Presentations of the Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network

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2023

  • Vereen, E., T. Gardner, and L.S. Blumer. Techniques for conducting the Bean Beetle Microbiome Project on eggs. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Firooznia, F. Plant essential oils as natural insecticides against Callosobruchus maculatus: Looking at the biochemistry of a greener alternative. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

2022

  • Whitfield, W.C. and L.S. Blumer. Creating artificial beans for bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, using a mechanical pill press. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Zelaya, A.J., S.N. Younge, N.M. Gerardo, C.W. Beck, and L.S. Blumer. The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: The impact of student autonomy on CURE efficacy. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Zelaya, A.J., S.N. Younge, N.M. Gerardo, C.W. Beck, and L.S. Blumer. The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: The impact of student autonomy on CURE efficacy. Poster. Improving Undergraduate Science Education (IUSE).

2021

  • Beck, C.W. Participatory research: Advancing undergraduate laboratory education using non-model insects. Symposium. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
  • Huang, C., A.J. Zelaya, L.S. Blumer, N.M. Gerardo, and C.W. Beck. BeanBeetleMicrobiome app: an online app for community analysis of microbiome data. Mini-workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education Annual Meeting (ABLE).
  • Blumer, L.S., A.J. Zelaya, C.W. Beck, N.M. Gerardo, and S.N. Younge. Teaching the Bean Beetle Microbiome CURE in an Online Format. Mini-workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education Annual Meeting (ABLE).

2019

  • Vondrasek, J.R. Water supplementation and its effects on bean beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus) reproduction: Reflections on 10 years of teaching an inquiry-based lab. Regional Association for Biology Laboratory Education (RABLE), Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD.
  • Blumer, L.S. & C.W. Beck. Introducing Community Ecology and Data Skills with the Bean Beetle Microbiome Project. Mini-workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Firooznia, F., M. Said, G. Balkaran & Jhunior Morillo. Smelling Good Enough to Kill! Plant Essential Oils and their Insecticidal Activity. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Beck, C.W. & L.B. Blumer. Introducing Community Ecology and Data Skills with the Bean Beetle Microbiome Project. Hands-on workshop. Life Discovery Conference.

2018

  • Fermin, H. and F. Firooznia. An enzyme assay with evolutionary implications: You are what you eat! The effect of food source on activity of esterases in bean beetles. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

2017

  • Cole, M. and C. Beck. Effect of Diet on Bean Beetle Microbial Communities. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
  • Lipson, K. Investigating Critical Periods in Bean Beetle Development : Incorporating Guided Inquiry Research into a Developmental Biology Laboratory Course. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

2016

  • Blumer, L. and R. T. Smith. Course-based Research with Bean Beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, and a Y-maze Olfactometer. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

2015

  • Laudick, J. and C. Beck. Bean beetle nutrition and development lab: An inquiry-based introduction to experimental design. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
  • Fitch, G.K. and J. Burns. Using Bean Beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus) in Guided Inquiry Exercises in the Biology Laboratory. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

2014

  • Reed, T. Use of the Bean Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus as a Model System for Studying Circadian Activity in the College Classroom. Neuroscience 2014.
  • Boone, E. The cost of reproduction in bean beetles. Mini-Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
  • Firooznia, F. and H. Fermin. A versatile, inquiry based enzyme lab; the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase from bean beetles by an organophosphate insecticide and factors that modulate this inhibition. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
  • Ramesh, M. Mining the genome of Callosobruchus maculatus, bean beetle, with a little help from genetic model organisms. Mini-Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)
  • Shmaefsky, B. Using digital microscopy as a means of teaching the quantification of qualitative data. Presentation. National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA).
  • Suarez, B., R. Martinez, S. VanDenburgh, D. Sebastian, R. Escober, K. Crowe, O. Diaz, H. Jones, E. Priddis, and T. Ashraf. A comparison of protein extraction protocols for bean beetle protein analysis. Poster. CCURI Symposium. [video]

