QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) Opportunities Spring 2019 QUBES (Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis) is excited to offer these semester-long professional development opportunities designed to engage you with faculty from around the country (or world!) to enhance your teaching. If you have any questions, please contact Deb Rook ([email protected]) or Nicole Chodkowski ([email protected]).
BRING BIOINFORMATICS TO YOUR BIOLOGY CLASSROOM- DEADLINE EXTENDED Led by William Tapprich and Adam Kleinschmit If you are a biologist, you and your students need bioinformatics! We can help you get what you need with relatively little pain. Participants will integrate bioinformatics modules in introductory undergraduate biology courses. You will customize and implement newly designed educational modules exploring sequence similarity as a window to understanding a wide range of biological questions. DEADLINE EXTENDED- Apply by December 14, 2018. Visit https://qubeshub.org/groups/niblse2019 SERENITY NOW! Led by Drew Lamar Are you interested in developing student’s data science skills in your biology course? Participants will adapt data-driven modules for undergraduate life science courses using the software tools Radiant and Serenity. These tools are platform-independent browser-based interfaces to bring data science tools to the classroom, with a particular focus on data visualization, communication, and bridging students to R scripting skills. Apply by December 15. Visit https://qubeshub.org/groups/serenityfmns19 NEON Data Education Fellows Faculty Mentoring Network Led by Megan Jones and Kusum Naithani The National Ecological Observatory Network (https://www.neonscience.org/) and the QUBES are pleased to offer networking and professional development opportunities through this FMN for faculty interested in implementing or adapting existing NEON teaching materials to their educational settings. Apply by December 14, 2018. Visit https://qubeshub.org/groups/neon2018
