My thoughts on biology, teaching, life, and exploring the living world via the digital one. Only my opinions are represented by these postings, they do not represent the viewpoints of any funding agency or Geospiza, Inc.
I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Geospiza Education).
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January 14, 2008
Category: Science culture
is coming home and flying into Seattle. I took these pictures with my phone (in Airplane Mode, of course). In the first shot, you get to see Mt. St. Helen's and all the interesting geology around it. Can you tell which way the volcano blew? Mt. Rainier is in the background...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:26 PM • 3 Comments •
January 11, 2008
Category: Science culture
Yesterday, I posted a memorial for Ron Mardigian, an enthusiastic champion of science education at Bio-Rad. Today, I scanned RPM's blog and what do I see? A choir! Bio-Rad has produced a really funny music video. It reminds me of the music video from "We are the World," except some members of the choir are holding PCR machines and singing...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 12:32 PM • 2 Comments •
January 10, 2008
Category: Science education
We often see memorials written about famous scientists, but we rarely see them about the people who work in the background to help people learn the science in the first place. Ron was one of those people whose work inspired teachers and helped spark excitement in science students throughout the world. I just learned last week that Ron passed away...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 12:53 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: sequence analysis
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study yesterday showing that small changes in the DNA in the long arm of chromosome 16 are associated with autism. I met a teenager with autism last summer, when I attended family night at the Seattle Park and Rec summer camp program for kids with special needs. It's a fantastic program. The...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 12:00 AM • 13 Comments •
January 2, 2008
Category: Science education
When in doubt, turn to the internet. In a couple of weeks, I'm going to start teaching my first on-line course. So far, I've been preparing by: learning how to use Blackboard getting a subscription to iFinch so we can do bioinformatics in style, and share data and other files getting a microphone and some software for making video podcasts...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 2:19 PM • 15 Comments •
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