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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For graudate Students Only</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Landscape genetics course offered this spring 2018. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Joe Johnson is the instructor of record for a 6900 course. This is not officially set up yet, however, we need to know how many people are interested in taking the course before we can reserve a room. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The class will be every <span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-aqj">Wednesday</span> from <span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-aqj">11:30-1:30</span> starting
January 17<sup>th</sup> and going through May 9<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">The majority of this class will be web-based, with various prominent landscape ecology instructors. Once a month, Steve Spear will personally give a lecture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Please contact Joe Johnson (<a href="mailto:jjohnson@ohio.edu" target="_blank">jjohnson@ohio.edu</a>) ASAP if you are interested in taking this course. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Below is the tentative course schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tentative Schedule for DGS 2018:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Introduction and Overview</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 1 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Jan. 17</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/1-introduction-to-landscape-genetics" target="_blank">Landscape
Genetics: An Introduction</a> - Spear</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Theoretical Background</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 2 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Jan. 24</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/landscape-features" target="_blank">Basics
of Landscape Ecology</a> - Cushman</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 3 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Jan. 31</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/gene-flow" target="_blank">Basics
of Population Genetics</a> - Waits</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 4 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Feb. 7</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/next-generations-sequencing" target="_blank">Basics
of Adaptation and Quantitative Genetics</a> - Eckert</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 5 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Feb. 14</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/metapopulation-dynamics" target="_blank">Basics
of Metapopulation Dynamics</a> - Keyghobadi</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 6 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Feb. 21</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/study-design---dr-marie-jose-fortin" target="_blank">Basics
of Study Design</a> - Fortin</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 7 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Feb. 28</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/spatial-analysis" target="_blank">Basics
of Spatial Data Analysis</a> –Wagner</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Advanced Topics</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 8 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Mar. 7</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/simulation-modeling" target="_blank">Simulation
and Modeling</a> - Balkenhol/Landguth </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 9 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Mar. 14</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/discrete-populations" target="_blank">Assignment
and Clustering Methods </a>- Schoville</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 10 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Mar. 21</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/matrix-resistance" target="_blank">Resistance
Surface Modeling</a> – Bowman</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 11 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">Mar. 28</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/adaptive-genetic-variance" target="_blank">Adaptive
Landscape Genetics</a> - Manel</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 12 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">April 4</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/model-selection" target="_blank">Model
Selection</a> - Goldberg</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 13 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">April 11</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/network-based-methods" target="_blank">Graph
Theory and Network Models</a> - Murphy</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Empirical Applications</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 14 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">April 18</span>) <u><span style="color:blue">Contemporary Gene
Flow and Plants</span></u> - TBA</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 15 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">April 25</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/aquatic-systems---dr-kim-selkoe" target="_blank">Aquatic
Systems</a> - Selkoe</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 16 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">May 2</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/presentations" target="_blank">Presentations of
Group Projects</a> – All (group reports due)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Week 17 (<span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj">May 9</span>) <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vcu.edu/landscape-genetics---dgs2016/lectures/terrestrial-applications---dr-brad-fedy" target="_blank">Bringing
it all together and look to future</a> – Spear</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Synthesis Meeting</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-msonormal"><span class="gmail-m7938379968311173970gmail-m-3354610979874757002gmail-aqj"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">May 21 – 25</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> (tentative)
Coeur d’Alene, ID – (Lisette and TBA)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maggie M. Hantak <o:p></o:p></p>
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