Jagesh Shah: A quantitative approach to cell biology

Jagesh Shah: A quantitative approach to cell biology

Q uantitative approaches are becoming an essential part of modern biology research. For example, systems biologists construct models of complex biological systems to help fl esh out conceptual frameworks and to gauge the completeness of our current understanding of those systems (1). Such quantitative approaches come naturally to Jag-esh Shah (2). Shah fi rst trained as an engineer— working on ...

A cell-centered approach to developmental biology

Explaining embryonic development of multicellular organisms requires insight into complex interactions between genetic regulation and physical, generic mechanisms at multiple scales. As more physicists move into developmental biology, we need to be aware of the ‘‘cultural’’ differences between the two fields, whose concepts of ‘‘explanations’’ and ‘‘models’’ traditionally differ: biologists aim...

Quantitative cell biology: uniting disciplines to understand the cell

Learning cell biology as a team: a project-based approach to upper-division cell biology.

To help students develop successful strategies for learning how to learn and communicate complex information in cell biology, we developed a quarter-long cell biology class based on team projects. Each team researches a particular human disease and presents information about the cellular structure or process affected by the disease, the cellular and molecular biology of the disease, and recent ...

non-corrective approach to pronunciation

the aim of this study has been to find answers for the following questions: 1. what is the effect of immediate correction on students pronunciation errors? 2. what would be the effect of teaching the more rgular patterns of english pronunciation? 3. is there any significant difference between the two methods of dealing with pronuciation errore, i. e., correction and the teaching of the regular ...