Yesterday, the Aquatic Ecology unit went to Karlaby Kro for their Christmas meeting. The two previous years they have been in the Ecology Building, but now it was time to (mer …)
A white Christmas meeting with the Aquatic Ecology unit
Cecilia Hjort – new PhD-student
Hi! My name is Cecilia Hjort and since the 1st of December I’ve been enrolled as a PhD student in the Department of Biology, under the supervision of Professor Henrik Smith. However, some of you have probably seen me around, both on the second and third floor, since I’ve been working with several different projects at the university for the past 2 years.
I intend to study the evolutionary adaptation of a common bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, to variable environments by combining comparative studies, behavioural assays and genome sequencing (Restriction site-Associated DNA sequencing; RADseq). More precisely, I will investigate if native populations of B. terrestris in Sweden are affected by gene spread from imported bumblebees used for pollination services. Additionally, I will investigate the occurrence of morphological and genetic local adaptation across landscape and climatic gradients in Sweden, using landscape genomic approaches. Lastly, I will study the genetic connectivity and evolutionary capacity of an invasive B. terrestris adapting to a novel environment (Tasmania), and compare patterns of local adaptation and landscape genetic structure with native B. terrestris.
I hold a Bachelors Degree in Biology and a Masters Degree in Conservation Biology both from Lund University.
Since I like diversity, I usually change lunchrooms so hopefully I’ll see you around!
P.S. I go by my nickname Cilla.
Where have all the birds at Örenäs gone?
There will be no Christmas for the Evolutionary Ecology unit without a trip to Örenäs Castle. Around 60 persons from the unit (and some hangarounds, including me) went there to share their (mer …)
15 år och 10 000 mejl senare
Igår var det stor avtackning av Monica Pardon. Fikarummet på andra våningen var fullt av folk som ville (mer …)
Encelliga organismer istället för cellkulturer ger svar
Marie Dam – new PhD-student
I am starting as a PhD student in the Pheromone group. I will be working on a EU Horizon 2020 project called OLEFINE, which is about making safe insecticide alternatives (pheromones) in a biological way, using cell factories and metabolic engineering. I will be doing research to find and characterise genes that can be used in biosynthetic pheromone production pathways, to make pheromones of moths that are economically important pests on cash- and row crops.
I am an engineer in biotechnology from Aalborg University, Denmark, and have in the past years been working with metabolic engineering of yeasts, employed at the Center for Biosustainability at the Danish Technical University and at the company Biophero.
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
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
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!
Rundvandring runt ringen
Idag (fredag 9/11) hade Edith Hammer ordnat en guidad visning av MAX IV för SACTs räkning. Aktiviteten var populär och blev snabbt fullbokad. Några av dagens deltagarna kommer (mer …)
Erik Nord – new extra help
Erik Nord is our new temporary extra help in the Biology Building. He will assist Lars Fredriksson with general janitor duties. Erik is working between 10 AM and 2 PM.
Städa källarförråden senast 14/12 -18
Short English summary
Clean the basement storage spaces and the corridors in the Ecology and Biology Buildings as soon as possible, but no later than 14 December 2018! After that Carl Sjökvist and Cecilia Thomasson have free hands to throw away things. Everything in the storage spaces must be (mer …)
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