Este año parece que empieza animado con las propuestas de trabajo. Os adjuntamos una conservador en el Museo de Historia Natural de Dinamarca.
The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD) is searching for a Collections Manager.
The Natural History Museum of Denmark is searching for a Collections Manager to help coordinate and oversee its zoological, botanical, palaeontological, and geological collections. This position will be supervised by the Head of Collections and is open from April 1st 2013.
About the Natural History Museum of Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark is the Danish national museum for zoology, botany and geology, and it contains large global scientific collections of preserved animals, plants, fossils, and minerals. In its current form the museum was established on January 1, 2004 by the merging of four long-standing institutions: the Botanic Garden, the Botanical Museum & Central Library, the Geological Museum, and the Zoological Museum.
Even though the Natural History Museum of Denmark is young, the history of the individual departments and collections can be traced back to the 17th century. A new museum of natural history in the Botanical Garden is being planned (http://nyt.snm.ku.dk/english/) and will present the museum with a number of big challenges in relation to the coming move of the collections, the establishment of new storage facilities and new exhibits.
The collection support staff collaborates with the Head of Collections, the scientific curators of the museum and the members of the exhibitions department in the curation of specimens, including preparation, preservation, registration, etc. The collection support staff is organized in a cross-cutting unit under the Head of Collections. The Natural History Museum of Denmark is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, and therefore host and supervise undergraduate, graduate and PhD students as well as postdocs that use the museum collections for their research. The museum is an international institution with many foreign students and researchers and English is widely used as working language.
Primary tasks
* To assist the Head of Collections with the coordination and management of the zoological, botanical, and geological collections.
* To help facilitate the use of these collections by all users, e.g., NHMD Curators and other Scientific Staff, exhibits, students, visiting scientists, and to support the collection management activities of all divisions.
The Collections Manager's specific responsibilities will include:
* Management and coordination of collection curation in conformance with NHMD policies and procedures.
* Help define, formulate and prepare collection management policies, standards and procedures.
* Actively participate and if required head various collection management committees.
* Represent the Head of Collection in various committees and professional organizations.
* Plan, coordinate and implement the move of collections from the old museums storages to new facilities when the new museum is built.
* Participate in the planning and coordination of new collection facilities in the new museum.
* Assist with grant-writing to support museum operations and improvements.
* Coordinate and produce internal as well as external reports on collection matters.
* Supervision and coordination of collections compliance activities including internal and external reports.
* Help coordinate the stockroom and the purchase of supplies for collection management.
* Coordinate the conservation care of the collections.
* Administrate the loan database at NHMD (users, passwords, reports etc.).
* Initiate and coordinate relevant tests and measurements of materials and equipment.
* Other collection related duties as required.
* If required assist with the curation of selected collection(s) (depending on professional background).
* If desired participate in fieldwork in Denmark and abroad.
Qualifications
* MSc in biology, geology, conservation and restoration or related field is required;
* Collections management experience (from natural history museums).
* Relevant computer skills.
* Must be self-directed and have the ability to work independently.
* Strong social and collaborative skills.
* Good English language skills are required (spoken and written).
* Good abilities to communicate orally as well as in writing.
* Driving license is advantageous.
Additional information
More information about the position can be obtained by contacting the Head of collections, Nikolaj Scharff (phone: +45 35 32 11 07; e-mail: nscharff@snm.ku.dk). More general information about the Natural History Museum of Denmark is available from our website http://www.snm.ku.dk.
jueves, enero 17, 2013
Limpieza de la Cueva del Muerto en Epila, Zaragoza
El día 3 del próximo mes de febrero se va a proceder a una segunda fase de limpieza de la Cueva del Muerto en Épila (Zaragoza).
La actividad, organizada por el E.C. Zaragoza y auspiciada por la F.A.E., esta abierta a la participación de todos los federados de los distintos clubes.
La persona de contacto es Miguel-Ángel López Cabeza con el correo electrónico contacto@espeleozaragoza.com
Esperando contar con la participación de algunos de vosotros, recibid un cordial saludo
Puestos de profesores en el University College de Londres
Se han ofertado dos puestos de trabajo de profesores en el Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences at University College London/Birkbeck. Os la adjuntamos
Job Title: Lecturer/Senior-Lecturer in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Post: This is a full time permanent position
Departments: Earth Sciences (UCL) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Birkbeck)
Grade: Appointments will be made at a level depending upon qualifications and experience. Job titles will be Lecturer or Senior
Lecturer depending upon qualifications and experience.
