Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters
| dc.contributor | Turrens, Julio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Caruso, Steven | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sandoz, James | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kelsey, Jessica | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-02T14:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-02T14:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10-13 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We 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.uri | https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 5 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2cejn-68zw | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Steven 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.09-07-0052 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/13296 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The American Society for Cell Biology | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject | bacteriophages | en_US |
| dc.subject | National Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI) | en_US |
| dc.subject | genome sequencing | |
| dc.subject | undergraduate biology course for nonscience majors | |
| dc.title | Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |