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Course materials for computational genomics using R
19 Nov 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Hong Qin
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/907The R code and data are deposited at Github: https://github.com/hongqin/RCompBio
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Data Nuggets - Bringing Real Data into the Classroom to Unearth Students' Quantitative & Inquiry Skills
22 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): MK Kjelvik, EH Schultheis
Data Nuggets are narratives about real research, featuring the principal scientist, that include data students can analyze. Right now they are aimed at K-12 students, but many topics covered are taught in college courses, and there is no limit to what mathematical or statistical concepts...
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DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?
03 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/911Trends in data collection, storage and loss, the importance and benefits of data management, and an introduction to the data life cycle.Slides (PPTX)One page...
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DataONE Module 02: Data Sharing
02 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/909Data sharing in the context of the data life cycle, the value of sharing data, concerns about sharing data, and methods and best practices for sharing data.Slides...
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DataONE Module 03: Data Management Planning
03 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/910Benefits of a data management plan (DMP), DMP components, tools for creating a DMP, NSF DMP information, and a sample DMP.Slides (PPTX)One page handout...
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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship
06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Alison N Hale, Gabriela Hamerlinck
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/199NGSS, AP Biology, and Vision & Change all highlight the importance of quantitative skills to understanding biology. The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES,...
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Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?
06 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/890https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5XkhUGzBs
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Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?
27 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Tom Langen
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/269An ecology laboratory focusing upon the concept of species richness and its study.From the module: Students learn how to test hypotheses related to the local, regional, and continental...
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E. coli Citrate Use
24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/357Bacteria are excellent model organisms for studying evolution. They are easy to grow, maintain, and handle under very controlled conditions. Even more importantly for evolution...
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Exploring Disease Transmission on Networks with NetLogo
10 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Winfried Just, Ying Xin
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Exponential Growth by Bozeman Science
03 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Paul Andersen
Youtube video
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Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for professional development in undergraduate quantitative biology education
17 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Melissa Aikens, Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Jeremy M Wojdak
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/208There is a significant need to design and test alternative models for faculty development around undergraduate science teaching. Existing models for helping faculty adopt evidence-based...
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Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Teaching Scholarship in Quantitative Biology Education
06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Jeremy M Wojdak, Kristin Jenkins
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/205/Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) are designed to support the development of teaching scholarship by promoting teacher identity, self-efficacy, and knowledge/experience via four core design...
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Human Genetic Variation: A Flipped Exercise in Cultural Competency
15 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Shoumita Dasgupta, Katherine Larabee Tuttle
"This interactive case discussion was created to emphasize the clinical relevance of population genetics, but is also a suitable resource for teaching the basic principles of population genetics while relating them to human genetic variation. Our understanding of human genetic variation has...
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IMMERSION Video
27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alondra Torres-Navarro
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Introduction to Genome Browser: What is a Gene?
21 Feb 2018 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Joyce Stamm
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/850 Genes encode information that our cells use to carry out their functions. In particular,...
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Introduction to Genome Browser: What is a Gene?
21 Feb 2018 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Joyce Stamm
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/850 Genes encode information that our cells use to carry out their functions. In particular,...
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Introductory Science and Mathematics Education for 21st-Century Biologists
24 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): William Bialek, David Botstein
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/830Article abstract: "Galileo wrote that “the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics”; his quantitative approach to understanding the...
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IPMpack: an R package for Integral Projection Models
19 Jan 2015 | Software (Off-site) | Contributor(s): C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Sean M. McMahon, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Eelke Jongejans, Cory Merow
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/779IPMpack is an R package (R Development Core Team 2013) that allows users to build and analyse Integral Projection Models. An IPM is a demographic tool to explore the...
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MathBench Biology Modules
13 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Katerina V. Thompson, Kären C. Nelson, Gili Marbach-Ad, Michael Keller, William F. Fagan, Patricia A. Shields
Modules designed to help students understand the math behind the material learned in introductory ecology courses.