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The Lac Operetta – can Monty Python and Richard Wagner help students grasp gene regulation?
The E. coli lac operon is featured as the paradigm for prokaryotic gene regulation in our Biology 1510 Introduction to Biological Principles course. I want my students to learn the following key concepts): gene expression is regulated by proteins (transcription … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning biology
Tagged CAP, gene regulation, operon, repressor, RNA polymerase
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Dear student (why I don’t want to lecture)
Is this your brain during lecture? Note that the electrodermal activity for this particular student shows the same flatline during class as while watching TV. While the paper does not indicate what went on during this student’s classes, in all … Continue reading
Recording lecture videos for the flipped intro biology course
In the flipped classroom, recorded lectures are the baseline and a failsafe. No matter what I and my students do in the classroom or lecture hall, students can still watch the videos and their learning won’t be any worse than … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Teaching and learning biology
Tagged active learning, camstudio, flipped classroom
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What do human infants and philodendrons have in common?
One answer is that they both smell bad at times. Philodendrons include skunk cabbage and even stinkier species such as the dead horse arum. If we look deeper into the odoriferousness of philodendrons, what we see is that they heat … Continue reading
Microbial fuel cells
Can bacteria help meet our energy needs by turning waste-water into electricity or hydrogen? The discovery that some bacterial species common in soil and water can generate electrical current in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) raises intriguing possibilities for a different … Continue reading
