Journal Watch - Winter 2005
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2005 by Kathleen Jagger
Journal articles of interest to microbiology educators. |
Web Watch - Winter 2005
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/2005 by Indiren Pillay
Websites of interest to microbiology educators. |
The Fermentation Lab: Soda and Yogurt
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
1/5/2005 by Jean Cardinale, Cheryld Emmons
A cross-disciplinary exercise in which microbiology and botany students team up to design and make their own sodas from scratch, focusing on carbon and energy sources and on plant secondary metabolites and aesthetics. |
Cell Wars: a Laboratory Model for Macrophage Phagocytosis of Gram-Negative Bacteria
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
1/5/2005 by Jeffrey Shupp, Debra Yourick, Marti Jett, Margery Anderson
An in vitro experiment to visualize phagocytes, bacteria, and phagocytosis and to teach students a quantitative method for measuring the competence of host-microbe defenses. |
Genetic and Physical Mapping of a Bacterial Genome
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
1/5/2005 by Brad Goodner, Cathy Wheeler
This is a bacterial genome mapping project, focused on involving students in original research, incorporated into a multiple week laboratory that can be used in three separate parts or as a whole. |
Bacterial Communities Grow as Biofilms
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
1/5/2005 by Barbara Rundell
Common household biofilms were sampled, grown on slides, observed, and discussed to promote an understanding of biofilms and common locations where they grow. |
Investigations into Chemical and Physical Control of Microorganisms
MicrobeLibrary Curriculum: Laboratory
1/5/2005 by Suzanne Anglehart, Annie Voyles, Bonnie Jo Bratina
In the two parts to this exercise, students will test various antimicrobial chemicals against an organism isolated from their natural flora and will design and carry out an experiment to explore ways to mitigate or enhance the effects of UV radiation |
Regulation of Enzyme Activity: Allosterism
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
10/8/2004 by Todd Sandrin, Brian Ledwell
This is an animation showing the roles of both positive and negative effector molecules in modulating the activity of allosteric enzymes. |
Rho-dependent Termination of Transcription
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
10/8/2004 by Brian Ledwell, Todd Sandrin
The following is an animation that depicts a model of Rho-dependent transcription termination in Escherichia coli. |
Regulation of Biosynthesis: Attenuation of the trp Operon
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
10/8/2004 by Todd Sandrin, Brian Ledwell
The following is an animation depicting a model that shows the mechanism by which the biosynthesis of tryptophan is regulated. |
"Streak Plate" Strategies for Classroom Assessment
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Virginia Anderson
As microbiology educators, we need to conduct classroom assessment in a clinical and objective way. |
Using Assessment to Foster Student Learning
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Spencer Benson
A brief overview of the various types of assessment and ways they can used as an organizer for student learning and course development. |
The KEEP Toolkit: A Handy Tool for Microbiology Educators
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Kelly Cowan
Information about the KEEP (Knowledge Exchange Exhibit and Presentation) Toolkit by the Carnegie Foundation. |
ASMCUE 2004 Session Aims to Grow MicrobeLibrary Curriculum Collection
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Kelly Gull
An overview of the Best practices session at the 11th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators. |
Journal Watch - Fall 2004
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Kathleen Jagger
Articles that may be of interest for microbiology educators. |
Web Watch - Fall 2004
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Indiren Pillay
Websites that are of interest to microbiology educators. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Fall 2004
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/2004 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "Classroom Assessment." |
Visualization of plasmid loss in D. Radiodurans.
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
9/27/2004 by David Schlesinger
Under non-selective conditions the cells that form these colonies begin to lose a plasmid that carries the lacZ gene and as such form these blue and pink sectored colonies. |
Bacteriophage P22
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
9/27/2004 by Zakee Sabree
General interest Flash-based description of viral lifestyles and phage enumeration. |
Transmission Cycles of Plague
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
8/27/2004 by Neal Chamberlain
This image contains the transmission sylvatic and urban cycles of plague (Yersinia pestis)in the United States. It also shows some of the differences in transmission between bubonic and pneumonic plague. |
