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    Wenxiang 3.0
    Wenxiang diagrams illustrate protein helices as spirals on a plane and thus have the advantage over helical wheels of being planar graphs. Wenxiang 3.0 extends the original version by adding...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsproteinsWenxiang

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    Yeti or not: Do they exist?
    Through this 4-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.

    Keywords: case studybioinformaticsNIBLSEBLAST12S sequencingYeti

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    Weekly Reflection Template for Calling Bull
    This is a weekly reflection template designed to induce reflection about week's themes, integrate the week's themes into ones life, and identify any issues or successes students are having to...

    Keywords: reflectionengagementdata vizmisinformationmemesweekly

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    Using Linear Regression to Explore Environmental Factors Affecting Vector-borne Diseases
    In this activity students will use linear regression to analyze real data on vector-borne diseases and explore how environmental factors such as climate change or population density influence the...

    Keywords: ecologygraphingmicrobiologyqbccUnderstanding ratesCreate graphsInterpret graphsinterpret tablesConcepts in Statistics

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    Genome Solver: Complete Set of Lessons
    The Genome Solver Project began as a way to teach faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics - no coding or scripting. These Lessons also work well in the undergraduate classroom, culminating...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEBioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and GenomicsC4. Bioinformatics toolsC5. Data retrievalC6. ModelsC8. Data typesC9. ImplicationsRecommended by NIBLSE

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    Learning with All Your Senses: Mathematical Manipulatives Enhance Student Comprehension of Biological Models
    Handout for a session presentation on kinesthetic learning at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    Keywords: Models3D models3D printingmanipulativeskinesthetic learning

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    Predator-Prey Dynamics: the Lotka-Volterra Model
    This module introduces the Lotka-Volterra model in the context of understanding how predator and prey interact. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: differential equationsecologypredatory-prey modelLotka-Volterrapredator-prey interactions

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    The Chi-Square Test
    This module introduces how to determine whether observation is significantly different from expectation in the context of understanding Chi-square Test. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ProbabilityProbability & StatisticsGenetics and EvolutionStatistical Testing

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    Data simulation and randomization tests
    A participatory live-coding lesson on simulating data and performing randomization tests on ecological data in R.
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    Lesson I - Introduction to Genome Solver
    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Part I is the Introduction to the Genome Solver Project.

    Keywords: Bioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and Genomics

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    T2R38 taste receptor polymorphisms underlie susceptibility to upper respiratory infection
    Article presenting evidence that the bitter taste receptor T2R38 regulates the mucosal innate defense of the human upper airway.
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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview
    This presentation is intended as a stand alone 45 minutes-1 hour presentation to give students general information on math anxiety and a few strategies to try on their own.

    Keywords: math attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Sample NetLogo Code of Bacterial Growth
    Each NetLogo file is a sequential version of the final bacterial growth model produced in the Bacterial Growth Tutorial. These are to be used as checks to one's understanding alongside the tutorial.
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    Salamander Mark-Recapture using SPARCnet plots with the Schnabel Method
    A salamander mark-recapture module where students field collect a third survey occasion to estimate population size

    Keywords: Field researchsalamanderCapture mark-recaptureAudience level - Advanced UG

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    Adapting InTeGrate Materials for Online Courses
    As part of my second mentoring of the InTeGrate FMN for QUBES, I chose to focus on my conversion of several resources to an online course format.
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    EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND BIOLOGY: DEMYSTIFYING RACE WITH GENETICS OF HUMAN SKIN COLOR
    Poster on a case study on the genetics of human skin color presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: geneticssocial justiceSummer Workshop 2018racehuman skin color

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    An Introduction to Red Backed Salamander Ecology
    A summary of literature on red backed salamander ecology and life history compiled by Biology students at Susquehanna University

    Keywords: natural historypopulation ecologysalamander

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    Mimicry in a Diverse Community of Arthropods
    Module exploring how researchers exposed arthropod mimics that use a golden patch to warn of unpalatability to predators with different prey preferences to determine how effective their warnings were.

    Keywords: EvolutionbiomimicryScientific ProcessStatistics and Math

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    Performing a Population Viability Analysis from Data Students Collect on a Local Plant
    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 9

    Keywords: RResources @ ESA - TIEEmatrix model

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    Before You Start Publishing on QUBES
    This handy guide follows the Instructions for Authors to keep together all the text that can then be copied during the publication process. Notes and comments in this document are italicized so...

    Keywords: QUBESOERpublish on QUBESpublish

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