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Population Growth
30 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Miles Silman
Lab exercise in which students model both discrete and continuous density-independent growth. Students also model discrete and time-lagged density-dependent growth. General questions are provided at the end.
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POPULUS Evolutionary forces
03 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jonathan M. Brown
This lab is focused on understanding how evolutionary forces - including mutation, genetic drift, migration, and selection - result in changes in population allele frequencies.
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POPULUS Genetic Drift Computer Simulation
30 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Joanna Vondrasek, Janis Antonovics, Doug Taylor
A stand-alone lab exercise developed for the Evolution course at the University of Virginia. Explores the effects of population size and initial allele frequency on the loss/fixation of alleles.
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POPULUS Lotka - Volterra, the logistic equation & Isle Royale
13 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Stephen Malcolm
Laboratory exercise explores predator-prey dynamics using Populus.
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POPULUS Simulations of interspecific competition using the Lotka-Volterra model
13 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Scott Creel
Explores the Lotka-Volterra model of interspecific competition using Populus.
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Pre-Health Students' Attitudes towards the Relative Importance of Biology and Statistics for their Preparation for Professional School
07 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Atteh Akoto, Michelle Garber-Talamo, Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/235During a recent review of the MCAT exam, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) surveyed medical school faculty to determine the relative importance of basic science and...
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Principles of Biology BI212, Portland State University
28 Mar 2018 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Daniel J. Ballhorn
The uploaded document is the official of the second section of Principles of Biology (BI212, Winter 2018), Portland State University
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Project MOSAIC
23 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Daniel Kaplan, Karl-Dieter Crisman, Nicholas Horton, Eric Marland, Randall Pruim
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/825From the project website: Project MOSAIC is a community of educators working to develop a new way to introduce mathematics, statistics, computation and modeling...
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Q4B: Questions For Biology
08 Dec 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Gulnur Birol, Greg Bole, Sunita Chowrira, Bridgette Clarkston, Thomas Deane, Malin Hansen, Erica Jeffery, Pam Kalas, Kathy Nomme, Rosemary Oh-McGinnis, Angie O’Neill, Carol Pollock, Joan Sharp, Karen Smith, Michelle Tseng
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/908The Questions For Biology (Q4B) team aims to create validated concept inventories for use in diagnosing student misconceptions, informing teaching practices and tracking...
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Quantitative Evolutionary Biology on the QUBESHub
27 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/227Welcome to QUBESHub - a virtual meeting space, resource center and collaborative environment for you to enhance quantitative biology in your undergraduate courses. This space is highly...
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Quantitative Modules to accompany general biology courses
06 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Lou Gross, Susan Harrell Yee, Monica Beals
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/828This collection of about 50 modules were developed to accompany general biology courses and allow instructors to add some quantitative examples in many of the topics in a...
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QUBES News, Highlights, and the Grand Opening of QUBESHub.org
27 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Alison N Hale, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/216The mission of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is to improve learning opportunities for all students enrolled in undergraduate biology courses...
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QUBES – A virtual synthesis center catalyzing change in undergraduate quantitative biology education
06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/198Presentation about QUBES given at HHMI Constellation Meeting: Advancing science students mastery of quantitative skills.
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QUBES: A vision of community collaboration in teaching and learning in quantitative biology
25 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar, Carrie Diaz Eaton
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/231/QUBES, which stands for Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis, is an NSF Research Coordination Network in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) and was recently...
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QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education
22 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/232This was a poster session at the 2015 Ecological Society of America meeting in Baltimore, MD.Ecology has developed into a field with a strong emphasis on quantitative research. As a result,...
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R Commander
04 Sep 2015 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
R provides a powerful and comprehensive system for analysing data and when used in conjunction with the R-commander (a graphical user interface, commonly known as Rcmdr) it also provides one that is easy and intuitive to use.
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R for biologists
18 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Marco Martinez
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/815An introductory guide to data analysis in R for life sciences researchers.
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R Reference Card
02 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Tom Short
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/840by Tom Short, EPRI PEAC, tshort@epri-peac.com 2004-11-07Granted to the public domain. See www.Rpad.org for the source and latest version. Includes material from R...
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R Shiny App Example
09 May 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
This is a simple example used to demonstrate what is needed to host your R Shiny app on QUBESHub.
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R Shiny Basics
17 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claire K. Lunch, Christine M. Laney
A nice introduction to building apps with R Shiny. Written by the folks at NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network).