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14.09.2018
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Deadline for
manuscript submission to XIV Symposium Proceedings postponed
The submission deadline will be the 1st
November 2018.
Please could we remind you that the
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society publishes papers
on systematic and evolutionary zoology and comparative,
functional, and other studies where relevant to these areas.
Studies of extinct as well as living animals are included. The
ZJLS also has a wide circulation amongst zoologists and although
narrowly specialised papers are not excluded, potential authors
should bear that readership in mind.
A number of presentations at the Symposium based studies on
cultured animals, and using laboratory strains for model
organisms is becoming a common practice. However, we are
discovering that several of the laboratory strains are not the
‘type species’ but are new or separate species. For example, the
commercial isogenic culture sold as Hypsibius dujardini
(Sciento strain Z151) is now Hypsibius exemplaris (Gąsiorek
et al. 2018 Zootaxa 4415: 45–75). In
some cases, we have a recognised strain, e.g. Ramazzottius
varieornatus strain YOKOZUNA-1 (Horikawa
et al. 2008 Astrobiology 8: 549–556).
A good practice is to identify the origin of cultured organisms
in a manuscript (i.e. commercial or local sample collection) and
establishing an authentication reference for a particular strain
(e.g. Ramazzottius varieornatus strain YOKOZUNA-1). It
is also good practice to provide in the manuscript a GenBank
accession number to the DNA barcode sequence (COI
or/and ITS-2) for the strain that is the
subject of the study. This is especially important if the strain
has not yet been taxonomically verified. In such cases, we also
strongly advise to explicitly show the taxonomic uncertainty by
placing a “cf.” or an “aff.”
between the genus and the species names. These actions would
allow future researcher to relate studies and identify any
changes to the taxonomic nomenclature of that species (e.g. see
Table 1 in
Kosztyła et al. 2016
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 765–775).
We hereby encourage corresponding authors to send an email
immediately to the senior Editor (Nadja
Møbjerg) with information on the title,
authors, and abstract for each manuscript they would like to
submit. This will allow us to identify reviewers in advance and
how many manuscripts we are to expect. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Symposium
Proceedings Editorial Team.
We look forward to receiving your manuscripts for the Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society “Special Issue: Tardigrade
Symposium”, and we also hope to be able to call on you to help
with the reviewing process.
With Regards,
Symposium Proceedings Editorial Team
Nadja Møbjerg:
nmobjerg@bio.ku.dk
Łukasz Michalczyk:
LM@tardigrada.net
Sandra McInnes:
s.mcinnes@bas.ac.uk |
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22.08.2018
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Third Annual Meeting
on Tardigradology in Japan
The Third Annual Meeting on Tardigradology in Japan will take
place on the 9th of September 2018, in the Hiyoshi Campus of the
Keio University. The meeting will be chaired by Professor Midori
Matsumoto.
The meeting will be in Japanese, official website of the meeting
(also in Japanese):
www.kumamushigakkai.net
Sent in by
Kazuharu Arakawa |
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12.08.2018
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PostDoc on
Tardigrade Sperm Evolution
A two-year position starting in January 2019 at the
University of Jyväskylä, Finland, is now open for
applications. This project is funded by an Academy of Finland
Fellowship to Dr.
Sara Calhim. The main
objective of this position is to conduct comparative analyses to
tackle major reproductive trait evolution questions, by
compiling a phylogeny and gathering new and literature-based
data on species-specific reproductive (morphological,
behavioural) and ecological traits.
Contact:
sara.calhim@jyu.fi
More information:
https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=12&id=00006007&lang=fi
Deadline: 30.09.2018
Sent in by
Sara Calhim |
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07.08.2018
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København & Kraków
The 14th International Symposium on
Tardigrada is now officially closed. The atmosphere was
wonderful and the presentations were truly amazing. We would
like to thank the Symposium Chair,
Nadja Møbjerg, and all
other organisers for such a great meeting! :-)
Although it is sad that the Symposium is already over and it is
now time to write up manuscripts for the Symposium Proceedings,
we are happy to let you know that the next tardigrade meeting,
the 15th International Symposium on
Tardigrada, will be held in Kraków, in August 2021,
so make a note in your calendars because we would very much like
to see you all again in three years! :-)
The TN section devoted to the
København Symposium is under construction, but you can
already see the Group Photo taken during the conference there -
thank you Nadja for sending it to us
so quickly :-)
Talking about photos, we will be very grateful for any photos
taken at the Symposium that we could upload on the TN website.
Thus, if you would like to share your photos, please send them
to us and we will upload them online (the best way for you to
send us your photos is to upload them on a cloud, such as
DropBox, and send us a download link or send them to us in a
zipped folder via a file transfer service, such as SendSpace or
WeTransfer).
