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    Molecular Basis of Sickle Cell Disease
    This multi part case on hemoglobin structure as it relates to oxygen binding and sickle cell disease focuses on utilizing bioinformatics and molecular visualization tools to learn about the sickle...

    Keywords: Hemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysisintroductory bioinformaticssickle cell diseasePDBMolecular Case Studyoxygen bindingmyoglobinmolecular literacy3D protein structuresstructural representations

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    Maria vs Malaria
    This case study focuses on a specific enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) in the malarial parasite as a target for treating malaria.

    Keywords: bioinformaticsmolecular visualizationstructure-functionuniprotProtein Data BankMolecular Case StudyMolecular CaseNet

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    Maria vs Malaria - AR Adaptation
    This case study focuses on a specific enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) in the malarial parasite as a target for treating malaria. Students will be able to view selected molecular views from the...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsAugmented RealityLarge class sizemolecular visualizationstructure-functionuniprotProtein Data BankMolecular Case StudyMolecular CaseNet

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    CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template
    In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...

    Keywords: geneticseducationcell biologymolecular biologymutationStem cellsstructure-functionmolecular visualization and analysis3D protein structure /function analysisCRISPR/Cas9crisprDNA mutationPiwiPDBMolecular Case StudyPiwi Matters

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    Happy Blue Baby
    This case, about a specific mutant of hemoglobin, focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of why an infant turned blue soon after birth and how the cyanosis resolved on its own...

    Keywords: mutationHemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysisgenetic basisPDBMolecular Case StudyMol*

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    Box-of-Lessons Review, Fall 2022 - YouTube
    This video described the working group activities for BIOME Institute 2022 - Fall working group

    Keywords: carbohydratesproteinsNucleic Acid Structurebiomolecular structurebiomolecular visualizationProtein Data Bankresources @ Molecular CaseNetBIOME 2022pilotinglipidsbiomolecules

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    Collaborative case writing and field testing with Molecular CaseNet brings together discipline specific expertise for innovative pedagogical tools in the classroom
    Molecular case studies (MCS) use an interesting story as a hook , followed by exploration of biochemistry of one or more molecules of interest.  They can be useful in teaching about macromolecule...
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    Data Visualization
    This is an introduction to the idea of data visualization and the importance of presenting data for understanding.

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata visualization

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    Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College Data Visualization Activity Slides
    This is a slide deck containing all in-class data visualization activity slides for the course DCS 105 - Calling Bullshit at Bates College.

    Keywords: datadata visualizationhands-onbatescalling bullDCS 105

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    Implicit Bias in Data Visualization (BIOME 2022 presentation)
    We want to build cooperative spaces where students can improve the quality of their work in iterative ways. However, are we sure that students will rate each other in unbiased ways. We will take...
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    Speed Data Science
    Data visualization is a foundational data science skill. One way to help students begin to learn about data visualization is to tap in to their innate creative instincts. This activity can be used...

    Keywords: data visualizationdata science educationlife sciences

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    Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Syllabus and Resources
    Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

    Keywords: data visualizationR programming languagedata literacycalling bulldata viztidy data

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    Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Assignments and Projects
    Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

    Keywords: data visualizationR programming languagedata literacycalling bulldata viztidy dataOur World in DataDear Data

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    BioGrapher
    BioGrapher is an Excel front-end for the AT&T GraphViz graphical visualization and layout package (http://www.graphviz.org/).

    Keywords: network theorygraph theoryphylogenetic trees

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    Implicit Bias in Data Visualization (BIOME 2022 presentation)
    We want to build cooperative spaces where students can improve the quality of their work in iterative ways. However, are we sure that students will rate each other in unbiased ways. We will take...
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    Communicating with Data: Digital Data Resources
    Students access, clean, configure, and standardize a dataset and create a relevant and scientifically valid data visualization to communicate science.

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata visualizationdigital resourcesbiodiversity informaticsbiodiversity collections

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    EvolSeq
    An Excel worksheet that simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences.

    Keywords: molecular evolutionDNA

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    Remote sensing data processing – NEON airborne data
    Concepts of remote sensing and data logistics, and NEON remote sensing data are introduced. Students learn how to apply spatial data processing and visualization skills using R coding program to...

    Keywords: RlandscapebiomassProblem Solvingraster raster data processingspatial data visualizationvegetation indicescanopy

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    Learn Biological Sciences and Physics through scientific process, creation, experimentation and analysis
    Microbes remain attached and grow on various surfaces whether living or non-living. These surfaces provide differential growth substances for microbes to remain attached or grow. The differential...

    Keywords: data analysisscientific methodphysicshands-onScientific InquirymicrobesBiological SciencesSpectrophotometer

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    Histograms and Boxplots
    This lesson, created for an introductory ecology course, focuses on helping novice R users to import a data file, apply base R plotting functions, and use R Markdown to generate a reproducible report.

    Keywords: RStudiodata visualizationSwirl

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