• Gene linkage
• Metals in biological systems
• Gene Flow & Evolution
• Why is a high fever dangerous?
• The extinction vortex
• Origin of variation (mutation)
• Acquired immune system
• Specific heat
• Magnetic resonance
• Cellular Systems Coordination
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Why fruits, evolutionarily?

• How Hijacking of Reward Pathways Leads to Addiction
• Food web dynamics
• Why do proteins crystallize:
  • parts 1& 2
• Why did nature choose phosphates
• Fermentation & sauerkraut

UC Boulder 2012, cont.

• Chaperones
• Reproductive isolation
• Physical and social pain

• Student ideas about natural selection
• Ice & Elevate: the oldest trick in the book
• Primary hyperhidrosis
• The how and why of feeling cold
• Adaptations in squirrels

UC Boulder 2014

• Hackers of DNA
• Why does beer go bad
• Zombie biology
• Hunger and learning
• Altruistic amoeba

• Do Trees breath?
• How to end world hunger
• Bioluminescence
• Pillars of Balance
• Why do we cry?
• How does an epipen work?
• Can sleep improve your grades?
• My drunk biology!
• Do plants get thirsty?
• What is the deal about carnivorous plants?
• Why do roller coasters make you want to throw-up?

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