Addressing The Problem: Active Learning

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Addressing The Problem: Active Learning

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Jan 13, 2021

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How can one shift from a teacher-centered to a student-centered classroom model? What are the benefits of active learning for students and instructors?

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Jan 13, 2021

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Nipam Patel Part 2: The Role of Ubx in the Development of Crustacean Body Plan: In the second lecture, Patel describes the work of his lab to expand the studies of Hox gene function to other arthropods. Patel describes the development of specialized body parts in crustaceans, and describes the transition between feeding to locomo... by iBiology Podcast
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Nipam Patel Part 3: Homeotic (Hox) Genes and Evolution of Crustacean Body Plan: In his third talk, Patel explores the function of additional Hox genes in the development of crustacean body plans. Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, his laboratory has characterized the expression and function of six of the nine Hox genes in Parhyale,... by iBiology Podcast
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Mana Parast Part 1: What is the Placenta?: Dr. Mana Parast provides an introduction to placental development, the organ that every mammalian embryo needs for proper growth and development. The placenta derives from trophoblasts, embryonic cells located in the outermost layer of the embryo. by iBiology Podcast
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Jared Rutter Part 2: Mitochondrial Metabolism and Cell Decisions: In Part 2 of his talk, Rutter describes his group’s work to unravel the relationship between the activity of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC) and the behavior of numerous cell types, including cancer and stem cells. by iBiology Podcast
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Jan-Michael Peters Part 1: Cohesin: Roles Beyond Sister Chromatid Cohesion?: It has been known for many years that the protein cohesin is necessary to join sister chromatids together before they are segregated during mitosis. Electron micrographs have shown that cohesin subunits form a ring complex which is thought to encircle... by iBiology Podcast
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Robert Singer Part 2: RNA Localization: Following Single mRNAs from Birth to Death in Living Cells: To understand the relationship between RNA localization and translation, it is necessary to visualize the movement of the RNA in real time. In his second lecture, Singer explains how his lab found an ingenious way to label RNAs in live cells and follow... by iBiology Podcast
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Nipam Patel Part 1: Patterning the Anterior-Posterior Axis: The Role of Homeotic (Hox) Genes: Homeotic (Hox) genes are transcription factors that dictate the development and compartmentalization (regionalization) of body parts in animals along the anterior-posterior (head to tail) axis. Using various insects and crustaceans, Dr. by iBiology Podcast
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Jan-Michael Peters Part 2: How do Cohesin and CTCF Fold DNA in Mammalian Genomes?: In his second talk, Peters presents evidence that cohesin is indeed necessary for genomic DNA to fold into loops. Long range DNA interactions such as loops can be detected using a technique called Hi-C. Using Hi-C, by iBiology Podcast
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Manu Prakash: Scientific Curiosity: Finding Sublime in the Mundane: Manu Prakash always yearned to know the why and the how of things. As a boy in India, he spent endless hours playing outside with animals and making flammable artifacts in an abandoned lab in the basement of his home. by iBiology Podcast
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Robert Singer Part 3: Imaging Translation and Degradation of Single mRNAs in Living Cells: In his last lecture, Singer continues the story of the life and death of RNA. His lab has developed several more fluorescence microscopy techniques that let them study, in real time, the translation and degradation of mRNA. by iBiology Podcast
26 min listen
Jessica Polka Publishing in a Pandemic: The Preprint Revolution: As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in the beginning of 2020, there was a need for the rapid dissemination of scientific information to understand everything from how the virus spreads, to how it affects the human body, by iBiology Podcast
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Huda Zoghbi Part 3: Possible Future Therapies for Rett Syndrome: In her third lecture, Zoghbi explores possible therapies for MECP2 disorders. First, using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Zoghbi’s team together with collaborator Dr. Jianrong Tang were able to rescue learning and memory deficits, enhance neurogenesis, by iBiology Podcast
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Robert Singer Part 1: Seeing is Believing: Imaging the Expression of Genes within Single Cells: In this series of lectures, Dr. Robert Singer explains how it is possible to follow a single mRNA molecule from its birth to its death. Singer begins by explaining that cell cultures are heterogeneous and analyzing single cells provides spatial and tem... by iBiology Podcast
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Christian Tischer: Introduction to Bioimage Analysis: Microscopy is a key technology driving biological discovery. Nowadays, microscopy based scientific findings must be substantiated by quantitative image analysis. The discipline concerned with such quantification of biological microscopy images is calle... by iBiology Podcast
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Huda Zoghbi Part 1: Rett Syndrome: Genomes, Epigenomes and Neuropsychiatric conditions: Dr. Huda Zoghbi’s work has provided insight into Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by focusing on Rett Syndrome, a postnatal progressive neurological disorder. By studying the genetics of Rett Syndrome, her group made the seminal discovery of X-linked Me... by iBiology Podcast
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Huda Zoghbi Part 2: Pathogenesis of MeCP2 Disorders: In her second lecture, Zoghbi explains how MeCP2 molecularly modulates neuronal function. Their studies uncovered a critical link between cytosine methylation, MeCP2, and the methylating enzyme Dnmt3a, in Rett Syndrome. by iBiology Podcast
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Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez: Charting an Original Path: Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez’s research on pigeons, like her life, is one of charting an original path. Her experiences as a Mexican-Italian-American woman, professor, artist and mother have provided her with fascinating and unusual perspectives to study t... by iBiology Podcast
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Temperature, parasites, and public health: Karena Nguyen: More than 200 million people are infected with schistosomes, aquatic parasites that cycle between snails and humans, and cause the human disease schistosomiasis. Risk of contracting this disease is expected to rise in the coming years due to climate ch... by iBiology Podcast
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