Web Exhibits

The Pathogen Tracker Game was developed in collaboration with Martin Wiedman, a Cornell professor in food science. In this detective style game students track an outbreak of Listeria, a foodborne pathogen—from the very first reports of illness to the source of the outbreak at a food production plant. In the process, they receive an introduction to the Pathogen Tracker Database. (2005)

The Transposon Bank is an interactive discovery module for students interested in learning about transposable elements or "jumping genes" in plants. The site will introduce you to the workings of computational bioinformatics. It includes background information, a tutorial for learning how to conduct a genetic sequence search using BLAST, and a complete test system that. (2002)

Do you hate mosquitoes? The citizens of the imaginary land of Cardoon do. Cardoon is a parasite's paradise riddled with seasonal and permanent wetlands. How does malaria spread? How can we stop this epidemic? Learn how computer models can help in this battle. (2000)

Form and function are tightly related in the study of proteins. Molecular biologists and drug designers need to know how the chains of amino acids fold into the proteins found in living cells. See for yourself how researchers approach the problem of protein folding and have a hand at finding the shape with the lowest energy, the one most likely to hold a key to function.(1999)

ROCK & ROLL: The ground shakes when the Earth quakes. Learn what happens during a major quake by comparing the Loma Prieta and Northridge quakes.

IMAGING FOR LIFE AND BREATH: Advances in medical imaging described in this story are now being used to plan surgery and to detect lung cancer with ever increasing accuracy. (1998)

Published when the Web was young, the Cornell Theory Center's online science book Explorations is an interactive journey into the world of computational science. Researchers from colleges and universities across the United States contributed to this interdisciplinary experience. Topics include astronomy, physics, earth and atmospheric sciences, biology and chemistry. (1996)