Associated Grades will be:
Lecturer: Grade 8
Salary Range: £40,216 - £47,441 inclusive of £2,834 London Allowance
Senior Lecturer: Grade 9
Salary Range: £51,563 - £56,067 inclusive of £2,834 London Allowance
Main purpose of the job:
To carry out research, teaching and administration within the Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences (IEPS), UCL/Birkbeck
All academic staff are expected to demonstrate their ongoing commitment to academic excellence; that is, to the conduct of research, publication, teaching, enabling and other forms of knowledge transfer, at the highest levels of international achievement.
Closing Date: Thursday, 31st January, 2013.
For further information and details of how to apply, please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/. Posts can be found using reference number 1299921 .
Job Title: Lecturer/Senior-Lecturer in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Post: This is a full time permanent position
Departments: Earth Sciences (UCL) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Birkbeck)
Grade: Appointments will be made at a level depending upon qualifications and experience. Job titles will be Lecturer or Senior
Lecturer depending upon qualifications and experience.
Associated Grades will be:
Lecturer: Grade 8
Salary Range: £40,216 - £47,441 inclusive of £2,834 London Allowance
Senior Lecturer: Grade 9
Salary Range: £51,563 - £56,067 inclusive of £2,834 London Allowance
Main purpose of the job:
To carry out research, teaching and administration within the Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences (IEPS), UCL/Birkbeck
All academic staff are expected to demonstrate their ongoing commitment to academic excellence; that is, to the conduct of research, publication, teaching, enabling and other forms of knowledge transfer, at the highest levels of international achievement.
Closing Date: Thursday, 31st January, 2013.
For further information and details of how to apply, please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/. Posts can be found using reference number 1299921 .
miércoles, enero 16, 2013
Jornadas sobre Darwin. Del Big Bang al Hombre
Nuestra aragosaurera Gloria Cuenca va a participar en unas jornadas
sobre Darwin que se van a celebrar en Zaragoza. Son unas jornadas de
divulgación que se van a celebrar en el Patio de la Infanta de Ibercaja
en Zaragoza los próximos días 25 y 26 de Enero. Nos ha llegado el
programa, con los ponentes y los títulos. Se trata de unas jornadas
abiertas a todo el público. Os adjuntamos la información.
La Obra Social de Ibercaja y el Institut Français de Zaragoza organizan estas Jornadas sobre Darwin y sus teorías del origen de la vida y del universo. Científicos y expertos en la materia de España y Francia reflexionarán sobre su obra, su legado y aquellos aspectos de sus teorías que siguen siendo motivo de estudio y debate.
Se hablará sobre el universo evolutivo, el asociacionismo atómico y molecular (Big - Bang) y sobre el origen de la vida y la simbiosis y mutualismo, desde distintas perspectivas y con exposiciones teóricas breves de los diferentes ponentes invitados, coordinados desde Brive, Francia por Jean-Marie Pelt, presidente del Instituto Europeo de Ecología en Metz, y desde Zaragoza por Miguel Ángel Sabadell, editor de Ciencia de la revista «Muy Interesante». La novedad de este encuentro es la conexión en directo, vía Skype, con el Centro Cultural «Les 13 Arches» de Brive, tanto para la apertura como para la clausura de las jornadas e intercambios entre los científicos de ambos países.
25 de enero
8.45 h. Acto de apertura. Manuel López. Rector Magnífico. Universidad de Zaragoza. Conexión vía Skype entre Brive, Francia y Zaragoza, España.
9.15 h. DARWIN: CONTEXTO HISTÓRICO - CIENTÍFICO Y SU OBRA. Gloria Cuenca. Profesora titular de Paleontología. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Zaragoza. María Victoria Arruga. Catedrática de Genética. Laboratorio de Citogenética y Genética Molecular. Departamento de Anatomía, Embriología y Genética Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad de Zaragoza.
10 h. DARWINISMO: DE 1959 HASTA NUESTROS DÍAS.
Luis Alberto Anel. Profesor titular. Laboratorio de Apoptosis, Inmunidad y Cáncer. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular. Universidad de Zaragoza.
La Obra Social de Ibercaja y el Institut Français de Zaragoza organizan estas Jornadas sobre Darwin y sus teorías del origen de la vida y del universo. Científicos y expertos en la materia de España y Francia reflexionarán sobre su obra, su legado y aquellos aspectos de sus teorías que siguen siendo motivo de estudio y debate.
