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Resources and Programs for Undergraduate Education in Genomics

While advances in “next-gen” sequencing technologies are revolutionizing biological research, opening new opportunities for discovery, it is essential that we provide effective undergraduate education in order to prepare the next generations of genomic scientists. This session is intended to increase awareness among PAG attendees of ongoing and classroom-tested programs that can be used to advance that goal, freeing educators of the need to fully “reinvent the wheel” as they plan their curriculum and laboratories. Speaker topics will range from curricula designed to enable student-driven discovery and annotation of transposable elements and phage, to gene discovery, to human evolution, and hands-on exercises that enable students to examine, characterize, and explore the biodiversity —as written in the language of DNA --of living forms in our midst. Please join us to hear of those programs and to contribute your thoughts regarding challenges and experiences in communicating genomic principles to novice practitioners.
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2017
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Towne - Meeting House
Organizer:
Scott T Woody
8:00 AM
W802
Introductory remarks
Scott Woody, UW-Madison

8:10 AM
W803
The Genomics Education Partnership: An Introduction to Bioinformatics in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
Sarah Elgin, Washington University in St Louis; Sara Anderson, University of Minnesota - Moorhead; Shan M. Hays, Western State Colorado University; Nighat P Kokan, Cardinal Stritch University; Nathan T Mortimer, Illinois State University; Christopher D Shaffer, Washington University in St. Louis; Wilson Leung, Washington University in St. Louis; David Lopatto, Grinnell College

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8:30 AM
W804
The Genome Solver Project:  Faculty Training in Bioinformatics for a Cure
Anne G. Rosenwald, Georgetown University; Vinayak Mathur, Georgetown University; Gaurav Arora, Gallaudet University

8:50 AM
W805
Development and Integration of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)  Active Learning Modules into Undergraduate Curriculum
Ray A. Enke, James Madison University

9:10 AM
W806
Student DNA Genotyping by Mass Spectrometry: An Affordable Look into DNA Ancestry and Profiling
Dave Micklos, DNA Learning Center; Bruce Nash, DNA Learning Center

9:30 AM
W807
NIBLSE: A Network to Fully Integrate Bioinformatics into the Undergraduate Curriculum.
Burnette Jim, UC-Riverside; Elizabeth Dinsdale, San Diego State University; William R. Morgan, College of Wooster; Anne Rosenwald, Georgetown University; Eric W. Triplett, University of Florida; Mark A. Pauley, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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