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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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Patrik Karell – guest researcher at MEEL and EvolEco

Hi, My name is Patrik Karell and I am an evolutionary ecologist from Finland. In August I brought my family with me and came to Lund University to work as a guest researcher here for a year. My aim is to collaborate with Staffan Bensch lab and Jan-Åke Nilsson’s lab within my Academy of Finland research fellowship project on tawny owls, colour polymorphism and adaptations to climate change.

Here in Lund we will together with postdoc Chiara Morosinotto focus mainly on lab work on tawny owl telomere dynamics and on development and implementation of a protocol to study ecological energetics and immunology of tawny owls under controlled conditions.

I am excited to be here in Lund to meet new people and learn more about what is going on here! …och jag är Finlandssvensk så svenska funkar bra!

See you around,
Patrik

oktober 5, 2018

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Kristaps Sokolovskis – new PhD student

I am a freshly recruited PhD student in the “Staffan Bensch Team”. I will join an ongoing project investigating how genes control songbird migration. In field, we will use smallest tracking devices available (geolocators) to record willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) seasonal flights. In lab and office, we will continue using genetic and genomic tools to link phenotype and genotype.

I hold a MSc degree in Evol Biol from Uppsala University and a substantial experience of work with different birds in the wild. On top of a strong interest in avian ecology and life histories, I want to use molecular tools to tackle biologically relevant questions. Therefore, I am extremely happy to have found my dream project here in Lund!

Work and hobbies for me largely overlap as exploration and all sorts of outdoorsy activities is what I enjoy doing the most anyway.

I drink a lot of coffee so we will surely meet in the fika room.

Alternatively, come to board game night every Wednesday at 17:30 (2nd floor kitchen Ecol Building) and we can get to know each other while playing Settlers
of Catan!

P.S. I am also looking for people to go to metal concerts together. Feel free to approach me with any such suggestions 24/7 😊

oktober 5, 2018

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David Gómez Blanco – new PhD-student

Hej! My name is David Gómez Blanco and I just started my PhD at the molecular ecology and evolution lab, under supervision of Prof. Dennis Hasselquist. During this PhD, I will be investigating the relationships between mild disease, immune responses and aging; and how these factors are associated with reproductive and life history strategies in studies on wild birds.

I am 24 years old and I come from Spain, where I finished my bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Oviedo. After that, I continued my education and I got a Master’s Degree in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville). Throughout my BSc and MSc I have been interested in the interaction between evolutionary and molecular ecology, especially in birds. I am now very excited to continue my career at Lund University.

I consider myself an active, friendly and easy-going person, so I am looking forward to meeting new people and to discovering a bit of Sweden‘s amazing nature and culture.

september 27, 2018

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In honor of Bengt Lidforss 150 years

A bust of Bengt Lidforss is now standing in the Biology Building. Go and have a look, and learn a little more about Lidforss as well.

Last Friday afternoon Bengt Olle Bengtsson had arranged a seminar on account of Bengt Lidforss 150 years anniversary.

Bengt Olle greeted the audience welcome on behalf of the Departement of Biology and the Mendelian Society. Lidforss has been given much attention as a political intellectual and (mer …)

september 17, 2018

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Roman Zug – new postdoc

Hej! I‘m a theoretical evolutionary biologist and a new postdoc in Tobias Uller‘s group. During my PhD at Humboldt University, Berlin, I worked on bacteria called Wolbachia, which are famous for ingeniously interfering with arthropod reproduction and development. In the course of this work, I became increasingly fascinated by the diverse interplay between evolution and development. Therefore, I am now shifting to the exciting field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo).

Here at Lund I‘ll focus on one of evo-devo‘s central topics: phenotypic plasticity. In particular, I‘m interested in a form of plasticity where environmental variation gives rise to discrete alternative phenotypes, so-called polyphenisms. I aim to reveal how polyphenisms evolve by modeling the evolution of their underlying developmental regulatory architecture.

More generally, I‘m interested in studying the interface between evo-devo and systems biology, and I think Lund is a fantastic place for this.

I‘m looking forward to meeting new people here at the biology department and elsewhere, and to discovering a bit of Sweden‘s amazing nature and culture. Last but not least, I‘m exited to go on extensive road bike tours and do the Vätternrundan!

september 7, 2018

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Joakim Nilsson – new Head of Administration

Hello,

My name is Joakim Nilsson and I just started my work here at the department of biology as head of administration. I will work parallel with Monica Pardon for the coming weeks before taking the full responsibility.

I have a degree in economics from Lund University but have spent the last decade and a half with a similar position at Malmö Stads office for education management. I’m looking forward to reconnecting with Lund University and getting to know you all.

The coming weeks I will visit all research units and other units to get to know the different parts of the department, and I will look confused and bewildered trying to memorize as much as possible. I will also use the excuse “sorry I’m new here” for as long as you let me.

september 4, 2018

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