Undergraduate Research

Engagement and Barriers to Access to HIPs

Tonight I checked out several ASMCUE 2022 posters and came across the recording for the poster entitled “Are high-impact practices accessible for all? Exploring the factors impacting engagement in beneficial educational experiences for undergraduate STEM students with disabilities.” The presenter was Emma Goodwin from Sara Brownell’s group at Arizona State University. Goodwin spoke about increasing […]
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A CURE with Culturomics and Teamwork

I realized I had skipped a Microbrew session! So, tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew entitled “Microbrew. MicroCURE – A Hybrid, Team Approach to Course-based Research Experiences.” Michael LaMontagne and Caroline Kmiecik teach this course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at the University of Houston Clear Lake. The student learning goals LaMontagne stated were primary […]
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SREs like BAG

Mary Ann Smith presented at ASMCUE 2022 a microbrew session entitled “Too long for a CURE: Building a Semester of Short-term Research Experiences (SREs) for Microbiology.” Smith is at Penn State Schuylkill and has earned two MAs and an MBA. They used slido.com for polls during their session, starting with “Have you incorporated a CURE […]
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Exciting Dry Labs

Tonight I watched a twenty-four-minute ASMCUE 2022 session entitled “Using Dry Lab Effectively to Counter Minimalistic to None Research Laboratory Facilities.” Dr. Rabia Nawaz presented and explained they did two visiting researcher experiences at the CDC in Atlanta and at the University of Glasgow. Nawaz is at The Superior University in Pakistan. They explained that […]
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At-home Fermentation Sessions

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session entitled “Using an At-Home Food Fermentation Project to Reinforce Microbiology Laboratory Skills and Concepts.” Todd Funke, the Laboratory Program Director of the Microbiology Program at the University of Kansas. Students learn the skills and knowledge to perform a food fermentation at home. This includes planning and documentation […]
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Plate Readers for Diauxic Growth Determination

“Student-Led, Instructor-Supported Investigations into Diauxic Growth” was the title of the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session I watched tonight. Drs. Matthew B. Crook and Matthew J. Domek from Weber State University presented this ten-minute video. They defined the diauxic growth curve as a fundamental growth curve associated with the growth of Escherichia coli. A challenge is […]
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Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Quantitative Fluency

Tonight after an eventful and painful day (eye infection!), I tried to watch another ASMCUE 2022 session. The recorded ten-minute session was entitled: “How Can We Be Assured Our Water is Safe? A Lab Exercise to Teach the Scientific Method,” and David Singleton from York College was the presenter. At York College, BIO 230 is […]
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The Right to be Persuaded

I continue to watch ASMCUE 2022 sessions even though my eye hurts today! I watched a couple of sessions from BIT instructors, and now found Heather Townsend’s recorded session entitled “Fostering Scientific Literacy through the Identification of Credible Sources.” Townsend is a good friend, and we have worked together for a couple of years now. […]
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Scientific Practices in CUREs

Alaina J. Buchanan and Ginger R. Fisher are at the University of Northern Colorado and presented at ASMCUE 2022 a recorded session on the “Current Status of Science Practices in CUREs.” They mentioned that CUREs were described in 2014 by Auchincloss et al. and “born out of need for more workers in science, technology, engineering, […]
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Collaborative Research and Reciprocal Altruism

Tonight, Amada and I watched Sayonita Ghosh Hajra from California State University, Sacramento and Abeer Hasan from Humboldt State University  present a recorded Lilly Conference online 2021 presentation entitled “Managing REU in between Two Institutions During a Pandemic.” This summer we have been hosting a virtual REU. It has been busy and really cool. I want […]
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