SUMMER 2012 - TROPICAL BOTANY GRADUATE COURSE

The University of Florida, Department of Biology and The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, will offer an intensive, in-residence course/workshop on the systematics of tropical plants, in Coconut Grove, Florida, from June 25 – July 13, 2012.

Instructor: Dr. Walter S. Judd (Course Director, Department of Biology, 220 Bartram Hall, PO Box 118525, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525; e-mail: wjudd@botany.ufl.edu; phone: 352-273-1983; fax: 352-392-3704).

The Course: Tropical Botany is an intensive course of study in the biology and systematics of tropical plants. Subject matter will be largely based on the extensive holdings of tropical vascular plants at Fairchild Tropical Garden, The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and the Montgomery Botanical Center. These gardens have the largest living collections of tropical plants in the United States. Additionally, field trips will be made to the Florida Everglades, the Florida Keys, and adjacent natural areas. The natural vegetation of South Florida, which includes littoral and dry land habitats, mixed tropical hardwood hammocks, pinelands, and mangrove communities, will introduce students to the diversity of tropical vegetation. The object of the course is to provide advanced students and/or professionals with a detailed coverage of the systematics, phylogeny, diversity of structure, and economic botany of tropical vascular plants. Questions concerning the course should be addressed to Dr. Judd.

Credit-hours: Tropical Botany is taught as a workshop sponsored by The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, with the collaboration of Fairchild Tropical Garden. If academic credit is desired students may enroll in either BOT 6935 (graduate) or BOT 4935 (advanced undergraduates) and receive 2 (or more) semester credit-hours. These courses are offered by the Department of Biology, University of Florida, and they can be taken by non-U.F. as well as by U.F. students. Students may also arrange for academic credit from their home institutions.

Enrollment: Limited to 12 participants, with preference given to upper-level students or professional biologists/teachers.

Application: Individuals should apply by April 16^th, 2012 (to Dr. Judd, see address above). Applications should include the following: a letter stating reasons for taking the course, a curriculum vita, and a letter of recommendation (sent separately). Applicants will be notified of acceptance by May 7^th, 2012.

Accommodation: Students will be housed at The Kampong (Tyson dormitory in the Scarborough House), but, if desired, housing is also available at a hotel near Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Facilities at The Kampong include 2 dorm-style rooms with bunk beds, shared kitchenette for self-catering, laundry facility and wifi access. Dorm fees are $25 per day payable directly to The Kampong.

Fees/tuition: A course fee of $1550 is required to cover course/workshop costs. In addition, if U.F. academic credit is desired, tuition costs are $498.09/ credit (in-state, graduate), $188.55/ credit (in state, undergraduate), $1222.81/ credit (out-of-state, graduate), or $931.12 /credit (out-of-state, undergraduate).

FIU / UM DOCTORAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Doctoral students enrolled in FIU may take up to six credits at the UM. This program also applies to doctoral students of UM, and they can take the same number of credits at FIU. Students can choose from any course at the UM or FIU provided the course is not already offered at their university and it is not a limited-access course. FIU students participating in the program continue to pay FIU/UM tuition and fees for the courses they take at the other university (i.e., they will only be assessed regular FIU/UM tuition and fees). Registration takes place through an application form, which is coordinated between the Universities.

The application, announcements, and further information are available at the site of this program (FIU/UM Doctoral Exchange Program).

LIST OF COURSES - FIU / UM
(SPRING 2012)

Department of Biological Sciences (Florida International University)

Workshop on Plant Gas Exchange and Fluorescence BOT 6928
Instructor: Steven Oberbauer
Class Number: 17026
Section: U01-O(17026)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded

Advanced Functional Genomics and Proteomics BSC 5446
Instructor: Fernando Noriega
Class Number: 15146
Section: U01-C(15146)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: We; 12:00PM - 2:50PM
Room: Chem & Physics 115
Grading: Graded

Workshop: Paleoecology of South Florida BSC 5929 - U01
Instructor: Laurel Collins
Class Number: 17027
Section: U01-O(17027)
Credits: 2
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded

Topics in Biology BSC 5935
(Topic Title: Tropical Biology an Ecological Approach)
Instructor: Maureen Donnelly
Class Number: 19639
Section: U01-O(19639)
Credits: 1-3
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded

Glaser Seminar: The Biology of Tomorrow BSC 5936
(Topic Title: "Species-Tree Estimation: a New Paradigm for 21st Century Phylogenetics")
Instructor: Jeffrey Wells (Invited lecturer: Dr. Lacey Knowles)
Class Number: 16905
Section: U01-O(16905)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: noon – 1:00 PM (March 5 – 9)
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded
Course details:
As an essential framework for addressing a diversity of evolutionary (and some ecological) questions, any methodological development that increases the accuracy of phylogenetic inference would be embraced. But the new approaches for estimating species trees are far more than this. They represent a fundamental shift in how gene trees are used and interpreted, whereby what we want to capture – species relationships and divergence times – not the type of data we collect, motivates the methodological procedures. Moreover, no matter how accurately a gene tree might be estimated, an escapable biological reality remains – gene trees differ among loci, and they may not match the underlying species tree, making traditional methodologies insufficient and ineffectual at handling the DNA sequences now being collected from multiple loci. In the lectures, Dr. Knowes will combine empirical investigation, simulation, and theory to verify that the intriguing promises of species-tree estimation from the theoretical realm can be realized in practice when the messiness of real data is actually accounted for (e.g., loci with low levels of variation, missing data, incomplete taxon sampling, and realistic sampling effort).
Note: Dr. Knowles will be available to meet with graduate students.
Syllabus:
Monday 3/5: What are Species-Tree Estimates and Why are they the Future of Phylogenetic Study?
Tuesday 3/6: Which Method to Use? Understanding the Key Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Species-Tree Estimates.
Wednesday 3/7: Testing the Reconstructability of Phylogenetic Histories and the Reliability of Phylogenetic Estimates from Single-gene Studies.
Thursday 3/8: Next-generation Sequencing and Phylogenomics.
Friday 3/9: Species Delimitation within Species-tree Frameworks.

Advanced Plant Conservation Biology PCB 5046
Instructor: Kenneth Feeley
Class Number: 16222
Section: U01-C(16222)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Mo, We, Fr; 10:00AM – 10:50AM
Room: Chem & Physics 117
Grading: Graded

Advanced Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems PCB 5443
Instructor: James Fourqurean
Class Number: 18913
Section: U01-C(18913)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Tu, Th; 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Room: Academic Health Center 2 - 216
Grading: Graded

Population Genetics PCB 5685
Instructor: Eric Von Wettberg
Class Number: 17025
Section: U01-C(17025)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Mo; 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Room: Graham Center 271B
Grading: Graded

Molecular and Cellular Biology II PCB 6027
Instructor: Leung Kim
Class Number: 15282
Section: U01-C(15282)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Tu, Th; 12:30AM – 1:45PM
Room: Paul Cejas Architecture 167
Grading: Graded

Supervised Teaching in Biology BSC 5945
Instructor: Thomas Pitzer
Class Number: 16906
Section: U01-O(16906)
Credits: 1-2
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Pass/Fail

Student Research Lab BSC 6913
Instructor: Kenneth Feeley (section: U09-R(13941), class number: 13841)
Instructor: Javier Francisco-Ortega (section: U10-R(13942), class number: 13842)
Instructor: Suzanne Koptur (section: U17-R(13945), class number: 13845)
Instructor: Eric Von Wettberg (section: U32-R(15265), class number: 15265)
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Pass/Fail

Ph.D. Dissertation BSC 7980
Instructor: Kenneth Feeley (section: U09-G(18068), class number: 18068)
Instructor: Javier Francisco-Ortega (section: U10- G(14879), class number: 14879)
Instructor: Suzanne Koptur (section: U17-G(13956), class number: 13956)
Instructor: Eric Von Wettberg (section: U32-G(18081), class number: 18081)
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Dissertation Defense Seminar BSC 7982
Instructor: Lidia Kos
Class Number: 14714
Section: U01-G(14714)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Dissertation Proposal Seminar BSC 7961
Instructor: Lidia Kos
Class Number: 13951
Section: U01-O(13951)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Thesis Defense Seminar BSC 5975
Instructor: Lidia Kos
Class Number: 16907
Section: U01-T(16907)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Thesis Proposal Seminar BSC 5931
Instructor: Lidia Kos
Class Number: 16903
Section: U01-O(16903)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Pass/Fail

Master’s Thesis BSC 6971
Instructor: Kenneth Feeley (section: U09-T(17740), class number: 17740)
Instructor: Eric Von Wettberg (section: U32-T(17760), class number: 17760)
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Department of Earth and the Environment (Florida International University)

South Florida Ecology: Field Studies EVR 5061
Instructor: James Riach
Class Number: 15417
Section: U01-C(15417)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Tu, Th; 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Room: Green Library 100
Grading: Graded

