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1. Bioimage Informatics Activity

   26 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By David Julian

   Univ of Florida

   Students use basic bioimage informatics techniques to acquire quantitative data from images of cultured cells and test a hypothesis about the effect of a genetic mutation on cellular phenotypes

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/729/?v=1

2. Drug screening and cancer resistance: EGFR Activity

   25 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Holly Basta

   Rock Mountain College

   This activity explores a specific gene (egfr) and its role in cancer. EGFR was introduced with the Gene Card Activities, researched throughout the semester, and then authentic image data of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/720/?v=1

3. Geoscience Methods and Resources for K-5 Pre-Education Majors

   28 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By James Burton Deemy

   College of Coastal Georgia

   : Exploring Geoscience Methods was an excellent capstone experience for Elementary Education Majors. The class I used this module with was 24 students of various backgrounds and academic...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/572/?v=1

4. Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication

   18 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rebecca Orr¹, Ruth Buskirk², Kristin Harvey²

   1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin

   An expanded case study adapted from an HHMI Data Point on Cell Division and Cancer Risk using Figure 1 from Tomasetti, C. and Vogelstein, B. (2015).

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/310/?v=1

5. Cancer Discovery Activities

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   These two hands-on activities are based on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2013 Holiday Lectures on Science video (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer-genetic-disease-video-highlights)...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/294/?v=1

6. Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/299/?v=1