Once again thank you for København and see you in Kraków in
three years! :-D
Łukasz Michalczyk |
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07.07.2018
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Two meiofauna
PostDoc positions at Ifremer
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Atacama and
Kermadec trenches (Scientific Responsables: Daniela
Zeppilli/Ifremer, Frank Wenzhöfer/AWI-MPI and Matthias
Zabel/MARUM)
Ecological connectivity and functional links between
hydrothermal active and inactive sites in view of potential SMS
mining in the deep sea (Scientific Responsables: Daniela
Zeppilli, Lenaick Menot and Lucie Pastor/Ifremer)
Details:
https://wwz.ifremer.fr/en/Research-Technology/Scientific-strategy/Post-doctoral-research-positions-2018-2019
Deadline for applications: 10.09.2018
Contact:
Daniela.Zeppilli@ifremer.fr
Sent in by
Nigel Marley |
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20.04.2018
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PhD studentship in
tardigrade evolution
Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship in tardigrade
evolution at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
(Poland) in the team of Dr.
Łukasz Michalczyk.
The main goal of the project is to test how reproductive mode
and cryptobiotic abilities affect dispersal and, in consequence,
speciation and extinction rates in tardigrades. Tardigrades are
a phylum of microinvertebrates that dwell a wide variety of
habitats throughout the globe. They are famous for their
cryptobiotic abilities that allow them to withstand extreme
conditions and are also thought to aid dispersal of individual
species. Moreover, tardigrades exhibit a range of reproductive
modes, including dioecy and parthenogenesis. Theory predicts
that both asexual reproduction and cryptobiotic survival should
increase dispersal potential. On the other hand, differences in
dispersal abilities are hypothesised to affect speciation and
lineage extinction rates. Thus, tardigrades are an interesting
model to address some of the fundamental questions of modern
evolutionary biology, biogeography and taxonomy such as
mechanism underlying the evolution of biodiversity or evolution
of sex.
The successful candidate will be involved in fieldwork (sample
collection), sample extraction, slide preparation, morphometrics
and imaging in light microscope, processing specimens for
scanning electron microscope, karyotyping, DNA extraction,
amplification and multilocus sequencing (NGS), species
identification, and taking care of tardigrade cultures. The
student will also analyse data and prepare drafts of
manuscripts, and will be involved in the promotion of results at
seminars and conferences.
The PhD programme in Biology at the Jagiellonian University is
run entirely in English and includes some obligatory and
facultative classes. The programme is open to all
nationalities and there are no tuition fees.
Depending on achievements and performance of the successful
candidate, the tax-free monthly stipend will vary from 4 000 to
7 000 PLN (typically, cost of life in Kraków for a PhD student
is ca. 2 500 PLN).
Deadline for applications: 20th May 2018.
Detailed information on the project, university, our team and
the application procedure is available here:
tardigrada.edu.pl/PhD.htm
Łukasz Michalczyk |
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28.03.2018
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XIV International
Symposium on Tardigrada - early bird
deadline extension The deadline for early
registration and abstracts submission for the
14th International Symposium on
Tardigrada will be extended until 20th April 2018
as a number of you have asked for a little more time to prepare
abstracts etc.
For those of you who are interested in acquiring Irwin Loops for
tardigrade collection: Paul Bartels is currently making these –
please contact Paul at pbartels@warren-wilson.edu if you are
interested in acquiring an Irwin loop and he can bring them with
him to the Symposium.
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.
Happy Easter!
Best wishes,
Sent in by
The Local Committee Tardigrada2018
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23.03.2018
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A funded PhD studentship
in a project on rotifers and tardigrades
University of Plymouth, UK
Group of Dr.
Chiara Boschetti
Please see the following links for further information:
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=96236
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/research-degrees/postgraduate-research-studentships/extremophiles-in-a-changing-world-the-mechanistic-bases-of-stress-resistance-in-rotifers-and-tardigrades
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BIK462/phd-research-studentship-extremophiles-in-a-changing-world-the-mechanistic-bases-of-stress-resistance-in-rotifers-and-tardigrades
Deadline for applications: 06.04.2018
Sent in by
Nigel Marley |
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01.01.2018
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XIV International
Symposium on Tardigrada - the Second
Announcement!
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We are very pleased to welcome you to the
14th International Symposium on
Tardigrada, which will be held in Copenhagen,
Denmark, 30 July - 03 August 2018.
Information about the Symposium is available at the website:
www.tardigrada2018.org
Please note that the deadline for Early Registration and
Abstract submission is 30 March 2018. Late
Registration is open until 1 June 2018. Information about
registration and abstract preparation etc. can be found at the
Symposium website.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Copenhagen Symposium
in 2018!
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.
On behalf of the Organising
Committee,
Chair of Tardigrada 2018,
Nadja Møbjerg |
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01.01.2018
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Happy New Year!!!
Thank you very much for all the wishes you have been sending us
over the holiday period. We also wish you all the best in 2018!
:-)
We hope to see you all in København this
Summer!
Łukasz Michalczyk &
Łukasz Kaczmarek |
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