Drowning in Data? Help Solve a Murder Mystery

Presenter: Sandra Porter
 

Preparation:  

Get Cn3D here:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/CN3D/cn3dinstall.shtml  and install it on your computer.

 

Schedule:  

Part I.  Get Cn3D going

A.  Download 1NAJ.cn3

• Turn structures

• Move structures without turning

• Make structures bigger / smaller

• Change rendering style

• Change coloring style

• Show and hide parts of a structure

• Make color key

B.  Become familiar with Cytochrome Oxidase C

• Look at chains - how many?
  • try different coloring styles - what do you see?

• Look at active site
  • rendering style tubes, coloring style element
  • heme by a copper

• Look at metal bonds
  • select copper at the active site
  • Select by distance - 5 angstroms
  • Show selected
  • change rendering style to Ball n Stick
  • Clear highlights

 

Part II.  Talk about Bio-ITEST bioinformatics curriculum for high school students

NSF ITEST grant to NWABR, Digital World Biology, EdLab Group, in collaboration with Shoreline Community College

Combines career education with bioinformatics & DNA barcoding & bioethics

• Beginner strand:  Using Bioinformatics:  Genetic Testing
  • breast cancer,
  • genetic testing,
  • bioethics
  • comparing sequences
  • breast cancer protein structure

• Advanced strand:  Using Bioinformatics:  Genetic Research
  • Compare sequences,
  • make phylogenetic trees,
  • look at Cytochrome Oxidase & Murder,
  • isolating DNA and sequencing
  • DNA barcoding

• Exploring Careers

 

Part III.  Solve the mystery

• Divide into groups & get your structure - these are normal & mystery structures superimposed with VAST

• Structure A

• Structure B

• Structure C

• Structure D

• Structure E

• Structure F

• Work with your group to solve the mystery

• Present your results and theory to the class

 

Q R You? – Integrating Social & Mobile Technology Into Academia Workshop

Presenter: Edgar Troudt
 

Project Based Learning in Biotech Courses

Presenters: Farah Movahedzadeh

 

Read the publication:  

Project-Based Learning to Promote Effective Learning in Biotechnology Courses

Swimming Against the Tide: Teaching Math in Context

Presenters: Lisa Seidman & Jeff Rapp

 

Reference material:  

• Lisa Seidman's power point presentation from the 2012 Southern California Biotechnology Conference

Navigating the Waves: Web Publishing, Social Media & Biotech Careers - Sessions for Program leaders, Bio-Link Fellows, and Synergy B2B participants

Presenters: Sandra Porter & Patricia Delich

 

Addtional References:  

• Connect with Bio-Link Through Social Media - by Patricia Delich

• The Bio-Link User Guide

• Sprucing up your program pages

•   LinkedIn
•   Facebook
•   RSS
•   Twitter
•   Yahoo Listserv

 

We will have two sessions that are slightly different:

One session is more specific to the needs of Bio-Link program members and partners. The other session is more specific to Bridge adopters.

 

Overview

I.  When do you need to log in?

 

      • ❑ create or edit content

 

      • ❑ Directories

 

      • ❑ Bridge to Biotech

 

      • ❑ Courses in a Box

 

II. What happens if you forget your log in name or password?   

 

III. How does the Bio-Link web site work?

 

     • ❑ CMS - content management system

 

     • ❑ lots of modules

 

     • ❑ special fields

 

     • ❑ database queries

     

     • ❑ Publishing - visible and invisible content

     

     • ❑ Workspace 

       • ❑ Edit, or add your comments to the Bio-Link User Guide

 

Bio-Link program leaders and partners session

1.  Log in.

2.  Working with your program page

3.  Adding employer information to your program page

4.  Practice

 

Bridge to Biotech session

 

Bio-Link program leaders and partners session

This session is open to anyone, but will emphasize skills that are needed for Bio-Link program leaders.

 

 

Bridge to Biotech session

This session is open to anyone, but will emphasize skills that are needed for Bridge to Biotech adopters.

For Bridge participants:

Instead of making a blog post, please post your content in the Bridge to Biotech area:

1.  Go to Create Content

 

2.  Choose Bridge to Biotech

3.  On your Bridge page - enter information in the form areas. 

• Write a title

• Pick a tag to get the information in the right place

• Write a sentence in the body

• Upload a file.

 

Next-generation Science Standards & Virtual Lab Simulations

Presenter: Sheryl Denker & Denmark Group: Mads Tvillingaard Bonde, Tobias Dam & Michael Bodekaer

Dr. Sheryl Denker, Senior Program Advisor for the BayBio Institute spoke about the project to develop the next generation of standards for K-12 science education.

Michael Bodekaer, Mads Bonde, and Tobias Aaby Dam presented Labster, http://www.labster.dk, an on-line environment for performing virtual labs.