Online TA Profiles
Lenore Price, MSc
OTA ID#: 104201
| Education Experience: |
BSc, Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1997 MSc, Biology, University of Texas - Arlington, 2005 |
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| Awards: | I was invited to participate in an exclusive undergraduate honors biology program, and received an Outstanding Microbiology Award. |
| Work Experience: | University of Wisconsin
1995-1997 Lab Assistant in Bacteriology Worked with Graduate students to help complete experiments and stock the lab with media, solutions, and materials. National Clinical Laboratory 1998-2003 Group Lead - Client Services in a clinical testing laboratory. We ran a wide variety of blood tests for doctors and hospitals. |
| Skills & Achievements: | I have excellent editing skills that are always in demand. |
| Career Interests: | I intend to teach high school science. |
| Outside Interests: | I enjoy reading, cooking, and horseback riding. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I believe that it is beneficial to have a deeper understanding of the material rather than just be able to recite an answer. I encourage students to go beyond the textbook and look for life applications to help them understand. |
| Postings Answered: | 116 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 5/5 What is OTA Rating? |
- Monera and protista - Please answer the attached questions on monera and protista. --- LAB 14- B 1- To what extent would filamentous cyanobacteria be considered multicellular? 2- Which of the following words or phr ...
- Darwin's theory of natural selection - What is Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection?
- Health effects of Protein deficiency and Protein excess - Explain why health effects of Protein deficiency and Protein excess are more commonly seen in children than in adults.
- What is the difference between instrument validity and reliability? - What is the difference between instrument validity and reliability? Please give examples of each.
- Grammatical structures - I need to determine the essential meaning of the CAPPED structures and devise three concept questions to check student understanding of the sentences). 1. I WISH YOU WOULDN'T smoke so much. 2. B ...
- Affect of toxin on reabsorption - A bacterial toxin has been discovered that blocks renal reabsorption but not filtration. Predict the short term affects of this toxin. Be very specific.
- General Biology - Mammals alone a. have hair and mammary glands b. have a four-chambered heart c. have the ability to regulate body temperature d. exhibit parental care of the young Genetic and immunological ev ...
- Nervous & Musculoskeletal Sytem - Why is the term "action potential" used to describe a nerve impulse? What is the role of sodium ions (Na+) and potassium ions (K+) in generating an action potential. What is a "threshold"?
- Tertiary Prevention of Smallpox - This is really a epidemiology question. Please give 3 examples of tertiary prevention of smallpox. Explain how these examples are carried out.
- Endocrine functions of the hypothalamus. - What hormones are produced by the hypothalamus, and what do they do?
- Kidney Filtration - Describe the three pressures involved in the process of filtration. Give a brief description of what would occur if a kidney stone was present. Which of the three pressures would increase? How would t ...
- How to remember the difference between replication, transcription, and translation - Replication, transcription, and translation are all terms used to describe DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. It can be confusing trying to memorize these definitions because the words are similar, so ...
- This job addresses coding sequences. - Are coding sequences suitable for DNA "fingerprinting"? What makes a sequence an effective one for DNA "fingerprinting"?
- What macromolecules are acted on by the liver? - A patient comes into the office in liver failure. What macromolecule (Protein, lipid, or carbohydrate) will be most effected? Why?
- The kidney and blood loss - You have just been in an accident and experienced substantial blood loss. What autoregulatory mechanisms in the kidney will be initiated to maintain filtration pressure? If blood loss occurs, what fur ...
- Blood gases and pH are noted. - Using the following sets of blood values, name the acid-base imbalance (acidosis or alkalosis), this job determines its cause (metabolic or respiratory), decides whether the condition is being compens ...
- Anaerobic/aerobic life forms - Compare and contrast anaerobic and aerobic life forms in realtion to function and evolution.
- AP Biology questions are contained. - The effects of pH and temperature were studied for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The following results were obtained. a. How do (1) temperature and (2) pH affect the activity of this enzyme? lii ...
- Point of view - In the following story can you please explain how the point of view affects the story.
- Ecosystem and succession - How do the biotic and abiotic components change the equilibrium of the ecosystems?
