Resources (1-20 of 78)

1. Mathematical models and theorems

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   01 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Winfried Just

   In this module we introduce and compare various types of deterministic and stochastic mathematical models of disease transmission. We then illustrate how one can derive predictions of these models in the form of mathematical theorems.Level: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of...

2. The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants

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   02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Anna Monfils, Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/277In this laboratory exercise, students will explore the diversity of flower and fruit adaptations that have evolved to accomplish pollination and seed dispersal and investigate the...

3. An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections

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   02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Libby Beckman, Yadeeh Sawyer, Kayce Bell, Joseph Cook

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/278This module guides students through tests of two fundamental rules of island biogeography using specimens collected from the Alexander Archipelago in Southeastern Alaska. The module was...

4. Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia marcescens

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   15 Sep 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Laurel Hester, Mark Sarvary, Corey Ptak

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here:  https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/875I published this paper with Mark Sarvary and Corey Ptak in the 2014 Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education based on a laboratory module we...

5. Modeling: A Primer - The crafty art of making, exploring, extending, transforming, tweaking, bending, disassembling, questioning, and breaking models

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   26 Feb 2016 | | Contributor(s):: William Wimsatt, Jeff Schank

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/346Explore how to use, analyze, and criticize some important and historically influential models in biology in this text only module.

6. DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?

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   03 Jan 2016 |

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/911Trends in data collection, storage and loss, the importance and benefits of data management, and an introduction to the data life cycle.Slides (PPTX)One page...

7. DataONE Module 03: Data Management Planning

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   03 Jan 2016 |

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/910Benefits of a data management plan (DMP), DMP components, tools for creating a DMP, NSF DMP information, and a sample DMP.Slides (PPTX)One page handout...

8. DataONE Module 02: Data Sharing

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   02 Jan 2016 |

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/909Data sharing in the context of the data life cycle, the value of sharing data, concerns about sharing data, and methods and best practices for sharing data.Slides...

9. AIMS: Dendroclimatology

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   21 Dec 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stockton Maxwell, Jeremy M Wojdak

   This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/544/The AIMS (Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics) project was founded on the idea that students don't often care much about analysis until they care about...

10. Disease Spread

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    22 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel

    An activity in which students model the spread of disease using one differential equation. 

11. Yeast Cell Growth

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    19 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Claudia Neuhauser

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/755Excel Workbook on lab data for yeast growth experiments provides a series of stepwise tasks for data analysis.

12. Confidence Intervals Tutorial

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    19 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Claudia Neuhauser, David Phillip Schladt

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/754This Excel mini-tutorial introduces the calculation and application of confidence intervals.

13. Course materials for computational genomics using R

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    19 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Hong Qin

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/907The R code and data are deposited at Github: https://github.com/hongqin/RCompBio 

14. SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

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    20 Oct 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel

    SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations  is about teaching differential equations using modeling and technology upfront and throughout the learning process. You can learn more at our dynamic website, www.simiode.org, where we...

15. EvolSeq

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    14 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Tony Weisstein, John R Jungck

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/776This worksheet simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences. The program begins with a single (random) sequence, then follows that sequence through time as it...

16. Luria-Delbruck

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    14 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Tony Weisstein, John R Jungck, Doug Green

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/777These two workbooks model the evolution of phage resistance in a bacterial population under two alternative hypotheses. Under the hypothesis of acquired immunity, mutation...

17. Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics

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    14 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Tony Weisstein

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/778In this simulation equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions. The equations are...

18. E. coli Citrate Use

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    24 Aug 2015 |

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/357Bacteria are excellent model organisms for studying evolution.  They are easy to grow, maintain, and handle under very controlled conditions.  Even more importantly for evolution...

19. 3D FractaL-Tree

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    24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: John R Jungck, Jennifer A Spangenberg, Noppadon Khiripet, Rawin Viruchpinta, Jutarat Maneewattanapluk

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/775Artistid Lindemayer (1975, 1989, 1990) invented a mathematics based on graph grammar rewriting systems to describe iteratively branching structures; these were named in...

20. Ferns are Everywhere

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    24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Claudia Neuhauser

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/753Using spatial fern population data in hypothesis testing