Listserv for the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (see the end of this message for directions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from this listserv) ********************************************** This listserv sends out brief descriptions only. For further details, follow the link provided. Please send me items to post to the list that would be of interest to Society members: position announcements, postdoctoral announcements, grant and funding opportunities, conference announcements, calls for papers, and brief queries on research topics. The sooner you send me something, the more likely that I will be able to have it posted before its deadline. Thanks! Trevor Pearce Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology ********************************************** Postdoc: Laurentian University in Sudbury, Canada, and the Centre for Evolutionary Ecology and Ethical Conservation (CEEEC) are pleased to announce a 1-year postdoctoral research position. The successful candidate will conduct independent and collaborative research on the ethics of ecological research. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is identified. http://philjobs.org/job/show/3550 Conference: Inaugural meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of California Berkeley, 5-9 August 2015. Registration deadline: 1 April 2015. http://www.evodevopanam.org/ Conference: "The Evolution of Sequencing Technology: A Half-Century of Progress," Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, 16-19 July 2015. Registration and poster deadline: 1 July 2015. http://goo.gl/6qw3sI Conference: "Causation in Biology," Bristol, 2-3 September 2015. http://goo.gl/33XNk1 Blog: ISHPSSB members are invited to contribute an entry (or more) to the blog, "Whys To Look For Genes: Pros and Complications," with a view to turning the blog into a proposal for a semi-popular book. https://whystolookforgenes.wordpress.com/ Virtual Special Issue: "Mendel, Mendelism, and the Mendelian," Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. A set of articles from the archives, freely available online. http://goo.gl/lX87Ve Journal issue: *Biological Theory* 10.1, with a special section on Evolutionary Systems Biology. http://goo.gl/XpGmgp Book: Heams et al. (eds.), *Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences*. Springer. http://goo.gl/7YZwhq **************************** End of announcements ************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBING Send an email message to: [log in to unmask] with the following in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE ISHPSB-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname For example, if your name were Gregor Mendel: SUBSCRIBE ISHPSB-L Gregor Mendel DIRECTIONS FOR UNSUBSCRIBING Send an email message to: [log in to unmask] with the following in the body of the message: SIGNOFF ISHPSB-L ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Pearce Listserv Moderator, International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology http://www.ishpssb.org/ Listserv archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/ishpsb-l.html Email: [log in to unmask]