2013

  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Alternative views of reality: Instructional practices and how they are perceived by faculty and students. Presentation. Ecological Society of America.
  • Beck, C.W., S. Migabo, and L.S. Blumer. Substrate size selection by bean beetles. Invited Major Workshop. Regional meeting of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Beck, C.W., S. Migabo, and L.S. Blumer. Substrate size selection by bean beetles. Laboratory Workshop. Annual NIH IRACDA Conference.
  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. Learning gains from guided-inquiry laboratories with the bean beetle model system. Invited Poster. NSF-AAAS CCLI/TUES Principal Investigators Conference.
  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. Learning gains from guided-inquiry laboratories with the bean beetle model system. Invited Poster. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology: Chronicling the Change Conference.
  • Fermin, H., G. Singh, R. Gul, M.G. Noh, V.C. Ramirez, and F. Firooznia. A multi-faceted enzyme lab: Looking at the effect of an organophosphate insecticide on acetylcholinesterase activity in the bean beetle. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Shmaefsky, B. and E. Morgan. Using bean beetles to encourage inquiry in a non-majors early college high school course. Presentation. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).
  • Singh, G., R. Gul, H. Fermin, and F. Firooznia. A versatile,inquiry-based enzyme lab: Factors that modulate the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase from bean beetles by an organophosphate insecticide. Poster. National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
  • Smith, J.M. Detecting genetic polymorphisms in different populations of bean beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus). Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

2012

  • Beck, C.W. Inquiry-based laboratory courses: Do student perceptions of faculty teaching practices affect learning gains? Invited talk. University of Georgia Science Education Research Group.
  • Beck, C.W. Inquiry-based laboratory courses: Do student perceptions of faculty teaching practices affect learning gains? Invited talk. School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Butcher, G.Q. and S. Chirhart. Diet and metabolism in bean beetles. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Harris, K.J., L.S. Blumer and C.W. Beck. Why do bean beetles avoid split beans? Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Hanish, B., M. Lam, K.N. Le, B.D. Svoboda and P.A. Marshall. Developing the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) for inquiry genetics. Poster. Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
  • Shmaefsky, B. and E. Morgan. Using bean beetles to develop research skills and collaboration between genetics students and non-major environmental students. Poster. National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT).

2011

  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Determining the factors that influence learning gains in inquiry-based laboratory courses using structural equation modeling. Poster. Ecological Society of America.
  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Creating a bean beetle curriculum development network. Poster. NSF-AAAS CCLI Principal Investigators Conference.
  • Blumer, L.S. and C. W. Beck. Factors that influence learning gains in inquiry-based laboratory courses. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Hanrahan, C., A. D’Costa, and M. Schlueter. The effect of temperature on the lifespan of adult bean beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus). Presentation. Georgia Academy of Science.
  • Morgia, C., A. D’Costa, and M. Schlueter. The effect of food on adult bean beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus) survival: Does feeding increase adult lifespan? Presentation. Georgia Academy of Science.
  • Salomon, R. and B. Musolf. Induced host shift effects on morphology in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Poster. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

2010

  • Beck, C.W., S. Migabo, L.S. Blumer. Substrate size selection in bean beetles. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Beck, C.W., S. Migabo, and L.S. Blumer. Substrate size selection in bean beetles. Invited Major Workshop. Regional meeting of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Blumer, L.S., C.W. Beck, and S. Migabo. Bean beetles, a model organism for inquiry-based undergraduate laboratories. Mini-Workshop Presentation. Joint Annual Meeting of National Science Foundation Division of Human Resource Development and Directorate for Education and Human Resources Grant Recipients (JAM10).
  • D’Costa, A. and Schlueter, M. Increased comprehension of the scientific method using inquiry-based labs. Poster. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Vondrasek J.R., S. Gunter, and S. Roddy. The effects of water supplementation on reproductive success in bean beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus). Poster. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting.

2009

  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. Inducing evolution in bean beetles. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. Bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, as a model system for inquiry-based laboratories in ecology. Poster. Transforming Undergraduate Education in Biology: Mobilizing the Community for Change. NSF-AAAS Vision and Change Meeting.

2008

  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, as a model system for inquiry-based laboratories in ecology. Poster. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Intraspecific competition in bean beetles. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. Bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, as a model system for inquiry-based laboratories in ecology. Poster. NSF-AAAS CCLI Project Directors Conference.

2007

  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. Oviposition substrate choice by bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus. Workshop. National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT).
  • Blumer, L.S. and C. W. Beck. Oviposition substrate choice by bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus. Major Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

2006

  • Beck, C.W. and L.S. Blumer. The bruchid bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, a model system for inquiry based undergraduate laboratories. Mini-Workshop. Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).
  • Blumer, L.S. and C.W. Beck. The bruchid bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, a model system for inquiry based undergraduate laboratories. Workshop. Ecological Society of America.