Teaching

Since 2021, I have been leveraging GitHub to not only keep materials in a public place for sharing, but also as a collaborative teaching tool for computational biology. onward. Covid forced some of us to rethink effective teaching practices. I still think working together on a white board and interactively is best, but more effective use of electronic resources can really enhance the learning experience and retention.

UK Workshops Methodological Advances in Reticulate Evolution

Based on interest in the Botany workshop, it was determined that there was a need for more training in phylogenetic networks, with more content, delivered directly to botanists. A three-day workshop covering coalescent theory and phylogenetic network methods is being hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh on 8 to 10 November and 14 to 16 November 2024. The website and instructional materials are found here.

Botany 2023 Workshop Methodological Advances in Reticulate Evolution

A collaborative workshop on phylogenetic network estimation delivered over a full day at the Botany 2023 conference. The organization site is linked here to provide access to materials across instructors.

DBEV Phylogenomics Workshop 2022

Three-day practical phylogenomics workshop hosted by the University of Antananarivo Department of Biology and Plant Ecology. Slides and labs will be accessible here.

Evolutionary Genomics 2021

We focused on three modules:

1. reference genome assembly
2. population genomics
3. comparative genomics Some material made it to GitHub while I am still thinking of good data hosting solutions for classes aside from on the clusters to make things more accessible. The class can be accessed here.