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LaunchPad: macmillan learning

LaunchPad for Molecular Cell Biology is a robust teaching and learning tool with all instructor and student resources as well as a fully interactive e-Book.

Student Resources

Interactive Case Studies guide students through applied problems related to important concepts; topics include cancer, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis.

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Case Study “To Kill a Cancer Cell” leads students through the experiments needed to identify a perturbed signaling pathway.

Over 60 Animations based on key figures from the text illustrate difficult or important structures and processes.

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Animation of Figure 16-3b depicts signal transduction in the TGF-β/Smad pathway.

Concept Check quizzes test student understanding of the most important concepts of each section.

LearningCurve: macmillan learning

LearningCurve, a self-paced adaptive quizzing tool for students, tailors questions to their target difficulty level and encourages them to incorporate content from the text into their study routine.

A collection of Videos shows students real cell processes as they appear in the lab.

Analyze the Data questions ask students to apply critical thinking and data analysis skills to solving complex problems.

Classic Experiments introduce students to the details of a historical experiment important to the cell and molecular biology fields.

Instructor Resources

All Figures and Photos from the text are optimized for classroom presentation and provided in several formats and with and without labels.

A comprehensive Test Bank provides a variety of questions for creating quizzes and exams.

Lecture Slides built around high-quality versions of text figures provide a starting point for in-class presentations.

Clicker Questions in slide format help instructors promote active learning in the classroom.

A PDF Solutions Manual provides answers to the Review the Concepts questions at the end of each chapter. An answer key for Analyze the Data questions is also included.