2015 BEER Minisymposium: QUBES: Online community and resources for quantitative biology education

By Carrie Diaz Eaton1, Drew LaMar2

1. Unity College 2. College of William and Mary

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This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/246

QUBESHub.org has officially launched!  Join us while we unveil the QUBES site and hear about some interesting work going on in our education community: BioSquare’s work creating a quantitative skills inventory tool and how to get the most out of collaborating online.

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Minisymposium

Time

October 11, 2015, 8:15-10:15 am (CST)

Location

The Eighth International Symposium on BEER, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

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  • Carrie Diaz Eaton; Drew LaMar (2015), "2015 BEER Minisymposium: QUBES: Online community and resources for quantitative biology education," https://qubeshub.org/resources/809.

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