TUES Type 1: Incorporation of Research Skills into the Undergraduate Biochemistry Curriculum to Create Extraordinary Scientists for the Modern Research Environment

TUES 类型 1：将研究技能纳入本科生物化学课程，为现代研究环境培养杰出科学家

• 批准号: 1245630
• 负责人: Nina Goodey
• 金额: $ 16.65万
• 依托单位: Montclair State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1245630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TUES; Type; Incorporation; Research; Skills

This project is establishing a two semester series of biochemistry laboratory courses, Biochemistry I and II, in which students carry out class research projects that are an outgrowth of the research projects of on-campus faculty. Students present their work at the end of each semester. A unique feature of the project is an advisory board composed of industry representatives and faculty from nearby institutions. The board helps critique student presentations and the design and implementation of the project itself. Approximately 130 students/year will benefit from this project.Intellectual Merit: The rigorous evaluation plan includes comparison of the knowledge, skills, and scientific insights gained by students in the research centered courses to those gained by students taking the more traditional standard lab modules centered courses. The research topics are current and challenging but appropriate for the students. Examples include: structure-function relationships for dihydrofolate reductase and indole-2-glycerol phosphate synthase, screening of kinase inhibitors against new targets, and experiments in soil enzymology. Broader Impact: if successful this approach is one that could be adapted by many urban universities close to centers of appropriate industries and research centers.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts toward support of Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education.

这个项目建立了一个为期两个学期的生物化学实验课程系列课程，生物化学I和II，在这个课程中，学生们开展课堂研究项目，这些项目是校园教师研究项目的成果。学生们在每学期结束时提交他们的作品。该项目的一个独特之处是成立了一个顾问委员会，由来自附近机构的行业代表和教师组成。该委员会帮助批评学生的陈述以及项目本身的设计和实施。每年大约有130名学生从这个项目中受益。智力优势：严格的评估计划包括将学生在以研究为中心的课程中获得的知识、技能和科学见解与参加更传统的以实验模块为中心的标准课程的学生获得的知识、技能和科学见解进行比较。研究主题具有时代性和挑战性，但对学生来说是合适的。例子包括：二氢叶酸还原酶和吲哚-2-甘油磷酸合成酶的结构-功能关系，针对新靶点的激酶抑制剂的筛选，以及土壤酶学实验。更广泛的影响：如果成功，这种方法可以被靠近合适的产业和研究中心的许多城市大学采用。该项目由生物科学局和教育与人力资源局本科教育司联合资助，作为他们支持本科生物学教育愿景和变革的努力的一部分。