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50 years of Data Science
23 Feb 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): David Donoho
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/912More than 50 years ago, John Tukey called for a reformation of academic statistics. In ‘The Future of Data Analysis’, he pointed to the existence of an as-yet...
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A Framework for Modeling to Encourage Interdisciplinary Conversations
11 Oct 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/209Here we present a framework for thinking about what models and modeling are, particularly to other disciplines. We encourage that differing disciplinary approaches are seen as part of a...
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A Framework for Teaching Modeling to Biologists
10 Oct 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/210What are the modeling skills and metacognitive strategies of importance for the life sciences? In this talk, we describe a teaching and learning framework around modeling...
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Avida-ED Lab Book Summer 2017
27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Wendy Johnson, Cory Kohn, Amy Lark, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Jim Smith, Michael James Wiser
The Summer 2017 version of the Avida-ED Lab Manual includes the addition of an exercise that covers genetic drift (Exercise 4: Exploring Population Change Without Selection)
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Avida-ED Lab Book Summer 2017
27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Wendy Johnson, Cory Kohn, Amy Lark, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Jim Smith, Michael James Wiser
The Summer 2017 version of the Avida-ED Lab Manual includes the addition of an exercise that covers genetic drift (Exercise 4: Exploring Population Change Without Selection)
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BactVsPhage
27 Jun 2015 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
Simulates basic models in theoretical ecology, as well as three models of bacteria/bacteriophage interactions.
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Cell Biology by the Numbers
21 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Ron Milo, Rob Phillips
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/819Vignettes that reveal how numbers serve as a sixth sense to understanding our cells.Sample figures:[[Slider(105-f3-ViralMeasuringTape-13.png,...
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Dairy Farm Mathematics
09 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Richard Francisco, Katie Gilbert
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/783From the website:We based our instructional unit on the premise that many people have, that one does not need mathematics if the they do not plan on attending...
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DataCamp
06 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/913The Easiest Way to Learn Data Science OnlineMaster data analysis from the comfort of your browser, at your own pace, tailored to your needs and expertise. Whether...
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Disease Spread Simulation with M&M's and Information on the wider SIMIODE community
03 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/358This is a Student Version of a Modeling Scenario from the community, SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations at...
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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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Ecology and Epidemiology in R
09 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/837
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Free Introduction to Python for Data Science Course at DataCamp
06 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/915Python is a general-purpose programming language that is becoming more and more popular for doing data science. Companies worldwide are using Python to harvest insights from...
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Free Introduction to R Course at DataCamp
06 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/914In this introduction to R, you will master the basics of this beautiful open source language, including factors, lists and data frames. With the knowledge gained in this...
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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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Modeling the Mechanisms of Evolution
25 May 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes
Simulate population-level mechanisms of evolution: genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection.
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Modeling: A Primer - The crafty art of making, exploring, extending, transforming, tweaking, bending, disassembling, questioning, and breaking models
26 Feb 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): William Wimsatt, Jeff Schank
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/346Explore how to use, analyze, and criticize some important and historically influential models in biology in this text only module.
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ModelSim Population Biology Unit
18 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/902This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology....
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Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
27 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/851An online journal focusing upon generally-applicable studies of cell biology. From the journal: MBoC publishes research articles and essays that report...
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Monkey Opsins
20 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/356Humans have trichromatic vision. Our eyes detect colors in the visible range of the spectrum using three different cone cell types, each maximally stimulated by a different wavelength of...