========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:35:14 +0100 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Dr Jonathan Jeffery Subject: Toodleoo MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi, Sorry to clutter your inboxes with a boring request - I've lost my instructions, so could anyone tell me how to unsubscribe? Thanks, J. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr Jonathan Jeffery Dept of Anatomy St George's Hospital Medical School Tooting London SW17 0RE Tele: +44 20 8725 5200 Fax: +44 20 8725 3326 Pager: 04325 255 510 http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/anatomy/webpages/index.htm ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:21:46 +0200 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Stefanie Le Roux Organization: ARC - ROODEPLAAT Subject: Potato Cyst Nematode (survival) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Dear all Would it be possible for viable encysted eggs of the Golden cyst nematode to remain viable in the digestion track of animals (life stock) and thus be spread by animal feaces? Any references or records are welcome. Regards Stefanie le Roux Agricultural Research Council Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute Private Bag X293 Pretoria 0001 South Africa Tel. +27 12 841 9701 Fax. +27 12 808 0348 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:48:23 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Patricia Timper Subject: Student Competition vs Student Session In-Reply-To: <002001bfb419$b88e9f80$98c950c2@sghms.ac.uk> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable In the recent issue of the Nematology Newsletter (NNL 46/1:8-11), there were several letters to the editor in support of the traditional Student Paper Competition at the SON annual meeting. I am in favor of a Student Session without competition. The session should be at a time when there were no other sessions or activities scheduled so that everyone has an opportunity to attend. A team of judges could evaluate the students to provide feedback and guidance for future presentations, but no winner would be selected from among the participants. I entered the Best Student Paper Competition in 1988 (Raleigh, NC) and 1989 (Davis, CA). My primary reason for entering the competition was for the exposure. The size of the audience during the Student Competition is impressive and at first a little intimidating. Because the= re are no other sessions scheduled, almost everyone at the annual meeting attends. If I had given my paper in the Entomophilic Nematode Session, my audience would have been 1/10th the size of the audience in the student session. People attend the student session because there are no other conflicting activities and because they want to check out the up-and= - coming nematologists. Do people attend because of the competition? Well, I can=92t speak for others, but I don=92t really care who wins, I ju= st enjoy the high quality presentations on a broad range of subjects. Often= , the presentations I enjoy the most are not the ones selected as Best Student Paper. Steve Lewis (NNL 45/4:15) suggested that the competition enhances the quality of presentations. While I am sure the possibility of winning the competition is in the back of student=92s minds, their immediate concern is to avoid humiliation and perhaps garner recognition for their work. Would I have participated in the Student Paper Session if there was no award for Best Student Paper? Without a doubt, yes! The positive feedback I received for my research and presentation was tremendous. When I look up at the Best Student Paper Award (1988) on the wall in my office, I am reminded not of winning but of the pride I felt, both in 1988= and 1989, when people stopped me, introduced themselves, and told me how much they enjoyed my talk. That kind of recognition means more to me than any award ever will. Why am I against selecting a Best Student Paper? First, let me say that I am a very competitive. Howard Ferris can attest to my aggressiveness on the badminton court. However, I have a problem with a competition where the criteria for winning are somewhat subjective. Don=92t get me wrong. I think the SON conducts as fair and unbiased a competition as possible. Nevertheless, the Best Paper is a matter of opinion, especially when there are several outstanding presentations. Although I was grateful to be given the Best Student Paper Award in 1988, I felt a certain amount of guilt about winning. There were several excellent presentations that year, and I was a little uncomfortable with my presentation being held up as better than the others. Patty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patricia Timper USDA-ARS, Crop Protection and Management Research Unit P.O. Box 748 Phone: 912-386-3188 Tifton, GA 31793 FAX: 912-386-3437 E-Mail: ptimper@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:48:58 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: "Grover C. Smart, Jr." Subject: Re: Potato Cyst Nematode (survival) In-Reply-To: <28AA4AE1093@igs1.agric.za> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Stefanie: For related information on the soybean cyst nematode check out the article, Smart, G. C. Jr., and H. R. Thomas. 