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...

IMMERSION Video

27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alondra Torres-Navarro

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...

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...

Linear models and linear mixed effects models in R: Tutorial 1

24 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Bodo Winter

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/832Linear models and linear mixed models are an impressively powerful and flexible tool for understanding the world. This tutorial is the first of two tutorials that introduce...

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. 

Measuring the Health of the Earth Using the Theory of Island Biography

11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jana Eggleston, Stephanie Renee Campau, Farshid Ahrestani, Holly D Gaff

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/868Biodiversity has been shown to be a good measure of the health of the planet system (McGrady-Steed et al. 1997). The more species and genetic diversity, the more stable the...

Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Squared Statistics

03 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Anne Brokaw, Michelle Garber-Talamo

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/341In this classroom activity, students are introduced to the genetics of sickle cell disease by a short film The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans . A classroom handout...

Modeling Infectious Disease through Contact Networks

25 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Todd Graham, Claire Seibold, Rebecca Driessen, Hannah Lea Callender

This poster was presented at the University of Portland's Summer Research Symposium on November 9, 2014, in Portland, Oregon. The poster is aimed at readers with little or no background in modeling infectious diseases. The contents provide a brief overview of modeling infectious diseases on...

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....

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...

OpenIntro

24 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/889OpenIntro was started with one goal in mind: create a free and open-source introductory textbook. The mission of OpenIntro is to make educational products that...

Outstanding Oaks: Quercus phenology at NEON sites

09 Oct 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes

This app visualizes data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) observations of oak phenology at three different sites.

Panel: Implementing and distributing learning resources in quantitative biology education

26 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/229/QUBES Hub will offer a rich store of resources for incorporating quantitative skills into the undergraduate curriculum and tools for facilitating collaboration in the development and sharing...

Performing a Population Viability Analysis from Data Students Collect on a Local Plant

23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Noah Chamey, Sydne Record

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/264During two lab periods, students collect demographic data on perennial plants and then use these data in a matrix model to perform population viability analyses. During the first lab,...

Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology

03 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): CrashCourse

This Youtube video talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation, all in an upbeat, modern and somewhat zany manner.

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...

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...

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...

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.