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    2012-Greer-Palin-Students in Differential Equations and Epidemiology Model a Campus Outbreak of pH1N1
    We describe a semester-long collaboration between a mathematics class and a biology class. Students worked together to understand and model the trajectory of the pandemic H1N1, pH1N1, outbreak...

    Keywords: H1N1pandemicspreadoutbreakpH1N1

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    Analysis of QB@CC FMN in the implementation of OER Modules
    Poster about the use of QB@CC modules in a faculty mentoring network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: modulefaculty mentoring networksquantitative biologyfmnquantitative biology educationopen educational resourceqbcc2021 BIOME

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    Introductory Video and worksheets on Module 1 and 2 on "Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and under the hood..."
    The video walks the students to complete Module 1 and 2 on Sequence Similarly and Alignment adapted from Tapprich (2019) and Hudson Alpha that teaches these modules within the context of the...

    Keywords: bioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBINIBLSEalgorithmsBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixCourseSource

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    A collaborative approach to quantitative biology course reform: It's better than doing it all by yourself
    This is the abstract of an oral presentation given at the Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA in 2015.

    Keywords: Society for Mathematical Biology

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    Lizard cold tolerance and extreme weather events: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton
    Students interpret experimental and observational data about patterns in cold tolerance in the green anole. They reflect on the experience and identity of the lead researcher based on a video...

    Keywords: climate changeNatural Selectionenvironmental variationphenotypic plasticityacclimationenvironmental conditions

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    Evolution
    This video explores the way evolution happens via natural selection in the context of the microbial world. Viruses and bacteria are discussed. We will see how evolution can be simulated in a...

    Keywords: videosEvolutionNatural SelectionScience Forwardmicrobes

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    Hands-On, Hands-Off: The Community College Genomics (ComGen) Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
    Science is a process of discovery where failure is inherent and iteration is necessary, yet instructors often teach the scientific process as if it is a controlled, highly supervised, confirmatory...

    Keywords: geneticssequencingDNAbacterium

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    Data, Distributions, and Hypotheses: Exploring Diversity and Disturbance in the Tallgrass Prairie
    Proper hypothesis generation, data handling, graphing, and communication are essential skills that undergraduate majors in biology are expected to master. However, students rarely get hands-on...

    Keywords: Quantitative reasoningRestoration EcologyScience process skillstall grass prairie ecosystem

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    BEIC - Creation of the Biology Educator/Researcher Cross-Segment Collective (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Biology Education Intersegmental Collaborative aids faculty learning communities consisting of 2- and 4-year partners to improve community college and transfer student outcomes. BEIC supports...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology
    A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology was curated and written entirely by students, and mostly edited by students at Keene State College that were enrolled in the course taught by Dr. Karen...

    Keywords: Student-Created

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    Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences
    To maintain recruitment and retention, biology teachers face the challenge of finding relatable role models for their students. Our ever-increasing scientific knowledge has been facilitated by...

    Keywords: researchdiversityinclusionScientific ProcessRepresentationScientistRole Models

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    Ecology of Infectious Disease: Data Mining the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for Ecological Patterns
    How to use publicly available infection case data to teach ecology and evolution of human infectious diseases.

    Keywords: Evolutionecologyinfectious diseasehumansjigsawsmall group workEvolutionary medicinedata explorationCDCNNDSS

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    Introduction to Phylogenetic Trees for Comparative Genomic Analysis
    In this activity, students are introduced to phylogenetic trees and networks as tools for analyzing evolutionary relationships.
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    Space Mission Ecology: Making Connections Among Science Disciplines Through the Lens of a Unique Plant
    With this case study, we aim to increase awareness of essential services plants provide to society, as well as the importance of fundamental aspects of ecology for other disciplines and the...

    Keywords: ecologycollaborationplant biologyScience CommunicationBioregenerative Life SupportInterdisciplinary Connections

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    Kinetics of a Highly Conserved Enzyme - Carbonic Anhydrase
    This module contains exercises designed to introduce students to graphical representation of biological data. Students will explore the fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics including...

    Keywords: Excelintroductory biologycell biologygraphingslopeQuantitative reasoningdata visualizationquantitative biologyinterdisciplaryquantitative skillscorrelationenzyme functionInterpreting GraphsMichaelis-Mentenenzyme kineticsEnzyme activityenzyme inhibitionLinear and nonlinear analysisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsenzyme-substrateNIQB Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoningcarbonic anhydrase

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    BIOME 2024 Workshop: “But we don’t teach ecology!”
    OCELOTS modules are open-access case studies in tropical ecology that promote active learning, quantitative skills, and systems thinking. This workshop is the prelude to a Fall FMN for adapting...

    Keywords: International researchtropical biologyBIOME 2024

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    An Introduction to the R Programming Environment
    An online module introducing students and biologists to R, published in American Phytopathological Society

    Keywords: epidemiologyRecologyR programming languagebioinformaticsprogrammingplant biologyNIBLSEplant pathology

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    Students examine the diversity of human cell sizes and number using scientific notation
    In this powerpoint, several of the resources from the published module 'Sizes, Scales and Specialization' are used to create a mini-module that has students examine the size and abundance of...

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular Biologyconverting unitschanging scales

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    Highlights of the Hewlett-Foundation Grant Award to Bates College (February 2021)
    End-of grant highlights of the Hewlett-Foundation grant award to Bates College: Supporting more equitable and sustainable open education across STEM
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    Understanding COVID-19 Biology to Design a Vaccine - Ethics supplement
    The adaptation to Understanding COVID-19 Biology to Design a Vaccine entails two ethics supplements. The first supplement addresses the use of off-label drugs in the pandemic (or other situation)....

    Keywords: bioethicsBLASTprotein structure modelingmolecular visualization and analysisethicsCOVID19PDB

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