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It was great to see and meet so many of you in Austin this past week at a great meeting! If you had any thoughts/feedback/comments on the meeting and anything we can do better for grad student members of the society, don’t hesitate to get in touch with any of us on the grad council, or keep an eye out for this fall when we will advertise for new graduate council members!

Looking forward to seeing many of you in Austin! Don’t hesitate to come say hi if you se one of us. And make sure you don’t miss out on any of ASN’s events at the meeting!

A useful guide has been made up here.

You can now buy all sorts of cool ASN gear from our online store. Check it out here! Proceeds support the ASN graduate student council.

We want to gauge how well we are meeting all of your needs as ASN members, so let us know what you think here!

Applications for the ASN student research award are now open. See the announcement here. Due by January 31, 2016.

The American Society of Naturalists Graduate Student Council is inviting applications for two new graduate student representatives to join us. As a member of the Graduate Council you have the chance to participate in many of the workings of a society and interact with many of the great researchers who are members of the ASN. The ASN is committed to developing a variety of initiatives to provide more valuable services to its student members. We take part in several committees that include choosing ASN-sponsored workshops, helping choose winners of the annual student grant, organizing student events at conferences, and running the website for grad student ASN members. Each year we seek two new members to join for a 3-year term. We are also open to new roles or ideas for things you think the Grad Council could do to encourage student involvement and interaction among researchers to further the core goals of the Society (integration across the biological sciences). If you are interested in joining, send an email to Kim Gilbert at kgilbert{at}zoology{dot}ubc{dot}ca by October 15 with the subject line “ASN GC application” and attach a single pdf document containing your CV and a short paragraph (less than 1 page) about what you hope to contribute or why you want to join the grad council.

In case you missed the announcement, some students attending the Asilomar conference this January will be camping nearby to save costs on housing. Get in touch here if you are interested!

Carlos Bustos is an evolutionary ecologist interested in how intraspecific interactions influence the evolution of organisms.  For his PhD at Australian National University, he is focusing on how intraspecific plant chemical variation affects interaction with herbivores at different biological levels.  Carlos has experience working with a range of plant species (including Datura stramonium, Brassica oleracea and Melaleuca alternifolia), and from completing a Master’s degree at UNAM in Mexico where he studied the rapid evolution of plant defenses in a contemporary population. Carlos is excited about continuing his ecological research with scientists from around the world (so please introduce yourself if you see him at an upcoming meeting!) and also about playing a role in the growing Latin American scientific community.

Welcome to the new website for ASN Grads!  The goal of this site is to facilitate interaction and communication among the graduate student members of the American Society of Naturalists.  If you have any ideas for how this website may be improved, or if you have a post-doc opportunity, workshop, or bio you would like us to consider for posting on the home page, please contact us.

If you would like to apply to join the ASN Graduate Council, stay tuned for our next call for applications in September.