Has the mission to expand access to high quality science education and to inspire and mentor the future generation of scientists and innovators in Mexico through international scientific networks. I had the honor to participate in this program with two different courses and with great Co-Instructors! See the details bellow.
Students reviewed the importance of amphibians and reptiles diversity and some methods to study the relationships among species. They learned the general biology of organisms, where and how to find amphibians and reptiles in the field and to identify species with taxonomic keys (traditional taxonomy). The students reviewed the process of species delimitation with morphology and molecular approaches and learned computational tools to estimate phylogenies.
CdeC 2015 Zoology and Botany
Survival strategies. Lectures from Plants and Animals.
By studying botany and zoology, the students learned to identify the characteristics that allow the organisms to adapt to their environment, how those characters evolve through time and what forces and external factors influenced the directionality of those changes. The course integrated seminars, practical exercises, laboratories (zoology anatomy and plant physiology), computer labs and final projects and presentations. Every day we included questions related to chose an academic and scientific career.
