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    A Journal Club Project to Promote Interpreting and Presenting Information From the Primary Scientific Literature
    Many undergraduate students receive little guidance on how to critically read, interpret data within, or present information from the primary scientific literature before they begin senior...

    Keywords: primary literaturejournal clubScience CommunicationfeedbackPeer reviewgroup workOral presentationProcess skillsPeer evaluationDevelopmental neurobiology

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    Glycolysis Can Be Fun: Rediscovering Glycolysis as a Problem-Solving Introduction to Metabolism
    A thorough understanding of glycolysis forms a foundation for students to analyze subsequent topics in metabolism, a core competency recognized by multiple national societies for biology and...

    Keywords: Problem based learningPOGILenzymesGlycolysisMetabolismFermentationchemical reactionsCard sorting activityCofactors

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    Two-Species Model
    These two Excel worksheets simulate the population growth of two interacting species. In isolation, each species grows logistically, but interaction effects between species may limit or enhance...

    Keywords: population growthcompetition modelsLotka-Volterra

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    Protein Analysis
    This Excel workbook allows the analysis of sample or imported protein sequences. The model can analyze protein sequences up to 500 amino acids long.

    Keywords: Protein sequencehydrophobicity/hydrophilicity

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    Pharmacokinetics
    This Excel module explores how drugs are processed and absorbed in the human body.

    Keywords: drug metabolismpharmacokinetics

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    Linkage Analysis
    This Excel workbook simulates a linkage analysis problem with up to four alleles. Based on the offspring produced by a multihybrid testcross, the user builds a model of the gene order,...

    Keywords: recombinationlinkage analysis

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    Leslie/Lefkovitch Matrix Models for Age or Stage-structured Populations
    This Excel workbook uses the Leslie matrix model for population projection of age-class structured populations, and also allows Lefkovitch matrix models for stage-class structured populations.

    Keywords: survivalpopulation ecologyfecundityLeslie matrixeigenvalueseigenvectorsLefkovitch matrixage-class structured populationsstage-class structured populationsreproductive value

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    Hidden Markov Model
    Hidden Markov models are a set of mathematical tools that can be used to draw inferences about genomic and evolutionary processes.

    Keywords: hidden markov models

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    Developmental Allometry: Scaling in Growth
    This Excel workbook illustrates a number of allometric equations in animal growth. The workbook also calculates an allometric equation with graphical output for data entered by the user.

    Keywords: allometrybrain developmentSkeletal Systemmetabolic rate

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    Deme 2.0
    This workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles. It can simultaneously model up to three local populations, which may differ in their selection coefficients.

    Keywords: population geneticsGenetic DriftNatural Selection

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    COVID-19 Model
    This Excel worksheet implements an SEAIHRD model for Covid-19 (Susceptible, Exposed, Asymptomatic infective, symptomatic Infective, Hospitalized infective, Recovered, Deceased).

    Keywords: infectious diseaseCOVID19

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    Continuous Growth Models
    This Excel worksheet compares user-input growth data with predictions under linear, exponential, and logistic models of growth. Introduces concepts of statistical analysis that can be additionally...

    Keywords: exponential growthlogistic growthcurve fittinglinear growthgrowth models

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    Buffer Preparation
    This Excel workbook calculates the necessary components to create a buffer solution using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.

    Keywords: buffer solutionacidbase

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    Biological Cellular Automata Laboratory (BioCA Lab)
    This Excel module includes both linear cellular automata and 2D cellular automata. The original 3 rules for survival, death, and birth are implemented in this module, but users with some Excel...

    Keywords: cellular automata

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    BioBayes
    The BioBayes module leads the user through several different methodologies for applying Bayesian probabilities to real life examples and problems, such as HIV and cystic fibrosis screening.

    Keywords: pedigreesbayesian statisticsHIVTwo-Way Tablespunnett squarescystic fibrosis

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    Luria-Delbruck
    These two workbooks model the evolution of phage resistance in a bacterial population under two alternative hypotheses.

    Keywords: phageLuria-Delbruckresistance

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    Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics
    In this simulation, equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions.

    Keywords: Michaelis-Mentenenzymesenzyme kinetics

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    SIR BuildIt
    An introduction to epidemiological models using interactive Excel worksheets

    Keywords: modelinginfectious diseaseInfectious Disease ModelingSIR modelsSIR

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    Defining Life: Exploring Creativity, Scientific Discovery, and Biology Core Concepts in a Disciplinary First-Year Seminar
    This unit, Defining Life, engages students in thinking like scientists, applying creativity to science, and learning biology core concepts as they explore the defining characteristics of life. This...

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologycellprocess of science

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    3-051-ProjectileMotions-ModelingScenario
    We consider several instances of projectile flight without resistance, one on level ground and one from edge of cliff to determine maximum distance and placement.

    Keywords: trajectorylaunching radiantprojectile motionprojectileno resistanceangle of launch

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