Workshop

March 28, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, sequencing, Undergraduate Research, Workshop

An Impactful Practical

Reindert Nijland from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands wanted to teach more students about Nanopore and long-read sequencing. Nijland presented at the 2022 London Calling conference a very short (three minute) session describing how they use “Nanopore sequencing for biodiversity assessment in an educational setting.” They developed an Advanced Molecular Ecology course to help […]

March 9, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, Softwares, Workshop, Writing

Nanopore Sequencing Devices

I finished the Nanopore Community Meeting 2022 videos and started the 2022 London Calling series. Bryant Catano is a Technical Applications Specialist with Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Catano is based at the New York offices. Their session was a masterclass on “Choosing the right nanopore sequencing device for your needs.” Catano spoke about the throughput of […]

January 27, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, sequencing, Teaching techniques, Undergraduate Research, Why, Workshop

Learning to Troubleshoot by Exploring the Capabilities of Adaptive Sampling

Continuing with Devin M. Drown’s work, today I watched their Nanopore Community Meeting 2022 session entitled “Portable genomics hackathon for pathogen detection: a practical application of adaptive sampling to engage undergraduate learning.” Drown is at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Drown explained that the MinION can be used to engage students in problem-solving and applications […]

January 20, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Delftia, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, sequencing, Softwares, Undergraduate Research, Website, Why, Workshop

Alignments and Assemblies

We began working with the VolTRAX2 today. I’m excited to use it for library preps along with the Miroculus Miro. Tonight I watched the NCM 2022 Masterclass session by Matt Attreed on “How to generate and call variants.” Attreed is a technical applications scientist (bioinformatics) with Oxford Nanopore Technologies. They began by providing an introduction […]

January 18, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Delftia, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, sequencing, Softwares, Undergraduate Research, Workshop

Flongles and Several MinIONs and PromethIONs

Austin Compton is a Technical Applications Specialist at Oxford Nanopore Technologies and presented a masterclass at NCM 2022. We’ve used the MinION but I don’t know as much about the PromethION and Flongle. Compton shared a slide that indicated that the Flongle flow cells have 126 pores, MinION flow cells have 512, and PromethION flow […]

January 17, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Delftia, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Undergraduate Research, Website, Workshop

A Collection of Library Prep Options for Nanopore

Yan Yang from the Oxford Nanopore Technologies Technical Services North America West Coast Team, presented the NCM 2022 Masterclass “How to select the right library preparation workflow for your experiment.” Yang explained how Nanopore DNA/RNA sequencing works as the nucleic acid is passed through a nanopore and electrical signals are interpreted into sequence data. Yang […]

November 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing, Why, Workshop, Writing

What makes a good question?

Heather Seitz, Professor of Biology and Biotechnology at Johnston County Community College, presented a session at ASMCUE 2022 about ASK BIO: The Advancing Assessment Skills in Biology Network. The title of the session was “What makes a good question? Examining Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Biology.” Their goal is to advance assessment skills in the life […]

September 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Wellbeing, Workshop

Microbial Ecology and Characterization

Tonight I watched “Digging in the Dirt: A Novel CURE in the Race Against Antibiotic Resistance” by Kathleen Boyle, Abigail Multerer, and Marion Toscano from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WI. Mount Mary is a Catholic women’s liberal arts university established in 1913. It is designated as an HSI: Hispanic-serving Institution. In 2021 they were […]

September 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Website, Why, Workshop

YAM for STEM

“Academic Music: Engaging students in math, music, and computational thinking” was the title of a CAST UDL session that consisted of multiple videos and presenters: Timothy Bellavia, Susan Courey, Roslyn Haber, Tina Williams, Samantha Wright, & Santa-Li Zimbrano. In the first video, Susan Courey, shared data on the disparities of STEM education in rural and […]

June 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Metacognition, Mobile Learning, Molecular Biology Education Research, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing, Why, Workshop

Keep on Teaching at NC State

Tonight’s Lilly Conference online 2022 session was from our NC State DELTA, Libraries, OIT, and OFE team! Entitled “Instructional Considerations for Academic Continuity: Mid- and Post-COVID-19,” Diane Chapman, Maria Gallardo-Williams, Stacy Gant, Jonathan Holloway, and David Woodbury from NC State University presented on efforts to improve instructional practices on our campus. They are, as Chapman […]