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The genomics education partnership: successful integration of research into laboratory classes at a diverse group of undergraduate institutions.

ABSTRACT: Genomics is not only essential for students to understand biology but also provides unprecedented opportunities for undergraduate research. The goal of the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaboration between a growing number of colleges and universities around the country and the Department of Biology and Genome Center of Washington University in St. Louis, is to provide such research opportunities. Using a versatile curriculum that has been adapted to many different class settings, GEP undergraduates undertake projects to bring draft-quality genomic sequence up to high quality and/or participate in the annotation of these sequences. GEP undergraduates have improved more than 2 million bases of draft genomic sequence from several species of Drosophila and have produced hundreds of gene models using evidence-based manual annotation. Students appreciate their ability to make a contribution to ongoing research, and report increased independence and a more active learning approach after participation in GEP projects. They show knowledge gains on pre- and postcourse quizzes about genes and genomes and in bioinformatic analysis. Participating faculty also report professional gains, increased access to genomics-related technology, and an overall positive experience. We have found that using a genomics research project as the core of a laboratory course is rewarding for both faculty and students.

SUBMITTER: Shaffer CD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2830162 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The genomics education partnership: successful integration of research into laboratory classes at a diverse group of undergraduate institutions.

Shaffer Christopher D CD Alvarez Consuelo C Bailey Cheryl C Barnard Daron D Bhalla Satish S Chandrasekaran Chitra C Chandrasekaran Vidya V Chung Hui-Min HM Dorer Douglas R DR Du Chunguang C Eckdahl Todd T TT Poet Jeff L JL Frohlich Donald D Goodman Anya L AL Gosser Yuying Y Hauser Charles C Hoopes Laura L M LL Johnson Diana D Jones Christopher J CJ Kaehler Marian M Kokan Nighat N Kopp Olga R OR Kuleck Gary A GA McNeil Gerard G Moss Robert R Myka Jennifer L JL Nagengast Alexis A Morris Robert R Overvoorde Paul J PJ Shoop Elizabeth E Parrish Susan S Reed Kelynne K Regisford E Gloria EG Revie Dennis D Rosenwald Anne G AG Saville Ken K Schroeder Stephanie S Shaw Mary M Skuse Gary G Smith Christopher C Smith Mary M Spana Eric P EP Spratt Mary M Stamm Joyce J Thompson Jeff S JS Wawersik Matthew M Wilson Barbara A BA Youngblom Jim J Leung Wilson W Buhler Jeremy J Mardis Elaine R ER Lopatto David D Elgin Sarah C R SC

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Genomics is not only essential for students to understand biology but also provides unprecedented opportunities for undergraduate research. The goal of the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaboration between a growing number of colleges and universities around the country and the Department of Biology and Genome Center of Washington University in St. Louis, is to provide such research opportunities. Using a versatile curriculum that has been adapted to many different class settings, GE ...[more]

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