Research Conference on Floral Scent: Biology, Chemistry and Evolution,
Ventura, California, USA. All posters are welcome. To view the program,
apply and register, see www.grc.org.
Information: Heidi Dobson: dobsonhe@whitman.edu.
- June 9-14, 2002. 8th
New Phytologist Symposium, Helsinki, Finland. Plant science journal,
the New Phytologist celebrates its 100th anniversary with a symposium,
"Impacts of Soil Microbes on Plant Population Dynamics and Productivity".
Information: http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/nps2002.
- July 13-17, 2002. Animal
Behavior Society's 39th annual meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Planned symposia include Animal behavior and multilevel selection; new
perspectives on mechanisms of evolution in communication systems; and
applied animal behavior and the integration of behavioral knowledge.
Information: http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Program,
or contact the local hosts Emília Martins (emartins@bio.indiana.edu)
and Meredith West (mewest@indiana.edu).
- August 26-30, 2002.
21st Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, Bonn,
Germany. Information: http://www.esce2002.uni-bonn.de.
Registration and abstract deadlines, April 15.
- Sept. 22-27, 2002. IOBC
Working Group Meeting, Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated
Controls, Erice, Sicily,. Information: Stefano Colazza, Univ. of
Palermo, FAX 39-91-423410, email colazza@unipa.it.
Website http://phero.net/iobc/sicily/announc4.html
or http://phero.net/iobc/index.html
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| BALLOTS |
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CUT OUT BALLOTS AND MAIL TO ISCE SECRETARY.
You may also register your votes by email to the secretary at jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu,
or fill out the electronic ballot form at http://www.chemecol.org/forms/ballot/ballot.htm
Ballots or Emails must be received by April 30, 2002 in order to be
registered.
VICE-PRESIDENT, ISCE, 2002
_____ Dr. Thomas Baker
_____ Dr. Wilhelm Boland
SECRETARY, ISCE, 2002
_____ Dr. Stephen Foster
_____ Dr. Tristram Wyatt
COUNCILORS, ISCE, 2002
Please vote for only 4 of the 5 candidates
_____ Dr. Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, France
_____ Dr. Heidi Dobson, USA
_____ Dr. Jocelyn Millar, USA
_____ Dr. Coby Schal, USA
_____ Dr. Sadahiro Tatsuki, Japan
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