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Hanna Thosteman – new PhD student

Portrait of Hanna Thosteman. Photo.

Hi, my name is Hanna and I’m a newly employed doctoral student supervised by Magne Friberg and Anna Runemark within the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions research group. A year ago, I defended my MSc in Plant Ecology here at Lund University, and since then I’ve been working as a research assistant within the EEPII-group.

I’m interested in what drives intraspecific variation in plants, and the focus of my interest is the crucifer Arabis alpina (Sv. Fjälltrav). I’m trying to understand the evolutionary and ecological background to variation in morphological (flower size, herkogamy etc.) and chemical (e.g. floral scent) signals within this species by performing greenhouse common garden experiments, field studies and genomic analyses. During intense data collection you will most likely find me in the greenhouse covered in dirt and petals.

I have a genuine interest in nature and frequently visit the forest with my family. I enjoy playing The Sims and cuddling with cats (I have one at home). I used to work in a pet shop, so if you ever need cat or dog food advice, just hit me up in the lunchroom!

mars 16, 2020

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Some things old and some things new at the GENECO winter meeting

A view of a conference hall with empty chairs in rows. Photo.

This year GENECO’s winter meeting 2020 were held in a new place, Magle Concert Hall, the old Salvation Army Church behind Folkets hus in Lund. Around 40 participants gathered to attend the meeting.

A close-up of water bottles. Photo.

When we arrived, Christina Rengefors, who had arranged the meeting, provided us with a brand-new water bottle. Thank you, this will come in handy.

A person is standing and pointing. A person is standing and pointing. Photo.

After we had some coffee and sandwiches, the meeting started with a welcome talk by Bengt Hansson and Emily O’Connor.

A person is standing explaining things with his hands. Photo. A smiling person is standing. Photo. A person is standing with a computer in front of him. Photo. A smiling person is standing in front of a presentation image. Photo.

When the practicalities were over, the PhD students David Stuart, Katja Kozjek, Alexander Hegg and Tony Rinaud gave a presentation each of their research. I am impressed by Tony who gave his talk with very short notice instead of Gróa Valgerdur Ingimundardottir, who unfortunately could not attend.

Two people are standing in front of a flipchart. Photo.

After a nice lunch, Veronica Sobrado and Christian Tellgren-Roth from The National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI) and SciLife talked about what you can get help with from these infrastructure facilities.

A person is standing with a computer in front of him and a flipchart in the background. Photo.

Then there was time for the most fascinating talk this day. Per Stenberg, from Umeå University, told us about airborne biodiversity. He and his colleagues have sequenced dna from glass fibre filters originally used for measuring radioactivity by the military. There are one filter sample from every week from the 50’s until today from around ten different places in Sweden. This is a great way to measure biodiversity over time.

A person is standing with a flipchart in the background. Photo.

The last lecturer was Ramiro Logares, from University of Barcelona, who gave his first talk in Lund since his PhD defence.

Two people are writing on two flipcharts. Three other people are standing around. Photo.

During the day everyone could write down questions at a flipchart. These questions were then answered and discussed by a panel consisted of Karin Rengefors, Ramiro Logares, Per Stenberg and Dag Ahrén. There were some great discussions between the panel and the audience.

A person is standing holding some papers. Photo.

As usual Torbjörn Säll ended the day with a little historical talk about genetics. Then we all went for dinner at Kulturen Restaurang & Konferens.

A person is sitting at a table. Photo.

Thank you GENECO, all lecturers and especially Christina Rengefors who made this interesting and nice day possible!

You find more photos from this meeting at Flickr.

Text & photo: Inger Ekström

februari 14, 2020

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Dagordning för GUNs möte den 31/1 -20

GUN

Den 31 januari klockan 13.15 har grundutbildningsnämnden möte i Synpunkten i Biologihus B. Följande står på dagordningen:

  1. Mötet öppnas
  2. Justeringsperson utses
  3. Fastställande av dagordningen
  4. Föregående mötes protokoll (bifogas)
  5. Meddelanden externt – fakulteten
  6. Meddelanden externt – andra utbildningar
  7. Meddelanden internt, om bl.a.:
    • Utbildningsplaner
    • Hantering kursvärderingar
    • Diskussioner om masterprogram
    • Ombyggnad D225-226
    • Möblering etc Biologihuset
  8. Aktuella ärenden
    • Förslag till beslut: Fastställande av examinatorer vt 20 (bifogas)
    • Ekonomi – utfall GU 2019.
  9. Information från studierådet
  10. Information från studievägledarna
  11. Information från koordinatorerna
    • Kandidatprogram i biologi och molekylärbiologi
    • Masterprogram i biologi, molekylärbiologi och bioinformatik
  12. Kursplaner: inga ärenden
  13. Inkomna kursutvärderingar: BIOR72, BIOR70, BIOR73, BIOB12, BIOR69, BIOR58, BIOC01, BIOR63, BIOS08, BIOF08, BIOB11, BIOR31, BIOR66 (bifogas – men pga det stora antalet inkomna kursutvärderingar skickas en kort sammanfattning av dessa ut innan mötet)
  14. Övriga frågor
  15. Mötet avslutas
januari 27, 2020

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Protokoll från GUNs möte den 22/11 -19

GUN

Den 22 november hade grundutbildningsnämnden möte. Då diskuterades bland annat Studentbarometern, inspirationsdagarna, biomedicin, UKÅ utvärderingen, psykisk ohälsa, litteraturlista, code of conduct, Canvas, datorbehov, renovering av datorsal, budget, Graduation fair och kursutvärderingar.

januari 27, 2020

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