1969. Survival of eggs and larvae in cysts of the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, ingested by swine. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 36 (1); 139-142. Grover Smart At 02:21 PM 5/2/00 +0200, you wrote: >Dear all > >Would it be possible for viable encysted eggs of the Golden cyst >nematode to remain viable in the digestion track of animals (life >stock) and thus be spread by animal feaces? > >Any references or records are welcome. > >Regards >Stefanie le Roux >Agricultural Research Council >Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute >Private Bag X293 >Pretoria >0001 >South Africa >Tel. +27 12 841 9701 >Fax. +27 12 808 0348 > Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences PO Box 110620 Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118 Fax: (352) 392-0190 Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:24:31 -0500 Reply-To: aszalans@unlserve.unl.edu Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Allen Szalanski Subject: March and June NNL on the WWW Comments: cc: sipes@hawaii.edu MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT The March and June issues of the Society of Nematologists Nematology Newsletter are now available for viewing at: http://ianrwww.unl.edu/son/nnlindex.htm Allen Szalanski ********************************************************** Allen L. Szalanski Research Assistant Professor Department of Plant Pathology University of Nebraska-Lincoln 406 Plant Science Lincoln, NE 68583-0722 Phone: 402-472-3167 FAX: 402-472-2853 Email: aszalans@unlserve.unl.edu http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/plntpath/nematode/aszalans.htm ********************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:01:43 -0700 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Paul De Ley Subject: Re: info In-Reply-To: <002401bfaf80$3863c300$17c62cc2@zoomus> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Oleksandr, It has taken some time for me to write this down, but here are at last the position of nerve ring, excretory pore and deirid of the Pseudacrobeles "bostromi" specimens you sent me: Slide ROZ 615: top female: Rnr=69 Rex=72 Rdei=85 lower right female: Rnr=70 Rex=69 Rdei=79 lower left female: Rnr=71 Rex=? (slide too thick to focus on exc pore) Rdei=81 fourth female too close to the paraffin to observe structures Slide ROZ 5 left female: Rnr=68 Rex=71 Rdei=82 right female: Rnr=69 Rex=71 Rdei=80 Slide ROZ-2 male: Rnr=67 Rex=69 Rdei=77 In the meantime, the females from slide 615 and the male from slide 2 have already been prepared for and photographed with SEM, and now I'm waiting to receive the developed photographs. I will scan these and send them to you as soon as I receive them. Unfortunately, the cuticle of these specimens proves to be rather distorted and wrinkled, while the lip regions were not clean, so the pictures will not be "world prize quality"! We will process the two remaining females, in the hope that these will be better. I have also re-examined my remaining Eucephalobus-like Pseudacrobeles specimens from the Galapagos, and on closer inspection I find it so difficult to distinguish them from Eucephalobus that it is impossible to decide whether they simply ARE Eucephalobus and not Pseudacrobeles (and the specimens I used for SEM four years ago were the only true "Pseudacrobeles n.sp." in that sample), or whether in fact this is a population with such intraspecific variation in the lip region that it overlaps the diagnosis of both genera! I included some additional specimens from the original sample, for more study with SEM alongside the Russian new species. But unfortunately they too have partly covered lip regions and so I am none the wiser as to their exact morphology in this crucial matter. I would therefore suggest that we do NOT include this Galapagos population after all, since it will just cause more further complications and questions about the diagnosis of species and genus, rather than any useful providing answers! And another matter: regarding wilsonematids. Using specimens from the Galapagos, I have an as yet unpublished (re)description of Ereptonema inflatum awaiting submission for publication - if I ever get the time. According to the SEM pictures and type specimens I have seen, it is identical with Coronacephalus indicus, and does not really belong in Ereptonema - or else all wilsonematids should be classified as Wilsonema (more or less as proposed by Zell). I did not get to see type material of Wilsonema fausti, W. agrarum, W. cheliferum or Spatiocephalus venustrus (maybe there is no material left) but I suspect some of these species may also be synonyms of Ereptonema/Wilsonema/Coronacephalus inflatum/indicus. I do have access to most of the papers you requested, so let me know which ones you received already in the past two weeks. I can also send you the pages from my PhD thesis that deal with Ereptonema inflatum. Best regards, Paul At 04:05 PM 4/26/00 +0300, you wrote: > Dear Collegues I will be grateful appreciate if somebody would send >me reprints or scanning of the following papers! Chawla Khan Prasad >(1970) - Wilsotylus