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1. Bacteria Transformation

   02 Dec 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Matthew Zelisko¹, Kimberly Anderson

   University of Houston

   TeachEngineering resource in which students construct paper recombinant plasmids to simulate the methods genetic engineers use to create modified bacteria.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1492/?v=1

2. Building creatures with the central dogma of biology

   02 Dec 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Melissa Skyer

   National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology

   Activity that demonstrates how nucleotide changes can affect phenotypes

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1445/?v=1

3. Lesson VI - The Community Science Project

   19 Nov 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anne Rosenwald¹, Gaurav Arora², Vinayak Mathur³

   1. Georgetown University 2. Gallaudet University 3. Cabrini University

   Genome Solver's Community Science Project was developed as a way to use the skills taught in the previous lessons. We're asking members of the community to provide instances of potential phage...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/859/?v=2

4. Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive

   16 Nov 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Abby Kula¹, Kristine Grayson²

   1. Mount St. Mary’s University 2. University of Richmond

   Presented at NABT 2019, we demonstrate how the Population Dynamics Click & Learn resource can be customized for any organism - using the Lionfish invasion as an example

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1474/?v=1

5. A Curious Display

   28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Margaret Waterman¹, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly², Kristin Jenkins³, Sam Catherine Johnston⁴, Vedham Karpakakunjaram⁵, Viet Le⁶, Hayley Orndorf⁷, Melissa Skyer⁸, Barbara Spiecker⁹

   1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

   Case study on genetically modified organisms

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1452/?v=1

6. Intro videos and terminology for GMOs, Transcription, Translation

   28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sandi Connelly

   Rochester Institute Of Technology

   Compiled resources around GMOs and protein production including vocabulary, animations, videos, and games

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1446/?v=1

7. Gelin’: Gel Electrophoresis Simulation

   24 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Beyond Benign

   Students will understand how DNA is separated into a fingerprint by using a chromatography activity to simulate gel electrophoresis.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1448/?v=1

8. Complete Set of Lessons

   23 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anne Rosenwald¹, Gaurav Arora², Vinayak Mathur³

   1. Georgetown University 2. Gallaudet University 3. Cabrini University

   The Genome Solver Project began as a way to teach faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics - no coding or scripting. These Lessons also work well in the undergraduate classroom, culminating with...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/860/?v=2

9. Lesson III - Annotation

   23 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Gaurav Arora

   Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Lesson III introduces Annotation, or assigning meaning to all...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1433/?v=1

10. Lesson III - Annotation

    23 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gaurav Arora

    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Lesson III introduces Annotation, or assigning meaning to all...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1432/?v=1

11. Lesson V - Phylogenetics

    22 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne Rosenwald¹, Gaurav Arora², Vinayak Mathur³

    1. Georgetown University 2. Gallaudet University 3. Cabrini University

    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Lesson V is an introduction to Phylogenetics.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/858/?v=2

12. Lesson VII - Synteny

    22 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gaurav Arora¹, Anne Rosenwald², Vinayak Mathur³

    1. Gallaudet University 2. Georgetown University 3. Cabrini University

    The lesson teaches about synteny or the order of genes along a chromosome, which is useful for looking at orthologous genes between two species or strains.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1414/?v=2

13. Lesson IV - Comparative Genomics

    10 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne Rosenwald¹, Gaurav Arora², Vinayak Mathur³

    1. Georgetown University 2. Gallaudet University 3. Cabrini University

    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Lesson IV, Comparative Genomics, discusses some of the tools...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/857/?v=2

14. Lesson III - Annotation

    10 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne Rosenwald¹, Gaurav Arora², Vinayak Mathur³

    1. Georgetown University 2. Gallaudet University 3. Cabrini University

    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. Lesson III introduces Annotation, or assigning meaning to all...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/856/?v=2

15. Optimal Foraging in Swirl

    08 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mary Elizabeth McWhirt¹, Emily Weigel¹

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    This lesson centers around the marginal value theorem (MVT, Charnov 1976), which describes how animals should forage in patches. It serves as a pre-lab to teach MVT basics, vectors, ANOVA, and...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1213/?v=2

16. Altruism Simulation Activity

    04 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Nicole Chodkowski

    Radford University

    An altruism activity that uses a NetLogo altruism simulation.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1431/?v=1

17. Introduction to Data Management and Metadata using NEON aquatic macroinvertebrate data

    30 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    This lesson focuses on understanding metadata, the data about the data, using aquatic macroinvertebrate abundance and species information from a variety of NEON sampling locations.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1429/?v=1

18. Modeling the lac Operon to Understand the Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes

    27 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sam S Donovan

    University of Pittsburgh

    This resource is a recitation activity designed for an introductory biology course in which students explore a lac operon simulation (https://qubeshub.org/resources/phetlacoperon).

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1427/?v=1

19. Lesson VII - Synteny

    08 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gaurav Arora¹, Anne Rosenwald², Vinayak Mathur³

    1. Gallaudet University 2. Georgetown University 3. Cabrini University

    The lesson teaches about synteny or the order of genes along a chromosome, which is useful for looking at orthologous genes between two species or strains.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1414/?v=1

20. Electrical and chemical communication in the nervous system

    31 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Patrick Cafferty

    Emory University

    This activity guides students through an online tutorial to examine the electrical and chemical communication of neurons.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1405/?v=1