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American Biology Teacher

October 2013 Volume 75, Number 8

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Number of articles: 3

  1. Day as a Pathologist: Utilization of Technology to Guide Students in Exploring Careers in Breast Cancer Pathology

    Jacob J. Adler, Mariah V. Judd, Lauren R. Bringman, Clark D. Wells & Kathleen A. Marrs

    We developed an interactive laboratory that allows students to identify and grade tissue samples from human breast biopsies, using techniques similar to those used by actual pathologists. This... More

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  2. Illuminating the Black Box of Genome Sequence Assembly: A Free Online Tool to Introduce Students to Bioinformatics

    D Leland Taylor, A Malcolm Campbell & Laurie J. Heyer

    Next-generation sequencing technologies have greatly reduced the cost of sequencing genomes. With the current sequencing technology, a genome is broken into fragments and sequenced, producing... More

    pp. 572-577

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  3. Making Microscopy Motivating, Memorable, & Manageable for Undergraduate Students with Digital Imaging Laboratories

    Andrea Weeks, Bachman Beverly, Sarah Josway, Brittany North & Mirian T.N. Tsuchiya

    Microscopy and precise observation are essential skills that are challenging to teach effectively to large numbers of undergraduate biology students. We implemented student-driven digital imaging... More

    pp. 578-581

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