M. W. Klymkowsky
science & education publications

Supported over (many, many) years by:
Pew Biomedical Trust
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
National Science Foundation  American Cancer Society
Muscular Dystrophy Association
American Hearth Association
National Institutes of Health
 

 

 
Recent publication (2005  to the present)  
* Undergraduate authors | Reviews in italics		  
Teaching & Assessment
The late neolithic  | Those wonderful 80s
The wacky 90s  | The early oughts

Next: Garvin-Doxas, K., M.W. Klymkowsky & I. Doxas.  Concept inventories and standardized tests: different tools for different jobs.  in preparation.

96. Zhang, C. & M.W. Klymkowsky. Functional redundancy between the NF-kB/Nodal regulated target genes Twist and Slug, and their feedback regulation of Nodal and NF-kB via Cerberus. revision submitted.

95. Klymkowsky, M.W. & P. Savagner.  Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT): a cancer researcher's conceptual friend and foe. submitted.

94. Schlosser,G., T. Awtry, S.A. Brugmann, E.D. Jensen, K. Neilson, G. Ruan, A. Stammler, D. Völker, B. Yan, C. Zhang, M.W. Klymkowsky, & Sally A. Moody. 2008. Eya1 and Six1 promote neurogenesis in the cranial placides in a SoxB1-dependent fashion. Devel. Biol. in press.

93. Garvin-Doxas, K. & M.W. Klymkowsky. 2008. Understanding Randomness and its impact on Student Learning: Lessons from the Biology Concept Inventory (BCI). CBE Life Sci Educ 7(2): 227-233.

92. Cortez-Rossi, C., L. Hernandez-Lagunas, C. Zhang, I.F. Choi, L. Kwok, M.W. Klymkowsky & K.B. Artinger. 2008. Rohon-Beard sensory neurons are induced by BMP4 expressing non-neuronal ectoderm in Xenopus laevis, Devel. Biol., 314:351-61.

91. Klymkowsky, M.W. & K. Garvin-Doxas. 2008. Recognizing Student Misconceptions through Ed's Tool and the Biology Concept Inventory.  PLoS Biology, 6(1): e3.

90. Garvin-Doxas, K., I. Doxas & M.W. Klymkowsky. 2007. Ed's Tools: A web-based software tooset for accelerated concept inventory construction. Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment of Student Achievement conference.
 

89. Klymkowsky, M.W. 2007. Teaching without a textbook: a strategy to focus learning.  CBE Life Sci Educ 6: 190-193.

88. Garvin-Doxas, K., M.W. Klymkowsky & S. Elrod. 2007. Building, using, and maximizing the impact of concept inventories in the biology education: a meeting report. CBE Life Science Educ, 6: 277-282.

87. Zhang, C, & M.W. Klymkowsky, 2007. The Sox Axis, Nodal Signaling, & Germ Layer Specification. Differentiation 75: 536-545. (in memory of Larry Etkin).

86. Klymkowsky, M.W. 2007. Conceptual interference in biology education:  How jigsaw puzzle/lock and key models of molecular interactions impact understanding evolutionary change. National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) meeting proceedings.

85. Klymkowsky, M.W., R. Gheen*, & K. Garvin-Doxas. 2007. Avoiding reflex responses: Strategies for revealing students' conceptual understanding in biology. Physics Education Research. 2006 Physics Education Research Conference. L. McCullough, J. Hsu & P. Heron, eds. pp.3-6

84. Zhang, C., Timothy F. Carl, E. Trudeau, Thomas Simmet & M.W. Klymkowsky.  2006. An NF-kB and Slug regulatory loop active in early vertebrate mesoderm. PLoS ONE, 1:e106 (1-14)

  
 

83. Klymkowsky, M.W. 2007. Cell Adhesion. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.

82. Klymkowsky, M.W., Taylor, L.B.*, S.R. Spindler *, & K. Garvin-Doxas. 2006. Two-dimensional, implicit confidence tests as a tool for recognizing student misconceptions. J. College Science Teaching 36:44-48.

81. Grow, M.W.& M.W. Klymkowsky. 2006. Xenopus as a Model Organism for Functional Genomics: Rich History, Promising Future. in Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine.

80. Wang, T.W., G.P. Stromberg, J.T.Whitney, N.W. Brower, M.W.Klymkowsky & J.M. Parent. 2006. SOX3 expression identifies neural progenitors in persistent neonatal and adult mouse forebrain germinative zones. J. Comp. Neurol., 497:88-100.
79. Member of the writing team for "Doing Science: The process of scientific inquiry". 2005. an NIH Curriculum Supplement for Grades 7-8.  BSCS.  
78. Zhang, C., T. Basta, & M.W. Klymkowsky. 2005. SOX7 and SOX18 are essential for cardiogenesis in Xenopus. Developmental Dynamics, 234:878-891.
77. Klymkowsky, M.W. 2005. Can non-majors courses lead to biological literacy? Do majors courses do any better? Cell Biology Education. 4:196-198.
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