Physics Research amp Education Mel Sabella Chicago State University msabellacsuedu and Matt Lang Vanderbilt University mattlangvanderbiltedu The Complex Intersection of Biology and ID: 776329
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The 2014 Gordon Research Conference: Physics Research & EducationMel Sabella (Chicago State University, msabella@csu.edu) and Matt Lang (Vanderbilt University, matt.lang@vanderbilt.edu)
The Complex Intersection of Biology and Physics: https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2014&program=physres
Education at the intersection: Questions, Challenges, and ResourcesThe typical introductory physics courses “rarely demonstrate how the ideas and intellectual tools of physics apply to the life sciences.“ Crouch and Heller, PER Conference Proceedings, 2011)Beyond the content, what most biologists do with physics is often very different from what physicists or engineers do with it. (Redish, PER Conference Proceedings, 2010)Questions the Community is Asking (posed by Crouch, Meredith, and Redish):1. What content is appropriate for include in a physics class for primarily biology and health science majors?2. How do we bridge inconsistencies in the way biologists, chemists and physicists view the nature of science and how they teach these subjects? What barriers do these present to teaching physics? 3. What types of activities motivate these students? What makes biological examples in physics authentic to biology students? (That is: to see the physics as helping develop important understandings of important biological processes and situations.)4. What quantitative skills are important for this population and how are the skills they need to develop different from the skills engineers and physicists develop?5. How can topics, such as thermodynamics, that overlap teachings in chemistry and biology be oriented so that students can see the connections between the way these topics are taught?6. What types of resources exist for teaching at the interface of physics and biology? What are model textbooks? What are model laboratories? What are the appropriate assessment tools for these students?
Physics and the Big Science of Biology
Scales in Biology
Biotechnologies, Biomedical,
B
ioinspired
, Hybrid-systems
Physics and Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology, Societal Implications
From CERN to the “
ohmic” science
From gazing at stars to gazing at single molecules
Rothemund
,
Nature
440, 297-302 (2006)
From
Mahadevan
From Phillips
History and Hierarchy at the Intersection of Biology and Physics
DNA Origami
Hwang et al, 2009 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
June 8-13, 2014
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
… Join us at the 2014 GRC to continue the conversation …
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GRC Sessions
Keynote Session: Perspectives from Research and Education
Meeting the Needs of Life Science Students in Introductory Physics Through Course Transformation
Single Cell and Molecular Techniques Involving Biological Motors at the Boundary of Biology and Physics
New Trends in Soft Condensed Matter Physics: Research and Education
Novel Laboratory Activities for the Biophysics and Bio-Engineering Curriculum
Improving the Scientific Competencies and Attitudes of Biology and Pre-Med Students Through Multidisciplinary Reform
Effective Use of the Textbook at the Intersection of Biology and Physics
Understanding Current Health Needs and Novel Techniques in Biomedicine: Teaching and Research
Involving Undergraduates in Cutting Edge Biophysics Research and Its Implications for Instruction