Daniel Williams

Biology Teacher, NYS Master Teacher, Sub Area Rep for Biology STANYS, Teacher Fellow: Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Brookhaven Natl Lab, 3D Molecular Designs MSOE

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

@KuhnboBio @BioRadLifeSci A million times better than ANY protein gel that we have attempted! Nice!

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

A whirlwind session from recognizing self vs non self, genetic diversity and finally defending against viral invasion. TY to everyone who braved the crowded room for our journey in "Flu Fight" @3DMolDesigns Lots of tools to use today & some coming soon! @STANYSorg @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

The best part of presenting at #STANYS26 is interacting with all the teacher tables and sharing of all the incredible ideas and practices! TY to everyone who attended the Biology Thread "Getting Messy & Biotechy" Great new/old ways to re-think the standards @STANYSorg @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

For the early birds- Join me in the Biology Thread session "Making Science Stick: Getting Messy and Biotechy" at 8 AM in Oncenter! Let's return to hands-on experimentation. #STANYS26 @STANYSorg @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

If you are at #STANYS26 In Syracuse @STANYSorg stop by our booth @3DMolDesigns and play with all the incredible teaching tools to make Biology come alive in your classroom! Plus join me tomorrow at my session "Flu Fight, making the Immune system stick though modeling" @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Thank you to all the AMAZING teachers who attended "Microplastics, Analyze Evaluate and Innovate" @nyseagrant #STANYS26 @STANYSorg not only was it a fun session but the collaboration after was invaluable! @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Safe travels to @STANYSorg #STANYS26 for all NYS Science teachers! Hope to see many of you RIGHT AFTER the Biology Breakfast for my session "Microplastics -Analyze, Evaluate Innovate!" @ 9:30 @nyseagrant @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Getting ready for #STANYS26 @STANYSorg -just finished planning w my co-presenter on bringing back the FUN & JOY of science discovery in "Getting Messy & Biotechy" tools to work WITHIN your curriculum -not reinventing the wheel. Hope to see you there EARLY 11/8 in Syracuse @NYSMTP

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

@VernierST @NYSMTP @STANYSorg Sorry....didn't see this. We used the sensors for EMG. We were attempting to see differences in intensity and frequency due to muscle contraction.

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Really fun Anatomy lab today -totally student designed inquiry: using @VernierST probes, we tested the intensity of work from the Rectus Femoris when doing various exercises. Lots more data analysis to do, but the concept looks AWESOME! @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Ss learning bathymetric sonar in Marine Science using @VernierST motion detectors. Started old school, ss collect + graph data -surface plot in excel. But now exported data as .csv used AI to analyze data creating 3D interactive maps! @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

First ever successful eDNA extraction by HS ss in my lab from DRINKING WATER. This was a fungal DNA primer. Only ran 3 tests to try our procedure! Hmmm what's in our water? Inquiring minds want to know! @nanopore sequencing NEXT!

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

HS students in my lab have been trying to run MEANINGFUL molecular dynamic simulations to answer THEIR questions for years, we never had a good way to truly compare & visualize results -until NOW! Can't wait to assess what we've learned! @GMX_TWEET @buildmodels

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Not all heroes wear capes, sometimes they wear bright yellow volunteer t-shirts! 15 Ss from mult LI schools gave hrs of their summer Saturday to recycle close to 1,000 lbs of oyster shells from the Oyster Jamboree @PortJeffNY #LISEC LI Seaport & Ecology Center @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Its a wrap "Barcode the Bay" our 1st ever student DNA barcode/Biodiversity study of @PortJeffNY harbor! We have MANY interesting DNA sequences to follow up on! This is just the start! This was supported by #LISEC Long Island Seaport & Ecology Center + @DNALC. @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

We've assembled an ARMY of STUDENT VOLUNTEERS to help recycle Oyster Shells at the Oyster Jamboree @PortJeffNY through #LISEC to help spat on shell programs & oyster reef restoration!

Now we just need lots of people to eat Oysters this Saturday!

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

DNA seq analysis of our plant samples at our Barcode the Bay Camp in @portjeffny has interesting results! Local plants, invasives, dangerous plants + this NUT -it barcodes to SEVERAL species, none produce nuts. Based on shape maybe a Areca? Any ideas? @DNALC @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

We have plant DNA sequences! From our DNA Barcoding & Ecology Camp in @PortJeffNY Can't wait to see the Ss analysis tomorrow of the various shore/seaweed plants Barcoded. We also did paper alignments/candy bar phylogeny so Ss UNDERSTAND their results! #LISEC @NYSMTP @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

The start of wk 2 of our DNA Barcoding & Ecology Camp in @portjeffny saw tons of lab work! Ss extracted DNA from 28 invert samples. Pos PCR for 24! We used @3DMolDesigns to help model PCR & Gel Electrophoresis -students should UNDERSTAND the Science @NYSMTP @DNALC @STANYSorg

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

The 1st week is in the books! "Barcode the Bay" students in @PortJeffNY successfully amplified 16 different plant samples. Next invertebrates on Monday, DNA Sequencing next week! Students also visited the Boatshop #LISEC (we are more than boats!) @NYSMTP @STANYSorg @DNALC

[Daniel Williams @willida25]

Day 4 of "Barcode the Bay" DNA & Ecology Camp in @portjeffny Today was LAB WORK! DNA extraction & PCR for all our plant samples. We practiced loading gels but will run our samples in the morning. Every student does every step -learning by DOING. #LISEC @DNALC @STANYSorg @NYSMTP