Using A Molecular Marker to Study Genetic Equilibrium in Drosophila melanogaster
Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), genetic variation in a laboratory population of Drosophila is characterized. The population contains flies with two variants of a molecular marker. DNA from individual flies is amplified by PCR, generating products which are either "long" or "short" when visualized on an agarose gel. Three PCR "genotypes" (long/long, long/short, and short/short) are distinguishable and should be present in Hardy-Weinberg frequencies. The exercise requires one session for gr
Study Abroad 2010: CAMBODIA + VIETNAM
Students explored global consciousness, political communication, and NGO politics as they studied throughout Cambodia and Vietnam.
Geographic points of interest included: Cambodia's dynamic capital of Phnom Penh, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the Choeung Ek Killing Fields Memorial, the temples of Angkor Wat, Ho Chi Minh City, the Chi Phat Eco-Village, and Hoi An, Vietnam.
Read more about this trip on the students' blog:
http://cofccambodia.blogspot.com/
Learn more about study abroad opport
British Election Study 2009-2010 at the University of Essex
The British Election Study (BES) has been conducted at every UK general election since 1964. Topics surveyed include: voting intentions, political knowledge and voter turnout. This site provides information on the study covering the 2010 UK general elections. It includes details of the researchers, who are based at the University of Essex, their methodology and work. It includes information and links on how to obtain datasets from this study and earlier ones from 2001 onwards. Some historic tech
Why Do We Study Soil
The purpose of this resource is to introduce students to the importance of soil. In the first activity, students generate a list of why soils are important. In the second activity, students are asked to describe the five factors that form a unique soil profile and to explore these concepts. In the third activity, students are shown a demonstration of how much soil there is on Earth that is available for human use.
Procardis Study; Genome wide associations with Disease
Paula Boddington gives a talk on the Procardis study as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics.
Procardis Study; Genome wide associations with Disease (Slides)
Paula Boddington gives a talk on the Procardis study as part of the Oxford Bioethics Network series on Issues in Research Ethics.
Episode 8. What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
Harvard University
If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past
Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
The Passion and Perseverance Behind a Start-up - Joe Liemandt (Trilogy)
Joe Liemandt, founder, President and CEO of Trilogy, describes the passion and perseverance it took to take his enterprise software company from a five-person start-up to a global industry leader.
From Start-up to Market Dominance in the Field of Surgical Robotics - Lonnie Smith (Intuitive Surgic
Lonnie Smith, President and CEO of Intuitive Surgical, discusses Intuitive's path from start-up to market dominance in the field of surgical robotics.
The Contrasts of a Big Company and a Small Start-Up - Gil Penchina (Wikia)
Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, and an 8-year veteran of eBay, contrasts his experiences and lessons of working in a big company with heading a small start-up.
A Pandora's Box of Start-up Expertise - Tom Conrad (Pandora)
After nearly two decades in the trenches of Pets.com, Apple Computer, and the You Don't Know Jack game series at Berkeley Systems, Tom Conrad (Pandora CTO) shares his acquired wisdom on succeeding in the consumer internet space. He discusses agility, crisp decision making, and focus, and peppers his lessons with numerous entertaining anecdotes of dot-com days and corporate progress.
3. DRAM Errors in the Wild: A Large-Scale Field Study (October 21, 2009)
science, technology, engineering, computer, dynamic random access memory, DRAM, failure, error, data, disk drives, hard, soft, chipset, CPU, google, correctable, temperature, DIMM
5. Integrating More Than 50% Wind on the Grid: A Case Study (February 3, 2010)
economics, energy policy, grid, impacts, renewable energy, smart grid, wind
Study Abroad 2010: ITALY
Students spent a month in Charleston's sister city of Spoleto, Italy, where they wrote original work, studied literature, and presented their writing for discussion in workshops. They also read their work at organized readings under the direction of award-winning authors/program directors, Bret Lott, Carol Ann Davis, and Anthony Varallo.
In addition to Spoleto, geographic points of interest included: the Uffizi Gallery, the Duomo, Assisi, Montefalco, and the Umbrian countryside. On free weekend
UT Matters - First-Year Experience, A strong start to a successful end
The First-Year Experience (FYE) program is how Blue and Gold Scholar Award recipient Julian Bumpus-Barnett and the rest of his peers began their freshman year in fall 2009 at The University of Toledo.
Use of Alternative Social Networking Sites in Higher Educational Settings: A Case Study of the e-Lea
<p>Distance education as a primary means of instruction is expanding significantly at the college<br />
and university level. Simultaneously, the growth of social networking sites (SNS) including<br />
Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace is also rising among today’s college students. An increasing<br />
number of higher education instructors are beginning to combine distance education delivery<br />
with SNSs. However, there is currently little research detailing the
Use of Alternative Social Networking Sites in Higher Educational Settings: A Case Study of the e-Lea
<p>Distance education as a primary means of instruction is expanding significantly at the college<br />
and university level. Simultaneously, the growth of social networking sites (SNS) including<br />
Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace is also rising among today’s college students. An increasing<br />
number of higher education instructors are beginning to combine distance education delivery<br />
with SNSs. However, there is currently little research detailing the
Use of Alternative Social Networking Sites in Higher Educational Settings: A Case Study of the e-Lea
<p>Distance education as a primary means of instruction is expanding significantly at the college<br />
and university level. Simultaneously, the growth of social networking sites (SNS) including<br />
Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace is also rising among today’s college students. An increasing<br />
number of higher education instructors are beginning to combine distance education delivery<br />
with SNSs. However, there is currently little research detailing the
Growth strategies for start-ups: Growth problems
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