Molecular Genetic Analysis Applied to Evolution, Ecology, and Systemic Biology: An Extended Laboratory Course

这一本科教师强化(UFE)项目为未来两年的每一年提供：夏季为期14天的高强度实验室短期课程--分子遗传学与进化生物学；第二年夏季为期4天的后续会议；以及持续的技术和材料支持。这种形式是从以前的国家Chautauqua和UFE课程演变而来的。每年从来自社区学院、四年制文科学院和大学、综合性大学和研究型大学的教师组成的全国申请者池中挑选22名教师。四名职前教师是从旧金山州立大学挑选出来的。参与者通过讲座和演示学习分子生物学的基础知识，并进行一系列实验，以发展聚合酶链式反应扩增、限制性内切酶分析和各种凝胶分离技术的技能。参与者在由一名职前教师、一名指导教师以及来自社区学院和四年制机构的教职员工组成的六人研究小组中调查“主题”研究项目。研讨会的主题包括使用分子技术研究原核生物、脊椎动物、无脊椎动物和植物系统，将这些技术纳入本科实验室，以及有效教学实践的范例。作为最后的练习，每个职前教师和教职员工都会创建教学模块，将研讨会期间开发的新实验室和教学技术结合在一起。课程结束后，旧金山州立大学的教职员工可以通过电话和电子邮件帮助参与者将分子技术和分析纳入他们的研究项目和本科课程。在以前的课程中编写的教学材料以及由新的UFE参与者编写的材料将放在SFSU/UFE网站上。

This Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement (UFE) project provides for each of the next two years: an intense fourteen-day laboratory short course, Molecular Genetics & Evolutionary Biology, in the summer; a 4-day follow-up session the following summer; and on-going technical and material support. The format evolved from prior national Chautauqua and UFE courses. Twenty-two faculty are selected each year from a national applicant pool comprised of faculty from community colleges, 4-year liberal arts colleges and universities, comprehensive universities, and research universities. Four pre-service teachers are selected from SFSU. Participants learn the fundamentals of molecular biology through lectures and demonstrations, and conduct a series of experiments to develop skill in PCR amplification, restriction enzyme analysis, and various gel separation techniques. Participants investigate "thematic" research projects in research groups of six composed of a mix of a pre-service teacher, a mentor teacher and faculty from community colleges and four-year institutions. Seminar topics include the use of molecular techniques to investigate procaryote, vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant systems, the incorporation of these techniques into the undergraduate laboratory, and examples of effective teaching practices. As a final exercise, each of the preservice teachers and faculty create teaching modules incorporating the new laboratory and teaching techniques developed during the workshop. Following the course the SFSU faculty is available via telephone and email to help participants incorporate molecular techniques and analysis into their research projects and their undergraduate courses. The instructional materials developed in prior courses as well as materials developed by new UFE participants are being placed on an SFSU/UFE web site.