KABT BioBlog

Hello to all with an interest in attending the Periodic Round Table Book
discussion on April 7th. We will be discussing the book, At the Water’s
Edge: fish with fingers, whales with legs, and how life came ashore and
then went back to the sea by Carl Zimmer. It is a fascinating
explanation of two of the [...]

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The Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is a pioneer in modern biology education. Since it’s founding in 1988, more than 8,000 teaching faculty have received intensive training at DNALC-sponsored workshops conducted in 42 states and several foreign countries. For 2008, we are offering a series of exciting opportunities covering cancer, neuroscience, RNA interference, molecular biology, [...]

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KABT’s own Randy Dix has participated in the University of Pittsburgh Phagehunter Program–maybe he will add a comment. If you have time this summer look into it–you’ve got about 10 days to apply.  More below the fold.
Hi Teachers,
Hope your school year is going well. We are quite busy at the University of
Pittsburgh [...]

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Check out this article about Rapid Plant Evolution.  Not only is this neat research but it is very accesible, easily understood by students and it should be very transferable to your own particular teaching environment.  The researchers are only reporting on one particular plant’s rapid adaptation to a patchy urban environment but there are many [...]

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One of the really neat things about being a biologist is that your vacations times can do double duty. For instance by spending the day in the Lamar valley in Yellowstone observing grizzlies and wolves or spending a day exploring dinosaur trackways in an eastern Colorado canyon I get the benefits of relaxation [...]

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The KC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience at KU Med Center

When: Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: KU Medical Center, KS Life Sciences Innovation Center, Beller Auditorium, NE corner of 39th & Rainbow
Who: Students, parents, and teachers - No admission

The [...]

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Speaker for the 10th Higuchi Memorial Lecture Series at KU
Craig Venter, Founder, Chairman and President, J. Craig Venter Institute will be in town Thursday, May 1, 2008.
9:30 am - “Genomics: From Humans to the Environment”
Scientific Presentation - 130 Budig Hall
5:30 pm - “A Genomic View of Life”
Public Presentation - Woodruff Auditorium (Kansas [...]

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For the past couple of years Abby Freeman, Vice President for Administration at the Stowers Institute, has been running a couple-times-a-year Saturday morning program in which teachers hear about the research being conducted at Stowers from the PI’s and postdocs themselves. The next program is offered on Saturday, April 12, from 8:30 to 12:30.
8:30 [...]

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No we’re not talking about bumps on the head–that’s phrenology….

The Monarch Watch is always looking for new collaborative research ideas that will contribute to the every growing knowledge on monarch biology. The latest project is trying to get a handle on the phenology or calendar timing of the various events in the life cycle [...]

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[ March 27, 2008 to March 30, 2008. ] NSTA, national science teacher meeting, Boston, MA

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