Absdigest Digest, Vol 16, Issue 12
James Ha
jcha at u.washington.edu
Sun Apr 6 18:10:10 EDT 2008
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+ A B S n e t - Electronic Newsletter +
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| Maintained in association with the Animal Behavior Society +
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| Editors: * James C. Ha Internet: jcha at u.washington.edu +
| ** Shan D. Duncan Internet: sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org +
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Today's Topics:
-->1. 2008 WARDER CLYDE ALLEE COMPETITION (Shan Duncan)
-->2. ABS 2008 Turner Award Information (Shan Duncan)
3. AIBS Annual meeting 12 -13 May to examine linkages among
infectious diseases and climate change (James Ha)
4. Short Survey on Definition of 'Behavior' request for
participants (Daniel Levitis)
5. Visiting Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology at
William and Mary (John Swaddle)
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Message: 1
From: Shan Duncan <sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org>
Subject: 2008 WARDER CLYDE ALLEE COMPETITION
2008 WARDER CLYDE ALLEE COMPETITION
The Warder Clyde Allee Competition for Best Student Paper will take place
at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah, August 16-20. All eligible
students are encouraged to participate. The following rules govern the
Allee Award for best student paper presented in the Warder Clyde Allee
session at the annual meeting:
Eligibility requirements: Any independent graduate student research
(including, but not limited to, the doctoral dissertation) is eligible.
The work presented may be part of a larger collaborative effort, but the
student should have the principal responsibility for the conceptualization
and design of the research, the collection and analysis of the data, and
the interpretation of the results. The entrant cannot have completed
defense of the doctoral dissertation before the preceding ABS annual
meeting (August 2007). An individual can enter the session only once per
lifetime. Only single-authored papers are eligible for the session
To enter: Students must indicate their desire to be considered for the
competition by checking the appropriate box on the abstract submittal form
for the annual meeting, submit a written (or electronic) version of their
paper which includes their addresses, telephone numbers and e- mail
addresses, fill out a signed and dated form indicating that they meet all
eligibility requirements (to be supplied to entrants after receipt of
their papers), present a spoken version during the 2008 Annual Meeting,
attend both the Allee welcoming dinner on the evening before the
competition day, and attend the banquet during the Annual Meeting. The
spoken portion of the competition is limited to 18 students. If more than
18 students enter, the Allee Judges will select the best 18 submitted
papers for the spoken paper session and further eligibility. Four (4)
copies of a written version, or, preferably, an electronic version in PDF
format, of no more than 7 double-spaced text pages and no more than a
total of 4 tables and/or figures (this limit does not include abstract,
references or acknowledgments) must be received by ABS 2nd President
Elect, Dr. Mike Ryan, Section of Integrative Biology, 1 University Station
C0930, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 USA, E-mail:
mryan at mail.utexas.edu. Papers should be formatted using the instruction
for authors for a research paper in the journal Animal Behaviour
(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622782/authorinstructions
). Deadline for receiving papers is the same as for abstract submissions.
THOSE INTERESTED IN THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE SURE TO CHECK THE DEADLINE
DATE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS FOR PAPERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. If
significant new results arise after submission, students may submit a one
page addendum to their papers up to 30 days before the first day of the
Annual Meeting. Questions should be addressed to Dr. Mike Ryan, E-mail:
mryan at mail.utexas.edu.
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Message: 2
From: Shan Duncan <sdduncan at abs.animalbehavior.org>
Subject: ABS 2008 Turner Award Information
Turner Awards Announced - these are meant to support undergraduate travel
to the annual meeting with a goal of increasing society membership
diversity.
The Animal Behavior Society has once again been awarded travel funding
from the National Science Foundation to bring undergraduates to the Annual
Meeting. The ABS Diversity Committee is calling on the membership to
identify applicants for the Charles H. Turner Award, and to encourage them
to apply right away. This travel grant is geared toward addressing the
Society's goal of increasing diversity of our membership through
supporting undergraduate student attendees of our annual meetings.
Look for a link on the ABS website, or go directly to
http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/Turner/ to learn more about the Diversity
Travel Award and Charles H. Turner, and to apply for funding for the 2008
Annual Meeting in Snowbird, Utah.
The deadline for applications is May 15, 2008, which will allow time for
selection and notification before the deadline for abstracts to be filed
on June 2nd.
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Message: 3
> From: "Richard O'Grady, Exec. Director, AIBS, 202-628-1500 x 258"
> <rogrady at aibs.org>
> Subject: AIBS Annual meeting 12 -13 May to examine linkages among infectious
> diseases and climate change / AIBS Council meeting on 14 May
>
> Register now for the ANNUAL MEETING of the American Institute of Biological
> Sciences
>
> Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases
>
> 12 - 13 May 2008
>
> Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia
>
> Registration, program, posters, exhibits / sponsorships online at:
>
> http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2008.html
>
> Location
>
> Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia
> 22203. A two-minute walk from the National Science Foundation building and a
> few station stops (Ballston) from downtown Washington DC on the Metro subway
> system.
>
> Highlights
>
> James E. Hansen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Terry L.
> Maple, co-author with Newt Gingrich of the recent book, "A Contract with the
> Earth," have joined the program for the 2008 AIBS Annual meeting on the theme
> of "Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases." The program chair is
> AIBS President Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College Park. This
> year's meeting is in collaboration with the Biological Sciences Curriculum
> Study, the National Association of Biology Teachers, and the National Council
> for Science and the Environment.
>
> Interrelationships of climate, environment, and human health are manifested
> in infectious disease patterns, notably seasonality. Vector borne diseases,
> such as malaria, dengue, Avian influenza, SARS, and related diseases are
> known to be closely linked to the environment and, more recently, to climate.
