Den 30 mars hade institutionsstyrelsen möte. Då diskuterades bland annat personalärenden, den strategiska planen, etableringen på Brunnshög, krisberedskap och IT.
Protokoll från styrelsemötet den 30/3 -22
A new hope – BLAM once again in real life
Last Wednesday and Thursday it was once again time for the Biology in Lund Annual Meeting (BLAM). One of the nicest events at the department and a great opportunity to meet people across units and research groups
BLAM is a departmental conference arranged by our PhD students each year. Or nearly every year more exactly, due to the pandemic. I think everybody had longed for this real-life meeting since 2019 when the last meeting on-site was held.
All talks, except two invited plenary lectures, are done by the PhD students. They also make all the posters and are the host of the meeting. BLAM 2022 organising committee consisted of Sara Winterfeldt, Dániel Tájmel, Karla Iveth Aguilera Campos, Katie Laschanzky and Ashish Ashish. They had done an amazing job.
The only thing I can complain about is the weather. In former years it used to be great weather during BLAM and the breaks were usually enjoyed outside. Not this year, the rain did not make it tempting to go outside at all.
The talks and posters were of an extremely high quality, which made it a hard decision for the prize committee to decide who were the winner of the prizes for best talk, best flash talk and best poster.
At the grand dinner at Grand Hotel Johan Kjellberg Jensen was announced the winner of the talk, Susana Garcia Dominguez the winner of the flash talks and Etka Yapar was the winner of the best poster. The prize money is 10 000 SEK each for the talk and poster winners and 5 000 SEK for the flash talk winner. The money should be spent on travel or literature in accordance with the winners’ PhD projects.
Last night I went home with happy voices ringing in my ears and a good feeling in my body. And to quote Johannes Rousk “There is a new hope when we meet at BLAM”.
Once again, thanks to the organising committee for their splendid job and thanks to all the speakers and poster makers.
Text and photo by Inger Ekström
A meeting with real people
Yesterday GENECO had their winter meeting at Kulturen. This was the first meeting in real life since the pandemic started. And that showed. People really liked to get together and talk. During the dinner, it was hard to even hear oneself talk from time to time.
GENECO is a graduate research school in genomic ecology, where PhD students from different universities come together and learn to understand genomic techniques and applications and communicate research ideas among other things.
Unfortunately, I was not able to make it to the meeting in the morning, which included one guest lecture by Petra Korlevic from Wellcome Sanger Institute, in Great Brittain, and two talks by the PhD students Hanna Bensch and Ida Krogsgaard Svendsen, both from Linnaeus University.
After lunch and a streamed Thursday seminar, the invited lecturer Anja Mezger from National Genomics Infrastructure in Stockholm, talked about SciLifeLab equipment and what analysis they do. Qinyang Li, PhD student in Lund, followed with a talk about his PhD project about multicellularity.
The next talk was about wolfs in Sweden and their inbreeding. Mikael Åkesson, from the Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences in Grimsö, told us how they use the genomic technique SNPs in their monitoring of wolfs.
After the coffee break Danilo Di Leo, PhD student at Linneaus University, talked about a way to analyse big data sources and Zachary Nolen, PhD student at Lund University, ended with a talk about his work with genetic diversity of blue-winged butterflies.
The closing dinner was at Kulturen’s restaurant, and the food served was either roster or portabello confit depending on food preferences. I left with a full stomach and a head full of voices and thoughts.
It was a pleasant and strange feeling to be at an IRL meeting again, but it was also tiring. It will take some time to get used to a normal life. Thanks to the organisers and GENECO for letting me participate.
Text and photo Inger Ekström
Dagordning för styrelsemötet den 30/3 -22
Den 30 mars klockan 13.15 har institutionsstyrelsen möte i Stora konferensrummet i Ekologihuset. Följande står på dagordningen:
- Mötet öppnas
- Protokolljusterare utses
- Fastställande av dagordningen
- Föregående mötesprotokoll
- Personal – Anhållan om att inrätta tillsvidareanställning
Administratör GU - Personal – Övriga tjänstetillsättningar
– - Strategiska planen
- Informationspunkter
- Eventuellt övrigt
Protokoll från styrelsemötet den 9/2 -22
Den 9 februari hade institutionsstyrelsen möte. Då diskuterades bland annat styrelsesuppleanterna, bokslutet 2021 och den strategiska planen.
