The Biology doctoral students council had a meeting on 20 February. Among other things, they discussed guest lecturer, PhD representatives, questionnaire for PhD students and vacation registration.
Minutes from the BDR meeting 20/2 -20
Hanna Thosteman – new PhD student
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!
Protokoll från Biologibibliotekets styrgruppsmöte 11/2 -20
Biologibibliotekets styrgrupp hade möte den 11 februari. Då diskuterades bland annat bokslut, bibliometri, statistikprojekt, studentdatorer, utökad service till miljövetenskap/CEC och referenshantering.
Minutes from the BDR meeting 27/1 -20
The Biology doctoral students council had a meeting on 27 January. Among other things, they discussed guest lecturer, meeting with the head of the department and the directors of study and BDR members.
Some things old and some things new at the GENECO winter meeting
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.
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.
After we had some coffee and sandwiches, the meeting started with a welcome talk by Bengt Hansson and Emily O’Connor.
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.
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.
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.
The last lecturer was Ramiro Logares, from University of Barcelona, who gave his first talk in Lund since his PhD defence.
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.
As usual Torbjörn Säll ended the day with a little historical talk about genetics. Then we all went for dinner at Kulturen Restaurang & Konferens.
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
Dagordning för GUNs möte den 31/1 -20
Den 31 januari klockan 13.15 har grundutbildningsnämnden möte i Synpunkten i Biologihus B. Följande står på dagordningen:
- Mötet öppnas
- Justeringsperson utses
- Fastställande av dagordningen
- Föregående mötes protokoll (bifogas)
- Meddelanden externt – fakulteten
- Meddelanden externt – andra utbildningar
- Meddelanden internt, om bl.a.:
- Utbildningsplaner
- Hantering kursvärderingar
- Diskussioner om masterprogram
- Ombyggnad D225-226
- Möblering etc Biologihuset
- Aktuella ärenden
- Förslag till beslut: Fastställande av examinatorer vt 20 (bifogas)
- Ekonomi – utfall GU 2019.
- Information från studierådet
- Information från studievägledarna
- Information från koordinatorerna
- Kandidatprogram i biologi och molekylärbiologi
- Masterprogram i biologi, molekylärbiologi och bioinformatik
- Kursplaner: inga ärenden
- 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)
- Övriga frågor
- Mötet avslutas
Protokoll från GUNs möte den 22/11 -19
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.
Minnesanteckningar från FUNs möte den 12/12 -19
Forskarutbildningsnämnden hade möte den 12 december. Då diskuterades bland annat fakultetens introduktionskurs, mentorsenkät, doktorandkurser, förlängning och institutionsrepresentanter.
Protokoll från styrelsemötet 18/12 -19
Institutionsstyrelsen hade möte den 18 december. Då diskuterades bland annat budget, ledningsstruktur vid fakulteten, RQ20, ställföreträdande prefekt, internationella postdocs och personalplan.
Minutes from the BDR-meeting 13/12 -19
The Biology doctoral students council had a meeting on 13 December. Among other things, they discussed the nomination of guest lecturer.
FUN-möte 23/1 -20
Forskarutbildningsnämnden har möte den 23 januari klockan 14.15 i Stora konferensrummet i Ekologihuset. Följande står på dagordningen:
- Institutionsrepresentanter (IR)
- Mentorns roll
- Förlängning av doktorander
- Halvtidskontrollen
- Biträdande handledare
- Meddelande
- CEC-FU
- Finish on time
Aleksandra Magdziarek – new programmer
Hej, I am a programmer in the Biodiversity team. My background is in developing software within the field of Geographic Information Systems, with focus on remote sensing. Here, in Lund, I will work on software components for managing bird and butterfly data within the Biodiversity Atlas Sweden framework.
Outside of work I enjoy swimming, hiking and cycling. I really look forward to exploring the Swedish outdoors.
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