ABLE 2010

Volume 32

Major Workshops | Previous Majors | Mini-Workshops | Posters


Major Workshops

The Use of Corn and Sugarcane to Produce Ethanol Biofuel

      Valerie S. Banschbach & Robert Letovsky

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Community Assembly in a Leaf-Litter Invertebrate Community

      Christopher W. Beck

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Substrate Size Selection by Bean Beetles

      Christopher W. Beck, Saphida Migabo, & Lawrence S. Blumer

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Eggheads: An Alternative Mendelian Genetics Model Organism

      Janice Bonner

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Does Race Exist? Alu Transposable Elements and Ancestry DNA

      Peggy Brickman & Jim Burnette

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Phagehunting with Introductory Biology Studies

      Pamela L. Connerly & Deborah Jacobs-Sera

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The Role of Feeding Adaptations in Resource Competition between Invasive and Native Clams

      Douglas S. Graber Neufeld & James M. Yoder

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Origin of Species: Starting the Story with DNA

      Robert B. Ketcham

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Investigation of E. coli in Freshwater Sources Using Membrane Filtration and Rep-PCR DNA Fingerprinting

      Joanna R. Klein

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Understanding Solution Chemistry the “Southern Way” with Sweet Tea

      Robyn Puffenbarger

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Forest Ecology: Point Pleasant Park Field Project

      Allison Schmidt & Christine Beauchamp

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Osmolarity and Tonicity: An Inquiry Laboratory Using Plant Material

      Dee U. Silverthorn

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Linking Genotype to Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster: PCR Genotyping the White-one Eye Mutation

      Oney P. Smith & Kathy F. Falkenstein

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Owl Web: Using Owl Pellet Dissection as a Hands-On Introduction to Nutrient and Energy Webs

      Katherine K. Thorington & Meghna B. Ostasiewski

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Conversion Immersion: Converting Old and Writing New Clicker Questions for Your Biology Courses

      Mark E. Walvoord & Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels

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Evaluating the Effects of Natural Selection and Genetic Drift in Drosophila melanogaster

      Elizabeth Welsh

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Exploring Animal Photoreceptors and Eyes

      Kathy Winnett-Murray & Lori Hertel

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Genotyping SNPs Associated with Dyslexia

      Ann Yezerski

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Major Workshops presented at the 31st ABLE meeting

Teaching with Chlamydomonas

      Mike Adams

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Fundulus Melanophores: from Physiology to Cell Biology

      Seung M. Hong & Gary Laverty

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Competition - Why Are “Weeds” So Successful?

      Debby Luquette

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Major Workshops presented at the 30th ABLE meeting

Systematics Lab

      Sarah E. Jardeleza

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Mini-Workshops

Using Foraging Behavior of Fruit Flies to Introduce Undergraduates to Research

      Jimena Aracena

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From Goat’s Milk to Protein Structure: An Inquiry – based Case Study on Antithrombin III

      Isabelle Barrette-Ng

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Floral Attraction: A Model for Combining Teaching and Research

      Amy E. Boyd

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Human Microsatellite DNA: Population Genetics and Forensic Application

      Kuei-Chiu Chen

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A Truly Inquiry-Based Informatics Exercise Incorporated Into a Newly Developed Molecular Biology Laboratory Course

      Liane Chen & Kathryn G. Zeiler

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Using 3D Water Models to Investigate the Fundamental and Powerful Concepts in the Biological Sciences

      Nora Egan Demers & Joanna Salapska-Gelleri

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DinoEye, Simple Image Analysis & Networking

      Hélène d'Entremont

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Biology Without Borders: An Integrative Strategy for Increasing Conceptual Resonance Among Biology Majors

      Bryan M. Dewsbury, Marcy K. Lowenstein, & Adam Rosenblatt

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Plants– Don’t Just Sit There Do Something!!!

      Marsha E. Fanning & Karen McDougal

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Extending the Traditional Laboratory in Polygenic Analysis (Total Ridge Finger Count) to Teach Data Presentation and Statistical Analyses Using Three Sizes of Data Sets

      Rosemary Ford

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High- and Low- Tech Approaches to Teaching Statistical Skills in Introductory Biology

      Gillian Gass

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Using Mammal Skins to Investigate the Relationship between Surface-Area-to-Volume Ratio and Mass of Two Size Classes of Mammals

      William V. Glider

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Once a Loser Always a Loser? Using Crayfish to Teach Behavioral Endocrinology

      Anna Goldina, Tanya M. Simms, & Thomas Pitzer

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Using Classical Genetics Simulator (CGS) to Teach Students the Basics of Genetic Research

      Jean Heitz & Ben Adamczyk

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Teaching and Technology: Web Meetings for Laboratory Education

