Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters

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https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052

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2017-10-13

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Caruso, Steven M., James Sandoz, and Jessica Kelsey. “Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters.” CBE—Life Sciences Education 8, no. 4 (2009): 278–82. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052.

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bacteriophages
National Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI)
genome sequencing
undergraduate biology course for nonscience majors

Abstract

To 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.