Fwd: Graduate Positions: UToronto.Two.FungalEvolution

Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Graduate Positions: UToronto.Two.FungalEvolution > Date: 12 August 2022 at 05:16:35 BST > To: [email protected] > > > 2 Ph.D. positions, -Omics analysis on Host-Fungus interactions, University > of Toronto > > 2 Ph.D. positions are available to join the Laboratory of Evolutionary > Genomics of Fungi (https://ift.tt/RAdDCVs) in > the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of > Toronto (https://ift.tt/vwp4hdT), > Scarborough campus (https://ift.tt/WUQRIkJ) starting in > spring or fall 2023. > > Successful applicants will work on fungal biodiversity in aquatic > systems, ecology and evolution of microbial fungi, and host-fungus > interactions using multi-Omics approaches.  Position 1 will focus on > mosquito-fungus interactions with an aim to identify host-specific > genes with transcriptome data collected at different conditions, and > Position 2 will apply Phylogenomics and single-cell genomics to study > and identify missing branches on the fungal tree of life using samples > collected across Canada and the globe. > > Applicants for either position should have strong interests in data > analyses and writing and should be highly motivated to work at the > interface of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, and computational > genomics. Specifically, applicants for Position 1 should have a strong > background in Microbiology and/or Entomology with experience with > dissecting scopes. Applicants for Position 2 should have a strong > background in molecular biology and/or fieldwork experience. Coding > experience with R and/or Python will be an asset, but training will be > provided once on board. Multiple data science courses will be offered in > the EEB department and the SciNet supercomputing centre at the University > of Toronto. > > To apply, please send the following documents to the PI (Dr. Yan Wang) > via email [email protected] with the title "Ph.D. student > position application). > 1) your most recent CV > > 2) unofficial transcripts of all past and ongoing studies > > 3) a brief statement of research interests (1 page) summarizing your >   academic background, qualifications, and interest in either or both >   of the advertised positions. > > Kind regards, > > Yan > > -- > > Yan Wang, PhD > > Assistant Professor &Connaught Scholar > > Department of Biological Sciences & > > Department ofEcology and Evolutionary Biology > > University of Toronto - Scarborough Campus > > 1265 Military Trail,Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 > > Councilor forGenetics and Cell Biology > > Mycological Society of America > > Tel: 416-208-2739 > > Email:[email protected] > > Twitter:@funganomics > > Lab:https://ift.tt/2GX839Q > > > > Yan Wang

Artist Feature: Jessica Langley

Image: Jessica Langley, Untitled, watercolor,  gouache and acrylic on handmade paper from fungi, 9x11″, 2018.

Jessica Langley (b. 1981, USA) is a multimedia artist currently based in Colorado. She has exhibited her work internationally, and has been an artist-in-residence in numerous programs including Skaftfell Center of Visual Art in Iceland, Askeaton Contemporary Art in Ireland, the SPACES World Artist Program in Cleveland, and the Digital Painting Atelier at OCAD-U in Toronto. She was a recipient of the J. William Fulbright Scholarship for research in Iceland, and earned her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. She is an amateur mycologist, and her artwork and writings have been published in the New York Mycological Society Newsletter, New American Paintings, NPR, Hyperallergic, and Temporary Art Review. She is co-founder of The Yard, a site for public art in Colorado Springs.

Jessica Langley consistently observes and denies the proposition within her work. The images are borrowed, cut up, disjointed, and abstracted. Throughout her work a thread remains - how cultural symbols of landscape are experienced both directly and through the post-digital image. Through her interest in Mycology, she investigates sustainable practices.

Langley uses painting, digital print, and collage to translate an image-based event into a practice that exists between the analogous dichotomies of abstraction and representation and the objective/subjective perspectives. Her techniques simultaneously obscure and reveal the hand in contrast to the digital image.

Much of her work has a digital component, though she continually finds ways to break away from the screen and back to the physicality of materials and the sensory experience of process. In doing so, she creates tension between the seemingly infinite quality experienced through the (web) portal and the tangibility of lived experience.

Have you participated in previous faculty exhibitions at UCCS, if so, how many? No, this is the first one. 

