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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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    Parasite Patrol: Lifecycle Game
    Parasite Patrol is a detective-style game about parasite lifecycles suitable for use in university or K-12 settings. The goal of the game is for participants to role-play parasite detectives who...

    Keywords: parasitesGamelife cycleBoard game

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    The Effects of Invasive Primary Producers on Native Primary Consumers
    In this experiment, the effect of the invasive primary producer, Carpobrotus edulis on the native primary consumer, Acheta domesticus, was studied. The purpose of this experiment was to identify...

    Keywords: Invasive Species

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    Using IPAT to Measure Urban Sustainability
    Urban sustainability can be complicated to measure because sustainability means different things to different people. This challenge can be partially overcome through adoption of a guiding...

    Keywords: datasurveyurban ecosystemsUrban sustainability

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    Defining and Understanding Pathogenic Disease: An Engaging Activity that Connects Students' Lived Experiences with their Academic Studies
    Contagious diseases are unavoidable realities of life. Thus, understanding pathogens and their respective diseases is important in many biological subfields including evolution, ecology, health...

    Keywords: infectious diseasePathogenspathogenic disease

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    Good Drug, Bad Practice: Tackling the Ivermectin Fiasco
    Throughout history, biomedical advancements have alleviated suffering worldwide and significantly advanced human well-being. As researchers and educators, we are well-familiar with the...

    Keywords: Peer reviewCOVID19fraudtherapeutic drugIvermectin

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    2018-Adeniji-EtAl-InverseProblemHolling-TannerModel
    We consider the inverse problem of parameter identification of nonlinear system of ODEs for a specific case of complete information about solution of the Holling-Tanner model for finite number of...

    Keywords: goal functionabsolute error curvesinvers methodholling-Tanner model

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    2010-Jungck-EtAl-Mathematical Manipulative Models-In Defense of Beanbag Biology
    This paper offers up samples of projects from the Bio- QUEST Curriculum Consortium’s 24-yr experience of holding faculty development workshops for biology and mathematics educators.

    Keywords: epidemiologysimulationinfectious diseasedisease transmissiondiseasein-class activitybean bag activity

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    Engaging Students in Pharmacogenetics: Patient Case Studies Using the PharmGKB Website
    Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes are important regulators of drug efficacy and toxicity. Genetic variation in CYP isoforms can impact how well patients respond to medications or experience unwanted...

    Keywords: toxicologyPharmacologydrug metabolismpharmacodynamicspharmacogenetics

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    2006-Wilensky-Reisman-Thinking Like a Wolf a Sheep or a Firefly
    We describe a computation-based approach that enables students to investigate the connections between different biological levels using agent-based, embodied modeling tools.

    Keywords: simulationNetLogopredator-preyagent-basedwolffox

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    2005-Minna_Wedenberg-Pharmacokinetic modeling of gastric emptying
    The development of new drug substances is a complex, time consuming and expensive process. Reducing the time for drug development and avoiding late termination of candidate drugs are important...

    Keywords: paracetamolpharmacokineticsstomachsmall intestinesulfapyridine

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    Who’s That Speci-Mon? Using PokémonTM to Understand Biological Terminology Using Greek and Latin Roots
    We set out to create a fun and engaging activity using recognizable fictional characters, so students get a chance to practice using Greek and Latin roots to create binomial names. Students in...

    Keywords: linguisticstaxonomyAnatomyGreek and Latin Roots

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    2003-Yildirim-Mackey-Feedback Regulation in the Lactose Operon
    A mathematical model for the regulation of induction in the lac operon in Escherichia coli is presented.

    Keywords: mRNAlactoselactose operonfeedback regulation

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    2014-Chivers-EtAl-Predator-prey systems depend on a prey refuge
    We present an agent-based model which does not require the factors or constraints of previous models to reproduce all six patterns in persistent populations.

    Keywords: Individual & Agent Based Modelingpredator-preythink-pair-shareslynxrefugeprey switchingMustela-Clethrionomys systempatter oriented

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    2014-Brun-EtAl-An introduction to the mechanics of the lasso
    Here, we study the mechanics of the simplest rope trick, the Flat Loop, in which the rope is driven by the steady circular motion of the roper’s hand in a horizontal plane.

    Keywords: bifurcationmotionlassorod modelrodeo

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    A Simple Method for Predicting a Molecule's Biological Properties From Its Polarity
    The distinction between very polar and less polar substances is a foundation of biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology; it surfaces in multiple concept inventories and elaborations of...

    Keywords: Diffusionsolubilitycovalent bondshydrophilichydrophobicpartition coefficientplasma membranepolarity

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    1999-T_Chen-HL_He-GM_Church-S_Shafer-Modeling Gene Expression with Differential Equations
    The paper proposes and give great detail for a differential equation model for gene expression with two methods for constructing the model from a set of temporal data.

    Keywords: gene expressiongenekineticgene translationgene transcription

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    Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors
    As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there...

    Keywords: Rdata analysisRStudio

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    Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
    This hands-on, student-centered biochemistry lesson introduces beginner biochemistry students to the techniques of effectively reading and discussing primary literature, identifying fundamental...

    Keywords: primary literatureexperimentationyeastMetabolismFermentationRespirationequilibrium

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    How to Find a Gene: Retrieving Information From Gene Databases
    A strong understanding of distinct gene components and the ability to retrieve relevant information from gene databases are necessary to answer a diverse set of biological questions. However, often...

    Keywords: NCBItranscriptiontranslationGene StructureGene databasesEnsembl

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