[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • September 19, 2003
    An article by Kathleen M. Gabric:

    ``The students chatted excitedly at the start of class; but it wasn't about the recent basketball win or the latest real-TV episode. It was about the next gene they had just `discovered.' Can it be genetically engineered for the advancement of humankind?

    ``Great teaching materials are often free from reliable sources. This isn't some teacher's fantasy biology class. I frequently hear students discussing their recent discoveries as I eavesdrop on classroom conversations during lab time. Since the implementation of sophisticated bioinformatic databases such as Biology Workbench and the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, I have witnessed an improvement in the level of biological questions and discussions in my classroom. If your school has computers and an Internet connection, this could happen in your classroom, too. The new student interface at Biology Student Workbench makes maneuvering through sequence databases very intuitive. All you need is a curious mind and you can bring your students into the real world of science exploration, taking them from textbook to cyberscience. On top of all this, these resources are provided free of charge by very reliable sources: the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the National Institutes of Health.''

    Full story:
    http://www.actionbioscience.org/education/gabric.html

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