IGERT NIMBIOS NSF
 
A Devil of a Disease
  
 
Authors          Audiences          Overview           Materials          Resources           Future Directions
  

 


Authors


Mark Maloney
Spelman College


Gregory Goins
North Carolina A&T State University


Meda Higa
University of Pennsylvania


Mark Pauley
University of Nebraska at Omaha


Han Chuan Ong
Lyon College


Joseph McCray
Morehouse College


Kathy Takayama
Brown University
 
 
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Possible Audiences:

Undergraduate Biology non-majors; undergraduate intro Biology Easily adaptable to an upper level course [Authors: K. Takayama, M. Pauley, M. Maloney, M. Higa, H. Qin, J. McCray, G. Goins]  

 
 


Brief Overview:

This is a case study in which students will work in pairs/groups to develop and carry out an inquiry project on a mysterious "disease" that is wiping out the Tasmanian Devil population. The story unfolds sequentially, and instructors are provided with "Toolkits" to facilitate the problem solving approach. The case study addresses the following topics: Disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Bioinformatics, Ecology and Evolution.  

 
 
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Project Materials:

See project page: http://mp1.ist.unomaha.edu/mediawiki/index.php/SCALE-IT_2009  

 
 


Resources and References:

See project page: http://mp1.ist.unomaha.edu/mediawiki/index.php/SCALE-IT_2009  

 
 
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Future Directions:

See project page: http://mp1.ist.unomaha.edu/mediawiki/index.php/SCALE-IT_2009  

 
 


Attachments


- 20c-devs.jpg  

 
 
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