> Interactions between climate, climate change, and the environment have been
> studied extensively by investigators in the United States and abroad. The
> AIBS annual meeting will address these issues.
>
> NOTE: The 2008 meeting of the AIBS Council of member societies and
> organizations will be held immediately following the AIBS annual meeting, in
> the same hotel, 14 May, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. See
> http://www.aibs.org/council-news/ for separate registration.
>
> The Annual Meeting runs from Monday, 12 May 9:20 a.m. to Tuesday 13 May 5:00
> p.m.
>
> Program and Schedule
>
> Opening Remarks, 12 May, 9:20 a.m.
>
> 2008 AIBS President Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College Park
>
> Keynote Speaker
>
> Terry L. Maple, Palm Beach Zoo
> Co-author with Newt Gingrich of A Contract with the Earth
>
> Plenary Speakers, in Order of Speaking
>
> James E. Hansen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> "Global Warming: The Threat to Life"
>
> Durland Fish, Yale University
> "Environmental Determinants of Lyme Disease Risk"
>
> Howard Frumkin, National Center for Environmental Health
> "The Public Health Response to Climate Change"
>
> David Rogers, University of Oxford
> "Infectious Diseases and the Environment"
>
> Stephen Morse, Columbia University
> "How could climate change affect avian influenza?"
>
> Andrew Dobson, Princeton University
> "Disentangling the Role of Climate, Immunity, and Biotic Interactions in the
> Dynamics of Infectious Diseases"
>
> Duane Gubler, University of Hawaii
> "The 20th Century Emergence and Spread of Epidemic Dengue/Dengue Hemorrhagic
> Fever: Is Climate or Environmental Change Responsible?"
>
> Stephen Hoffman, Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland
> "The Role of Radiation Attenuated Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Vaccine in
> Global Malaria Eradication"
>
> Endnote Speaker
>
> Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College Park
>
> Special Sessions
>
> Special Session 1
> "Science and Society: the Art of Communication"
> Convenor: AIBS
> Moderator: Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
> Participants:
> Robert Morris, author of The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the Water We
> Drink
> Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Sixty Days and Counting
>
> Special Session 2
> "Climate Change and Human Health: Developing collaborations with the Public
> Health Community"
> Convenor: National Council on Science and the Environment
> Moderator: David Blockstein, NCSE
> Participants:
> David Hassenzahl, University of Nevada Las Vegas
> Caryl Eleanor Waggett, Allegheny College
>
> Workshops
>
> Workshop 1
> "Your Classroom: Integrating Case Studies and Evolution to Help Students
> Understand Infectious Disease"
> Convenors:
> Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
> National Association of Biology Teachers
>
> Workshop 2
> "A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Using Science Cafes to Reach the Public"
> Convenors:
> WGBH Educational Foundation
> Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
>
> General Information for Attendees, Exhibitors, Sponsors, and Media
>
> Contact Sue Burk, AIBS Meetings Director, sburk at burkinc.com, 703.790.1745 x
> 14
>
> Accredited members of the press are invited to attend all events at no
> charge. Contact Holly Menninger, AIBS Public Affairs Representative, at
> hmenninger at aibs.org, 202-628-1500 x 229
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Message: 4
From: Daniel Levitis <dlevitis at berkeley.edu>
Subject: Short Survey on Definition of 'Behavior' request for
participants
Can you define behavior?
Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote (of pornography) "[I can't define
it] but I know it when I see it." Similarly, we think we know behavior
when we see it, but can we define it? Or can we trust that we all
intuitively mean the same thing, even without an agreed operational
definition?
We would like to determine how ABS members define 'behavior' and whether
or not there is consensus regarding a definition. To this end, we have
created a short online survey, and we request that our colleagues at ABS
spare approximately three minutes to complete it. Participation is
voluntary, anonymous and (we hope) thought-provoking.
We will include results in a short paper defining the term 'behavior' and
discussing why we feel it is important to have the discussion. We expect
to present our results at the ABS meeting in Snowbird this summer.
To participate please go to
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227N5NQPXCD
Daniel Levitis
Glenn Freund
William Lidicker
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
Berkeley, California 94720-3160 USA
office: 510-642-7960
fax: 510-643-8238
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Message: 5
From: John Swaddle <jpswad at wm.edu>
Subject: Visiting Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology at
William and Mary
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
College of William and Mary
The Department of Biology invites applications for a one-year visiting
faculty position in Conservation Biology, beginning in August 2008. The
successful candidate will teach one upper division lecture/seminar course
in population or organismal biology in the fall of 2008 and one upper
division conservation biology course with one or two laboratory sections
in the spring of 2009. Candidates with a quantitative approach to
conservation and population biology are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in an appropriate field. Postdoctoral
experience is preferred. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment
to excellence in teaching and are encouraged, but not required, to engage
in collaborative research projects with our current faculty members
(http://www.wm.edu/biology).
Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of
teaching interests and philosophy, description of research interests, and
three letters of reference to: Dr. George W. Gilchrist, Dept. of Biology,
College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187. Review
of application materials will begin on May 1st and will continue until the
position is filled. The College of William and Mary is an EEO/AA Employer.
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Dr. John Swaddle
Before June 2008:
Sabbatical Fellow
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Office: 805-892-5035
Cell: 757-272-2124
Fax: 805-892-2510
After June 2008:
Director of Environmental Science and Policy Program
Biology Department
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Office (Biology): 757-221-2231
Office (Env Sci): 757-221-2096
http://jpswad.people.wm.edu/
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| James Ha |
| Department of Psychology and National Primate Research Center |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 |
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| Shan D. Duncan |
| Animal Behavior Society Central Office at Indiana University |
| 2611 East 10th Street #170, Bloomington, IN 47405 |
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