A wide range of scientific and educational workshops will be presented during Botany 2017.
Please register for the workshops of your choice - you will receive ticket(s) in your registration packet on site.
Pre-registration is required for all as seating is limited.
All workshops will be presented in the Omni (except where indicated) - Specific Locations will be on your tickets.
Sunday, June 25
Full Day 8:00 - 5:00
Introduction to botanical drawing with Betsy Barry
Presented by Betsy Barry
Class Limit 24 - Cost $40.00 includes materials and lunch
Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing
Presented by: Shannon Straub
Class Limit: 40 Cost - $40.00 includes materials and lunch
Using Digitized Herbarium Data in Research: Applications for Ecology, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography
Presented by: Pam Soltis
Class Limit: 50 Cost - Free includes materials and lunch
Introduction to Scientific Computing: A Crash Course
Presented by: Travis Joseph Lawrence
Class Limit: 20 Cost - $40.00 includes materials and lunch
3 Hour Morning - 9:00 - 12:00
AIBS Communicating Science to Decision-makers
Presented by: Robert Gropp
Class Limit: 30 Cost - $30.00
Planting Inquiry in Science Classrooms
Presented by: Catrina Adams, Gordon Uno, Marshall Sundberg
Class Limit: 40 Cost - $10.00 to be Presented at BRIT
2 Hour Morning 10:00 - 12:00
The Cornell University Plant Anatomy Collection: an online resource for teaching and research
Presented by: Maria Gandolfo and Kevin Nixon
Class Limit: 20 Cost - $10.00
Half Day Afternoon 1:00 - 5:00
Machine learning with R for botanists
Presented by: Alexey Shipunov
Class Limit: 20 Cost - $20.00
2 Hour Early Afternoon 1:00 - 3:00
Faculty Life at an Undergraduate Institution
Presented by: Michael Moore, Chris Martine, Kyra Krakos
Class Limit: 40 Cost - Free
Tips for Success: Applying to Graduate School
Presented by: Anna K Monfils and Ann Sakai
Class Limit: 80 Cost - Free
2 hours Late Afternoon 3:15 - 5:15
Cutting the cord a workshop for computer-free presentation skills
Presented by: Rebecca Povilus and James McDaniel
Class Limit: 30 Cost - Free
Annual Meeting of the US Virtual Herbarium Project (WERA 1015)
Presented by: Mary Barkworth
No Limit Free
Monday Morning, June 26
1 Hour - 9:00 - 10:00
Next Generation Research Uses of Biodiversity Collections
Presented by: Robert Gropp
Class Limit: 30 Cost - Free
Thursday Morning - June 29
4 Hours 8:00 - 12:00
Strategic Planning for YOUR Herbarium: A Professional Development Opportunity brought to you by the Society of Herbarium Curators and iDigBio
Presented by: Andrea Weeks, Austin Mast, David Jennings
Class Limit: 50 Cost - TBD