A wide range of scientific and educational workshops will be presented during Botany 2019.  
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 the workshops will be presented at Starr Pass

 

Sunday, July 28 Full Day  8:00 - 5:00 pm 

Using Digitized Herbarium Data in Research:   Applications for Ecology, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography

Sponsored by NSF-funded iDigBio (www.idigbio.org) and BiotaPhy (www.biotaphy.org).              
Presented by:  Pamela Soltis  

Class Limit: 50 
Free

Broadening Botanical Pathways in Teaching
Presented by:  Dr. Gordon Uno and Dr. Marshall Sundberg

Class Limit 50 
Free

Half Day  - Morning 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Underutilized Plants: Holistic Wealth Security of World
Presented by:  Pandey Vashist

Class Limit 50
Fee:  $10.00

Present Your Work in Three Minutes 
Presented By:  Bruce Kirchoff

Class Limit:  15
Fee:  $20.00

Scoring Phenology on Herbarium Specimens using Symbiota
Presented by:  Ed Gilbert, Katie Kearson, Patrick Sweeny and Jenn Yost

Class Limit: 50
Fee:  $50.00

Using HHMI Videos and Data Points As Tools For Engaging Students From Molecules to Ecosystems       
Presented by:  Phil Gibson

Class Limit: 50
Fee: Free 

 

2 Hour Morning -10:00 - 12:00 pm

Authors in the Driver Seat: Evaluating Phenotypes Data Authoring Tools
Presented by:  Hong Cui and Anton Reznicek

Class Limit: 50
Free 

Empowering citizen science leaders with tools for robust community engagement
Presented by:  LoriAnne Barnett

Class Limit 25
Fee $10.00

Professional Writing: Covering Personal Statements, Research Statements, and Teaching Statements
Presented by Chelsea Pretz 

Class Limit: 30
Free

 

Half Day Afternoon 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Machine learning with R for botanists
Presented by:  Alexey Shipunov

Class Limit:  30
Fee:  $30.00

How to navigate in tree space: learning to generate clade names and computable clade definitions (phyloreferences) for the Tree of Life
Presented by:  Nico Cellinese

Class Limit:  30
Fee: $10.00 

Automatic Updating of Phylogenies

Presented by: Martha Kandziora and Jasper Toscani Field

Class Limit: 30
Fee:  $10.00

Two Hour Afternoon 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Tips for Success: Applying to Graduate School
Presented by:  Anna Monfils

Class Limit:  30
Fee: $10.00 

Timing is Everything! Using Phenology to Stimulate Interest by Undergraduate Students in the Plant Sciences and Climate Change
Presented By:  Howard Neufeld

Class Limit:  30
Fee: $10.00

Two Hour Late Afternoon 3:15 - 5:15 pm

Tools for building highly customized figures, for intermediate R users
Presented by:  Glen Morrison and Alex Rajewski

Class Limit:  30
Fee:  $10.00

Strategies for successful faculty/undergraduate student collaborative research at PUIs
Presented by:  Rachel Jabaily

Class Limit:  30
Fee: Free

 

Monday, July 29 - Noon - 1:00 pm

National Science Foundation Information Session for faculty and other professionals
Presented by Representatives of NSF

Free - Bring your lunch!

 

Tuesday, July 30 - 4:30 - 5:30 pm

National Science Foundation Information Session for early career individuals
Presented by Representatives of NSF

Free