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The Remora Update

Marcus Stoiber, a Principle Algorithms Researcher with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2022 the “Nanopore modified base update.” Stoiber explained Oxford Nanopore sequencing allows for powerful epigenetics research because it can “directly detect methylation with high reproducibility and low bias.” You can sequence native DNA and RNA to assess modification. The […]
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Sequencing FCGR

Sarah Frampton from the University of Southampton, UK spoke at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2022 on “Shinning a light on the FCGRs: deconvoluting their challenging (epi)genomic organisation and consequences in immune oncology research.” Frampton is a Ph.D. student and spoke about monoclonal antibodies and their therapeutic potential. The Fc gamma receptors, Frampton explained, are important […]
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SLOW5 for Indigenous Genomics

Andre Reis from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2022 on “A long-read nanopore sequencing platform for Indigenous genomics.” Their efforts to increase efforts to increase representation of Indigenous people in Australia. Reis spoke about indigenous Australians and the lack of representation in current catalogues. Thus, there […]
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Emails! Really?!

Since I am taking a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Course, I thought it was appropriate to start watching QM YouTube videos. Tonight, I watched the recording with Dr. Jason Neiffer, Executive Director at Montana Digital Academy entitled “Email (No, seriously, email).” Neiffer began with a Jamboard activity asking participants to share responses to the prompt […]
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Evaluating Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM

Tonight I watched another Online with LSE Webinar Series recording. This presentation was entitled “A Framework of College Student Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM: The Roles of Trust and Growth Mindset” featuring Dr. Cong Wang. This session was from about seven months ago. Wang worked with Mark Graham’s team at Yale as a […]
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Perceptions of Evolution by Community College Students

I start 2023 by returning to the ASCB YouTube playlist! The Online with LSE CBE Webinar Series is a lot of fun, and I missed several sessions. Tonight I watched the session entitled “Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution by Students in Community College and Other Institutions” presented by Elizabeth Barnes, an Assistant Professor at Middle […]
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Interpreting and Communicating in Undergraduate Research Experiences

To end the year, I watched the JMBE Live session with Laura E. Ott entitled “Supporting Deaf Students in Undergraduate Research Experiences.” This session was recorded over a year ago.Ott was at UMBE when she started this work and now has been at UNC for several years. She began by sharing the statistics on Deaf […]
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Modifying the CREATE Strategy and Evaluating Learning

The JMBE Live recording I watched today was Stanley Lo’s presentation on “A modified CREATE Intervention Improves Student Cognitive and Affective Outcomes.” Lo talked about his journey in biology education which includes a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, a postdoc in biochemistry, and a postdoc in learning sciences. Lo taught high school too! Lo is now an […]
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Returning to Social Cognitive Career Theory and M-LoCUS

I am continuing with the JMBE Live YouTube playlist, and tonight I watched the recording for the session entitled “M-LoCUS: A Scalable Intervention Enhances Growth Mindset and Internal Locus of Control in Undergraduate Students in STEM” presented by Jeff Maloy. The session started with a Menti poll to gather information about the audience and their […]
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Emotional Ownership of Research

Tonight I watched the JMBE live recording for the session entitled “Students Who Analyze Their Own Data in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Show Gains in Scientific Identity and Emotional Ownership of Research” with Katelyn Cooper (Arizona State University) and Maya Munstermann (research technician at the University of Hawaii). Dr. Matt Knope and Maya […]
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