bangalorensis - Bull. Ent. Loyola. Coll., 10, 146-149 > Chawla Khan Saha (1977) - Wilsereptus andersoni - Indian J. Nematology, >5, 176-179 Patil Khan (1982) Spatiocephalus venustrus - Indian J. >Nematology, 12(2), 254-257 Cobb (1913) New nematode genera found >inhabiting fresh water and nonbrackish soils - J. wash. Acad. Sci., 3, >432-444 [decsription of the Wilsonema cephalatum and/or??? capitatum] >Coninck (1931) Sur trois especes nouvelles de Nematodes libres trouves en >Belgique - Bull. Mus. Hist. Natur. Belgique, 7, 1-15 [decsription of the >Bitholinema schuurmans-stekhoveni] Fuchs (1930) Neue an Borken- und >Russelkafer gebundene Nematoden, halbparasitische und Wohnungseinmieter - >Zool. Jb (Syst)., 59, 505-646 [decsription of the Wilsonema fausti and >tentaculatum] Gadea (1965) Nematodos muscicolas de los Andes del Peru - >Misc. zool., 2, 3-12 [decsription of the Wilsonema auriculatum] & Mezel >(1915) Die freilebenden Nematoden der Schweiz - Rev. Suisse Zool., 23, >109-244 [decsription of the Plectus otophorus] & Campoy (1982) Estudio >fauniostico del macizo de Quinto Real VI. Nematodos. Publ. Biol. Univ. >Navarra, S. Zool., 8, 1-92 [decsription of the Wilsonema capitatum] >Oleksandr Holovachov Department of Zoology, Lviv National University, >Grushevsky str., 4, 79005, Lviv, Ukraine. You can also found me on >zoomus@franko.lviv.ua or museum@ipm.lviv.ua Sorry for my English I will >be grateful to get anybodys' reply Sincerely Oleksandr Holovachov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul De Ley Vakgroep Biologie Universiteit Gent Ledeganckstraat 35 B-9000 Gent, Belgium paul.deley@rug.ac.be NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219 same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The future for those studying microbial ecology and microbial diversity looks bright. The question is whether the diversity is too rich to handle effectively." Carl Woese ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:16:33 -0700 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Paul De Ley Subject: the Reply button strikes again! In-Reply-To: <002301bfaf76$c9fbfe40$19c62cc2@zoomus> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Oops! - Sorry to everyone for the previous message, which I sent by mistake to NEMA-list instead of Dr. Holovachov. (don't) Retry! Fail! Delete! Sorry again. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul De Ley Vakgroep Biologie Universiteit Gent Ledeganckstraat 35 B-9000 Gent, Belgium paul.deley@rug.ac.be NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219 same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The future for those studying microbial ecology and microbial diversity looks bright. The question is whether the diversity is too rich to handle effectively." Carl Woese ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 07:30:36 +0200 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Frieda Decraemer Subject: Re: the Reply button strikes again! In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.20000509171633.006b4278@allserv.rug.ac.be> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dag Paul,=20 Onze collega kan er maar goed bij varen want door jouw vergissen worden sommigen nog eens aan zijn vraag herinnerd. Ik had ook die vraag ontvangen en ik heb hem al beloofd om enkele kopi=EBn van artikels op te sturen.=20 Weet jij soms hoe ik aan het volgende boek zou kunnen geraken: Poinar, G.O. Jr, 1983. The Natural History of Nematodes. Prentice -Hall, New Jersey, 323pp. Hartelijk dank bij voorbaat voor eventuele informatie.=20 Groetjes, Frieda At 17.16 09/05/00 -0700, you wrote: >Oops! - Sorry to everyone for the previous message, which I sent by mistake >to NEMA-list instead of Dr. Holovachov. > >(don't) Retry! Fail! Delete! > >Sorry again. > >Paul > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Paul De Ley >Vakgroep Biologie >Universiteit Gent >Ledeganckstraat 35 >B-9000 Gent, Belgium > >paul.deley@rug.ac.be > >NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219 >same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >"The future for those studying microbial >ecology and microbial diversity looks bright. >The question is whether the diversity is >too rich to handle effectively." > > Carl Woese > > Prof. Dr. Wilfrida Decraemer Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Section of Recent Invertebrates Vautierstraat 29 B-1000 Brussel, Belgium fax: 32 2 627 41 41 tel 32 2 627 43 35 ------- University Gent Department Biology K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent Belgium The difficulty lies not in new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard keynes ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:09:25 -0700 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Paul De Ley Subject: Re: the Reply button strikes again! In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000510073036.007f5260@mailint> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dag Frieda, Zoals al bewezen is er in Gust's bibliotheek een en ander te vinden dat niet in de nematotheek voorkomt - en dat geldt ook voor Poinar's boek. Vraag je het hem rechtstreeks of zal ik bemiddelen? Paul At 07:30 AM 5/10/00 +0200, you wrote: >Dag Paul,=20 >Onze collega kan er maar goed bij varen want door jouw vergissen worden >sommigen nog eens aan zijn vraag herinnerd. Ik had ook die vraag ontvangen >en ik heb hem al beloofd om enkele kopi=EBn van artikels op te sturen.