Minutes from BDRs meeting 24/2 -22
The Biology Doctoral Student Council (BDR) had a meeting on 27 January. Among other things, they discussed a new course for PhD students, the annual BDR guest talk, the guide for new PhD students and an event for PhD students like a meetup or workshop.
Dagordning för GUNs möte den 11/3 -22
Den 11 mars klockan 13.15 har grundutbildningsnämnden möte i Stora konferensrummet i Ekologihuset. Följande står på dagordningen:
- Mötet öppnas
- Justeringsperson utses
- Fastställande av dagordningen
- Föregående mötesprotokoll
- Meddelanden externt – fakulteten
- Meddelanden externt – andra utbildningar
- Meddelanden internt, om bland annat:
- Uppföljning strategisk plan
- Kvalitetsutvärdering lägesrapport
- Biologinätverket i Sverige, möte
- Planerade kursomläggningar, inklusive termin 4 på kandidatprogrammet i molekylärbiologi
- Institutionsminibuss, hyrbilsproblematik
- Aktuella ärenden
- Förslag till beslut: Examinatorer ht 2023 (bifogas)
- Antagningsfrågor, ny arbetsgrupp (Lotta och Tina)
- Diskussion: Sammansättning av GUN
- Information från studierådet
- Information från studievägledarna
- Information från koordinatorerna
- Kandidatprogram i biologi och molekylärbiologi
- Masterprogram i biologi, molekylärbiologi och bioinformatik
- Kursplaner/Utbildningsplaner: inga nya, men ny 7,5 högskolepoäng bioinformatikkurs för biologer och molekylärbiologer på gång
- Inkomna kursanalyser: BIOR73, BIOR86. BINP16, BIOB12, BIOA10, BIOS08, BIOF06 (bifogas)
- Övriga frågor
- Mötet avslutas
Protokoll från GUNs möte den 28/1 -22
Den 28 januari hade grundutbildningsnämnden möte. Då diskuterades bland annat infrastrukturmedel till GU, kvalitetsutvärdering, covid, ny webbplats, antal helårsstudenter, kursomläggningar, examensarbeten, spåransvariga och examinatorer, GUNs sammansättning, ansökningssiffror och kursutvärderingar.
Amra Hadzimesic – new HR-administrator
Hi everyone!
My name is Amra Hadzimesic and I recently started my position as HR-administrator at the Department of Biology. I will be substituting for Adam Niekrasz and will assist you regarding new employments, prolongation of employments and hourly paid employees. I will primarily be responsible for the units Evolutionary Ecology and MEMEG.
I was born in Bosnia and came to Sweden when I was seven years old. I grew up in Borås, a textile city in western Sweden. For those of you who haven’t been there, Borås has the honor of frequently being awarded as the rainiest city in Sweden. You can imagine it was a blast growing up there!
For the past seven years I’ve lived in Gothenburg where I also worked within the HR field. I have a degree in economics from Högskolan i Borås, but once I started working, I realized I clearly preferred humans over numbers. So, HR is a much better fit for me.
Last summer I decided to move south to the beautiful city of Lund. Even though it’s been six months now, I still feel like a newcomer and very much enjoy exploring the city and of course the rest of Skåne. If you have any suggestions where to go sightseeing, and what I absolutely should not miss here in Skåne, please let me know!
Protokoll från styrelsemötet 15/12 -21
Den 15 december hade institutionsstyrelsen möte. Då diskuterades bland annat tjänstetillsättningar, den strategiska planen, budget, lönerevision och personalplan.
Minutes from the BDR meeting 27/1 -22
The Biology Doctoral Student Council (BDR) had a meeting on 27 January. Among other things, they discussed a PhD retreat, participation in the Health, Environment, and Safety committee (HMS), the annual guest talk and the guide for new PhD students.
Minutes from the BDR meeting 21/12-21
The Biology Doctoral Student Council (BDR) had a meeting on 21 December. Among other things, they discussed PhD representatives, the annual BDR guest talk and the guide for new PhD students at the Department of Biology.
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