Hi list members, I'm passing on some job postings in my former lab at the University of Guelph- apologies for cross-posting. Please direct all inquiries about these positions to Dr. Hallett ([email protected]) and not to me. Please distribute these postings to anyone you think might be interested.
Cheers, -Christie Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position Available - Chemical Ecology of Spotted Wing Drosophila Dr. Rebecca Hallett, SES, Univ. of Guelph, is currently seeking a motivated Post-Doctoral Research Associate to investigate the chemical ecology of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)), an invasive pest of soft-skinned fruit. The post-doc will develop semiochemical-based pest management methods for D. suzukii that can be used in both conventional and organic production systems. The post-doc will help design and execute lab and fieldwork, analyze data, and write up publications in collaboration with the PI and other members of the research team. The post-doc will also have opportunities to supervise undergraduate project students and to interact with collaborators at Vineland Research Innovation Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and OMAFRA. This project is part of a larger program on the biology and management of D. suzukii in Ontario. Applications due by: 10 Jun. Please see http://www.uoguelph.ca/ses/content/news/post-doctoral-research-associate-position-available-chemical-ecology-spotted-wing-droso for full application information. -- Christine (Christie) Bahlai Ph.D. Temporary freelance applied ecologist http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cbahlai Mobile: (519)803-0251 ----- Original Message ----- From: "ENTOMO-L automatic digest system" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:00:04 AM Subject: ENTOMO-L Digest - 26 May 2012 to 27 May 2012 (#2012-157) There are 4 messages totaling 192 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Entomology text recommendations? (4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 00:38:41 -0400 From: Gregory Zolnerowich <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Entomology text recommendations? I haven't found the perfect intro entomology book to use for General Entomology. I don't require students to buy a textbook. I took elements and info from Borror & Delong, Gullan & Cranston, Elzinga, Pedigo, and Daly & Doyen. Their is so much information available, the real work is condensing facts and concepts into a coherent 45 minute presentation for each class. I figure it took about 3 hours to gather, filter, condense, synthesize, and do illustrations for a single 45 minute PowerPoint. Cheers, Greg Z. ___________________ Gregory Zolnerowich Dept. of Entomology 123 Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 phone: 785-532-3799 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 05:01:25 +0000 From: "Almquist, David" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Entomology text recommendations? But besides what's presented in class, the students need comprehensive reference material to pore over on their own, either as required reading or just as something more comprehensive than the snippets that there're time for in classes. I think that some instructors that I had did excellent jobs making their own presentations and gathering materials and I really appreciated that, but I wouldn't've learned a tenth as much if I hadn't had textbooks to read, look things up in, ID specimens, etc, especially for more general classes. I can't imagine that someone could pull enough uncopyrighted material together to truly substitute for a textbook for a general ent class unless someone had spent years compiling/producing material, and even then I'd lean towards the textbook, in part for the information being more up to date, cohesive, complete, etc. ________________________________________ From: Entomology Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Gregory Zolnerowich [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 12:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Entomology text recommendations? I haven't found the perfect intro entomology book to use for General Entomology. I don't require students to buy a textbook. I took elements and info from Borror & Delong, Gullan & Cranston, Elzinga, Pedigo, and Daly & Doyen. Their is so much information available, the real work is condensing facts and concepts into a coherent 45 minute presentation for each class. I figure it took about 3 hours to gather, filter, condense, synthesize, and do illustrations for a single 45 minute PowerPoint. Cheers, Greg Z. ___________________ Gregory Zolnerowich Dept. of Entomology 123 Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 phone: 785-532-3799 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 22:36:28 -0700 From: James Bergdahl <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Entomology text recommendations? I should have mentioned that I do have copies of most of the older versions of the general entomology books mentioned by others, but after decades of entomology I frankly do not use them much anymore. I did however use them before I eventually degenerated into an insect-taxa specialist. The problem with insects is their greatest asset - there is just so many species no one can really become as master of even the intermediate taxa without decades of focused lab study and field work. When I was an undergratuate I was paid to work on insect biodiversity projects in the Arctic and wore out Borror & Delong because there was not much else available, including mentors. I love good printed books, have a large library on insects, and am a compulsive reader of entomology. In retrospect, probably the most influencial insect book for me as an underraguate was the cheap little paperback by Dan Janzen which I think is titled "Ecology of Insects in the Tropics" (Arnold Publ), probably from the late 70s. Although, even today I have never been to the Tropics. Of course, Dan Janzen is outstanding for making a student 'think like an insect'. Personally I think this approach may be more rewarding than having students learn, for instance, families and details of minutia of insect anatomy and physiology. It is too bad there are not more cheap little books like Janzen's focusing on insect ecology of specific areas. As they say in politics "almost everything is local". James Bergdahl Spokane, WA, USA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 09:59:20 +0100 From: Maria Fremlin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Entomology text recommendations? James, Strange but "Ecology of Insects in the Tropics" doesn't come up in web searches. It is not even mentioned in here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_H._Janzen Have you still got it? Maria On 27 May 2012 06:36, James Bergdahl <[email protected]> wrote: > I should have mentioned that I do have copies of most of the older versions > of the general entomology books mentioned by others, but after decades of > entomology I frankly do not use them much anymore. I did however use them > before I eventually degenerated into an insect-taxa specialist. > > The problem with insects is their greatest asset - there is just so many > species no one can really become as master of even the intermediate taxa > without decades of focused lab study and field work. > > When I was an undergratuate I was paid to work on insect biodiversity > projects in the Arctic and wore out Borror & Delong because there was not > much else available, including mentors. I love good printed books, have a > large library on insects, and am a compulsive reader of entomology. In > retrospect, probably the most influencial insect book for me as an > underraguate was the cheap little paperback by Dan Janzen which I think is > titled "Ecology of Insects in the Tropics" (Arnold Publ), probably from the > late 70s. Although, even today I have never been to the Tropics. Of course, > Dan Janzen is outstanding for making a student 'think like an > insect'. Personally I think this approach may be more rewarding than > having students learn, for instance, families and details of minutia of > insect anatomy and physiology. > > It is too bad there are not more cheap little books like Janzen's focusing > on insect ecology of specific areas. As they say in politics "almost > everything is local". > > James Bergdahl > Spokane, WA, USA > > > > > ------------------------------ End of ENTOMO-L Digest - 26 May 2012 to 27 May 2012 (#2012-157) ***************************************************************
