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    DNA Subway Learning Resources
    DNA Subway is a NIBLSE Recommended resource. This is a collection of learning resources associated with DNA Subway.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsIntroductoryLabbioinformaticsUndergraduateNIBLSEDNA BarcodingDNA sequenceBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentDNA SubwayInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthExtended ProjectC1. Role of bioinformaticsC2. Computational conceptsC4. Bioinformatics toolsC5. Data retrievalC8. Data types

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    Genome Solver: Complete Set of Lessons
    The Genome Solver Project began as a way to teach faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics - no coding or scripting. These Lessons also work well in the undergraduate classroom, culminating...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEBioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and GenomicsC4. Bioinformatics toolsC5. Data retrievalC6. ModelsC8. Data typesC9. ImplicationsRecommended by NIBLSE

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    A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!
    This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

    Keywords: data sciencebioinformaticsnext generation sequencingquality controlFASTQgenomicsprogrammingNIBLSElinuxmicrobiomeIllumina sequencingcommand lineFASTQEFASTPNGS analysisterminalMacemojiPhred scoreTrimmingshort read

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    BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

    Keywords: infectious diseaseexperimental designbioinformaticsEbolaNIBLSECase It!PCRBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentPublished in National Center for Case Study Teaching in Sciencepolymerase chain reactionfebrile illnessvirusELISAenzyme linked immunosorbent assayfilovirusAfrica

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    More In Depth Spreadsheet Management Adaptation of Data Management using NEON Small Mammal Data
    This adaptation consists of three exercises that introduce students to 1) format spreadsheet data tables, 2) carry out spreadsheet quality control, and 3) count/sort/filter data of interest in...

    Keywords: data managementspreadsheetsmammalsCapture mark-recapture

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    Data Ethics
    Data ethics and the use of digital data

    Keywords: data scienceresearch ethicsdata ethics

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    Introduction to Python for Data Science Course
    Free Introduction to Python for Data Science Course at DataCamp

    Keywords: data scienceonline learningcoursepythonfree

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    Yeast Cell Growth
    Numbers Count resource using Excel for data analysis

    Keywords: data analysisExcelNumbers Count

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    Introductory Data Science Pipeline Activity – Yellow Fever and Global Precipitation
    Students follow the steps of a tiny data science project from start to finish. They are given a research question "Are the number of cases of yellow fever associated with global average...

    Keywords: graphinghypothesis testingdata scienceData-based inquiry in the classroomglobal healthdata science educationyellow fever

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    A Beginner's Guide To Sampling Rockpools
    In this guide, we'll teach you how to sample rockpools, collect data, make visuals from data, and interpret data in order to see if any correlations exist.

    Keywords: aquatic macroinvertebratesdata collectionsrockpoolsampling

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    DataCamp
    DataCamp: The Easiest Way to Learn Data Science Online

    Keywords: statisticsRcurriculumdata visualizationdata scienceonline learningcoursemachine learningpythonlab protocol

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    Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data
    In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant...
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    Why, when, and how to cite sources of biodiversity specimen data
    This short video and assessment explain why we as scientists should cite our data sources and how we can do this for sources of biodiversity specimen data.
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    Staying Alive: Extinction Risk: Introduction to Extinction and Extinction Bias
    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    Keywords: ecologydata analysisconservationgraphingResources @ Dryadextinctionmacroevolution

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    Rescuing Data: Preserving Data for the Future
    Meet Diane Srivastava, director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution, and learn how they sythesize and save biodiversity data.

    Keywords: metadatadigital datadata skillsBiodiversity Science

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    Supplemental Materials for Beagle Investigations Return with Darwinian Data Manuscript
    Supplement 1 contains an example laboratory exercise for introducing the BIRDD resources. Supplement 2 contains a list of web accessible data resources to supplement the existing BIRDD resources.

    Keywords: Galapagosdata on darwins finches

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    Machine Learning Meets Medicine with Jenessa Peterson
    Jenessa Peterson is a former teacher turned data scientist/engineer and Director of Learning Engineering at The Learning Agency. Her more recent work in data science has included building a...

    Keywords: data sciencemachine learningmedicine

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 2: Importing Your Microbiome Data into R 5.3.19
    Video on importing data into R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: growth mindsetVideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    Building Biodiversity Datasets for Invasive Species
    A module guiding students through the process of mapping biodiversity data and building a biodiversity dataset to study the spread and impacts of the invasive aquatic plant species, European...

    Keywords: Management Of Datanatural historyField researchconservation ecologyAquatic invasive speciesbiodiversity informatics

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    Phylogeny of Land Plants
    In this lab, students review the characteristics of the major land plant lineages. Then they perform phylogenetic analyses based on morphological characters.

    Keywords: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsmolecular analysis

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