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

虽然有越来越多的国家认识到需要改革本科生物教育，历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU），西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）和部落学院和大学（TCU）的反应相对缓慢。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。这项提案的目标是为教授比例较高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。马尔科姆坎贝尔（戴维森学院）和博士爱迪生R。Fowlks（汉普顿大学），积极教学基因组联盟（GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT）的成员。 未来的讲习班将在类似的环境中举行，以促进该地区教师的出席。研讨会将提供有关微阵列的背景信息，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。 研讨会的参与者预计将集成微阵列技术到他们的课程。参与者将能够为他们的学生提供使用真实的DNA微阵列数据的机会，这样他们就可以直接发现生物学是一门信息科学，生物体是一个复杂的系统。 HBCU，HSI和TCU的教师将被招募参加。欲了解更多信息，请致电757-727-5836（edison. fowlks@www.example.com）或704-894-2692（macampbell@davidson.edu）与马尔科姆坎贝尔博士联系。hamptonu.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).