Jean Cardinale

Education

• PhD: Microbiology and Immunology University of Rochester, 2000
• MS: Microbiology and Immunology University of Rochester, 1997
• BS: Cell and Developmental Biology University of Rochester, 1988

Courses Taught

• BIOL 120 The Hidden World of Microbes
• BIOL 150 Biological Foundations
• BIOL 155 Biological Foundations: Research Projects
• BIOL 211 Cell Biology
• BIOL 302 General Microbiology
• BIOL 306 Human Pathophysiology
• BIOL 402 Immunology
• BIOL 405 Bioinformatics

Research, Publications, & Presentations

Research & Publications

• Sponges and Bubbles: A Refreshed Investigation of pH and Buffers. Lippa GM, Zimbler-DeLorenzo H, Cardinale JA National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Accepted for Publication
• An Online Interactive Video Vignette that Helps Students Learn Key Concepts of Fermentation and Respiration Cardinale JA, Newman DL, Wright LK. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 2020
• Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) to help students learn genetics concepts Newman DL, Cardinale JA, Wright LK CourseSource. 2020
• Metacognition modules: a scaffolded series of video and writing reflections designed to improve student analysis of their study related behaviors. Cardinale JA and Johnson BC. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 2017
• Web-based interactive video vignettes create a personalized active learning classroom for introducing big ideas in introductory biology. Wright LK, Newman DL, Cardinale JA, Teese R. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. 42(2):32-43. 2016
• Does elevating silver content in zinc-based glass polyalkenoate cements increase their antibacterial efficacy against two common bacteria using the agar gel diffusion method? Coughlan A, Breed SM, Ashraf C, Cardinale JA, Hall MM, Towler MR. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 27(7):840-847 2012
• Increasing the quantity of silver in zinc-based glass polyalkenoate cement: Is there an improvement in antibacterial efficacy? Coughlan A, Breed SM, Ashraf C, Cardinale JA, Hall MM, Towler MR. NEBEC 2012 (proceedings of 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Mar 16-18, 2012.). IEEE Computer Society. pp 71-2. DOI 10.1109/NEBC.2012.6206967 2012
• An investigation of bacterial protein interactions as a primary research project for a sophomore-level molecular biology course. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 11:194-199 2011

Awards/Honors

• BIOME Fellow BIOME Institute 2020: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity
• Small World Initiative Partner Instructor
• Improving Metacognition Modules: Multimedia Instruction and Reflection Exercises Designed to Develop Transferable Metacognitive Skills between Introductory Courses, Society for the Teaching of Psychology Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant
• Collaborative Research: Development and Assessment of Interactive Video Vignettes for Biology Teaching. PI, National Science Foundation proposal #1432303
• Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute Undergraduate Research Program in Microbial Genome Annotation, awarded November 2008