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    Using HHMI Tutorials to Prepare Students for Investigating Authentic Datasets in Biology
    HHMI tutorial modules were modified and condensed to bring all students up to the same skill level, and students took a pre-assessment to demonstrate adequate preparation for class.

    Keywords: Scientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodology

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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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    You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
    With limited time available for laboratory activities, introductory science courses for non-science majors typically use the laboratory period to reinforce material that was previously presented...

    Keywords: bacteriamicrobiomeBLASTmicrobesDNA replicationPolymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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    Overview of the Genomics Education Partnership
    Poster exhibited at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) 2022 conference providing an overview of the Genomics Education Partnership including its benefits to faculty, students, and...

    Keywords: course-based undergraduate research experienceGenomics Education PartnershipNABT 2022

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    Research and Teaching Opportunities with a Large-scale Salamander Collaboration Network (SPARCnet): TWS Poster
    Poster presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of The Wildlife Society (TWS) on research and teaching opportunities with the Salamander Population and Adaptation Research Collaboration Network...

    Keywords: salamandercourse-based research experiences (CUREs)research network

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    Globally endangered sea turtles of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: A Focus on Scientific Analysis
    Based on the sea turtle case, students will (1) work on a worksheet by analyzing existing survey data, (2) conduct a literature review of two relevant research, and (3) draft a proposal for a...

    Keywords: sea turtle conservationliterature reviewResearch methodsProposal writingPalmyra Atoll

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    Effect of Florida Surface Temperatures Over The Past Four Decades on the Frequency and Intensity of Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
    Tropical storms and hurricanes bring strong winds and heavy rainfall with the capability of destroying entire cities when these storms break landfall. Warm ocean waters are required to produce...

    Keywords: hurricane

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    Effects of Airport Runoff Pollution on Water Quality in Bay Area Sites Surrounding San Francisco and Oakland Airports
    Airports contribute to pollution through point source and non point source pollution, which can have a negative effect on water quality and aquatic life. The purpose of the study was...

    Keywords: water quality

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    Presence of Vegetation in Relation to Slope in Yosemite Valley, California
    Here we examine the relationship between the slope of a terrain and vegetation, measured by NDVI levels. I used satellite data from Yosemite Valley to analyze and test for statistical...

    Keywords: vegetation

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    Digging up history with a ‘real-life Indiana Jones’ Dr. Sarah Barber
    In this exciting talk, Dr. Sarah "Stacy" Barber discusses her exciting research covering: 1. Documentation of geological, hydrodynamic, and ecological change in the Indian River Lagoon, and 2....

    Keywords: human impactsarchaeology

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    The career of a shark researcher with Dr. Chris Lowe
    From blue-collar to deep blue research, professor of marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University discusses his life journey and his fascinating research of sharks,...

    Keywords: marine biologyCareer Exploration

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    Encouraging student collaboration and networking and improving student access to undergraduate research opportunities.
    We describe, as a case study, work done by two undergraduate students on a specific enzyme in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila.

    Keywords: undergraduate researchstudent researchenzymes

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    Following the Data - PowerPoint Addition to Module
    This PowerPoint presentation guides instructors and students through the key background information for the module.
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    Central Dogma, Dictionaries, and Functions: Using Programming Concepts to Simulate Biological Processes
    Technologies like next-generation sequencing, proteomics, and high-throughput phenotyping have transformed the way we do biology. There is a continued need for scientists with computational skills...

    Keywords: computationpythonJupyter notebookFunctionscentral dogmaDictionaries

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    Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
    Evaluation of evidence is a key process skill for the core competencies of applying the process of science and using quantitative reasoning. This case study enables upper-division biology students...

    Keywords: population geneticsphylogeneticsSpeciationdivergencegene flow

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    Mentorship Check-In
    We provide a scaffolded discussion for research mentors and mentees to evaluate progress toward their goals, expand conceptions of mentorship, and share ideas to enhance belonging in lab.

    Keywords: Undergraduate MentorshipMentorshipFostering a Sense of Belonging

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    Mockumentary: Parasitology Research
    A new parasite is decimating the endangered purple platytoad population! Follow scientists from the Host-Parasite Interactions group as they try to save the purple platytoad through a...

    Keywords: parasitesecological parasitologyclinical diagnostic parasitologymockumentarytranslational research

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    BCEENET: Connecting digitized natural history collections with course-based undergraduate research experiences
    Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together undergraduate educators, natural history collections professionals, researchers, and data experts to support the...

    Keywords: digitized natural history collectionsBCEENETcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)

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    Ethics in Synthetic Biology
    This collection of five activities provide students with an introduction to thinking about ethical concerns in human genome synthesis, gene editing, metabolic engineering, and synthetic genomes.

    Keywords: biostatisticsstatistical analysisavian malariaSummer Workshop 2018

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 3: Creating Alpha Diversity Plots in R 5.2.19
    Video on creating alpha diversity plots in R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesCoastal wetlandsmanagementnortheastsea-level risesalt marshresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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