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Rodrigo Lorenzo – guest postdoc

A person is standing in front of a big mountain.

I am a biologist from Argentina who recently finished his Ph.D. I graduated with the animal physiology orientation by doing my thesis on insulin sensitivity of transgenic mice. Immediately after, I started my Ph.D. studies on Southern king crab in Ushuaia at the Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC). During my studies, I addressed the physiological changes in the trade chain of Lithodes santolla, from when it’s caught to the moment it is consumed, targeting an incipient live market of the crab.

During my stay at Lund University, I will conduct biophysical heat transfer models of wild Svalbard ptarmigan in different environmental conditions, by analyzing thermal images taken on the field. This will give an insight into the species behavioral adaptation to its extreme environment. Infrared thermography is a technique not only used for estimating metabolic heat loss but can also be a non-invasive means to study an animal’s health status.

I’m a nature enthusiast who loves field research as well as going outdoors. One particular thing that lured me into animal physiology is the fact that inside an organism everything is related, particularly the association between behavioral stress and physiological responses are fundamental to assess animal welfare.

mars 10, 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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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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Aleksandra Magdziarek – new programmer

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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.

januari 7, 2020

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Nytt år – nya tider för administrationen!

En karta över var administrationen sitter.

In English below.

Det nya året innebär stora förändringar för oss inom administrationen. Just nu iordningställs lokaler på våning 1 i Ekologihuset och efter nyår hittar du de flesta av oss där. Kommunikation, HR, Ekonomi, IT och institutionsledning kommer alla att samlas längs den norra sidan av huset. Längst österut återfinns ekonomi och institutionsledning. Därefter kommer IT och i den tredje delen återfinns HR, kommunikation och enhetsadministration. Prefektkansliets nuvarande placering på våning 2 i Ekologihuset ska bli en del av CEC från och med nästa år.

I samband med den fysiska flytten ändrar vi bland ansvarsområdena för HR och enhetsadministration. 

Katarina Nygren, ekonomiadministratör och Sara Bengtsson, personaladministratör tar hand om Molekylär cellbiologi samt Funktionell Zoologi, och ha sin placering i Biologihuset.

Annika Hecktor, ekonomiadministratör och Adam Niekrasz, personaladministratör sköter MEMEG och Evolutionär ekologi, och det gör de från B160-korridoren i Ekologihuset.

Anna Lindkvist, ekonomiadministratör och Izabella Sec, personaladministratör tar hand om Biodiversitet och Akvatisk ekologi och de har också placering i B160-korridoren.

Du hittar också vem som gör vad inom administrationen på vår internwebb.

God jul och gott nytt år från oss och väl mött 2020!
Joakim Nilsson

The new year means major changes for us in the administration. After New Year, you will find most of us on the first floor of the Ecology House. Communication, HR, Finance, IT and department management will all be gathered along the north side of the house. At the far east you will find economy and the institutional management. Then comes IT and in the last part you find HR, communication and unit administration. The Prefectural Office’s current location on floor 2 of the Ecology House will become part of the CEC as of next year.

In connection with the physical transfer, we change among the responsibilities of HR and unit administration.

Katarina Nygren, Finance Administrator and Sara Bengtsson, Personnel Administrator take care of Molecular cell biology and Functional Zoology, and have their placement in the Biology House.

Annika Hecktor, Finance Administrator and Adam Niekrasz, Personnel Administrator manage MEMEG and Evolutionary Ecology, and they do so from the B160 corridor in the Ecology House.

Anna Lindkvist, Finance Administrator and Izabella Sec, Personnel Administrator take care of Biodiversity and Aquatic Ecology and they also have placement in the B160 corridor.

At our internal website you will also find who to contact for administrative help.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us and well met 2020!
Joakim Nilsson

december 18, 2019

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