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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology

by Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Gunjan Sinha; Matthew Tonotonoz

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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology

©2012

ISBN-10: 1-4292-9702-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-9702-8
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Michele Shuster

Michele Shuster

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Michèle Shuster, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the biology department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, studying introductory biology, microbiology, and cancer biology classes at the undergraduate level, as well as working on several K-12 science education programs. Michèle is an active participant in programs that provide mentoring in scientific teaching to postdoctoral fellows, preparing the next generation of undergraduate educators. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including a Donald C. Roush Excellence in Teaching Award at NMSU. Michèle received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she studied meiotic chromosome segregation in yeast.

Janet Vigna

Janet Vigna

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Janet Vigna, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the biology department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She is a science education specialist in the Integrated Science Program, training and mentoring K-12 science teachers. Janet has 18 years of undergraduate teaching experience, with a special interest in effectively teaching biology to non-majors. She has been recently been recognized with the GVSU Outstanding Teacher Award.  Her scholarly interests include biology curriculum development, the effective use of digital media in science education, and research on the effects of biological

Gunjan Sinha

Gunjan Sinha

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Gunjan Sinha is a freelance science journalist who writes regularly for Scientific American, Popular Science, Science, and Nature Medicine. Her article on the biochemistry of love, “You Dirty Vole,” was published in The Best American Science Writing 2003. She holds a graduate degree in molecular genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

Matthew Tontonoz

Matthew Tontonoz

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Matthew Tontonoz has been a development editor for textbooks in introductory biology, cell biology, biochemistry, evolution, and environmental science. After a brief stint as a medical student in California, he realized he was better suited to saving sentences than saving lives. He received his B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and his M.A. in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in Science as Culture. He lives in Brooklyn, New York

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