I’m so happy for having had the opportunity of participating in the PFTC5. It was very interesting to learn about traits and how to measure them. The course combined different ways of doing science, as taking online lectures, discussing papers, giving oral presentations, writing proposals and analyzing data. Discovering Wayqecha […]

Post course Blog

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. I’m very happy to have met and gotten to […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

One of my main goals for the course in Peru was to learn how to work and communicate with others from different parts of the world and at different stages in their education or career. My nerves boarding my flight on my way to Peru was skyrocketing. Would I, a […]

From imposter to confident in just a week

i. ¿Cuáles fueron tus objetivos para el curso en Perú? ¿En qué medida te diste cuenta de estos objetivos? Por favor, dar ejemplos específicos si es posible. También nos gustaría saber hasta qué punto covid-19 afectó su capacidad para alcanzar sus objetivos. Los objetivos que tenía para el curso estaban […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

One of my goals for this course was to meet my future colleagues at the University of Bergen, since I just got a position there a few weeks before the field course. The crisis situation in which we ended up gave me a lot more than what I could have […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. The reason I applied to the course was to […]

Eva L post-course blog post

What were your goals for the course and did you realise them? I definitely realised some of my goals. I connected and collaborated with researchers from around the world, and felt inspired by their work and the possibilities of working together. The process of measuring functional traits was demystified for […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. My goals, for the PTFC5, were to gain knowledge […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

So that was quite an experience. Just as I had expected beforehand, and yet in a quite different way. I saw breathtaking landscapes, had a very intense learning experience, and got to know a great bunch of people. Yet, given the circumstances under which PFTC5 ended, it is still challenging […]

A crew for the deserted island: lessons from not just ...

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which COVID-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. The objectives I had for the course were, first, to […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

  Hva har vandaliserte plastikkbokser, superklissete lim, filtduk og sandpapir med livet i norske elver å gjøre? Det finner du snart ut av!   Hverdagen hos Lfi og databehandling Praksistiden hos Lfi NORCE startet med mandagsmøter og litt databehandling. På mandagsmøtene fikk jeg et lite innblikk i hvordan en hverdag […]

Gassovermetning – et uregulert fenomen, og mulig problem?

Da er vi godt ute i april og jeg har fått jobbet en del timer hos Bymiljøetaten. Her er jeg en del av Naturforvaltningsseksjonen, som er en av flere seksjoner i Bymiljøetaten. Så langt har jeg fått et innblikk i det svært varierte arbeidet denne seksjonen gjør. Som en del […]

Hva skjer i Naturforvaltningsseksjonen?

In entering this course, I had set goals to understand how to organize and conduct an efficient and successful field campaign, to learn about the natural history and ecology of alpine grasslands, and to walk away with a high-quality scientific product. In some ways I was successful in meeting these […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. My goals for the course in Peru were to […]

PFTC5 Post-Course Blog Post

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which COVID-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. Before starting the course, my goals were to learn […]

Post course blog post

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Da var vi endelig i gang med arbeidet hos NINA! Det ble få men hektiske uker på arbeid før pandemien brøt ut, da vi fikk tatt del i to veldig spennende prosjekter. I prosjektene SeedClim og INCLINE undersøkes effekter av klima og biotiske interaksjoner, samt hvilke endringer disse faktorene har […]

I Botanikkens Rike

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Hello again, fellow readers and bloggers! I am back with an update after having spent a little over 50 hours together with the talented freshwater biologists at NORCE LFI. Veronica (another biology student at UiB – check out her blog as well!) and I received a warm welcome from the […]

Praksis hos NORCE 2: Supersaturation time!

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We have all underestimated this. And all of us are currently going through a very stressful phase. Still, I want to share some thoughts and experiences from my recent stay in Peru as a participant of the 5th Plant Functional Traits Course, and especially from the trip back to Europe. […]

Incalculable times

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Da har jeg jobbet rundt 50 timer i Bymiljøetaten, så her kommer en liten oppdatering. Vi ble veldig godt mottatt av alle som arbeider i bymiljøetaten. Alle er åpne og vil hjelpe om vi lurer på noe. Det er spennende å jobbe med så flinke folk. Vi har et nytt […]

Blogginnlegg 2: Alltid noe å gjøre i bymiljøetaten

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Noen stikkord om meg og mine interesser: Sær humor (som BoJack Horseman-referansen i tittelen indikerer …). Sopp og nyttevekster. Planter. Katten min. Familie. Fjell. Hav. Mat. Drikke. Interiør. Dagdrømmer. Kverulering. Heisann, jeg heter Veronica, født i 1992 i Haugesund. 20 år senere bestemte jeg meg for å kaste meg ut […]

Biology students! What do they know? Do they know things?? ...