Se hablará sobre el universo evolutivo, el asociacionismo atómico y molecular (Big - Bang) y sobre el origen de la vida y la simbiosis y mutualismo, desde distintas perspectivas y con exposiciones teóricas breves de los diferentes ponentes invitados, coordinados desde Brive, Francia por Jean-Marie Pelt, presidente del Instituto Europeo de Ecología en Metz, y desde Zaragoza por Miguel Ángel Sabadell, editor de Ciencia de la revista «Muy Interesante». La novedad de este encuentro es la conexión en directo, vía Skype, con el Centro Cultural «Les 13 Arches» de Brive, tanto para la apertura como para la clausura de las jornadas e intercambios entre los científicos de ambos países.
25 de enero
8.45 h. Acto de apertura. Manuel López. Rector Magnífico. Universidad de Zaragoza. Conexión vía Skype entre Brive, Francia y Zaragoza, España.
9.15 h. DARWIN: CONTEXTO HISTÓRICO - CIENTÍFICO Y SU OBRA. Gloria Cuenca. Profesora titular de Paleontología. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Zaragoza. María Victoria Arruga. Catedrática de Genética. Laboratorio de Citogenética y Genética Molecular. Departamento de Anatomía, Embriología y Genética Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad de Zaragoza.
10 h. DARWINISMO: DE 1959 HASTA NUESTROS DÍAS.
Luis Alberto Anel. Profesor titular. Laboratorio de Apoptosis, Inmunidad y Cáncer. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular. Universidad de Zaragoza.
martes, enero 15, 2013
Life Traces of the Georgia Coast: Revealing the Unseen Lives of Plants and Animals
Un libro que parece interesante y una pequeña reseña en inglés. Se puede conseguir en Amazon por 40 dólares
Anthony J. Martin, 2013, _Life Traces of the Georgia Coast: Revealing the Unseen Lives of Plants and Animals_, Indiana University Press, 670 pp.
This is an aktuopaleoecological study of the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine track and tracemakers of the Georgia Sea Islands. It describes and illustrates the traces (and tracemakers) in all of these environments, and does a kind of community paleoecology of the Georgia coast on the basis of trace fossils. It then discusses the implications of these ichnofossil assemblages for palichnology more generally.
The book is a fun read, and has lots of pretty pictures. Reminds me a lot of the classic Schaefer (1972) book about North Sea traces, but has the distinct advantage over that book, IMHO, of having more alligators.
This is an aktuopaleoecological study of the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine track and tracemakers of the Georgia Sea Islands. It describes and illustrates the traces (and tracemakers) in all of these environments, and does a kind of community paleoecology of the Georgia coast on the basis of trace fossils. It then discusses the implications of these ichnofossil assemblages for palichnology more generally.
The book is a fun read, and has lots of pretty pictures. Reminds me a lot of the classic Schaefer (1972) book about North Sea traces, but has the distinct advantage over that book, IMHO, of having more alligators.
sábado, enero 12, 2013
Descubriendo las raíces de la Sierra Vicor
Hola
amigos! Hace ya casi un año que publicamos, Alejandro Montañés y yo,
Pablo calvín (dos geólogos de la casa), un libro sobre divulgación
científica consistente en la realización de una ruta natural entre los
pueblecitos aragoneses de Tobed y Codos. El fin del mismo es promocionar
el entorno rural aragonés, apoyándonos en los recursos que nos ofrece
(su naturaleza y su gente). La publicación del mismo se ha realizado
desde la Asociación Cultural Grío. El libro se vende por 10€, más por
solventar costes que por ganar dinero, que no es el fin del mismo. Os
dejo un link dónde se puede consultar todo el libro, por si queréis
colgarlo en vuestro muro y darnos un poco de difusión.
jueves, enero 10, 2013
Como se forman las cáscara de huevo de los dinosaurios
El estudio, parte de la tesis doctoral de miguel Moreno, y llevado a cabo en colaboración entre las universidades de Liverpool y Zaragoza, se ha realizado mediante el uso de técnicas de microscopía que, si bien son comunes en otros campos de la ciencia, como la ciencia de materiales, sólo recientemente se han aplicado al estudio de materiales fósiles. Estás técnicas, las Imágenes de Contraste de Orientaciones y la Difracción de Electrones Retrodispersados, permiten caracterizar la disposición espacial de los cristales de calcita que conforman la cáscara de huevo. Analizando las relaciones entre estos cristales, los investigadores han reconstruido los procesos que condujeron a la formación dela cáscara. Los especímenes elegidos, una cáscara de Prismatoolithidae, una oofamalia relacionada con los terópodos, y un fragmento de cáscara de huevo de hadrosaurio (cf. Maiasaura) se seleccionaron por tratarse de dos grupos muy separados dentro de los dinosaurios.
