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Improving Student Outcomes with an Adaptable Molecular Cloning Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
Published on: November 15, 2024
An idea to explore: A collaboration and cross training in an extended classroom-based undergraduate research
Miles A Pufall1, Anne M Wilson2
1Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Abstract:
Providing students with training in advanced laboratory skills is an essential part of scientific education. At the same time, engaging students in research is becoming equally important. Classroom-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have emerged to fill this need, and can take many forms. In this article we describe reengineering an advanced organic synthesis laboratory at a primarily undergraduate institution into a CURE. This objective of this CURE is to provide small molecules relevant to an ongoing research program at a research-intensive institution. This new model cross trains students and provides a new structure for a CURE that could be adapted to other partnerships and institutions.
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