Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters

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dc.contributorTurrens, Julio
dc.contributor.authorCaruso, Steven M.
dc.contributor.authorSandoz, James
dc.contributor.authorKelsey, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-02T14:34:07Z
dc.date.available2019-04-02T14:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-13
dc.description.abstractTo increase science literacy and appreciation among nonscience majors, we offered a course in which 20 non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) undergraduates participated in a unique, two-semester research experience. Each student isolated and characterized his or her own bacteriophage from soil samples. One bacteriophage was selected for sequencing and together, the class annotated the genome of the newly sequenced bacteriophage. The class produced a group poster and gave PowerPoint presentations, and one student presented the joint work at a science symposium.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank the following people for assistance in the presentation of eBiology: Chere Petty, Ralph Murphy, Colleen Wilkens, Tim Ford, and Phil Sokolove. Deborah Jacobs-Sera (University of Pittsburgh), Tuajuanda Jordan, Lucia Barker, Melvina Lewis, Matt Conte, Kevin Bradley, and Razi Khaja (all from HHMI) were invaluable resources. Support for this work was provided by the HHMI-SEA and the University of Maryland Baltimore County Honors College.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052en_US
dc.format.extent5 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2cejn-68zw
dc.identifier.citationSteven M. Caruso, James Sandoz , and Jessica Kelsey, Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters, CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 8, No. 4 , 2017, https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13296
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe American Society for Cell Biologyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectbacteriophagesen_US
dc.subjectNational Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI)en_US
dc.subjectgenome sequencing
dc.subjectundergraduate biology course for nonscience majors
dc.titleNon-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Huntersen_US
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