[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News Sept. 10

Fri Sep 10 16:47:27 CDT 2004

DIALOG and Disccrs News
Sept. 10

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Science News
Check out this section both for news tidbits, and for
examples of how to communicate science to a non-scientist audience

NIH PROPOSAL WOULD FREE UP FUNDED RESEARCH
from The Washington Post
      WASHINGTON -- The National Institutes of Health has proposed a 
major policy
change that would require all scientists who receive funding from the
agency to make the results of their research available to the public for
free.
    The proposal, posted on the agency's Web site late Friday and subject to a
60-day public comment period, would mark a significant departure from
current practice, in which scientific journals that publish those results
retain control over that information.
      Subscriptions to those journals can run into the thousands of dollars.
Nonsubscribers typically pay about $30 for each individual article - fees
that can quickly add up. Although patient advocacy groups and other
organizations have been lobbying hard for the proposed shift, the
scientific publishing industry and related interests are crying foul. The
move could drive some journals out of business, they say, and bankrupt some
scientific societies that are dependent on journal profits to fulfill their
research and education missions.
http://snipurl.com/8wo8

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EXTINCTION MAY HAVE TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT
from Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and
animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that
depend on the threatened ones.
    A team of researchers led by Lian Pin Koh of the National University of
Singapore studied about 12,200 plants and animals considered threatened or
endangered, and calculated that an additional 6,300 dependent insects,
mites, fungi and other species could be considered endangered as a
consequence.
     "What we found is that with the extinction of a bird, or a mammal or a
plant, you aren't just necessarily wiping out just one, single species.
We're also allowing all these unsung dependent species to be wiped out as
well," one member of the team, Heather Proctor of the University of
Alberta, in Canada, said in a statement.
http://snipurl.com/8za4

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PREDICTING IVAN'S COURSE REMAINS INEXACT SCIENCE
from The Orlando Sentinel
    Where will Hurricane Ivan come ashore?
    Supercomputers in facilities from Florida to Maryland to California have
been trying to answer that question for days. Programmed with decades of
hurricane history, updated with wind speed and barometric pressure and
humidity from dozens of satellites, buoys and airplane-dropped sensors,
they whir and process for an hour or more to produce -- on Thursday, at
least -- this answer:
     Anywhere from Louisiana on the west to Savannah, Ga., on the 
east. And maybe not there.
http://snipurl.com/8zew

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Jobs for PhDs

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Stream Ecology, University 
of Notre Dame
      We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a
recently- funded research project examining the effects of agriculture and
genetically-modified crop byproducts (e.g. non-harvested foliage) on
carbon cycling in stream ecosystems.  We are looking for a broadly trained
stream ecosystem ecologist to join a dynamic research team composed 
of four co-PIs, graduate and undergraduate students. Research will be 
conducted in south/central Indiana and the postdoctoral research 
associate will coordinate research design, field measurements, data 
analysis and
publication.
      Qualifications: PhD in stream/aquatic ecology. Salary (including
benefits) will be commensurate with educational and work experience.
      APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin October 
1, 2004 and will continue until the position is filled.
      To apply, please submit the following:  (1) a cover letter explaining
your interest in this work, any relevant work experiences, and available
work dates; (2) your curriculum vitae; and (3) a list of at least 3
references, including name, title, address, email, and telephone. 
Inquiries and applications submitted through email are encouraged. 
Send applications
to:
Dr. Jennifer Tank, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, tank.1 at nd.edu.  The University of 
Notre Dame is an equal opportunity employer.
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Departments of Biology and Natural Science
Loyola University Chicago
6525 N. Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
Phone: 773-508-8859
email:erosi at luc.edu

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USGS JOB IN ALASKA
The Alaska Science Center, a research center of the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), is advertising to all sources a science management
position within its offices in Anchorage, Alaska. The position will be
filled as a GS 14 scientist.
      The Alaska Science Center integrates the biological, geology, geography,
and water science activities of the USGS offices in Alaska. The
advertised position is a senior leader for USGS biological studies in
Alaska with primary assignment in the general area of marine and coastal
studies with emphasis on marine mammals, anadromous fisheries, sea
birds, and ecological issues associated with areas such as Glacier Bay,
Prince William Sound, the Beaufort Sea, and the national parks and
refuges of Alaska. The incumbent serves as the Chief of the Marine and
Freshwater Ecology Branch of the Biology/Geography Office, supervises a
diversity of research staff, and is responsible for science policy
implementation, budget development, and strategic planning to support
the science needs of the Department of the Interior and its management
agencies.
For more information contact:
Dr. Joy Geiselman
USGS Alaska Science Center
Phone: 907-786-3668
E-mail: joy_geiselman at usgs.gov

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of distributing information of potential interest to recent PhDs 
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.          
Biology Department                  Tel:   509-527-5948          
Whitman College                       Fax:  509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
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