Learning Modules

Introduction to Studying, Science, and Biology

Introduction to Equilibrium

Introduction to Probabilities and Graphing

On the Road with Biology as Poetry

Human Biology:

Cells, Life, and Homeostasis — Tissues, Organs, and Functions — Integumentary System — Musculoskeletal System — Nervous System Cells, Concepts, Peripheral System — Nervous System Brain, Spinal Cord, Special Senses — Endocrine System — Diet and Nutrition — Digestive System — Circulatory System Part I — Circulatory System Part II — Respiratory System — Urinary System Immune System — Reproduction

As consisting mostly of text:

Cooperation (as among microorganisms) — Evolution of Resistance (in microorganisms) and Introduction to Microbial Evolution — Gene Exchange — Genomes (evolution) — Evolution of Greater Size and Complexity — Microbiology — Natural Selection — Non-Darwinian Forces — Passage (of microorganisms) Through Time (in terms of evolution) — Population Biology — Symbioses (involving microorganisms) — Virulence (evolution)

Podcasts (Microbes and Evolution lectures, sound only):

(the current version of the textbook can be found here)

(1) Brief Introduction to Evolution (Including Microbes) — (2) Population Biology — (3) Introduction to Microbiology — (4a) Non-Darwinian Forces (part I) — (4b) Non-Darwinian Forces (part II) — (5a) Natural Selection (part I) — (5b) Natural Selection (part II) — (6a) Evolution of Resistance (part I) — (6b) Evolution of Resistance (part II) — (7a) Passage Through Time (part I) — (7b) Passage Through Time (part II) — (8a) Gene Exchange (part I) — (8b) Gene Exchange (part II) — (8c) Gene Exchange (part III) — (8d) Gene Exchange (part IV) — (9a) Genomes (part I) — (9b) Genomes (part II) — (9c) Genomes (part III) — (10a) Cooperation (part I) — (10b) Cooperation (part II) — (10c) Cooperation (part III) — (10d) Cooperation (part IV) — (11a) Symbioses (part I) — (11b) Symbioses (part II) — (11c) Symbioses (part III) — (12a) Virulence (part I) — (12b) Virulence (part II) — (12c) Virulence (part III) — (13a) Greater Size and Complexity (part I) — (13b) Greater Size and Complexity (part II) — (13c) Greater Size and Complexity (part III)

As consisting mostly of videos:

Anatomy of Bacteria — Cell Biology — Cells and Microscopy — Chemical Equilibrium, Enzymes, and Catalysts — Chemistry and Biochemistry Basics — Growth of Microorganisms (plus fermentation of various foods) — Ecology — Energy — Evolution — Fermented Foods — Genetics — Information and its Movement — Macromolecules — Membranes and Transport — Microbial Genetics (though really more molecular genetics) — Microorganisms — Osmosis and Tonicity — Reproduction and Division of Cells — Taxonomy, Plants, and Fungi — Trees — What is Biology? — What is Microbiology? —

My most-viewed YouTube videos:

(1) Substrate-Level Phosphorylation — (2) Chemostat — (3) Down a Concentration Gradient — (4) Secondary Endosymbiosis — (5) Muller's Ratchet — (6) Phenotypic Plasticity — (7) Proton Motive Force — (8) Antagonistic Pleiotropy — (9) Serial Endosymbiosis — (10) Mitosis

Various extended projects:

Φ figures.biologyaspoetry.com Φ (collection of over 400 biology-themed figures for your intellectual as well as artistic enjoyment) — human.biologyaspoetry.com (in progress somewhat video-based "textbook" on the subject of human biology, particularly human physiology) — microbes.evolution.biologyaspoetry.com (in progress textbook on the subject of microbial evolution) — phage.therapy.biologyaspoetry.com (in progress somewhat reprint-based "textbook" on the use of the viruses of bacteria to treat bacterial diseases)