Botany 2019 Workshops
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
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 (10am to 3pm)
Presented by: Dr. Gordon Uno and Dr. Marshall Sundberg
Class Limit 50
Free
Half Day - Morning 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
CANCELED 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 Pearson, Patrick Sweeney and Jenn Yost
Class Limit: 50
Fee: $10.00
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: 20
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 and Min Ya
Class Limit: 30
Free
Half Day Afternoon 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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
CANCELED Interdisciplinary outreach through botanical data.
Presented by: Jordan Jomsky
Fee: $10.00
1:00 - 4:30
Flow cytometry of plants: a practical introduction to angiosperm genome size measurement.
Presented by: David Galbraith and Elizabeth Villalobos-Menuey
Class Limit 20
FREE
Two Hour Afternoon 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Tips for Success: Applying to Graduate School
Presented by: Anna Monfils
Class Limit: 30
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
FULL 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!
3:00 - 5:00 pm
CV/Resume Review and Coaching Sessions: This year BSA has teamed up with other societies (TBA) to organize CV/Resume Review and Coaching Sessions. Sign-up for a 15 minute, one-on-one review session with professionals from the field to get feedback on your CV or resume. This is completely free, but does require you to sign-up for a slot. If you would like more time or have more than one person review your CV make sure to sign-up for one than one spot.
Sign-up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CC9kgGmO5Js9ZVgjGBldKLKHoKrOiu8QzRp2zuRqVgk/edit?usp=sharing.
Tuesday, July 30
3:00 - 5:00 pm
CV/Resume Review and Coaching Sessions: This year BSA has teamed up with other societies (TBA) to organize CV/Resume Review and Coaching Sessions. Sign-up for a 15 minute, one-on-one review session with professionals from the field to get feedback on your CV or resume. This is completely free, but does require you to sign-up for a slot. If you would like more time or have more than one person review your CV make sure to sign-up for one than one spot.
Sign-up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CC9kgGmO5Js9ZVgjGBldKLKHoKrOiu8QzRp2zuRqVgk/edit?usp=sharing.
4:30 - 5:30 pm
National Science Foundation Information Session for early career individuals
Presented by Representatives of NSF
Free