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1. Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse

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

   By Jay Owen Sandal

   Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

   National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1384/?v=1

2. Using Synthetic Biology to Teach Data Science

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

   By Margaret S Saha¹, Beteel Abu-Ageel¹, Sanjana Challa¹, Xiangyi Fang¹, Chai Hibbert¹, Anna Isler¹, Elias Nafziger¹, Adam Oliver¹, Hanqiu Peng¹, Julia Urban¹, Vivian Zhu¹

   College of William and Mary

   Poster and supplemental materials on using synthetic biology to introduce students to meaningful data mining, analysis, and application to engineering novel biological constructs.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1326/?v=3

3. Using Synthetic Biology to Teach Data Science

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

   By Margaret S Saha¹, Beteel Abu-Ageel¹, Sanjana Challa¹, Xiangyi Fang¹, Chai Hibbert¹, Anna Isler¹, Elias Nafziger¹, Adam Oliver¹, Hanqiu Peng¹, Julia Urban¹, Vivian Zhu¹

   College of William and Mary

   Poster and supplemental materials on using synthetic biology to introduce students to meaningful data mining, analysis, and application to engineering novel biological constructs.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1326/?v=2

4. NMDS to Study Dead Wood Fungi Communities in Parks of New Jersey

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

   By Maria Shumskaya¹, Christopher Zambell¹

   Kean University

   Students use dead wood (saproxylic) fungi occurrence data from New Jersey, USA collected by students and faculty of Kean University to learn the basics of community ecology. Simple NMDS ordination...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1367/?v=1

5. Malawian Aquaculture Pond Ecosystem Challenge

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

   By Jessica Coyle

   This case study challenges students to design a pond that will provide supplemental food security to a rural Malawian village. In the process they apply concepts of primary and secondary...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1365/?v=1

6. Mosquito Invasion! A Lotka-Volterra Competition Case Study

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

   By Jessica Coyle

   In this instructor-led interrupted case study, students practice interpreting Lotka-Volterra competition model parameters using data on an invasive and native mosquito species.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1364/?v=1

7. Aquatic Nutrient Levels and Climate Change

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

   By Elli Bosch¹, Kaycee Faunce¹, Amanda Thompson

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   This learning module was designed to introduce students to the aquatic nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus, their roles in ecosystem function and nutrient pollution, and what impacts climate change...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1356/?v=1

8. Optimal Foraging in Swirl

   15 Jul 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=1

9. Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data using Serenity

   13 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kaitlin Bonner

   St. John Fisher College

   In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1350/?v=1

10. Quantifying The Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events – The 2013 Colorado Floods

    12 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo

    Alfred University

    This lesson focuses on ways that scientists identify and use data to understand ecological disturbance events using data from five public datasets. The main lesson focused on interpretation of...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1349/?v=1

11. Regulación de expresión génica y adipogénesis por PPAR-γ

    09 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Juan Sebastián Ramírez-Lugo

    University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

    En ésta actividad de dibujo / coloreado los estudiantes aprenderán sobre los diferentes componentes involucrados en la regulación de la activación de PPAR-γ, un factor de transcripción que juega un...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1343/?v=1

12. Cells of the Immune System

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This tutorial provides an overview of the immune system, concentrating on the roles played by B and T lymphocytes, and on the antigen-presentation system.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1340/?v=1

13. Targeting Infected Cells for Immune Defense

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This animation shows how a cell infected by a virus signals cytotoxic T cells to destroy itself.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1339/?v=1

14. The p53 Gene and Cancer

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This tutorial describes the structure and function of the p53 protein, how its activity is regulated in cells, and how mutant versions of p53 can lead to cancer.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1338/?v=1

15. Cystic Fibrosis Mechanism and Treatment

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This animation shows how mutations in an ion channel protein lead to the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. The animation also discusses how research on this protein has been used to develop...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1337/?v=1

16. Conference-based Undergraduate Experiences: Lowering the Barrier for Learning about Computational Biology

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Ritz

    Reed College

    Presentation on how attending conferences can enhance computational biology training for undergraduates at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1334/?v=1

17. Natural Selection in Humans

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1333/?v=1

18. Electrical Activity of Neurons

    01 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This tutorial describes how neurons generate action potentials, and how scientists measure neuronal activity and record the firing of individual neurons.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1332/?v=1

19. National Ecological Observatory Network: A Data Source For Your Classroom

    26 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Megan A. Jones

    National Ecological Observatory Network

    Abstract for a poster on NEON resources for use in research and education presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1327/?v=1

20. Using Synthetic Biology to Teach Data Science

    26 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Margaret S Saha¹, Beteel Abu-Ageel¹, Sanjana Challa¹, Xiangyi Fang¹, Chai Hibbert¹, Anna Isler¹, Elias Nafziger¹, Adam Oliver¹, Hanqiu Peng¹, Julia Urban¹, Vivian Zhu¹

    College of William and Mary

    Abstract for poster on using synthetic biology to introduce students to meaningful data mining, analysis, and application to engineering novel biological constructs.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1326/?v=1