=20 >Weet jij soms hoe ik aan het volgende boek zou kunnen geraken: >Poinar, G.O. Jr, 1983. The Natural History of Nematodes. Prentice -Hall, >New Jersey, 323pp. Hartelijk dank bij voorbaat voor eventuele informatie.= =20 >Groetjes, Frieda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul De Ley Vakgroep Biologie Universiteit Gent Ledeganckstraat 35 B-9000 Gent, Belgium paul.deley@rug.ac.be NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219 same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The future for those studying microbial=20 ecology and microbial diversity looks bright. The question is whether the diversity is=20 too rich to handle effectively." Carl Woese ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:18:33 +0200 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Frieda Decraemer Subject: Re: the Reply button strikes again! In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.20000510090925.006b4b9c@allserv.rug.ac.be> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dag Paul, Zou jij willen bemiddelen want ik kan moeilijk weten dat hij het boek heeft. Heel hartelijk bedankt bij voorbaat en tot wederdienst bereid. Groetjes Frieda At 09.09 10/05/00 -0700, you wrote: >Dag Frieda, > >Zoals al bewezen is er in Gust's bibliotheek een en ander te vinden dat >niet in de nematotheek voorkomt - en dat geldt ook voor Poinar's boek. >Vraag je het hem rechtstreeks of zal ik bemiddelen? > >Paul > >At 07:30 AM 5/10/00 +0200, you wrote: >>Dag Paul,=20 >>Onze collega kan er maar goed bij varen want door jouw vergissen worden >>sommigen nog eens aan zijn vraag herinnerd. Ik had ook die vraag= ontvangen >>en ik heb hem al beloofd om enkele kopi=EBn van artikels op te sturen.=20 >>Weet jij soms hoe ik aan het volgende boek zou kunnen geraken: >>Poinar, G.O. Jr, 1983. The Natural History of Nematodes. Prentice -Hall, >>New Jersey, 323pp. Hartelijk dank bij voorbaat voor eventuele informatie.= =20 >>Groetjes, Frieda > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Paul De Ley >Vakgroep Biologie >Universiteit Gent >Ledeganckstraat 35 >B-9000 Gent, Belgium > >paul.deley@rug.ac.be > >NEW PHONE NUMBER: +32 9 264 5219 >same fax as before: +32 9 264 5344 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >"The future for those studying microbial=20 >ecology and microbial diversity looks bright. >The question is whether the diversity is=20 >too rich to handle effectively." > > Carl Woese > > Prof. Dr. Wilfrida Decraemer Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Section of Recent Invertebrates Vautierstraat 29 B-1000 Brussel, Belgium fax: 32 2 627 41 41 tel 32 2 627 43 35 ------- University Gent Department Biology K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent Belgium The difficulty lies not in new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard keynes ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:33:35 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: Melakeberhan Subject: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Dear Fellow Nematologists, Please forward the following to interested persons. Thanks. Haddish Melakeberhan POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY A postdoctoral position is available to work on the effect of mineral nutrition on the feeding behavior and development of Heterodera glycines in soybean genotypes. The main focus of the project will be on the physiological and unltrastructural changes of the feeding sites. Skills in electron microscopy will be an asset. The position is available July 01, 2000. Salary is commensurate with experience. In addition, there will be a 33% benefits package. Second-year funding depends on progress and grant renewal. Interested persons should send or e-mail an up to-date resume, list of publications, statement of professional goals, and names of three referees to Dr. Haddish Melakeberhan, Department of Entomology, 243 Natural Science Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115. Phone (517) 355-4487; fax (517) 353-4354; e-mail: melakebe@msu.edu. Michigan State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 17:03:28 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: "Grover C. Smart, Jr." Subject: Student Paper Competition MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Gang: Recently, Patty Timper stated via the nema discussion list, that she entered the SON student paper competition twice, won it once, was proud to have done so, but was a little embarrased to have done so because there were many good papers in the competition. She felt that the feed-back was more important than the judging and awarding of Best Student Paper. I have served as a judge on a few occasions, and while it is a daunting task to rank such good papers, it is amazing how similar the judges rank them. The last time I served as a judge, there was unanimity for the winner and for the second place winner! On other occasions there have been winners by