Fungal Environmental Sampling

and Informatics Network

PURPOSE

• PROPOSAL TO NSF (Cancel any requests for login information - the proposal will then open)

PARTICIPANTS

PAST MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES (2007-2009)

• FESIN 2007
• COPENHAGEN FESIN/UNITE MEETING, SEPT 2007
• FESIN 2008 - SUMMARY
  • 2008 Workshop Participants (Photo)
  • ESA 2008 Workshop and oral sessions
  • MSA Symposium
• FESIN 2009

  • FESIN 2009 Meeting

  • Workshop: Ecological approaches to analyzing complex community datasets

    • 2009 Workshop Photos

  • Sponsored sessions

    • The conservation biology of fungi: Organized by: Anne Pringle, Tom Horton and Erik Lilleskov 

    • Phylogenetic and functional patterns of host plants and their associated fungi: implications for symbiotic co-evolution, community interactions, and  ecosystem processes:  Organized by: Louise Comas, Amy Tuininga, Hilary Callahan

ISSUES AND DISCUSSION

• GenBank Issues
• White paper on Sequence Annotation - open for comments

PRIMERS

• Primer discussion page
• Web sites with primer information

SOFTWARE

• Software sources

RECENT PAPERS

OF INTEREST TO FESIN PARTICIPANTS

Fungi in boreal forests - Nordforsk research network 2008-2011 Nordic http://www.bio.uio.no/meb/fbfs/index.html

Job Details: The main purpose of this role is to conduct research on mycological systematics and/or conservation/restoration ecology of fungi consistent with the mission and objectives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In addition the post holder will be expected to raise funding externally to support research of the Section and to build the quality of Kew's collections through field meetings, exchange programmes and effective herbarium curation.   http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/ref_SeniorResearcherMycology.htm