Collaborative Proposal: GCAT DNA Microarray Workshops for 2007, 2008 and 2009

尽管全国越来越多的人认识到改革本科生物学教育的必要性，但传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）、西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）和部落学院和大学（tcu）的反应相对较慢。反应缓慢主要是由于缺乏资源，包括教师培训和专业发展机会。本提案的目标是为教授高比例未被充分代表的少数民族本科生的教师举办微阵列技术研讨会。第一次研讨会将在莫尔豪斯学院举行，由A. Malcolm Campbell博士（戴维森学院）和Edison R. Fowlks博士（汉普顿大学）组织，他们是主动教学基因组联盟（GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT）的成员。今后的讲习班将在类似的环境下举行，以促进该区域教员的出席。研讨会将提供微阵列的背景信息，软件培训，微阵列数据分析的实践经验，以及DNA微阵列杂交的湿实验室经验。期望工作坊参加者将微阵列技术整合到他们的课程中。参与者将能够为他们的学生提供使用真实DNA微阵列数据的机会，这样他们就可以第一手发现生物学是一门信息科学，生物体是复杂的系统。hbcu、hsi和tcu的教师将被招募参加。咨询电话：757-727-5836 （edison.fowlks@hamptonu.edu）、马尔科姆·坎贝尔(704-894-2692 （macampbell@davidson.edu）。

Although there is growing national recognition of the need to reform undergraduate biology education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have comparatively been slow to respond. Slow response primarily is due to a lack of resources, including faculty training and professional development opportunities. The goal of this proposal is to conduct microarray technology workshops for faculty teaching high proportions of underrepresented minority undergraduates. The first workshop, to be held at Morehouse College, will be organized by Dr. A. Malcolm Campbell (Davidson College) and Dr. Edison R. Fowlks (Hampton University), members of the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT). Future workshops will be held at similar settings, facilitating attendance of faculty in the region. The workshops will provide background information on microarrays, software training, hands-on experience with microarray data analysis, and wet-lab experiences with DNA microarray hybridization. Workshop participants are expected to integrate microarray technology into their courses. Participants will be able to provide their students the opportunity to work with real DNA microarray data so they can discover first hand how biology is an informational science and organisms are complex systems. Faculty at HBCUs, HSIs and TCUs will be recruited for participation. For more information, contact Dr. Edison Fowlks at 757-727-5836 (edison.fowlks@hamptonu.edu) or Dr. Malcolm Campbell at 704-894-2692 (macampbell@davidson.edu).