Teaching Materials (1-20 of 34)

1. A Critical Guide to BLAST

   04 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Teresa Attwood¹, GOBLET Foundation

   The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

   This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series provides an overview of the BLAST similarity search tool, briefly examining the underlying algorithm and its rise to popularity.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2172/?v=1

2. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   04 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Carlos Christopher Goller³, Sabrina Robertson³

   1. Adams State University 2. Fairmont State University 3. North Carolina State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=4

3. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   05 Jul 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³, Carlos Christopher Goller⁴, Sabrina Robertson⁵

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University 4. North Carolina State University 5. NC State

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=3

4. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   05 Jun 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=2

5. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   31 Jan 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=1

6. Bioinformatics: An Interactive Introduction to NCBI

   03 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Seth Bordenstein

   Marine Biological Laboratory

   Modules showing how the NCBI database classifies and organizes information on DNA sequences, evolutionary relationships, and scientific publications. And a module working to identify a nucleotide...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/989/?v=1

7. Bioinformatics: Investigating Sequence Similarity - A Plant Biology Approach

   29 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ami Erickson

   This laboratory module is a modification of the original published on CourseSource with a focus on plant biology. In the final activity, students conduct a BLAST to compare histone protein...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1247/?v=1

8. BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only

   15 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nicole Anthony

   Biological Sciences, Toronto District School Board

   National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/795/?v=2

9. BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only

   17 Aug 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nicole Anthony

   Biological Sciences, Toronto District School Board

   National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/795/?v=1

10. Colon Cancer: A Case of Genetic Bad Luck

    15 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne M. Casper

    Eastern Michigan University

    Case study developed for an introductory genetics class published in the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/992/?v=2

11. Colon Cancer: A Case of Genetic Bad Luck

    03 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne M. Casper

    Eastern Michigan University

    Case study developed for an introductory genetics class published in the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/992/?v=1

12. COVID-19: On the way to a vaccine

    13 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Nik Tsotakos

    Penn State Harrisburg

    This multi-part case study introduces the reader to the SARS-CoV-2 virus origins, the molecular basis of the infection, the development and severity of symptoms, and treatment.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1918/?v=1

13. Developing a phylogram from computational resources.

    01 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Melanie Lenahan¹, Shea Cinquemani¹

    Raritan Valley Community College

    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2404/?v=1

14. DNA Subway Learning Resources

    18 Oct 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jason Williams

    DNA Learning Center

    DNA Subway is a NIBLSE Recommended resource. This is a collection of learning resources associated with DNA Subway.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/164/?v=2

15. DNA Subway Learning Resources

    16 Oct 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jason Williams

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

    DNA Subway is a NIBLSE Recommended resource. This is a collection of learning resources associated with DNA Subway.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/164/?v=1

16. Evaluating the potential for immune escape: how likely is an antibody to protect against a specific SARS-CoV-2 variant?

    10 Jun 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sandra Porter¹, Uwe Hilgert², Erica Lannan³, Michelle Stieber⁴

    1. Digital World Biology 2. Bio5 Institute 3. Prairie State College 4. Cerritos College

    Commercial antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein have been successfully used to treat people with COVID-19. Unfortunately, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolves, new variants have appeared that can...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2913/?v=1

17. GEA Introductory lesson on BLAST

    25 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Justin DiAngelo¹, Alexis Nagengast², Wilson Leung³, Douglas L Chalker³

    1. Penn State Berks 2. Widener University 3. Washington University in St. Louis

    The "Introduction to BLAST using Human Leptin" exercise aims to introduce students to the use of the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) to identify related sequences and compare similarity...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1987/?v=1

18. Hemoglobin bioinformatics

    07 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Keith A. Johnson

    Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

    This is an introduction to bioinformatics using hemoglobin as an example. The worksheets introduce students to resources to explore the DNA, RNA and polypeptide linear structure with a brief...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2416/?v=1

19. Inquiry-based hypothesis testing using phylogenetic trees in MEGA

    17 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristin Hultgren

    Seattle University

    A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2379/?v=1

20. Intro to DNA Barcoding

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

    By Oliver Hyman¹, Andrea Pesce², Elizabeth Doyle², Ray A Enke¹

    1. The Department of Biology, James Madison University; The Center for Genome & Metagenome Studies, James Madison University 2. James Madison University

    This is a classroom tested introductory lesson & activity to introduce DNA Barcoding and DNA Subway Blue Line. It is for novices and will fit into a 30-45 min lecture or lab class period.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/600/?v=1