majority ranking but not necessarily unamiously. And what does winning mean to the student? Patty admits that she was proud to have won and I am sure she is. I do not know of any winner who was not proud to win! But, in spite of Patty's comment that she would have entered a student paper session without judging for a winner, I firmly believe that the number of student papers presented in the competition is because of the competition - not because it is a student paper session. At the Quebec meetings of SON, there will be a student paper session, but no competition. I commend the EB for providing ALL students who present a paper with a one-year membership in the SON plus a copy of all back issues of the Journal of Nematology on CD ROM, but there should be competition also. Not to do so is a slap in the face of the students who, when polled, virtually unamiously stated that there should be competition. Alas, it is too late to change the mind of the EB members for the Quebec meeting in 2000, but let us vote at the Business Meeting of the SON in Quebec to resume the Best Student Paper Competition at the 2001 meeting! Grover Smart University of Florida Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences PO Box 110620 Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118 Fax: (352) 392-0190 Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 19:47:12 -0700 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: John Webster Subject: Re: Student Paper Competition In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000517170328.007a4290@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi! Surely, it's never to late! Pole the Students concerned and if they say= 'YES', I am sure it would be possible to arrange a competition for this year too.= J. At 05:03 PM 5/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Gang: >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Recently, Patty Timper stated via the nema discussion= list, that she >entered the SON student paper competition twice, won it once, was proud to >have done so, but was a little embarrased to have done so because there >were many good papers in the competition. She felt that the feed-back was >more important than the judging and awarding of Best Student Paper. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I have served as a judge on a few occasions, and= while it is a daunting >task to rank such good papers, it is amazing how similar the judges rank >them. The last time I served as a judge, there was unanimity for the winner >and for the second place winner!=A0 On other occasions there have been >winners by majority ranking but not necessarily unamiously. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 And what does winning mean to the student?=A0 Patty= admits that she was >proud to have won and I am sure she is.=A0 I do not know of any winner who >was not proud to win! >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 But, in spite of Patty's comment that she would have= entered a student >paper session without judging for a winner, I firmly believe that the >number of student papers presented in the competition is because of the >competition - not because it is a student paper session. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 At the Quebec meetings of SON, there will be a= student paper session, but >no competition.=A0 I commend the EB for providing ALL students who present= a >paper with a one-year membership in the SON plus a copy of all back issues >of the Journal of Nematology on CD ROM, but there should be competition >also.=A0 Not to do so is a slap in the face of the students who, when= polled, >virtually unamiously stated that there should be competition. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Alas, it is too late to change the mind of the EB= members for the Quebec >meeting in 2000, but let us vote at the Business Meeting of the SON in >Quebec to resume the Best Student Paper Competition at the 2001 meeting! >Grover Smart >University of Florida >Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr. >University of Florida >Entomology and Nematology Department >Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences >PO Box 110620 >Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 >Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118 >Fax: (352) 392-0190 >Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu >=20 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 08:52:42 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: "Grover C. Smart, Jr." Subject: Re: Student Paper Competition In-Reply-To: <200005180320.e4I3Kau05104@rm-rstar.sfu.