      Robert C. Hodson & Todd C. Nickle

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Accommodation Solutions Online: Resources for Teaching Students with Disabilities in Lecture and Lab

      Christy Horn, William Glider, Nate Cogswell, & Amin Makkawy

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Bioethics Debate and Case Studies in the Teaching Laboratory

      Susan J. Karcher

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Thinking in Three Dimensions: An Exploration of Analytical Methods for Optical Sections from Confocal Microscopy Using ImageJ

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      Michael J. Keller


Teaching Buffering by Showing Its Effects

      Robert J. Kosinski & C. Kaighn Morlok

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Simple Mold Making Techniques for the Creation of Teaching Specimens

      Hans Lemke

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Multiweek Projects for the Biology Lab

      Joy B. Perry

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There’s an App for That: Utilizing iPod Touch Applications for College Level Biology Instruction

      Marilee Ramesh, Rachel Collins, Christopher Lassiter, Dorothy Belle Poli, & Mark Poore

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'Should Jack and Jill Go Off the Pill?' - Application of an Interrupted Case Study to Facilitate Student Learning

      Lori Ann Rose & Kathy Zoghby

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Throwing the Dice: Teaching the Hemocytometer

      Sarah Salm & Jessica Goldstein

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Testing Hypothesis in the Winter World: A Semester-Long Temperature Monitoring Study For a Non-Majors Ecology Course

      Scott R. Smedley

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Curriculum Development as Professional Development: A Model for Adjunct and Graduate Student Instructors Teaching Multi-Section Lab Courses

      Janet Vigna, Jen Cymbola, & Jodi De Nuyl

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Behind the Numbers: An Exploration of Human Population Demographic Data

      Teresa C. Weglarz

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Posters

All Chlamy, All the Time

      Mike Adams

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Information Literacy in Introductory Biology

      Ruth E. Beattie

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Physiological Costs of Reproduction in the Bean Beetle

      Emily Boone

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Paper-based Genetics Laboratory Exercise Using Drosophila melanogaster

      Frances E. Bosch

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Crime Investigation Laboratory Captivates Interest of Non-major Students

      Allison D'Costa, Andrew Benson, & Diane Dorsett

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Increased Comprehension of the Scientific Method Using Inquiry-Based Labs

      Allison D'Costa & Mark Schlueter

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Calculating Gene Frequencies in a Population of Domestic Cats

      Linda K. Ellis

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Relating Biochemistry to Morphology Using Inquiry-Based Collaborative Student Research in Developmental Biology, Part 2: Implementation of the Plan

      Carl S. Hoegler & Charlene Blando-Hoegler

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Chicks and their Genes: A Collaborative Method for Teaching Upper-Division Laboratory Courses at a Small Women’s College

      K. Joy Karnas & Audrey Ettinger

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The Efficacy of Animations in Promoting Student Knowledge of Muscle/Neurophysiology

      Kerbert T. Kebede & Tony Scinta

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A Rapid Immunoblot Technique for Anti-Salmonella IgY Antibodies in Chicken Eggs

      Gerald L. Kreider

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Diversity in Microcosms for Introductory Biology

      Mary Ann McLean

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Edison’s Ear

      Dani Meyers

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Integrity of Eggs from Aquatic Organisms

      Shagun Mohan, Amulya Mohan. Jessica Rios, Noemi Rivera, Jonathan Rothstein, Ekaterina Selivanovitch, Charles Barrios, Salvador Torres, Leah Kovenat, Lynda Valanzano, Allen Burdowski, Kathleen Nolan & Neeti Bathala

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How People Learn Meets Bioinformatics

      Amy Mulnix

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Inquiry Based Computer Exercises for Chromatography

      Kenneth Ng

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The University of Houston’s Campus Garden: A Collaborative Informal Science Education Initiative

      Donna L. Pattison

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Edible Enzyme Essentials: Learning the Properties of Enzyme Function Through Cheese Making (and Eating)

      Aimee Phillippi

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A Comparison of the Sensitivities of Serratia marcescens and Deinococcus radiodurans to Ultraviolet Irradiation

      Lawrence Porter

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Using Field Notebooks in a Freshmen Biology Laboratory Course

      Rachel Ratcliff

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Popular Press Biology Readings: Assignments beyond the Summary

      Alysa Remsburg

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Using the Experimental Design Ability Test (EDAT) to Measure Gains in Scientific Thinking

      Karen Sirum

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Introductory Biology Project: A Research Coordination Network

      Gordon Uno, Todd Carter, Charlene D'Avanzo, Mark Walvoord, Susan Musante, & Sheri Potter

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Flatheads Pursue Diversity: Beyond the Phases of Meiosis

      Janet Vigna

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