De este modo se ha visto que los dinosaurios terópodos, incluyendo las aves actuales y los dinosaurios terópodos que habitaron el Cretácico Inferior turolense, generan unas cáscaras de huevo extremadamente duras, que permiten que los individuos adultos se sienten sobre los huevos para incubarlos, pero que para ser rotas por los bebes requieren normalmente que estos estén bien desarrollados en el momento del nacimiento. Sin embargo, los dinosaurios hadrosaurios utilizan por un control biológico más estricto de la formación de la cáscara que introduce defectos en su estructura y permite que los huevos sean más frágiles. Esto puede parecer a simple vista una desventaja, ya que impide que los adultos se sienten sobre los huevos para incubarlos y protegerlos, pero también permite el nacimiento de individuos más inmaduros que completarán su desarrollo dentro del nido, como se ha observado en los famosos ejemplares de Maiasaura de Montana.
La referencia completa del trabajo es:
Moreno-Azanza, M., Mariani, E., Bauluz, B., Canudo, J.I. (en prensa). Growth mechanisms in dinosaur eggshells: an insight from electron backscatter diffraction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(1): 121-130
miércoles, enero 09, 2013
Puesto de trabajo en el San Diego Natural History Museum
Report Writer- Department of PaleoServices
Qualified candidates must have at least a B.S. Degree in Geology, Paleobiology, or related fields; 2 to 3 years of professional experience (especially in sedimentary geology and paleontology) and knowledge of the Cenozoic and Mesozoic history of California and/or the American Southwest region. The successful candidate must also have excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills; good organizational skills and attention to detail; and a strong work ethic. This position is a regular, full-time salaried position with benefits. Compensation will be based on individual qualifications and experience (annual salary range $45,000 to $53,000).
Position responsibilities include:
* Production of paleontological assessment technical reports (e.g., Caltrans PIR and PER reports)
* Paleontological resource treatment plans (e.g., PMP and PMTP plans)
* Paleontological mitigation final reports (e.g., mitigation of construction-related impacts caused by pipeline projects, transmission line projects, power generation projects, roadway projects, and urban and suburban development projects).
* The various reports must be clearly written to convey the background, existing conditions, and findings of the paleontological assessment and/or mitigation work.
* Opportunities include paleontological field work in the Southern California region and working with the extensive paleontological research collections of the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The San Diego Natural History Museum is run and operated by the San Diego Society of Natural History, a private non-profit scientific organization incorporated in 1874. The Museum's mission is to interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of Southern California and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment. Within the Museum, the Department of PaleoServices (DPS) specializes in paleontological resource management. Our focus is on the recognition, recovery, and preservation of the significant and unique paleontological resources that occur in this region. The activities of DPS are helping to preserve significant fossil assemblages and are directly contributing to the growth of the important paleontological research collections at the Museum.
Please email a cover letter and resume to msoetaert@sdnhm.org No phone calls, faxes or drop-ins please.
Qualified candidates must have at least a B.S. Degree in Geology, Paleobiology, or related fields; 2 to 3 years of professional experience (especially in sedimentary geology and paleontology) and knowledge of the Cenozoic and Mesozoic history of California and/or the American Southwest region. The successful candidate must also have excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills; good organizational skills and attention to detail; and a strong work ethic. This position is a regular, full-time salaried position with benefits. Compensation will be based on individual qualifications and experience (annual salary range $45,000 to $53,000).
Position responsibilities include:
* Production of paleontological assessment technical reports (e.g., Caltrans PIR and PER reports)
* Paleontological resource treatment plans (e.g., PMP and PMTP plans)
* Paleontological mitigation final reports (e.g., mitigation of construction-related impacts caused by pipeline projects, transmission line projects, power generation projects, roadway projects, and urban and suburban development projects).
* The various reports must be clearly written to convey the background, existing conditions, and findings of the paleontological assessment and/or mitigation work.
* Opportunities include paleontological field work in the Southern California region and working with the extensive paleontological research collections of the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The San Diego Natural History Museum is run and operated by the San Diego Society of Natural History, a private non-profit scientific organization incorporated in 1874. The Museum's mission is to interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of Southern California and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment. Within the Museum, the Department of PaleoServices (DPS) specializes in paleontological resource management. Our focus is on the recognition, recovery, and preservation of the significant and unique paleontological resources that occur in this region. The activities of DPS are helping to preserve significant fossil assemblages and are directly contributing to the growth of the important paleontological research collections at the Museum.
Please email a cover letter and resume to msoetaert@sdnhm.org
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