Workshop: Synthetic Biology Workshops for Interdisciplinary Teams of Undergraduate Faculty to be held Summers of 2012-2014 at Janelia Farm Conference Center (Ashburn, VA)

研讨会：本科生跨学科团队合成生物学研讨会将于 2012-2014 年夏季在 Janelia Farm 会议中心（弗吉尼亚州阿什本）举行

• 批准号: 1127271
• 负责人: A. Malcolm Campbell
• 金额: $ 26.97万
• 依托单位: Davidson College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1127271&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Synthetic; Biology; Workshops; Interdisciplinary

This award to the Genomic Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) at Davidson College will provide training to faculty on synthetic biology. This project is supported by the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (DBI), Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) and Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) within the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Divisions of Undergraduate Education (DUE) and Human Resource Development (HRD) within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation. Three workshops on synthetic biology will be held during the summers of 2012-14, potentially impacting approximately 90 faculty members from 45 institutions. Biology and math/computer science faculty interested in integrating synthetic biology in their teaching, especially those at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), minority-serving institutions and other predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities, will be invited. Inclusion of synthetic biology in undergraduate biology curricula meets many of the objectives described in the Vision and Change report. Synthetic biology is an area of research which can attract students of diverse talents. It is also an area that can potentially spur new economic activity based on these new technologies. Of equal importance are the changes in biology curricula that would enable students to integrate more quantitative and analytical skills in their education and training. Workshop organizers have experience in conducting synthetic biology research with undergraduates and are members of the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT). GCAT will collaborate with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Science Education Alliance (SEA). HHMI, which will provide substantial support for the workshop, will host the three workshops and provide lab space, housing, and food and registration logistics. The HHMI SEA staff will also develop pedagogical modules that the PIs will incorporate into the GCAT synthetic biology workshops. Assessment of these pilot modules will provide valuable feedback that will help SEA develop and refine synthetic biology teaching and research materials. GCAT provides an established communication network between many institutions of higher education and has a strong record of collaboration with minority serving institutions.

该奖项授予戴维森学院的基因组积极教学联盟（GCAT），将为合成生物学教师提供培训。该项目得到了生物科学局生物基础设施（DBI），分子和细胞生物科学（MCB）和综合有机系统（IOS）部门以及国家科学基金会教育和人力资源局本科教育（DUE）和人力资源开发（HRD）部门的支持。2012- 2014年夏季将举办三次合成生物学讲习班，可能影响来自45个机构的约90名教员。生物学和数学/计算机科学教师有兴趣在他们的教学中整合合成生物学，特别是那些在历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU），部落学院和大学（TCU），西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），少数民族服务机构和其他主要本科院校，将被邀请。将合成生物学纳入本科生物学课程符合《愿景与变革》报告中描述的许多目标。合成生物学是一个可以吸引不同人才的研究领域。这也是一个有可能刺激基于这些新技术的新经济活动的领域。同样重要的是改变生物课程，使学生能够在教育和培训中融入更多的定量和分析技能。研讨会的组织者有与本科生进行合成生物学研究的经验，并且是基因组积极教学联盟（GCAT; www.davidson.edu/GCAT）的成员。GCAT将与霍华德休斯医学研究所（HHMI）科学教育联盟（SEA）合作。HHMI将为研讨会提供实质性支持，将主办三个研讨会，并提供实验室空间，住房，食品和注册物流。HHMI SEA工作人员还将开发教学模块，PI将将纳入GCAT合成生物学研讨会。这些试点模块的评估将提供有价值的反馈，这将有助于SEA开发和完善合成生物学教学和研究材料。GCAT在许多高等教育机构之间提供了一个既定的通信网络，并与少数民族服务机构合作的良好记录。