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable John: I have tried, unsuccessfully, with the president and vice-president of the EB to have competition in Quebec. They have, obviously, made up their minds that no competition is the way to go! I would love to see it changed, but am sure that it will not. The issue will come up at the business meeting to never again have student paper competition. My only hope is that we can vote down that motion. The other major issue to be voted on is biennial vs. annual meetings. I am convinced that we need to retain annual meetings and the membership voted overwhelmingly to do so at the Arkansas meeting. Why even bring it up again? I have no idea! Each person has the option to attend (if they have the financial resources to do so) or not attend any given meeting. My argument is for the students. With biennial meetings, M. S. students "off phase" would never have a chance to present their research at the student paper session and Ph. D. students would have only one opportunity most likely. Why kill a system that is working. John, I almost certainly will not be able to attend the Quebec meeting because I am teaching this summer, and since the summer semester is short anyway, I would have to miss too much. But that will not happen again, becasue this is my last time to teach during the summer semester. =20 Grover At 07:47 PM 5/17/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hi! >Surely, it's never to late! Pole the Students concerned and if they say 'YES', >I am sure it would be possible to arrange a competition for this year too.= J. > >At 05:03 PM 5/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >>Hi Gang: >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Recently, Patty Timper stated via the nema= discussion list, that she >>entered the SON student paper competition twice, won it once, was proud to >>have done so, but was a little embarrased to have done so because there >>were many good papers in the competition. She felt that the feed-back was >>more important than the judging and awarding of Best Student Paper. >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I have served as a judge on a few occasions, and= while it is a >daunting >>task to rank such good papers, it is amazing how similar the judges rank >>them. The last time I served as a judge, there was unanimity for the= winner >>and for the second place winner!=A0 On other occasions there have been >>winners by majority ranking but not necessarily unamiously. >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 And what does winning mean to the student?=A0 Patty= admits that she was >>proud to have won and I am sure she is.=A0 I do not know of any winner who >>was not proud to win! >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 But, in spite of Patty's comment that she would have= entered a >student >>paper session without judging for a winner, I firmly believe that the >>number of student papers presented in the competition is because of the >>competition - not because it is a student paper session. >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 At the Quebec meetings of SON, there will be a= student paper session, >but >>no competition.=A0 I commend the EB for providing ALL students who present= a >>paper with a one-year membership in the SON plus a copy of all back issues >>of the Journal of Nematology on CD ROM, but there should be competition >>also.=A0 Not to do so is a slap in the face of the students who, when= polled, >>virtually unamiously stated that there should be competition. >>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Alas, it is too late to change the mind of the EB= members for the >Quebec >>meeting in 2000, but let us vote at the Business Meeting of the SON in >>Quebec to resume the Best Student Paper Competition at the 2001 meeting! >>Grover Smart >>University of Florida >>Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr. >>University of Florida >>Entomology and Nematology Department >>Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences >>PO Box 110620 >>Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 >>Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118 >>Fax: (352) 392-0190 >>Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu >>=20 > Dr. Grover C. Smart, Jr.=20 University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences PO Box 110620 Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 Tel: (352) 392-1901 x 118 Fax: (352) 392-0190 Email: gradc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 17:16:23 -0500 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: "William T. Crow" Subject: Re: Student Paper Competition MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable The students were polled previously, but their opinions were ignored. William T. (Billy) Crow Extension Plant Pathologist Texas A&M University-Dallas 17360 Coit Road Dallas, Texas 75252 (972) 952-9242 FAX (972) 952-9632 w-crow@tamu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 11:10:30 -0400 Reply-To: NEMA Discussion List Sender: NEMA Discussion List From: "Grover C. Smart, Jr." Subject: Re: Student Paper Competition In-Reply-To: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Billy: Thanks for your response. I knew that they had been, and I think the only way to overcome that is to vote for the student paper sessions in Quebec. Dr. Smart At 05:16 PM 5/18/00 -0500, you wrote: >The students were polled previously, but their opinions were ignored. > > > >William T. (Billy) Crow >Extension Plant Pathologist >Texas A&M University-Dallas >17360 Coit Road >Dallas, Texas 75252 >(972) 952-9242 >FAX (972) 952-9632 >w-crow@tamu.edu > Dr. Grover C. 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