The Society has merchandise on CafePress. This is a fundraising project in which 100% of profits go to graduate student programs, such as travel rewards to enable students to travel internationally to attend our meetings.

The 27th meeting of the Willi Hennig Society (or "Hennig meeting") will take place in Tucumán, Argentina, October 28-31 2008. It will be made jointly with the Reunión Argentina de Cladística y Biogeografía. There is more information on the meeting web site, www.hennig27.com.ar.

The local cladistic and the Hennig meetings provide a space for discussion and exchange of ideas between researchers working in the fields of systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography and biodiversity in general. The atmosphere of these meetings is informal, with an emphasis on the discussion and presentation of new ideas.

For the newcomers to the world of phylogenetics and historical biogeography, these meetings present a great opportunity to meet, mano-a-mano, and listen to the talks by some of the most renowned workers in the field of phylogenetics. In this meeting we will have people like James S. Farris, James M. Carpenter, Ward C. Wheeler, Kevin C. Nixon, and many others.

All those of you interested in participating will be most welcome. If you have any doubts or inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers at hennig27@gmail.com.

Joe Felsenstein will give the Systematics Association's Sir Julian Huxley Lecture at The Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadily, London, 6 pm, 2nd July 2008. The title is "Not the fly on the wall: can systematists cope with uncertainty?". The meeting is open to visitors, and wine will be served after the lecture to members and guests.

Karl Kjer has two positions available associated with an NSF-funded project on Trichoptera Phylogenetics. Molecular phylogenetic skills are an asset, but he is also looking to work with skilled morphologists. Karl would naturally look favorably on candidates who are able to extend the funding of this research with their own resources Please E-mail Karl Kjer for details. He will be accepting applications throughout the summer, and expect to hire the postdoc in the fall or winter. The graduate
student position is also flexible in terms of starting date.
Postdoctoral Associate - Starting at $US 35,000/year, with benefits. Funded for two years, with the possibility of extension.
Graduate Assistant - Working toward a PhD. Approximately $US 25,000/year, funded for two years as a G.A. on the grant, and then as a T.A. afterward.

For 2008 BSCS is offering an institute focused on evolution, titled “Evolution: Earth & Life” for those teaching Evolution. In addition to the information below, you can locate more at www.bscs.org/si. It includes a six-day, face-to-face workshop experience in Colorado Springs, Colorado (50 hours PD), 20-25 JULY 2008, and an online professional learning community that will be moderated through May 2009 (up to 55 hours additional PD).

The Culicidae Systematic Laboratory at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, seeks a highly motivated and productive postdoctoral researcher to work on FAPESP Temático-funded research on historical demographics of Anopheles darlingi mosquito populations, divergence times, and rates of molecular evolution.

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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society have published an issue on animal evolution, based on a meeting organised by Tim Littlewood and Max Telford. Papers cover the origins and relationships of major groups of animals, our attempts to reconstruct the common ancestor of all animals and the evolution of key characteristics including segments and wings.

Subscribers to the journal can view the articles online. Hard copy can be purchased at a specially discounted price of £47.50 (instead of the normal £59.50) by contacting Portland Press (quoting reference TB 1496) or Debbie Vaughan at the Royal Society (debbie.vaughan@royalsociety.org).

The meeting will take place January 8-12, 2009 in Mérida, México. Invited symposia will feature talks on the biogeography of disease, patterns and processes in biotic interchanges, disjunct distributions in Asia and America, and the biogeography of species extinction. Attendees are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. The conference will also include workshops, field excursions, and social events. Registration, contact, and additional information may be found at: http://www.biogeography.org.

Call for Proposals - NESCent Sabbatical Scholars, Working Groups and Catalysis Meetings

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now accepting proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings. Proposals for postdoctoral fellowships are accepted at the December 1 deadline only. Proposals for sabbatical scholars (one semester to a full year), working groups and catalysis meetings are accepted twice a year, with June 15 and December 1 deadlines. Proposals for short-term visitors (2 weeks to 3 months) are considered four times a year, with deadlines on January 1, April 1, July 1 and September 1. For more information, please see our website at https://www.nescent.org/science/proposals.php.

The Third Meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at Dalhousie University, from July 21 to July 23, 2008. This meeting is organized in close collaboration with the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) and the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, which are hosting the joint Protist 2008 meeting, at the same venue, from July 21 to July 26, 2008. For further information, meeting deadlines, and abstract submission please, visit https://protist2008.dal.ca/ or www.phylonames.org to download the circular.