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    Teaching Notes for Implementation of Gene Expression in Stem Cells
    Teaching notes for implementing Data Nugget: Gene Expression in Stem Cells in a introductory biology lab.

    Keywords: Resources @ Data Nuggetsteaching notes

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    Tutorial Combination and Assessment
    The tutorial adaptation specifically addresses data types (i.e., numeric versus categorical variables) and the types of graphs that are used to summarize the different data types.

    Keywords: Scientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodology

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    Spreadsheet Tutorial 1 -- Formulae, Functions, and Averages | HHMI BioInteractive
    This introduction to spreadsheet programs describes the basic organization of a worksheet, how to organize and format your data, how to perform simple mathematical calculations, how to use built-in...

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractivesummary statisticsScientific ProcessScientific MethodologyHigh School

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    A Framework for Modeling to Encourage Interdisciplinary Conversations
    Presentation given as part of a minisymposium at SIAM 2016 on interdisciplinary approaches to modeling.

    Keywords: modelinginterdisciplinaryminisymposium

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    Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
    Students often memorize the definition of a transcriptional promoter but fail to fully understand the critical role promoters play in gene expression. This laboratory lesson allows students to...

    Keywords: bacteriasynthetic biologygene regulationtranscriptionstudent researchcentral dogmacloningpromoterreporter gene/protein

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    Exploring Species Interactions with "Snapshot Serengeti"
    Authentic learning experiences are a valuable way for students to gain an in-depth understanding of the scientific process. However, implementing such experiences in large enrollment courses can be...

    Keywords: ecologyspecies interactionscitizen scienceCommunity Ecologyanimal behaviorScience Communicationmigrationanimal activityspecies distribution

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    Using a Primary Cell Culture Model to Study the Neural Extracellular Matrix
    The extracellular matrix (ECM) provides structural support to cells, but also has key roles in mediating cell adhesion, cell signaling, and differentiation. While this topic is discussed in the...

    Keywords: Neural extracellular matrixPerineuronal netPrimary neuronal culture

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    Chapter 11: Correlation and regression analyses
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....
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    Chapter 10: Two-way analysis of variance
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 8: Comparing two means: the t-test
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 7: The normal distribution
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 6: Population proportions and the binomial distribution
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 5: Hypothesis testing
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 4: Probability distributions
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    Chapter 3: Visualizing data
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    Keywords: biostatisticsR programming language

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    2006-Graves-Peckham-Pastor-2D differential equations model for mutualism
    We develop from basic principles a two-species differential equations model which exhibits mutualistic population interactions.

    Keywords: population dynamicsLotka-Volterragrowth ratemutualismLichen

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    Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
    Lesson on what it means for biological processes to be Poissonian, published in CourseSource

    Keywords: quantitative biologybioinformaticsmicrobiologyphysicsNIBLSEHIVCourseSourcemultiplicity of infectionPoisson Distribution

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    An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R
    This book provides an introduction to statistical learning methods and is aimed for upper level undergraduate students, masters students and Ph.D. students in the non-mathematical sciences.

    Keywords: linear regressiontextbookclassificationcourseclustering coefficientR programming languagestatistical learningmachine learninglogistic regressionresamplingmodel selectionGeneralized additive modelsdecision treesprincipal components analysisMOOCResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Project MOSAIC
    Our goal: Provide a broader approach to quantitative studies that provides better support for work in science and technology.

    Keywords: statisticsmodelingmodulecase studycomputationalternative curriculumResources @ Project Mosaicin-class activityproblem setResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Two themes, one talk: Distributing quantitative faculty expertise to classrooms that need it in real-time & measuring professional contributions to undergraduate education
    Presentation given at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research 2014, Claremont, CA. Discussing quantitative biology education.

    Keywords: QUBESfaculty mentoring networksmetrics

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