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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Population Ecology in Swirl: Estimating Population Sizes

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

   By Mary E McWhirt, Emily Weigel¹

   Georgia Institute of Technology

   The students will learn to estimate population sizes and consider assumptions of mathematical models and their applicability to the ecology of an organism/population

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1353/?v=1

7. Ethics in Synthetic Biology

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

   By Lisa Scheifele

   Loyola University Maryland

   This collection of four activities provide students with an introduction to thinking about ethical concerns in human genome synthesis, gene editing, metabolic engineering, and synthetic genomes.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1396/?v=1

8. Should we synthesize a human genome?

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

   By Lisa Scheifele

   Loyola University Maryland

   Two articles introducing the Human Genome Project-Write and asking questions about the ethics of the project.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1395/?v=1

9. Ethics of Metabolic engineering

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

   By Lisa Scheifele

   Loyola University Maryland

   This is an ethical reflection for students on an issue in metabolic engineering and the potential for "home-brew" morphine. The case study asks students to reflect on material in the linked...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1394/?v=1

10. Ethics in synthetic genomics

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

    By Lisa Scheifele

    Loyola University Maryland

    This is an ethical reflection for students on an issue in genome engineering and the synthesis of potentially infectious viruses. The case study asks students to reflect on material in the linked...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1393/?v=1

11. Ethics of Gene Editing

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

    By Lisa Scheifele

    Loyola University Maryland

    This is an ethical reflection for students on an issue in gene editing. The case study asks students to reflect on material in the two linked articles. Also included is the grading rubric.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1392/?v=1

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Build-a-Phage Lab Manual

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

    By Lisa Scheifele¹, Eric Cooper², Robert Newman³

    1. Loyola University Maryland 2. Hartwick College 3. North Carolina A&T University

    This is a lab manual for phage genome synthesis that includes both Building Block synthesis and Semi-synthetic assembly.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1250/?v=1

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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