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Hei igjen! Det har gått 50 arbeidstimer siden sist gang, og jeg må si det var 50 gøye timer! Hver mandag de siste ukene har jeg tuslet ned til Bryggen hvor de har kontoret sitt, og alltid blitt møtt med et varmt «god morgen» og kaffe. En perfekt måte å […]

Pyromanen slippes fri

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Heii igjen alle sammen! Jeg er nå godt i gang med praksisperioden min og jeg har allerede vært over 50 timer hos Naturvernforbundet. Naturvernforbundet har absolutt stått til forventningene og mye mer. De som jobber her er virkelig herlige mennesker som vet hvordan å ta vare på mennesker. I tillegg […]

Godt igang med praksisperioden hos Naturvernforbundet!

¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente?  Hola, soy Paul Efren del Cusco – Perú. Estudie Biología en la Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco. He tenido la fortuna de formar parte de diferentes proyectos en el bosque tropical, […]

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What is your background? Where are you from? what do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically?   I am an undergraduate student in biology at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, in La Paz Bolivia, where I was born. Currently, I am working in my thesis that […]

Hello from Samuel!

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? Hi, my name is Rudi Saul Cruz Chino and I am from Cusco, Perú. I did my undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, after that I […]

Hello from Rudi!

¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Mi nombre es Jhonatan Sallo Bravo, nací en la ciudad del Cusco, donde vivo actualmente, soy estudiante de maestría de la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. En general estoy interesado […]

Hello! from Jonathan S-B

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically?   I am a plant (functional) ecologist with a background in environmental/ecosystem sciences and invasion biology currently doing a PhD in my hometown at Oxford University. My research works at the […]

Hello! From Sara M.

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am from a small town in Michigan, USA. I went to school for a Bachelor of Music degree in an even smaller town in Michigan. I took a forest ecology […]

Hello! from Laura J

My name is Mickey Boakye, a Ghanaian, studying for my Ph.D. in the Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley. I study plant functioning and interactions with their environment including their physiological response to climate change. Though I am interested in whole plant functioning I am […]

Mickey_B_Pre-Course Blog Post

-¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Soy Fiorella Gonzales de Arequipa (Perú), soy Bióloga, he estudiado mamíferos y plantas (principalmente arboles). Actualmente soy estudiante de doctorado de Ecología en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, mi tesis está enfocada […]

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Lucely_V_Pre-Course Blog Post ¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Hola mi nombre es Lucely Lucero Vilca Bustamante. Soy de Perú, de la ciudad de Cusco. Estudie biología en la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. A finales […]

Lucely_V_Pre-Course Blog Post

Hola! My name is Kristyna and I live in Prague (Czech Republic). I am a plant ecologist by training with special emphasis on paleoecology. I study silica microparticles called phytoliths that emerge in living plants and thanks to their high durability in sediments (sometimes even 100 mil. years) they serve […]

Kristyna_H_Pre-Course Blog Post

First blog post on the upcoming PFTC5 course in Wayqecha, Peru! a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I’m from a small town in the south-east of Norway, currently living and studying in Oslo. I am doing […]

Hilde_R_Pre-Course Blog Post

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? Ciao! I am Maria Elisa Pierfederici. I was born and grew up in the beautiful land of Italy where I was enough lucky to spend a lot of time on the […]

MariaElisa_P_Pre-Course Blog Post

a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I was born in Cordoba city, in Argentina and then moved to Mendoza, where I have lived most of my life. I have also lived in United States, Nepal and […]

Hello! from Agustina

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a.) What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am currently an undergraduate at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. I am planning on graduating this April with a degree in Biology and an emphasis in Ecology […]

Hello! from Mackenzie

a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am originally from East China and studied for one year in Canada for my bachelor thesis but currently, I am doing my master in Nature Management at the University […]

Yaquan_C_Pre-Course Blog Post

a. ¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De donde eres? ¿Que estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Soy Eugenia Sánchez Díaz de Argentina. Estoy empezando mis ciencias biológicas Ph.D. en la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y estoy trabajando con la diversidad funcional de plantas en el centro de Argentina. […]

Eugenia_Sánchez_Díaz_Pre-Course Blog Post

1. ¿Cuál es su historia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más le interesa, científicamente? Colombiana viviendo en Valdivia, sur de Chile. Soy ecóloga de fuego, he realizado investigación en torno a la restauración ecológica post-fuego en bosque altoandino y páramo en Colombia. Actualmente estoy cursando el […]

Korina_OZ_Pre-Course Blog Post

Will Johnson
Back to science again – better late than never! What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I’m from the UK, and a PhD student at Newcastle University. I have returned to science after a bit of a gap […]

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