PlantPath 875: Phylogenetic Practicum

A 1-credit course in the practice of phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence data (UW-Madison). Students will practice all the steps of state-of-the-art phylogenomic analyses with hands-on weekly activities.

• Fridays 10:00-10:50am
• Instructors:
  • Claudia Solis-Lemus, PhD
  • Josh Justison, PhD
  • Nathan Kolbow
• Office hours: By appointment

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to

1. Reproduce all the steps of a phylogenomics data analysis of a published paper
2. Learn best computing and reproducibility practices for phylogenomic data analyses

Semesters offered

• Spring 2026: Pervasive hybridizations in the history of wheat relatives by Glemin et al, 2019.
  • Class notes here.