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| + | The purpose of this course is to explore the ecology and evolutionary biology research being conducted by top researchers in these fields. The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department invites the highest caliber scientist to UConn as part of a weekly seminar series. Our class with have the opportunity to meet with these researchers in a comfortable, round-table table discussion each week. After each discussion, we will attend the visiting speaker's formal lecture to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department. As a group, we will examine related scientific literature, learning how to critically read and interpret data from a variety of study systems, prior to our weekly discussions with visiting scientists. Students will become critical readers of primary scientific literature, and will be familiar with major research avenues in ecology and evolutionary biology. | ||
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Revision as of 20:46, 17 December 2014
Course Goals
The purpose of this course is to explore the ecology and evolutionary biology research being conducted by top researchers in these fields. The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department invites the highest caliber scientist to UConn as part of a weekly seminar series. Our class with have the opportunity to meet with these researchers in a comfortable, round-table table discussion each week. After each discussion, we will attend the visiting speaker's formal lecture to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department. As a group, we will examine related scientific literature, learning how to critically read and interpret data from a variety of study systems, prior to our weekly discussions with visiting scientists. Students will become critical readers of primary scientific literature, and will be familiar with major research avenues in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Instructors:
Nora Mitchell Jimmy Bernot
Office: BioPharm 302 Office: TLS 478
Email: nora.mitchell@uconn.edu Email: james.bernot@uconn.edu
Meeting Time
Thursday 2:30PM–5:00PM
Bamford Room (TLS 171)
