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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R 5.2.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Joyner
CUNY Brooklyn College
Video on normalizing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1314/?v=1
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REMNet Tutorial, R Part 4: Creating Taxa Plots in R 5.2.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Joyner
CUNY Brooklyn College
Video on making taxa bar plots in R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1313/?v=1
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REMNet Tutorial, R Part 3: Creating Alpha Diversity Plots in R 5.2.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Joyner
CUNY Brooklyn College
Video on creating alpha diversity plots in R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1312/?v=1
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REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 5: Making Heat Maps 4.26.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jimiane Ashe
Video on making heat maps in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1308/?v=1
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REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 4: Focusing on Taxonomy 4.26.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jimiane Ashe
Video on analyzing microbiome data in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1307/?v=1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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