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    Online Adaptation of the Cell Engineer/Detective Lesson
    One of the most fundamental themes of biology is the relationship between structure and function, which is particularly evident when it comes to cells; however, the traditional cartoon depictions...

    Keywords: cell functionCell StructureOrganelles

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    Using the Cell Engineer/Detective Approach to Explore Cell Structure and Function
    As instructors of introductory biology courses for majors and non-majors, we have struggled with teaching the concept of cell structure and function in an engaging way.  However, this is a...

    Keywords: cell functionCell StructureCellular diversityDynamic cellular functionOrganelle function

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    Does Organelle Shape Matter? Exploring Cell Shape through the Allen Cell Explorer and High-content Microscopy Datasets
    The morphology and localization of structures inside the cell are often assumed to fit the ideal images found in biology textbooks. This interrupted case study using high-throughput microscopy data...
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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Adapted to add scientific notation review
    This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation. The adaptation has...

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosScientific Notationcell typeqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular Biologyconverting unitschanging scales

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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Using Relative Proportions and Scientific Notation to Highlight the Diversity of Cell Types
    This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosCellsqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyVisual Accommodationsconverting unitschanging scales

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    Teaching Cell Structures through Games
    As the basic unit of life, cells are a foundational concept for all of biology. Before students can appreciate how eukaryotic cells function either in isolation or in higher order and multicellular...

    Keywords: Cell Structurecell organellesTransmembrane Transport

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    Piwi Matters
    This case focuses on understanding structure and function relationships in Piwi, a protein that is critical for germline stem cell function and development of eggs in the fruit fly ovary.

    Keywords: Stem cellsmolecular visualization and analysis3D protein structure /function analysisPiwiPDBMolecular Case Study

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    Nicholas' Story
    This 3 part case on sickle cell disease focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of its cause, symptoms, complications, management, treatment, and possible cures.

    Keywords: Hemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysissickle cell diseasePDBMolecular Case Study

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    Nicholas' Story
    This 3 part case on sickle cell disease focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of its cause, symptoms, complications, management, treatment, and possible cures.

    Keywords: Hemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysissickle cell diseasePDBMolecular Case Study

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    The Evolution of Color Vision in Monkeys: From Nucleotides to Ecology
    This case study examines the evolution color vision in Old World and New World monkeys from multiple biological perspectives.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsgenescase studybiologyResources @ NSF - NCCSTSColor visiondichromatictrichromaticnucleotidesproteinsopsinscell functioncone cellsphotoreceptorsspectral shiftgene duplicationmeiosissex-linkedfood gatheringmonkeysprimatesResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referenceundergraduate biology education

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    Making “sense” out of surface area to volume relationships
    Using a multimodal approach, the non-linear aspect of the surface area to volume relationship is explored. Students use their their senses of taste and sight to determine how smaller cells and...

    Keywords: active learningintroductory biologycell biologyquantitative skillskinesthetic learningLDC2023

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    Mol* Adaptation: Case of Severe Insulin Resistance
    This is an adaptation using Mol* on the original case written. This case focuses on understanding how a mutation in a cell signalling protein (a kinase) can prevent insulin function and lead to...

    Keywords: molecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case Studyinsulin resistanceMol*MolStar

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    A Case of Severe Insulin Resistance
    This case focuses on understanding how a mutation in a cell signalling protein (a kinase) can prevent insulin function and lead to diabetes.

    Keywords: molecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case Studyinsulin resistance

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    A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
    Cell division is a key concept in cell biology. While there are many popular activities to teach students the stages of mitosis, most make use of simple schematics, cartoons, or textbook diagrams....

    Keywords: image analysismicroscopymitosisCellular Processes

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    Does Organelle Shape Matter?: Exploring Patterns in Cell Shape and Structure with High-Throughput (HT) Imaging
    Organelle structure has been studied and visualized for decades; however, publicly available databases that use improved high-throughput microscopy of gene-edited cell lines have recently...

    Keywords: modelingcase studymicroscopystructureOrganellesHigh-throughput (HT)Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)Fluorescent microscopyHuman Cell Biology

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    Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinarylinear modelsInterpreting GraphsNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    The p53 Gene and Cancer
    This tutorial describes the structure and function of the p53 protein, how its activity is regulated in cells, and how mutant versions of p53 can lead to cancer.

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveBiochemistrymolecular biologymacromoleculesGenetic disease

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    Regulation of Gene Expression and Adipogenesis by PPAR-γ
    Students learn about transcriptional regulation of PPAR-γ, an important controller of adipose tissue stores and energy metabolism through a drawing/coloring activity of the different components...

    Keywords: gene expressionsmall group worktranscriptional regulationadipose tissuefat metabolismrepressor

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    2018-Dyjuan_Tatro-The_Mathematics_of_Cancer-Fitting_Gompertz_Equation_to_Tumor_Growth
    Fitting the Gompertz Model to long term breast cancer study data, this project ascertains gompertzian parameters that can be used to predicts tumor growth as a function of time.

    Keywords: tumorgrowthGompertzfittingparameter

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    Cystic Fibrosis Mechanism and Treatment
    This animation shows how mutations in an ion channel protein lead to the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. The animation also discusses how research on this protein has been used to develop...

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveBiochemistrymacromoleculesGenetic diseaseCell Structure & Function

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