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NIMBioS/SCALE-IT Tutorial
Using Bioinformatics Data and Tools to Engage Students in Problem Solving: A Curriculum Development Workshop
Dates: January 7-10, 2013
Location: NIMBioS, Claxton Bldg., on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Workshop co-sponsors: SCALE-IT and NIMBioS
This workshop focused on strategies for bringing bioinformatics resources, data visualization tools, and an interdisciplinary perspective to teaching and learning biology, for participants interested in incorporating research data and tools into their undergraduate biology courses. The program featured a series of opportunities to get hands-on experience working with publicly accessible research data to solve biological problems, supplemented with research talks by local speakers. Focus areas included strategies for teaching with big datasets, using proteomics and functional genomics resources, visually exploring data, and accessing online databases. Participants also had the chance to work collaboratively to create a curriculum project for use in their own teaching.
This free workshop was led by the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, a 25-year biology education reform community that focuses on helping faculty develop and implement innovative curricula. The workshop featured data and analysis resources from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), and was co-presented with staff from EBI. This workshop was co-hosted by SCALE-IT, an IGERT program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).
If you have questions, please contact: Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS Education and Outreach Coordinator, at ksturner_at_nimbios.org or (865) 974-9364.
For more information, workshop schedule, and resources,
click here.
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Products
Education
Riechert S. 2013. Education: Incroprated a molecular challenge in my honors course.
Data/Software/Models
Riechert S. 2013. Database Update: Incorporated protein homology using the protein databases (PDBe, Proteopedia) into the Model System Research Areas for HS Student Team Exploration Database.
A goal of NIMBioS is to enhance the cadre of researchers capable of interdisciplinary efforts across mathematics and biology. As part of this goal, NIMBioS is committed to promoting diversity in all its activities. Diversity is considered in all its aspects, social and scientific, including gender, ethnicity, scientific field, career stage, geography and type of home institution. Questions regarding diversity issues should be directed to diversity@nimbios.org. You can read more about our Diversity Plan on our NIMBioS Policies web page. The NIMBioS building is fully handicapped accessible.
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