Georgia Tech School of Biology

Biology 1510: Spring 2018

Instructors
Jung Choi
Colin Harrison (also in charge of labs)
Chrissy Spencer
Eunbi Park & Qianna Xu (TAs)

Organization
Five modules, each dealing with a major area
of modern biology.

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Jung Ho Choi
Born Seoul, Korea
Came to US in 1965
– 3rd grade

Jung-Ho
Is not so young-O
But he is gung-ho
About Bio
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MIT
Postdoc
UC Berkeley

High School
Maryland

Grad School
Faculty
UCSD
Georgia Tech!
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Research in Molecular Genetics

• What are the functions of

protein kinases that bind
calcium?
• How did these genes evolve?
• Can we mine functional
genomics data to generate
hypotheses about gene
function?
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Computational biology
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Born in
Milwaukee, WI

Grew up in
Louisville, KY

Undergrad
Madison, WI
Grad School
Atlanta, GA
Postdoc
San Francisco, CA

Director of Intro Bio Labs

Atlanta, GA
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Studied Developmental Biology in Grad School

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Biology Education Research During Postdoc

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Expertise: Evolutionary Genetics,
Ecology, and Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning

Courses: Introductory Biology,

Evolution, Genetics, Ecology, and Math
Models in Biology

Research: effects of urbanization on

honey bees, learning efficacy from open
education resources, and how students
learn biology

Extras: Musician, Cycle commuter

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Web Resources
T-Square
Lecture slides and supplementary readings.
Old exams and other resources.
Announcements, grades, etc.

Bio1510 website:
http://bio1510.biology.gatech.edu
Readings, videos & interactive exercises

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Our expectations
This is an active learning course.
• Read assignments & complete pre-class quizzes
• Participate in class group activities, discussions.
• Review your learning and complete weekly homework.
• Give feedback to the instructors.

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Learning Catalytics
We will use Learning Catalytics for pre-class reading
quizzes, in-class exercises, and weekly homework.
• You can use any web-enabled
device to access LC.
• You get credit for participating,
even if you get the wrong answer
to a question. Note that it's an
honor code violation to enter
answers for anyone but yourself.
• Learning Catalytics scores
contribute to the “participation”
portion of your overall grade
(10%).

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Our first team-based in-class activity &

homework assignment!

Log in to Learning Catalytics

Enter Session ID#: (changes for each
session)
Or choose 0.00 First Day of Class
Answer the first 2 questions now
Rest with info from the syllabus as
homework – session will be open until
midnight Sunday.
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Define or characterize life

How would you recognize life on another planet?

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Life is the ultimate app

Biochemists Chemical Engineers

Computer scientists Environmental Engineers
Mathematicians Industrial Systems Engineers
Physicists Biomedical Engineers
Writers and media specialists
Artists & designers
Psychologists, social scientists
Political scientists, Economists