Why do you think it is important to hold a faculty exhibition? I think it is good to  exhibit work in your community, so that students, faculty and community members at large can know your work.This helps to encourage understanding and sharing of ideas

What type of impact to you believe it has on campus? I think it is good for students to see artwork of their faculty and working/teaching artists rather than only see artwork in a commercial context. This will help to broaden their ideas of what art can be.

The theme for this exhibition is time, how do you see this theme connecting to your work? My work requires time, not just in process, but in growth. I am literally growing my materials, using mushroom mycelium and  foraged mushrooms. 

As an artist, what advice have you received that has proved to have a large impact on you or your work? Don't run away from boredom, embrace it as a time to let your mind wander - that is where creativity happens!

See the work Jessica Langley and her fellow UCCS VAPA Faculty at TIME at GOCA Ent Center for the Arts (5225 N Nevada Ave) starting January 31st and running through May 18th.

COVID-19: Courses and Meetings Cancelled

In response to the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health threat, the Board of Directors of the Mycological Society of Toronto has made the decision to cancel upcoming events. The health and safety of our members and the community is of utmost importance to the MST. We anticipate remaining on hiatus at least until the end of April.

At this time, cancelled events include:

March 23rd members meeting

March 30th course (Field Identification of Gilled Mushrooms: Looking Beyond the Obvious)

April 6th course (12 Easy Genera: An Introduction to Field Identification of Mushrooms)

April 20th members meeting

Members who have registered for education courses will have their registration fees refunded and will have access to advance registration when courses are rescheduled.

At the moment it is not clear if the spring mushroom dinner or the spring foray season will go ahead as scheduled. We will continue to take guidance from public health agencies and advise our members when our programmes resume.

Thank you for your continued support of the MST. Please feel free to contact [email protected] at any time if you have questions or concerns.

Fwd: Graduate Positions: UToronto.Two.FungalEvolution

Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Graduate Positions: UToronto.Two.FungalEvolution > Date: 12 August 2022 at 05:16:35 BST > To: [email protected] > > > 2 Ph.D. positions, -Omics analysis on Host-Fungus interactions, University > of Toronto > > 2 Ph.D. positions are available to join the Laboratory of Evolutionary > Genomics of Fungi (https://ift.tt/RAdDCVs) in > the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of > Toronto (https://ift.tt/vwp4hdT), > Scarborough campus (https://ift.tt/WUQRIkJ) starting in > spring or fall 2023. > > Successful applicants will work on fungal biodiversity in aquatic > systems, ecology and evolution of microbial fungi, and host-fungus > interactions using multi-Omics approaches.  Position 1 will focus on > mosquito-fungus interactions with an aim to identify host-specific > genes with transcriptome data collected at different conditions, and > Position 2 will apply Phylogenomics and single-cell genomics to study > and identify missing branches on the fungal tree of life using samples > collected across Canada and the globe. > > Applicants for either position should have strong interests in data > analyses and writing and should be highly motivated to work at the > interface of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, and computational > genomics. Specifically, applicants for Position 1 should have a strong > background in Microbiology and/or Entomology with experience with > dissecting scopes. Applicants for Position 2 should have a strong > background in molecular biology and/or fieldwork experience. Coding > experience with R and/or Python will be an asset, but training will be > provided once on board. Multiple data science courses will be offered in > the EEB department and the SciNet supercomputing centre at the University > of Toronto. > > To apply, please send the following documents to the PI (Dr. Yan Wang) > via email [email protected] with the title "Ph.D. student > position application). > 1) your most recent CV > > 2) unofficial transcripts of all past and ongoing studies > > 3) a brief statement of research interests (1 page) summarizing your >   academic background, qualifications, and interest in either or both >   of the advertised positions. > > Kind regards, > > Yan > > -- > > Yan Wang, PhD > > Assistant Professor &Connaught Scholar > > Department of Biological Sciences & > > Department ofEcology and Evolutionary Biology > > University of Toronto - Scarborough Campus > > 1265 Military Trail,Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4 > > Councilor forGenetics and Cell Biology > > Mycological Society of America > > Tel: 416-208-2739 > > Email:[email protected] > > Twitter:@funganomics > > Lab:https://ift.tt/2GX839Q > > > > Yan Wang