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Bats and vampires in French Romanticism

Some beasts are rare and live their lives unseen by most of us. Many of the nocturnal mammals with membranous wings qualify, but so do the unsung heroes of our profession, the ones daring to tread alien and peripheral territories.

The link below refers to a both charming and erudite paper by our colleague Jens Rydell that does just that. It is a fine example of how one realm of knowledge (here bats) can transgress deep into our history and culture. Behold the grandeur of having Baudelaire in the reference list!

And don’t miss the acknowledgments.

Read the article in Journal of Bat Research and Conservation (pdf; 5.9 MB; new window).

Per Lundberg

november 26, 2018

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Mission statement from the administration

Hello,
I have now spent the first weeks getting to know as much as I can about the organization and the people operating in it, and since the first of November I have moved into the office of administrative manager. We have outlined the administrative work ahead of us and established the four key words – structure (organization), competence, flexibility and service as our mission statement.

The first change you will see is an array on the administrative web page in English and in Swedish which aims to clarify who to contact in different matters. The first function, finances/administrator is the person closest to the unit and likely the one to turn to in most cases, and then the HR and budget & forecast help out with more specialized matters. As you see Anne is still listed as HR administrator for her units but that will change, as I mentioned last week, to Sara by the end of 2018.

This is hopefully helpful for you and a start for us to build an administrative structure that makes everyday life easier for all of us.

// Joakim Nilsson

november 20, 2018

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Judith Matavacas – new PhD student

Hej everyone! I just started my PhD in the Biology Department, under the supervision of Claes von Wachenfeldt. My research will focus on how bacteria can sense and adapt to different kinds of stress (for instance, disulfide stress).

I come from Barcelona (Spain), where I did my Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology. Then, I performed my Master’s degree in Molecular Biology, specialization in Microbiology, at Lund University.

I am very excited to be starting this new adventure and I hope we can meet in the lunch room or in other faculty activities!

november 9, 2018

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Funding available for gender equality and equal opportunities initiatives

Promoting gender equality and equal opportunities and combating discrimination at Lund University

The management group for gender equality and equal opportunities extends an annual invitation to employees and students at Lund University to apply for funding for initiatives aimed at moving gender equality and equal opportunities issues forward and combating discrimination at Lund University.

The management group for gender equality and equal opportunities will allocate a maximum of SEK 1 million. Usually, a sum up to SEK 50 000 to 100 000 is allocated for each application.

The management group particularly welcomes applications in line with Lund University’s mission on gender mainstreaming. The management group also encourages applications with an intersectional perspective, which are focused on initiatives and reviews that combine several different areas within equal opportunities, if possible across several faculties. Applications concerning initiatives that contribute to the University’s systematic prevention work against discrimination (SFAD) are welcomed.

Decisions on the allocation of funding will be taken by the Vice-Chancellor in April 2019, following preparation by a working group from the management group. The deadline for applications is 7 February 2019. The call for applications takes place every year in November. Questions about applications can be addressed to the management group via email: jol@pers.lu.se

Examples of successful applications

Some of the initiatives that received funding previous years are: Seminar series in norm-critical education (HT), Computer engineering for everyone (LTH), IDAHOT – seminar day (HBTQ-LU/LTH), workshops for promoting equality and diversity at LUCSUS, Collaborative Toolbox towards diversity and antiracism in academia (department for gender studies).

How to apply

Read more, and download instructions and application form on: http://www.staff.lu.se/organisation-and-governance/vision-objectives-and-strategies/gender-equality-and-equal-opportunities/funding-for-gender-equality-initiatives

november 6, 2018

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Equality group recommends: Petition against binary definition of sex

The woman and man sign entwined.
Image created by AnonMoos.

The United States is currently planning to introduce a proposal to enforce a binary definition of sex in the country. Under the proposal, a person will be assigned to a given sex based on genital shape, regardless of whether they have an intersex phenotype or not and regardless of their later gender preference. This proposal has no basis in science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07238-8

If you would like to protest the proposal, you can sign a petition here: https://not-binary.org/statement/

november 3, 2018

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Why Pub Einar?

A smiling man is sitting in a sofa.
Einar at home, back from a research trip to Sudan (1984)

Every Friday an email is sent out to everybody on the Biology department mailing list, saying that beer is available for after work “discussions”. Sometimes the event is called the Friday Pub, but for many years and still now (mer …)

oktober 15, 2018

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Annika Hecktor – new financial administrator

Hi, I´m Annika Hecktor and I´ve just started my work as a financial administrator at the Department of Biology.

My desk will be in the Prefect Office for the first weeks and after that, you will find me somewhere in the corridors of Evolutionary ecology.

I´ve studied economics at the University of Lund, and now I´ve been working several years at Lunds kommun, with administration in a school in Genarp with children 6-15 years, mostly with economy and student registration.

Nature and animals are important things in my life. We have a bunch of dogs (Labradors) and I walk them, I train them, I run them in competitions and I use them as picking up dogs at bird shoots. I also shoot myself, but I prefer clay pigeons 😊. I spend many of my vacation days in the autumn outside, with my dogs and friends.

I live right outside Veberöd in a house high up at Romeleåsen, where deer live and our gravel road ends… And If you walk “Skåneleden” west of Veberöd – a trail with orange markings – you will pass our house!

oktober 8, 2018

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Himma Bakam – new PhD student

I am a new PhD student under the supervision of Professors Susanne Åkesson and Åke Lindström. My research will focus on Winter Ecology and Movements of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica. My research questions cover aspects of migration and connectivity of the swallows breeding in Europe and wintering in western and southern sub-saharan Africa.

I hold a Bachelors of Technology degree in Applied Zoology from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and later earned a Masters degree in Conservation Biology from the A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, all in Nigeria.

I am getting to know everyone and I am looking forward to meeting those I am yet to, especially connecting to what each one is doing. I will be glad to chat with you on my research goal, and also learn and share from your experiences. I gradually like the coffee since I do not add much milk now.

See you around!

oktober 5, 2018

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