Environmental Resource Management EVR 5320
Instructor: Joel Heinen
Class Number: 14505
Section: U01-C(14505)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Tu, Th; 6:25PM – 7:40PM
Room: Charles Perry Bldg 332
Grading: Graded

Research and Independent Study EVR 5907
Instructor: Hong Liu (section: U03-Z(17795), class number: 17795)
Instructor: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran (section: U10-Z(17802), class number: 17802)
Credits: 1-20
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded

Special Topics EVR 5935
(Topic Title: Sustainable Agriculture)
Instructors: Kateel Shetty & Mahadev Bhat
Class Number: 18181
Section: U02-O(18181)
Credits: 1-20
Day & Times: Mo, We, Fr; 12:00PM – 12:50PM
Room: Charles Perry Bldg 431
Grading: Graded

Tropical Ecosystems Management EVR 6330
Instructor: David Bray
Class Number: 18250
Section: U01-C(18250)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Mo; 6:25PM - 9:05PM
Room: Graham Center 280
Grading: Graded

Scanning Electron Microscopy with EDS Analysis GLY 5287C
Instructors: Florentin Maurasse & Yosmel Sanchez
Class Number: 16186
Section: U01-C(16186)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: We; 9:30AM – 12:00PM
Room: Charles Perry Bldg 50
Grading: Graded

Workshop: Microfossil Paleoenvironments GLY 5627
Instructor: Laurel Collins
Class Number: 17884
Section: U01-C(17884)
Credits: 2
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Graded

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Earth Scientists GLY 5758
Instructor: Dean Whitman
Class Number: 17880
Section: U01-C(17880)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Mo, We; 5:00PM - 6:15PM
Room: Green Library 274
Grading: Graded

Advanced Soil Resource Analysis
Instructor: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran
Class Number: 20146
Section: U01-C(20146)
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Mo, We, Fr; 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Room: Golden Panther Arena 119
Grading: Graded

Graduate Seminar EVR 6950
Instructor: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran
Class Number: 18252
Section: U01-O(18252)
Credits: 1
Day & Times: We; 5:00PM – 6:15PM
Room: Paul Cejas Architecture 171
Grading: Pass/Fail

Supervised Research EVR 6970
Instructor: Hong Liu (section: U04-R(17818), class number: 17818)
Instructor: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran (section: U11-Z(17825), class number: 17825)
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Pass/Fail

Master’s Thesis EVR 6971
Instructor: Hong Liu (section: U20-T(15822), class number: 15822)
Instructor: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran (section: U04-T(15138), class number: 15138)
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA
Grading: Thesis/Dissertation

Department of Biology (University of Miami)

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Ecosystem Ecology BIL 537
Instructor: D. DeAngelis
Section: R
Credits: 3
Day & Times: Tr; 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Cox Science Center 166

Projects in Electron Microscopy
Instructor: J Prince
Section: 01
Credits: 2
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA

Advanced Special Studies in Biology – Science and Values BIL 575
Instructor: S. Haack
Section: 1J
Credits: 3
Day & Times: M 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: General Purpose Classrooms TBA

Manual and Functional Genome Annotation BIL 613
Instructors: A. Wilson & W. Browne
Section: 01
Credits: 1
Day & Times: Mo, We, Fr; 10:10 AM-12:05 PM
Room: Cox Science Center 166

Scaling Up from Molecular to Ecosystem Processes BIL 613
Instructors: L. Sternberg & J. Uy
Section: 02
Credits: 1
Day & Times: Mo, We, Fr; 10:10 AM-12:05 PM
Room: Cox Science Center 166

Population and Community Ecology: Theory II BIL 632
Instructors: C. Nutt & G. Cosner
Section: 01
Credits: 3
Day & Times/Room: MW 1:25 PM - 2:40 PM (C. Nutt)/ Ungar Building 411
Day & Times/Room: MW 1:25 PM - 2:40 PM (G. Cosner)/ Ungar Building 301

Techniques in Scanning Electron Microscopy BIL 655
Instructor: J. Prince
Section: 01
Credits: 3
Day & Times: TBA
Room: TBA

Doctoral Dissertation BIL 730
Instructor: B. Whitlock
Section: 57
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: Cox Science Center 29

Post-Candidacy Doctoral Dissertation BIL 740
Instructor: B. Whitlock
Section: 57
Credits: 1-12
Day & Times: TBA
Room: Cox Science Center 29